How To Catch Bass In Muddy Water
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
- Bass LOVE muddy water! Its not as tough as you think to catch fish when the water is murky. Anglers often lose confidence and begin to struggle when the water turns muddy and starts to rise but its all in their heads. Rising muddy water means more food and more food means aggressive bass. When the muddy conditions arrive this year, you'll be ready!
Don't let water color scare you. Whether your lake is crystal clear or chocolate milk the bass still need to eat. Its all about adaptation and recognizing changing conditions. Don't be afraid to fish aggressively in dark water. Matt's favorite bait in high, muddy water is a spinnerbait. There is no reason to slow down unless the bass won't cooperate. If that happens, we've got a handful of other techniques you can try with confidence.
Below is a breakdown of the baits discussed in the video. All of these are proven producers in stained to muddy water. Don't be afraid to get out there after the next big storm, you might be surprised how many fish are willing to bite.
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Man Bear Pig Creature Bait: bit.ly/2s51oIV
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6"' Yamamoto Senko: bit.ly/2axAmNS
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Line- 65 lb Power Pro MaxCuatro Braid: bit.ly/2clBRiQ
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Caught my PB (8lb 2oz) on a white, willowleaf spinnerbait. Good old Walmart $1 bin special!!
hertzer2000 dude them thing work I had good luck on them spinnerbait also 👍🏽
Wal-mart special! I upgrade the skirt and have good luck with them.
No doubt I’ll keep buying them just fix the skirts 👍🏽
Frank, we need you more than ever!
People underestimate those Walmart lures man. I caught a 22 inch muskie on a 2$ ozark trail (walmarts brand) 3.5 inch jerk minnow. I fish mainly using walmart lures just to show the guys buying 5-8$ rapalas that its unnecessary
Live on the Mississippi pool 13-14-15. Muddy water all day everyday. I would love to hear how you guys would attempt to find and fish a muddy river system as large as this? Love all the videos. haven't missed a new video in the past 18 months!! Thank you for all the help. I placed 3rd in a BFL in Lacrosse WI as a co angler last year and i owe a lot of my strategy and techniques to you guys. An on the fly change to adapt to the conditions put the fish needed in the boat to cash my first check!! i missed 1st place my 6 oz lol
Just won my 1st tour of this year,18.71lbs.7.81 big bass.pure mud,49-52 temp. Super shallow. Great info.
We had a lot of rain the last several days so I went out and bought a white bladed white spinnerbait. I am so glad I did! I was throwing it in a pond just off the bank and got lots of hits - and this pond is heavily fished. Thank you Matt.
Thanks for the tips. I go straight to this channel when i want to learn something new about bass fishing.
This tip is so helpful, even the haters who wake up every morning to give a thumbs down didnt do it today....at least not yet. haha.
Haha
I actually caught my pb 4.02 bass, 2 years ago in muddy shallow water in February, here in jersey. I was using an UL spinning setup with 5 pound braid, and a jig spinner with a 1/32oz jighead + #4 sickle hook, and 2" bright chartreuse curl tail. I had a brass ripple blade on that spinner as well. I caught a bunch of fish on the same lure that day, smaller bass,crappies, and some adult pumpkinseed sunfish. Another bait I would recommend to try for bass in muddy conditions is, an over sized inline spinner, with a ripple blade or french blade. It's more of a traditional type of lure, that you don't see bass pros use a lot, but it will work. Few weeks ago I put together a MH bass setup, with a Tatula CT, and a picsifun Torrent 7'0 MH 2 piece rod, with 40 pound braid spooled. I built a set of heavier inline spinners with 1/4 oz bullet weights as the bodies, they all have french blades, and are in different color schemes, and they cast awesome on this MH rig. So far I've only landed 2 small pickerel on these lures, but those fish are the most awake in these cold waters right now.
You guys always have the best tips for bass anglers. I really like how you guys will sit down in front of the camera and actually explain in detail how to use each bait. Other channels fish while they try to reach and it doesn’t work well. You guys are awesome!
I've been waiting on this all winter!!! Been grinding here in Illinois with water temps around 37. So much rain . Thanks for this. The fish that I have caught have been surprisingly shallow!! You guys are always spot-on loving it
What part of Illinois are you in? Im in Central Indiana and we are iced out. Boooo!
