I just read the KY lake fishing reports and then use some other color.
Curious what the consensus is on how to define water clarity. What is considered clear.....like bath water? Like tea/coffee colored but no mud like after a hard rain? Reason I ask is I see advice on selecting jig colors based on water clarity. What y'all think?
I just read the KY lake fishing reports and then use some other color.
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Water turbidity is measured in Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU). But, unless you are versed in measuring water quality a given NTU reading is somewhat meaningless.
A more practical way to measure water clarity or transparency (turbidity) is with a secchi disk. A secchi disk is an 8-inch (20 cm) disk with alternating black and white quadrants. It is lowered into the water of a lake until it can no longer be seen by the observer. This depth of disappearance, is called the Secchi depth and is a measure of transparency of the water.
There are lakes where a secchi disk will disappear in 6-8 inches of water and there are other lakes where a secchi disk can still be seen in 20-25 feet of water.
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Noodle rod, Hanr3 LIKED above post
Here in the south we have these water colors -
Chocolate milk
Real muddy
Muddy
Pretty muddy
Coffee
Stained
Iced tea
Kinda clear
Clear
Gin clear
I seem to have the best luck using brighter colors the darker the water.
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BDBFishing, Jamesdean LIKED above post
as mentioned, there is the scientific way, with the disc, but it is pretty easy to just look down at it and swim a jig thru it and go from there .
yesterday I visited a spot that has lost some of its clarity , it wasn't really clear to begin with , but bright orange was difficult to see at around 5 inches deep .
it was a mixture coloration of slightly green and brown and rather cloudy , like tea that has sat in the fridge way to long, often times this type of clarity is a dream, fish can't look over a bait and it is easier to trick a crappie into a hit in cloudy water for sure ....just saying
Secchi Disk is what I was taught in school. I just know my lake and base it on what it typically looks like. It's stained always but lately it's been beyond chocolate milk with all the rain.
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