Hank Parker has a great tactic for dirt shallow spinnerbaits. Not only does a stealthy presentation get fish in the boat, which implies low trajectory roll casts in close combat situations, but the additional subtle key to this presentation has to do with dialing in the retrieve. HP is notorious for throwing the Indiana/Colorado combination for extra thump, but like Matt says they can be spooky. This is where a waking retrieve with tandem willows will induce a reaction strike.
Yes, sir. I'm in Oklahoma, there's always some muddy dirty water some where... caught so many bass last year with those painted blade spinnerbaits... Now its time for breakfast. Thanks Matt
My most productive baits for muddy water are the 6th Sense Swank and a bright red Chatterbait or of course a 3/8 black flipping jig with a summercraw rage craw dipped in chartreuse.
These are basically my most productive presentations for pike and perch here in Germany, always cool thumbnails..I need to step my own thumbnail game up
Just got my kayak for fishing. Can’t wait for the spring. Also, getting my tackle up to par in the off season. Can’t wait for the ice to melt and get out there.
Hi Matt and Tim ...newbie here...love you guys videos...so much information....wanted to tell yall... me and 3 of my friends are comin to chic the first weekend of April ...gonna spend 3 days hopefully catching some good bass....maybe we'll get lucky and see you guys down there...
Wow!! May have to take notes on this one. Definitely have to watch it several more times. Matt, you did a GREAT job explaining this for this self taught (by YT Vids) newbie with little time in the water so far.
Great video Matt! I’ll be heading out from So Cal to middle Tennessee this up coming February. A very dicey time of year! Why do I torture myself every year ( was in TN for a week last January ) and just wait for spring? Firstly, the challenge. Second, I love throwing blade baits, tailspins and giant swimbaits. Third, why the hell not!
Im a shore fisherman with no shad fisheries but i still only do willow blades . Caught my biggest fish on 1/2 oz sexy shadish color willow bladed spinner bait.
Caught 4 bass in an hour with a fire craw color lipless crank yesterday. It's true those bright bold colors are killer in muddy water which is most of the fishery I fished
This was an awesome video!! Everyone always covers rising muddy spring water but not full-time murky lakes. Do you and Tim remember Black Butte Res. in NorCal? I’ve never seen that lake with more than 18” vis. This is the first time I’ve heard how to fish it. I’ve been throwing super bright and bold all the time and not doing that well(accept for late winter & spring with bright red). Now I know I should be trying more natural colors since murky is their “norm”. Thanks a lot and thanks to you both for all your great content. It’s very appreciated.
Im trying to soak up every bit of info for spring before I make the trip to Clearlake! Really hoping to connect with a big one in the few days I am there!!
On my local clear lake, I love it when the water gets muddy this time of year. Especially if the sun comes out. Just like Matt said, they’ll be nearly flopping on the banks. Just run up the muddiest creek you see and beat those warm spots down. I have had times in this situation where there fish were there, but would only hit a bait sitting still. Water was still a bit cold in the main lake. Had to drop shot it in dirt shallow water with a light weight, but it produced.
I love you guys down south you have some of the best fishing knowledge I’ve ever gotten in my life and It makes envious of you I’m up north in the Midwest over in Iowa where we’re always behind on the prespawn but when it happens it’s my favorite time of the year
I started using the california swim jig paired with a d walker trailer after watching one of your videos and it put more quality fish in the boat than any other lure I fished all year. Its now my favorite go to confidence bait.
Such a great video as always and the second I clicked it I gave it a thumbs up. I was wondering if you could do a video comparing and the behaviors of (and fishing strategies) for largemouth vs smallmouth vs spotted bass. Thank you. Stay well and tight lines.
Thanks Matt! Not sure how much experience you have fishing after ice out given where you have lived but would love to see a video on that for us northern guys, and you have time (i still have two months here in Maine)
Great topic cant wait til the end of the month and first of March its gonna get stupid here in N.C. 35 and 40 lb bags of Giants and dirt shallow because of all the rain
Great video and information. Thank you! It's unusually cold here this week and I'm itchin' to get back to fishing. I'm organizing tackle and preparing rods and reels. Thank you for turning me on to squarebills. Great bait! (BTW, your link to the Dobyn's Fury crankbait rod has an error).
Could we possibly get a video on how different variables play into how deep or shallow a lipped bait will run I was mainly wondering if current has any affect on depth ( for example dose cranking into current make a bait dive deeper?) Thanks I’ve learned so much Much love from Spokane Washington
Thanks Matt Allen. Does this apply to 45 degree water also? And in March I've did really well on giants in yoohoo water with a bright blue but only about a 2 week to a month period every year. Depends on Weather and water level. Ps.. love those clear lid boxes
Good vids keep them coming brother everything y’all have been hit with this week is going to be in south LA cross the lake from New Orleans and it’s going to be cold and muddy and dumping really cold water down on top of the warmer water we had that was beginning to rise in temp what do all think would be the best way to fish it
Thanks again for the great vids. Any advice for water with less that 1 foot of visibility because of blue-green algae? From May till the end of the season, my lake looks like it does in my profile pic, or worse.