@@gregthomas4605 Central Illinois. Champaign area rural of Champaign actually. I 74 area. The fishery I been fishing a lot lately is fairly small. The northern end of the lake is froze over pretty thin ice but main lake is still open water. if we get this crazy Arctic blast though it'll be over. Nice to meet you Greg! Let's go fishing!
@@bryanmoore1009 I have family in Champaign and fish there a few times a year. Definitely going to have to meet up. Curtis & 74. Small world
@@gregthomas4605 I work a few blocks from curtis/74/57. Ever fish homer lake? Clinton lake? Shelbyville? Shelbyville is pretty big 3rd largest in Illinois . Around 50,000 acres I believe.
Bryan Moore yes to Clinton, year to firefighter crappie tournament on Shelbyville. Never fished Homer. My family owns a Servpro franchise in Champaign area. We should try to hook up on Facebook or fishbrain to stop hijacking this post.
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Fishbrain I am gtbass77
Ah.....in Idaho and everything is frozen but you guys are getting me all fired up for the season to start. Best bass info ! Best strategy for all year ! Many thanks to you guys.
Black/blue usually works for me in murk. I can see how contrast works well whether bright or dark. Picked up a lot out of this video as always. Best informative UA-cam fisherman out there. Matt eslecially!
especially!
Thanks man. I've always passed on fishing when it just rained for this reason. I didn't think they would be active in that mess. Great info as always. Keep it up. I appreciate it.
All so true caught 20lb bag of spots in less than a foot in rising muddy water last week had one that was over 5, that's big for my lake. All came off a white spinnerbait one big rock.
This by far my fav fishing channel on UA-cam. I really appreciate all these tips you share!
Man y'all's uploads just make the most sense compared to the other junk out.
Another excellent teaching video. You and Tim are amazing. Thank you for the great videos.
Great choices for baits in this video! Can’t go wrong with an all white bait when in doubt on what to use. Using those darker bait profiles in muddy water is a good way to go as well, as they will stand out quite a bit. Adding sound and scent are two other things I do, to allow fish to track the baits easier. Good video guys!
Great quality info. I prefer the chatterbait and have had AMAZING results with it. Also agree with you in that these conditions push them SUPER SHALLOW...I've caught multiple 3 - 4 lb fish in about 6 - 8 inches of water...and I am always amazed by that.
+1 on the Senko in mud....worked well for me back in October after Hurricane Michael came through and flooded my favorite lake.
This is such a factor in the mobile-tensaw Delta appreciate you making this video for us tightlines
Thanks for the info! I'll be trying that lipless crankbait tip
thanks guys,
I love the lessons on conditions as we see them right now today. This inspires to get me out there and informs. Appreciate it!
i could listen to Mat all day lets go fishing we have had record setting rain great video as always thank you tar heel bassin N C
I actually find it easier to catch fish in the winter in muddy water like matt said it makes the fish more predictable. I've had a lot of luck slow rolling (with pauses) a black and blue chatterbait lately!
June if has been my favorite go to color that not a lot of guys are running it seems! Love my Damiki knockout in bright almost blue Junebug on a Tokyo rig keeps it off the bottom and the bass will smoke it! Also a big 1 once spinner bait “ledge busters” will kill this time of year! Just ask Jacob Wheeler!! He just got paid 100,000 on Eufalla throwing one!
Matt and Tim, Would you guys do a video at some point about fishing mud lines and/or clean incoming water into mud. Just those drastic color changes where clean and dirtier water mix?
Thanks!! Great Video and will be using this info up here on Shasta.
Keep up the great work guys!! Really appreciate it!!
Great video as always guys! 🤙 I caught my PB Last year using these techniques. Rising water...choc milk...heavy cover ...white willow blade spinner bait...paddle tail trailer..killer combination that works every time!
chocolate milk water and a red/craw colored lipless got me my PB Smallmouth last year! 18” and 3-1/4 pounds. the smallies in my area don’t usually get bigger than a pound and a half so that for me was a huge win. so i can attest to lipless in muddy/chocolate milk water
Great video as always. ..Could you do a video on "When to use a jig, plastic worm or creature bait? How do you choose when its the best time? Thanks guys
I find them reliable mostly in the first twelve months of the year.
This was my biggest struggle fishing in Pennsylvania this year. Every time I could go fishing it was like throwing my bait in a bucket of mud. But,lipless was my top bait this year
I just went pond fishing and the water was super murky and caught them on both the chartreuse and white spinnerbait. Dirt shallow. So awesome!
Excellent Information! Thank you Matt!
