Shallow muddy bays in spring

[walleyechamp906]

Hey guys I was wondering how you target walleye in muddy warm bays in the spring.
Techniques, speed, any tips much appreciated. I've recently tried pulling spinners with a split shot behind boards but no luck. The water I'm in is 2 to 5 feet.
Maybe it's the late spring I'm not sure

[btmbncr]

Pinch jigs and gulp or trigger x or jig and a minnow.Bill

Curious on trolling speeds this shallow.. Any shallow trollers?

[dakotahunter12]

try 10 to 15 feet of line out with your favorite crank behind planer boards around 2 mph.

Do yourself a favor and get an oxygen meter to see what's up in those bays. A Ph Meter will do the same thing. When the Ph meter is a 7 it's perfect water. A 7 or close to it means the disolved opxygen is acceptable. When the needle swings one or two points either way toward alkaline or acidic oxygen gets eaten up and don't bother fishing there. If there has been a recent storm the upper layer of water may be dirty but the substrate more clear. Fish under the mud layer. If there is an incoming stream fish the slack water eddies as they enter the lake. Retrieve slower, more stops than go, longer fatter baits of brighter colors - yellow/white/chartreuse. Try both cranks and big blade spinner baits.

[Walleyerod]

1/16 or 1/32 oz jigs with a large lively leech. Pitch the jig and move it very slowly through the mud/short grass, letting it rest once in a while. If you are using two rods, work one then set it down, work the other, etc. Be very quiet upon initial approach. Those large eyes just suck in the leech, usually a very subtle bite. Good luck!