Go do you deal with muddy water???

[crappiejigger]

Well here in central Illinois we've gotten quite a bit of rain in the past couple weeks and it has the lakes filled to the brim and MUDDY!!!! Tried fishing today with no luck. I did manage a couple small ones but no keepers. So my question is how do you guys deal with water that's been turned to chocolate milk from spring rains? I guess there's always yard work

[MidMsAngler]

Dark, solid, opaque colors. High contrast color combinations, and I upsize my baits. I don't shy away from 2.5' to 3'. Granted that's here in MS and chocolate milk water isn't at all uncommon.


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[bandchaser]

Dark colored bodies, scent like nibbles, live bait, and or vibration and flash.
Need to be where the fish are or it won't matter.

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[cbach]

where'd ya fish? We went out and dealt with some muddy water and wind...not a very productive day...

[Crestliner08]

My approach is usually to up-size a bit (2 1/2" bulky body plastics are good) and I cast, let the bait hit the bottom, then start a slow retrieve back. Works up here. The CB Slider (2 1/8") "Minnow Grub", with segmented body and paddle tail, is a good example. And I prefer the brighter color combinations, with chartreuse a necessity as part of the color scheme.

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[crappiejigger]

I fished lake Taylorville in Christian county and it was getting muddy again. Had no luck with just little dinks. Water temp was between 69-71 in places

[trypman1]

I like flo-orange heads with Chartruese or blue bodies with nibbles. Fish slow.

[crappiejigger]

Going to give it another try today. Water might be worse today, but ill let you guys know if these tips helped.

[Sarg]

Come to West Texas,we muddy out here 24/7-365
Its not always about the human visual most assume,pink/wht,red/wht,light purple wht all do fine for those throwing the small baits for small fish
Personally . . . . roadrunners heads rule with the underspin blades