Super true. I have been catching bass in less then 2 feet of water on chickamauga
Shocked you did not say Squarebill. I would have never thought of throwing a senko though, but guys info as always.
this is my second time watching this and good as the first time and i cant wait for this weekend I have tournament at eufaula lake in oklahoma and i have been told that lakes is nothing but muddy water..... man i cant wait i got the right bait this time around this year unlike last year.
Great tips as always Matt! Definitely going to be putting this to practice during spring time flooding!
I have an idea for an underwater vid..to show specific sound differences of baits between silent cranks and rattles and willow leaf SB vs Colorado SB
Fish don't "hear" the same way that we do. They don't have hearing lobes like humans. They actually don't even have a sense of sound like us. They only feel the vibrations by their lateral line, which is connected to their central nervous system. What it sounds like to us would not be comparing apples to apples, therefore would not really be useful information.
Wish i had watched this video last night, me and a buddy had our first tournament today and the muddy water kicked our butts.
Ice finally on Illinois lakes is safe. Getting 6-10 inches of snow today. I'll need this video in 3 more months to refresh my memory. Good luck everyone!
Thanks, u always say what iam thinking... since I just been a year into bass fishing I always double guess it. U always on point.... big fan. Keep the video's coming.
Thanks for the tips! I thought I was the only one with a (much) higher success rate with a spinnerbait than a chatterbait before this.
Im up in Michigan so all we have is a fat slab of ice. Probably going to invest in some winter gear this coming year but for now I'm screwed till spring :/ awesome tips though love learning new things.
It's super dirty water down here in Florida in our rivers, I usually throw light stuff but I'm going to try that. Thanks bro
Just watched Matt's old Topo map video which was good but was wondering if you guys could do a new one a little more in depth. Maybe grab a map of somewhere that you both have only been to once or twice and break down where you would start (for the different seasons) at a new lake based off of these maps and why. Then maybe follow that video with you guys on that lake, using what you talked about to find these places and how to cover those spots(how you would fish them)
My friend's are always asking me what to use for fishing and tips and everything related, I always have an answer because I watch you guys and I do what you say and use what you use
Matt, that's great info. Thanks so much, I learned something and now I'm not afraid of the muddy water.
Great video and tip Matt, been a subscriber for quite some time now and I too love to go to a white Willow leaf spinner bait. That's the lure I caught my first bass on, 31 year's ago in Florida. Glad to see you guys back and keep up the great work.
Thanks Mat, great info. I will give all these tips a try this coming weekend competition,
Awsome video it gets tough here in Arkansas this time of year thanks for the tips tight lines
What part of Ark you in Big Country?
You guys should try a Hildebrandt Snagless Sally in the same places you're throwing the swim jig for these conditions.
I DONE BETTER IN HIGH MUDDY WATER BY FAR LAST YEAR IN MY AREA, BEST TIP VIDEOS ON U-TUBE GUYS 🤙👍😁
Perfect video. If you guys have any local ponds can you do a pond tips video
Great tips!! I look forward to learning something new every video.
Muddy water in the spring is amazing !! Too bad it’s still January though
I caught my PB last spring fishing chocolate milk water . I was using a cotton cordell super spot , red colored. And had replaced it with owner hooks . Yoyo off the bottom was How I caught her
Thanks TB, this is super helpful and I'll be putting all this to work soon. 👍🏻🎣🐟
"we're getting to the end of winter" Toto, we're not in Iowa anymore... 🤣 Matt, I'm inviting you to an ice fishing weekend in a nice farm pond, or on the mighty Mississippi. THAT'S WINTER.
Love the big bladed thumping spinnerbait.
I feel like a boss cause I’ve been using the junebug senko in these condition SLAYING EM 👀👀
Thanks for the share Matt, great info these tactics also work on the Delta.
Thanks man!!! Been trying to find a pattern down here in Texas. Ill try this out.
Thanks for the upload
I needed this information update on the approach of loch lomond opening in march.
caught my first open water bass of 2020 in WI today, only about 1/2 an acre of open water but it didn't matter!
Great tips Matt
Thanks for the good advice Matt you guys rock
Hell yeah tactical bassin before work! 🙌🏼👍🏼👌🏼🤘🏻.