No black and chartreuse for the mud? The spinnerbait in that color, or even beatle jig spinner if close to the bank, is my favorite color. Do you like fire tiger color?
Its raining a ton here in WNC how would I fish the bank since there is like 50 feet or more out of the water and hardly any cover. Should I go and fish bridge pillings or long points or just find dirt shallow coves and fish them
Love your show. Great stuff. BASS charter member and 80 yrs old but still bass fish 2 or 3 times a week in the ponds. You keep telling us to see this and that in the description below. I can’t find it.
Great vid,Matt(its bassfishinBrian-changed my chan name,&so far it was a wise move)-here in WV,im still winter fishin targeting Walleye &Sauger & just got a nice Sauger on a Kietech 4inch swing impact this morning b4 work in 36 degree water;29degree air temp.im PUMPED for prespawn,though!! #GetRedCrankbaitBoxReady
If the timing of this wasn’t absolutely perfect. A huge storm has made the water in the lake I fish like chocolate milk. Really cold also, but even in summer this will be very helpful.
Matt, have you ever tried the BioSpawn Exoswims on a Swim Jig? I'm gonna order some of those California Swim Jigs and am wondering if those will give me the action I want, or if I should just order some more Keitechs.
Another question does fishing real shallow work on rivers. Our CT river gets real muddy early in the year and could have fast current but we have places to get out of current.
Here in Ohio we fish a ton of spinnerbait in rivers and creeks for smallmouth. Look up some of those Susquehanna river tackle companies they have ideal river spinnerbaits.
Tactical bassin and coffee on a Friday morning, can’t be beat man!! Weekend knowledge at its best!!!
Agreed. Cant wait for prespawn..I live in western mass so I got some time before the hard water is gone
Yes sir, negative 5 degree weather here in Nebraska no Chance of fishing, this is my go to! 😆
@@mattlaflamme1162 ah man. I’m in NC, we’re weeks away from them giants moving on up!!
@@MrDoItAll91 I'm in nc too we should fish together sometime!
@@robertjaynes4322 hey man. My email is in the ‘about’ section on my UA-cam channel!! I’m definitely down with that!!
“Hey guys, Matt Allen here”
Music to my ears
Spring can’t get here soon enough, ice is thick here.
The most knowledgeable videos on UA-cam as far as fishing is concerned.
Hank Parker has a great tactic for dirt shallow spinnerbaits. Not only does a stealthy presentation get fish in the boat, which implies low trajectory roll casts in close combat situations, but the additional subtle key to this presentation has to do with dialing in the retrieve. HP is notorious for throwing the Indiana/Colorado combination for extra thump, but like Matt says they can be spooky. This is where a waking retrieve with tandem willows will induce a reaction strike.
Hey Matt,
Love the quick flowing, easy to process videos you put out! You’re the master when it comes to anything Bass talk!
Perfect video for my weather and water characteristics this weekend here in Illinois! Thank you.
Some bait looks so cool, like it's worth collecting.
Girl here: I know right? But you have to have a good fish story to go with them to make it perfect. 👌🏼🎣
People do for the more expensive and/or rare lures.
I save my retired lures that look cool and have them displayed. Especially the more expensive one.
Gotta love some Tacticalbassin before work. Thanks guys
Headed to Guntersville this weekend, and it's been raining and cold. Perfect timing.
after switching from trout fishing to bass 3 years ago finally tried cranking with some square bills and finally started landing some decent bass
Yes, sir. I'm in Oklahoma, there's always some muddy dirty water some where... caught so many bass last year with those painted blade spinnerbaits... Now its time for breakfast. Thanks Matt
youre too good and i watch everyvid u make no matter what :)
My most productive baits for muddy water are the 6th Sense Swank and a bright red Chatterbait or of course a 3/8 black flipping jig with a summercraw rage craw dipped in chartreuse.
TB,is the best,well done
What about the chatterbait, where does that fit in or do you throw it at all
Yay! I fish muddy water allll the time. Great video guys!
Hey Matt, any chance you and Tim will be showing New England some love this year? Another great vid by the way. Tight lines. 🐟👊
Cobbosseecontee needs to happen.... and Moosehead....
