i fish around houma orange grove, 70 mile canal ect.  lately the water has been white. catching a few bass on a green lezard  anyone know a good bait for dirty water. tried spinners crank baits top water but water so white color can not catch many.

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^^What @RoLo said  

 

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Never heard of the water turning white . Here it turns chocolate . When its muddy I fish shallow and tight to cover or directly on the bottom . Everything is fished "slow" . Jig and pig is good .I like black with a bright orange or chartreuse trailer .   Colorado bladed spinnerbait , diving crankbaits bounced off rip rap  or rocky banks.   Precision flipping and pitching comes into play . Inches matter .

13 hours ago, Wade Porche said:

i fish around houma orange grove, 70 mile canal ect.  l 

Where is this ? Google doesnt even recognize   it .

I've been able to find decently clean water in that area the past few weeks every time out. I've been going at least twice a week since Christmas. Look at your google maps. Find backs of canals. Most will have cleaner water the further you get from the Intracoastal and the more cuts there are into the marsh. You may have to search a bit. If you can see your bait 6 inches or more into the water the fish can see your bait.

1 hour ago, Marshfly said:

I've been able to find decently clean water in that area the past few weeks every time out. I've been going at least twice a week since Christmas. Look at your google maps. Find backs of canals. Most will have cleaner water the further you get from the Intracoastal and the more cuts there are into the marsh. You may have to search a bit. If you can see your bait 6 inches or more into the water the fish can see your bait.

 

This & bass in off colored are lateral line feeder so ya want lures that move water or rattles.

 

@scaleface "white" colored water quite common in Louisiana 

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Went out this afternoon in the Orange Grove canals and the water was extremely clean everywhere. Fish were hitting well all afternoon if you had the right speed to your presentation, no matter the bait. Ended up with 6 in the live well in a few hours with two over 3#. A buddy that was fishing the same area boated a 4.5-5# fish on an unweighted stick bait fished slow. Mine were all taken on baits that move. 

 

Intentionally not giving out all the secrets...gotta leave something to figure out.