water colour advice

[WRB]

The bass in any body of water have been successful at finding prey there, whatever that food source maybe. Don't get locked into colors, experiment.

Tom

[Sandhillcrab]

Looks stained. So use dark colord lurns. Up here in MN most our water is clear. But there's plenty lakes that are also stained' "root beer" water is what a call it. 

[bassguytom]

On January 5, 2016 at 3:49 PM, Scarborough817 said:

this is normally what the tap will look like up there i know that's a little more filtered than it is in the lake but it isn't that dark

 

So you pull your drinking water directly out of the lake? 

[Scarborough817]

Just now, Bassguytom said:

So you pull your drinking water directly out of the lake? 

our tap water comes from the lake yes but we do not drink it, it is used for dishes and bathing then it goes into a septic system 

[ward131]

20 hours ago, Scarborough817 said:

our tap water comes from the lake yes but we do not drink it, it is used for dishes and bathing then it goes into a septic system 

My water comes from our pond. Filtered and passes thought a U/V light. Great water!

 

[bonzai22]

I have done well in similar water with spinnerbaits with gold blades. I got a lot more bites with gold blades than silver. Must just be easier for fish to see in that kind of stain.

[HoosierHawgs]

On 1/12/2016 at 2:05 PM, bonzai22 said:

I have done well in similar water with spinnerbaits with gold blades. I got a lot more bites with gold blades than silver. Must just be easier for fish to see in that kind of stain.

Interesting. I've never payed special attention to blade colors, looks like i will have to do that a little more.

[N Florida Mike]

On 1/6/2016 at 5:47 PM, bigbill said:

I'd fish it with a combination of natural color and brighter color baits. It's borderline stained to me. Slightly stained?

I agree-slightly stained

[bigbill]

Don't forget smaller natural colored baits fished faster in clear to slightly stained water,  in slightly stained to stained water conditions it's the medium sized brighter colored baits fished slower and your largest, brightest color baits fished the slowest in muddy conditions.

To me there is a bait color and size overlap between clear to slightly stained water conditions. The presentation and depth is the key too.

I fish a few drop offs from shore. As I go deeper I believe the water conditions can change in the water column.  You can have clear on top but as we go down stained or even muddy conditions can happen on the bottom. Probably a current on the bottom changes it. Or a very large snapping turtle churning up the bottom can cause the change in water conditions too. Look for bubbles on the surface. My smaller places have bigger turtles. If signs of turtles are then move.  I'm giving my tips and experiences out now.

I'm throwing a amber red flake senko c rig and I'm catching bass in this one area nice 2 to 3 lbers. For quite a few outings. Then nothing, nada, zip, zero. I change to a electric blue silver flake senko and fish on. It's the water conditions plus the bass can't see the Amber color.

Another time there my craw crankbaits were hot. All of a sudden nothing. It's very slow. The greens, the browns, shad colors, chrome, blue, nada. I put on a firetiger bingo fish on.

When in doubt firetiger is you freind. If your fishing from shore or towards the shoreline be flexible with colors.

 

[scaleface]

I dont know what color it is but theres two spots I'd be hitting hard .

[Scarborough817]

3 hours ago, scaleface said:

I dont know what color it is but theres two spots I'd be hitting hard .

which ones would you be hitting?

[scaleface]

5 minutes ago, Scarborough817 said:

which ones would you be hitting?

 I can see a long point with a hump close by and if those two are connected by a saddle [ which it appears to be ] that would be some pretty good  structure .

[scaleface]

On 1/5/2016 at 2:45 PM, Jake the Cake said:

Lol, I have to agree with Bankbeater.  To me that's clear.  But I'm also used to fishing in waters like this.

Mark Twain ?

 

[Scarborough817]

4 minutes ago, scaleface said:

 I can see a long point with a hump close by and if those two are connected by a saddle [ which it appears to be ] that would be some pretty good  structure .

only problem is it's all small rock so i would have to throw a crank or maybe a top hook swimbait

[Jake the Cake]

57 minutes ago, scaleface said:

Mark Twain ?

 

That's a stock picture of the Meramec River which I fish a lot, but it no doubt looks like the same color as Mark Twain.  I've found most of my Midwest fishing is in waters like these.  Have you experienced the same?  Or am I just good at finding muddy waters, lol

[scaleface]

On 1/5/2016 at 2:45 PM, Jake the Cake said:

  

1 hour ago, Jake the Cake said:

That's a stock picture of the Meramec River which I fish a lot, but it no doubt looks like the same color as Mark Twain.  I've found most of my Midwest fishing is in waters like these.  Have you experienced the same?  Or am I just good at finding muddy waters, lol

 I have that luck too . I only fished Truman once and thats the way it looked .

[scaleface]

2 hours ago, Scarborough817 said:

only problem is it's all small rock so i would have to throw a crank or maybe a top hook swimbait

 That shoudnt be much of a problem . I dont know how experienced you are with a Texas rig but once you learn how to tell when it touches bottom { the line will slack up some when using mono } , immediately  lift it back up before it has time to settle in crevices . I fish rip rap banks with large rocks using a t rig .

[Scarborough817]

33 minutes ago, scaleface said:

 That shoudnt be much of a problem . I dont know how experienced you are with a Texas rig but once you learn how to tell when it touches bottom { the line will slack up some when using mono } , immediately  lift it back up before it has time to settle in crevices . I fish rip rap banks with large rocks using a t rig .

oh ya i know i could also use a football jig as for the texas rig it's more so not wanting to lose tungsten