These are basically my most productive presentations for pike and perch here in Germany, always cool thumbnails..I need to step my own thumbnail game up
I definitly got to step my lure game up .... LOL. Lots of info, Thanks
Yall are the best cant wait to break my pb again this year
thanks for always sharing your wealth of knowledge
Just got my kayak for fishing. Can’t wait for the spring. Also, getting my tackle up to par in the off season. Can’t wait for the ice to melt and get out there.
Hi Matt and Tim ...newbie here...love you guys videos...so much information....wanted to tell yall... me and 3 of my friends are comin to chic the first weekend of April ...gonna spend 3 days hopefully catching some good bass....maybe we'll get lucky and see you guys down there...
Love the techniques you share, thanks for helping us be better at fishing
Great information, this video really helps
Thanks Matt from Ohio.Great info.
Glad to see you playing around with some Rapala baits lately.
Wow!! May have to take notes on this one. Definitely have to watch it several more times. Matt, you did a GREAT job explaining this for this self taught (by YT Vids) newbie with little time in the water so far.
Thank you for the great video addiction ! LOL Really enjoy them !
I’ve been waiting for this one!
Would love to see guys try Banks Lake down in south GA.
Thanks for always explaining things very well
Thank you Matt and Tim for such great knowledge!
Great video Matt! I’ll be heading out from So Cal to middle Tennessee this up coming February. A very dicey time of year! Why do I torture myself every year ( was in TN for a week last January ) and just wait for spring? Firstly, the challenge. Second, I love throwing blade baits, tailspins and giant swimbaits. Third, why the hell not!
Can't wait to start fishing shallow in my ponds!
ur basically my fishing coach
...not basically..... you guys ARE my fishing coaches!
Thanks for the video, this one really hits home!
Im a shore fisherman with no shad fisheries but i still only do willow blades . Caught my biggest fish on 1/2 oz sexy shadish color willow bladed spinner bait.
Caught 4 bass in an hour with a fire craw color lipless crank yesterday. It's true those bright bold colors are killer in muddy water which is most of the fishery I fished
Great video. Preciate all info.. Now load up an make a video on Fontana not to far from ya in NC.
Yeh!!! NC!!! If you ever hit out inner coastal waters, I’ll buy you lunch!!!
Nice, muddy water advice!!
This was an awesome video!! Everyone always covers rising muddy spring water but not full-time murky lakes. Do you and Tim remember Black Butte Res. in NorCal? I’ve never seen that lake with more than 18” vis. This is the first time I’ve heard how to fish it. I’ve been throwing super bright and bold all the time and not doing that well(accept for late winter & spring with bright red). Now I know I should be trying more natural colors since murky is their “norm”. Thanks a lot and thanks to you both for all your great content. It’s very appreciated.
Im trying to soak up every bit of info for spring before I make the trip to Clearlake! Really hoping to connect with a big one in the few days I am there!!
This is great timing considering it's rained for the past week and my first tournament is Saturday. It's a super clear lake so it's going to be tough.
On my local clear lake, I love it when the water gets muddy this time of year. Especially if the sun comes out. Just like Matt said, they’ll be nearly flopping on the banks. Just run up the muddiest creek you see and beat those warm spots down. I have had times in this situation where there fish were there, but would only hit a bait sitting still. Water was still a bit cold in the main lake. Had to drop shot it in dirt shallow water with a light weight, but it produced.
I love you guys down south you have some of the best fishing knowledge I’ve ever gotten in my life and It makes envious of you I’m up north in the Midwest over in Iowa where we’re always behind on the prespawn but when it happens it’s my favorite time of the year
In the first 2 minutes you answered a question I have had for a while.
I started using the california swim jig paired with a d walker trailer after watching one of your videos and it put more quality fish in the boat than any other lure I fished all year. Its now my favorite go to confidence bait.
Such a great video as always and the second I clicked it I gave it a thumbs up. I was wondering if you could do a video comparing and the behaviors of (and fishing strategies) for largemouth vs smallmouth vs spotted bass. Thank you. Stay well and tight lines.
Great video never new to go that shallow thanks
Thanks for the information I will take it to my ❤ and comply it to my lakes here in Burlington n.c.
great vid!! love the spinnerbait in muddy water!
What do you think of the color chartreuse and yellow for when the water is rising?
Thanks Matt! Not sure how much experience you have fishing after ice out given where you have lived but would love to see a video on that for us northern guys, and you have time (i still have two months here in Maine)
Thank you for putting up such informative content. I learn so much from your videos. Keep up the fantastic work!!!
Great topic cant wait til the end of the month and first of March its gonna get stupid here in N.C. 35 and 40 lb bags of Giants and dirt shallow because of all the rain
Love all the videos. Only problem is the bait and tackle list on TW is too long... Keep them coming. Great info and useful knowledge.
Turned the intro music into my alarm clock.
