In the past when I was faced with conditions like this I would have walked away and left it for another day but as fishing time can be limited these days it has forced me to fish in these conditions and granted it will be harder success it achievable if you persevere.
These are just my experiences of fishing in coloured water, what has worked for us and some of the methods we use.
Stay or go?
This is the water clarity I was faced with yesterday, on other occasions I would have walked away. However in similar conditions during the summer I have had fish in this kind of water clarity. I hooked one fish yesterday which was only on for max of 5 seconds. It is always going to be much tougher in these conditions but if you know fish are in that area it has to be worth a go, does it not?
Conditions were good, there was a nice fizz on the water and apart from clarity tides were ideal for the location I was fishing. I generally go for lures with chartreuse and and white colours as I have found this has worked well for me in the past. I fish these two ways, very slow retrieve or a quick crank and pause (the theory being that the quick retrieve and emitted vibrations draw the fishes attention to your lure). Hard lures which have done well for me when the water clarity is far from ideal are the Jackson Athlete the Daiwa Shore Line Shiner and my favourite in such conditions the Zonk Gataride. There is no doubt that the rattling and vibration given off by the lures helps in these conditions.
Its not impossible....just harder,
Here is Paul with nice bass taken on the Zonk Gataride in November last year, fishing into coloured water.
Another method which has worked very well for us this summer when fishing in coloured water is the Wave worm which I will talk a bit more about soon.
We have decided to open the comments on the blog so it would be great to hear your thoughts of fishing in coloured water.
Tight lines,
James.
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