fishing muddy water

[rowyourboat]

any tips???? what baits, whats colors, etc.......thanks!

[Boogey Man]

Look for bass to be around shallow cover like stumps and laydowns. To me, bass in dirty water are easier to pinpoint. Think about if the lights are out in your house, you don't run around much, right?

Try darker colors for jigs and plastics, chartreuse crankbaits, and chartreuse or a black spinnerbait with Colorado blades. You may also want to consider a black buzzbait if you try topwaters. Good luck!

[Shad_Master]

I got a lesson in dirty(!!!) water fishing at a club tournament a couple of years ago - our club arrived at the lake to learn that heavy rains and flooded creeks had turned it into a big bowl of chocolate milk - you could almost walk on this thing - after six hours of fishing - 3 anglers out of 20 caught fish - one was totally an accident (possibly a suicide fish), one was the result of fishing chartruese chatter baits around the deepest water on the lake (the dam) and the third and most productive was take with white spinner baits and chatter baits by fishing at the lower end of the lake where new water was comming in - thus starting to clear up first.

If there is a lesson to be learned there - you welcome.

[Hook Set]

I had the same experience as Shad_Master, in muddy water, a chartreuse spinnerbait/chatterbait.

Plus, you don't have to fish 50 yards away!

[LilJakeC1]

Most fish will be in shallow water and really tight to cover. I would slow roll a black/blue chatterbait right next to the cover and also try pitching black/blue jigs to the cover as well. Make sure it is a bulky jig with a trailer that is going to cause a lot of water displacement to help the fish find it.

[Catt]

Baits that move a lot of water & contrasting colors

[Grey Wolf]

Baits that move a lot of water & contrasting colors

X2.

[Tuckman]

If the water is higher than normal and muddy because of rain I go to the windblown side of the lake and fish the "original" bank (where is usually a nice drop). Black and blue jigs will be on the menu. The hot spots will generally replenish themselves in short order. This happened a few years ago on one of my local lakes and it was as consistent of a pattern as any.