Great video and information. Thank you! It's unusually cold here this week and I'm itchin' to get back to fishing. I'm organizing tackle and preparing rods and reels. Thank you for turning me on to squarebills. Great bait! (BTW, your link to the Dobyn's Fury crankbait rod has an error).
Thank you. Hopefully it works this weekend.
Matt opens his plano boxes like a kid opens a birthday present.
Thanks Matt for great advice
Awesome video, thanks very informative. I think I heard some herons at the end. I hope they are headed north. Lol
u can never skip a tactibassin vid cuase u could miss somthing at any time u r so amizing
Dead on like always 👊👊
I’d love to see you guys fish some of this 41* muddy water here in NC.
When and how do you alter the weed guards on your jigs? Thanks!!
Matt what do y’all think of 6 sense fishing lures and rods
Could we possibly get a video on how different variables play into how deep or shallow a lipped bait will run
I was mainly wondering if current has any affect on depth ( for example dose cranking into current make a bait dive deeper?)
Thanks I’ve learned so much
Much love from Spokane Washington
The CA Delta is pretty muddy right now, should we shallow crank this weekend?! Thx guys
Thanks Matt Allen.
Does this apply to 45 degree water also?
And in March I've did really well on giants in yoohoo water with a bright blue but only about a 2 week to a month period every year. Depends on Weather and water level.
Ps.. love those clear lid boxes
Legit just retied some of my baits . Hitting muddy water right now 😂
Have you guys tried the Jabber Jaw or the Axis yet? If so what’s your opinion on it
Good vids keep them coming brother everything y’all have been hit with this week is going to be in south LA cross the lake from New Orleans and it’s going to be cold and muddy and dumping really cold water down on top of the warmer water we had that was beginning to rise in temp what do all think would be the best way to fish it
Go to south FL
Colorado blades on a spinnerbait does great in muddy water, more vibration.
Great tips
Out here in connecticut waiting for ice out
Great stuff as usual. Hey Matt/Tim, what hooks are you putting on the Speed Trap? And what size trap are you mostly using? Appreciate it!
Thanks again for the great vids. Any advice for water with less that 1 foot of visibility because of blue-green algae? From May till the end of the season, my lake looks like it does in my profile pic, or worse.
Awesome stuff
Thanks for the info once again!
Would love to hear you're opinion on the new swing bill crankbaits.
No black and chartreuse for the mud? The spinnerbait in that color, or even beatle jig spinner if close to the bank, is my favorite color. Do you like fire tiger color?
Can you guys do a video on low visibility fishing? Most of the lakes I fish are naturally less than 2 feet of visibility.
How do you even dislike this video!😂
Keep it TB, you guys rock!🔥
Its raining a ton here in WNC how would I fish the bank since there is like 50 feet or more out of the water and hardly any cover. Should I go and fish bridge pillings or long points or just find dirt shallow coves and fish them
Love your show. Great stuff. BASS charter member and 80 yrs old but still bass fish 2 or 3 times a week in the ponds.
You keep telling us to see this and that in the description below. I can’t find it.
Exit the comments & right where you see the title to the video there is a little arrow pointing down on the right side, just click that
Are you guys coming back to clear lake in March?
Great vid,Matt(its bassfishinBrian-changed my chan name,&so far it was a wise move)-here in WV,im still winter fishin targeting Walleye &Sauger & just got a nice Sauger on a Kietech 4inch swing impact this morning b4 work in 36 degree water;29degree air temp.im PUMPED for prespawn,though!!
#GetRedCrankbaitBoxReady
If the timing of this wasn’t absolutely perfect. A huge storm has made the water in the lake I fish like chocolate milk. Really cold also, but even in summer this will be very helpful.
What baitcasting reel do you like
Thx Matt!🤙👊
I wonder if when visibility is really low if the fish depend more on their lateral line more than sight, which would make color not so important?
Matt do you ever fish chatterbaits this time of year? I catch tons of fish here on guntersville on a chatterbait starting in early spring.
Unfortunately it’s getting really cold right now in Texas right when the pre spawn is starting 😢
Yeah, that's happening over most of the country but won't last long 👍
@@tacticalbassin hopefully it doesn’t last too long I finally got on a good red square bill and s-waver bite just the other day.
Matt, have you ever tried the BioSpawn Exoswims on a Swim Jig? I'm gonna order some of those California Swim Jigs and am wondering if those will give me the action I want, or if I should just order some more Keitechs.
Great video where you guys based
What are your thoughts about a 13 fishing jabber jaw in this situation?
Nice. No chatterbait?
Another question does fishing real shallow work on rivers. Our CT river gets real muddy early in the year and could have fast current but we have places to get out of current.
Here in Ohio we fish a ton of spinnerbait in rivers and creeks for smallmouth. Look up some of those Susquehanna river tackle companies they have ideal river spinnerbaits.