Looking for a lake with good bass and crappie fishing here in the metro. Think I have a good one to check out, has a seeci disc reading of 1, 1 dang! Am I going to have to pitch under docks (not my thing) or are their other good options? Think crappies will be suspended over deep stuff, any advice on those guys? Looking for a good crappie lake for ice time, pm me. Thanks
I’ve fished a lot of tourneys in chocolate milk the last couple years. I learned that you will get bit with things that make noise and vibration. Chatterbaits, crankbaits etc. However I learned the hard way that finesse tactics somehow, still work in that type of water. Took me a year and 5 tournaments of losing to guys using drop shots or wacky worms to realize I should be trying this too. I am a believer in the darker the water the darker the color of your lure or plastic. Pretty much only use black/blue flake.
Great tips 14! Think cranks are coming out, choppo, senko, all dark or black. Gonna be a hot one too.
I have found the opposite to be true in stained/murky waters, even with plastics. Last week I was dock skipping a chartreuse senko with black specks and found it to be effective. My friend was using a darker color and I told him that they might not see it as well in this “pea soup.” Case in point, he caught 2 compared to my 9.
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I think it’s the contrast to the dark water that matters. So I think white/chartreuse or Black/Blue standout best. Save the natural colors for clear conditions.
I think it’s the contrast to the dark water that matters. So I think white/chartreuse or Black/Blue standout best. Save the natural colors for clear conditions.
Nailed it. White is very solid in dark water.
Here is some good advice for you: when the clarity is <5 the best structure is probably not going to be a good weedline, so look for docks, laydowns, or pads. If you have to fish weeds use SI to find the thickest stuff near deeper water, check out very skinny water near good structure or at dusk.
Here is some good advice for you: when the clarity is <5 the best structure is probably not going to be a good weedline, so look for docks, laydowns, or pads. If you have to fish weeds use SI to find the thickest stuff near deeper water, check out very skinny water near good structure or at dusk.
What do you mean by skinny? Shallow?
Yes, like a foot deep
That can be true but take a lake that is always muddy or very stained, like many lakes in the Chisago area and the fish can’t live in a foot of water all year round. I’ve seen and been beaten by many 20 lb bags of weedline bass in pea soup lakes while I was fishing shallow following the same strategy. So don’t think you can’t fish deeper water with more subtle techniques when the water is dirty.
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