Thread: crappie and muddy water

here's my 2 cents;

1. I personally feel crappie relate to structure tighter in muddy water than in clear water. I think the effects have to do with sight, and the effects that muddy water has on temperature. If it is sunny, the water will warm quicker in muddy water.
2. I think you can get a lot closer to the crappie in muddy water, because it does effect visual field. I think it's probably a lot easier to doodle with just 3-5' of line on a 10' jig pole than in clear. In clear you have to stay off them & use corks so not to spook them. That's what I think anyway.

If its so muddy you can tract a coon across the lake I had sooner to set home.

I have wondered about the mud line,is it muddy all the way to the bottom in the lakes and oxbows or just a few feet.With mud washing off from the banks and feeder creeks does it push the clear water to the top or bottom.