I have caught many limits in muddy water. The mud doesn't bother me, but on Oconee their is a lot of trash in the water after storms (seems worst than other lakes) that makes trolling frustrating having to clean your lines every 50 yards. The water temp is a bummer. With the cold rain and the drop or no increase in the water temp I haven't had much luck. Cold rain always seems to slow them down big time. It has to change sometime, unless Al Gore is right about the earth turning to forever winter. Wait, there is no way Al Gore is right, he doesn't even know what planet he is on.