Fishing dark stained water in Brices Creek (New Bern, NC)

[Montizano]

I need some help! Fishing really dark stained water in Brices Creek. the water has almost no turbidity, but visibility of a white grub is about 1’.  
 

Went out this morning and got a few bites on a 1/8pz roadrunner with 3” white sparkly grub but couldn’t set the hook. No luck on top water rapala, shallow crankbait, or 4” white weightless worm. 
 

any ideas?  I’m thinking I’ll try a 6” zoom lizard in Junebug. 
 

thanks!

 

Monti

[N Florida Mike]

If it’s tannic stained from cypress trees, red shad , or black are good , in addition to june bug. Culprit worms are good in those conditions…

[whitwolf]

I fish in the swamps of Eastern North Carolina a lot. It's very Brakish water.  I usually go with darker colors especially  Black. Throw something a little bigger; for example, a 1/4oz TX rig with a plastic you have confidence using and keep the bait wet. 

[Biglittle8]

I fish Town Creek a little, (same conditions) the only thing I've had luck with there is bladed baits. A Siebert spinnerbait in Bluegill color and a swimbait with a underspin. My experience (though not a lot in black water) has been something that makes noise and has flash. Almost all my fish in those conditions hit as soon as the bait hit the water or a couple of cranks after. 

11 hours ago, whitwolf said:

I fish in the swamps of Eastern North Carolina a lot. It's very Brakish water.  I usually go with darker colors especially  Black. Throw something a little bigger; for example, a 1/4oz TX rig with a plastic you have confidence using and keep the bait wet. 

Whitwolf probably has more experience in these conditions, I'm just relaying what worked for me.