Walleye Fishing in Muddied Water

[Missourivette]

What is advisable? Gawdy colors? Slow spinners?

[REW]

Something with a lot of noise and vibration.

The noise and vibration seem to make more of a difference than any color.
I suspect that in most cases the water is too muddy for the fish to see it anyway.

REW

[gillysmi]

i fished muddy water last weekend. used glass raps black and new perch and did really well. both have BB's in em for some rattle.

[fishing life]

Originally Posted by Missourivette

What is advisable her? Gawdy colors? Slow spinners?

I think if you give it a try and see what colors you can see and how deep in the muddy water that very dark colors show better than light colors they would be a bit better than bright colors. REW is correct that sound and vibration are very important as an attractant in muddy waters. I wouldn't slow down much if at all to keep the bait creating vibrations. I have also used gold and silver.

for murky cloudy water, i use things with rattles and i find it especially important to use shad profile baits rather than minnow bodied ones. the larger profile creates more vibration and make the bait easier to see. i find chartruese, orange/gold and white to be the most productive.

[mudpuppy]

Quite often, shallower water than you'd normally fish, too.

[REW]

Black, brown, gold, dark red, dark blue and purple are all good muddy water colors.


REW

[Missourivette]

Tried cranks yesterday. Nothing. Switched to spinners with slow death and had better luck.