Hey Tactical, so we've established the fact that muddy rising water isn't the worst. What about if the water is muddy from rain, but the water level largely stays the same? Some of the reservoirs here alter the water levels. I just had a tough day fishing muddy water in at pretty much the same level.
senko the old go to bait. never fails
Great tips Matt!!!..thanks for sharing!!👊
Helpful info for sure!!Thanks for all the good tips like always.Haven't been able to crush one on the lv500 yet. Just have to keep at it.
Exactly the video i needed to see! Thank you!
What scents/attraction do you guys use? Is it different in muddy water vs clear or does it matter? Summer vs winter? Or do you not use any? Thanks for the honesty in the videos. Ive learned alot from you guys.
I mean think about it, can a craw change what it smells like....no, so in my opinion just go with anything natural because a creature or whatever down there usually can't change what it smells like
@@aidenestes8124 no it cant change what it smells like. But some scents have to be better at covering human scent as well as attracting bass. Just wanted to know what they use to cover the rubber worm smell or when your sweating. But thanks
@@heath-6258 Gambler plastics have an excellent scent a mix of craw/garlic I believe in algae blooms and muddy water scent makes a difference.
It's another element for the fish to pick up on when visibility is low!
@@FLAGATOR49 Thanks, I'll look into that..
@@heath-6258 no problem, the gambler ace does not beat a senko but their baits have a great scent.
I personally use the BANG garlic spray when I want some scent. Its much easier to apply and you don't have to use your hands.
to answer your original question I would say in winter Crawfish and during summer Shad.
I'm surprised you didn't mention indiana blades on a spinnerbait, to me they are the best in-between of a willow and colorado. You can fish them faster like a willow but still get good vibration like a colorado.
Great stuff right there! How can I relate this for swift and cold muddy water? I'm talking swift river systems after the water has come up and the water should be froze over but the river current keeps it from freezing.
Very timely, my lake is dirt soup right now.
As always, bravo
lol winter finally just actually kicked in here in the STNY region, soooo spring maybe june? maybe
Great content I always learn a lot from your vids thanks guys
Love the info Matt. Thanks.
Way too few subs on your channel...you guys are the best 👍
Thank you for making this great video it helps us a lot
great tip Matt keep'em coming
Good stuff Matt. Nice job.
Hey, love the videos...I was wondering if you could touch on the topic of lure weight with regard to rods. I'm guessing it's a range of lure weights that optimally load the rod for casting, but just how much can one vary from the manufacturers recommendation?..Can I safely throw a Whopper Plopper 130 on a rod rated up to an once? Or is it just a feeling thing, learning how much of a load the rod can take? Anyway, I don't think I've heard you folks comment on the subject, and it may be an interesting topic...thanks.
Another great vid keep them coming tight lines
Awesome video!! Thanks for the confidence!!👊🏽😎😅
Would you say that even when water temps are around 40 the fish move that shallow? In Missouri we are also getting rain, water temps are around 42-46 even colder up the river arms.
What part of Missouri are you fishing in?
It's been rough in morehead ky
Wow. Just coming out of winter. We're gonna go -2 here in the next few days in Jersey. I need to leave this dump
Randy Mirando move to the south brother. Fish all year, do yourself that one favor!
I hear you there randy I'm in new England and beyond done with winter.
Yah man our season is never over
Is the 7’7” heavy mod fast expride a decent jig rod?
Great videos and channel. How about more on wary, pressured bass.
Thank you sir
Thanks, Ya’ll are the best!!
Awesome info Matt👊👊👍👍
I fish braid on every red I own. I have no problem catching fish. Does it really make that much difference?
Alright guys, quick question. Now that they stopped making the roboworm ez shad what do you guy put on the 3/4oz Cali swim jig for a trailer? Thanks guys, keep it up.
We have had rain 12 out of 14 week-ends, the water is really dirty, the lake that I fish they have dropped the water 4 ft. Dirty water and dropping water makes it really hard to catch them.
Dropping mud is almost a worst case scenario. Fish will almost always back off the first ledge and suspend until it stabilizes. These fish can still be caught but it's a real grind.
Any tips when lake is letting water out? My lake is 2 ft up but they are releasing water.
Sounds logical... I will try ( back all the time I fish in shallow water I catch only small fishes and Eel fish . I use earthworm . I don't use lures because I don't have fishing rod, I fish with hook and reel only. Simply. Setup. ) any suggestion.. What type of lure or any else I use for big fishes.. ? Most of people there catch small fishes. In shallow water. Is it possible there is no big fish? The lake in which I used to do fishing. Is a muddy lake like it's water never gets clean.
Thanks for the info -- appreciate it!