Thread: Muddy Water???

I like muddy water.

The bayous I fish are always muddy. I use black and green jigs at 10 inch deep. Look at the water color in the back ground.

Warm, murky to muddy water is not a bad thing. Cold, muddy water is not a good thing.

... cp

Originally Posted by CrappiePappy

Warm, murky to muddy water is not a bad thing. Cold, muddy water is not a good thing.

... cp

I agree that day the water was 73 degrees. They were attacking the jig. I was skirting the edge of the stumps with a foot or two of line out giving the cork a pop every other second.

Yep thats what our water looks like. Doesn't take much rain to get it that way either. So guys, what your saying is i need to try dark colors? See, thats whats so hard about color, i have read so many articles that state; ''hot, loud colors'' are the way to go. ill give it a try, thank you all for the feed back. Ill be sure and pay it forward. God Bless.....thanks EC

Thanks EC for starting thisthread. I have been having trouble getting results also and the water seems to always be muddy around my Morgan City area. I'll apply some of the suggestions h3ere.Steve in so la

Originally Posted by electric chicken

Yep thats what our water looks like. Doesn't take much rain to get it that way either. So guys, what your saying is i need to try dark colors? See, thats whats so hard about color, i have read so many articles that state; ''hot, loud colors'' are the way to go. ill give it a try, thank you all for the feed back. Ill be sure and pay it forward. God Bless.....thanks EC

EC .... that's one reason I use contrasting colors (light/dark). That way I'm covered for most any water clarity I run into.

The main idea behind using dark colors in dark water, is because dark colors block any light penetration ... making them more visible, because they present a darker shadow against the lighter water surface & sky, than a light colored bait.

I don't see any real reason for any particular set rules for bait color vs water color ... the fish can still feel the presence of a moving bait, in dark waters. They don't necessarily have to see it ... they can smell it, and "hear/feel" it (pressure waves are felt through their lateral lines).

... cp

Thank you CP, that makes sense. When it comes to color CP, it all seems to run together. For example, I never forget this one video on Kentucky Afield, where Tim Farmer (show host) met up with a well known local crappie fishermen. Well, at one point i guess the bite got slow, so they local changes color, and the color change he claimed was this, and I quote " see look there Tim, we changed our color from a black and green, to a black and green with little black specks in the tail". Okay really, little black specks are going to make that difference.

Color makes no sense to me. I have read articles one says, hot colors, one says dark colors, one says hot and dark colors together. Some people, say' all you need is three basic colors, black, white and or chartreuse.

CP, last year I came upon the color combination, it was like the magic jig, really just pitch it past a stump and let it fall back and magically a crappie was there. But, again this was only true till it rained and the upper end where i fish gets muddy due to run off. Then nothing for days until the water cleared, and when i mean clear i meaning still only 1 to 2ft visibility which is normal. I just bothers me, that i can only do good in certain conditions.