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Brendan, Here are some suggestions on fishing murky water. Bass in dirtier water don't rely on sight as much, they rely more on their "lateral line" which detects vibrations and movements, so... using big bladed spinner baits in bright colors like chartreuse, white,orange etc... also try vibrating baits like shallow running square billed cranks and lipless cranks also in bright colors. As far a plastics go they do work in murky water. Find a plastic with a bigger profile like a Berkley power hog. Something that has a lot of plastic appendages to throw out vibration. As far a colors go for plastics , go with darker colors like black,blue,purlple. Also another thing to remember in darker water is that bass will hold tighter to cover so throw multiple casts to whatever available cover you have like; docks, laydowns, stumps etc... On sunny days always hit the shady side first. Whatever you decide to go with as far as bait whether it be crankbaits, spinners, you always want to make contact with the cover, bang that spinner on a laydown and let it flutter down. Slow rolling big spinners can be deadly effective. Hope this helps.

Hello everyone my name is Brian, I live in south central Wisconsin, I'm 30 yrs old and have been bass fishing seriously for about 3yrs. Had an old account on this forum about 1 1/2 yrs ago but got more involved in a local forum, had a couple of kids and lost track of this forum, now I'm back. This is such a great site. Looking forward to talking about bass fishing which I am completely obsessed with. Tight lines.