BIG Baits in Mud

[BoatSquirrel]

So you show up to your honey hole, a great lake for BIG fish, usually 3-5' visibility.  You are prepared to throw BIG glide baits, hudds etc, the water is chocolate milk.  How do you still target BIG fish when the water is YooHoo?  Is it time to fall back and just try to catch anything?  And none of this go back home nonsense!  Thanks yall!

[JediAmoeba]

Spinnerbaits with double colorado blades, Dark Chatterbaits, Crankbaits...

Also, wake baits- ms slammer or rat!

[Bankbeater]

Black jigs with black trailers, lipless crankbaits, bright crankbaits, and dark colored plastic baits.

[scaleface]

Shallow and close to cover .I like a black jig with a bright orange trailer .

[Bird]

I'm not a big fan of fishing in " Chocolate milk " but fish still eat.

Double colorado blade black spinnerbait would be my first choice......then maybe go home. 

[Michigander]

Displace some water? https://fishingcompleteinc.com/collections/zipper-worm-company/products/zip-zilla

[Koz]

I like chatterbaits in those conditions, but not necessarily just dark colored one. I;ve done well with dark ones and a Havoc Pit Boss trailer, but I've also done well with white chatterbaits with a white paddletail trailer in those same conditions.

[Bluebasser86]

Baitfish don't become brighter and suddenly put out more vibration to make themselves easier to find just because the water gets dirty but the bass still manage to find them. If you're planning on throwing big baits, send it. They're going to displace a lot of water and have a bigger profile than most anything else you'd throw.

[WRB]

It comes down to if any big bass are located in the dirty water and actively feeding.

I would go with darker higher contrasting colors to help the bass see the lure. The fact a Swimbait displaces a lot of water giving off clues to bass that something is there helps, contrasting colors also helps.

Me, Iwoukd look for water where the dirty water is transitioning to normal water and fish that area.

Tom

[Sam]

1.  A bait that gives off vibrations.

2.  A bait that is dark, like a brown or black color.

3.  A bait that has some chartreuse in it if not the entire bait.

 

You just got to experiment when the water is chocolate milk.