Hi all.  I have started fishing for LMB this summer, and have had good success fishing a nearby pond in NYC, despite the fishing pressure.  But recently in the last week, there have been many rainstorms, and the water has become very muddy.  This is a manmade pond so there isn't really separation of clear and muddy water.  I mainly caught bass previously on stickbaits and lizards (SLOW presentations) and had little success on fast baits.  Now, given the cooler temps, I have tried more crankbaits and spinnerbaits and chatterbaits, but haven't even gotten a bite.  My logic is that the fish need louder/more visual presentations given the dirty water, but I can't seem to hookup anything.  Any advice is appreciated!

 

Concentrate on the area of the pond where water runoff from the rain enters the pond. 

Use the same baits that were working in a darker or brighter color.  Watermelon red works very well for me in most of my waters but I shift to green pumpkin or dip a tip in chartreuse if the water dirtied up.

Check out articles on "cold fronts."

 

Cold fronts bring in the rain which causes the bass to feed.

 

After the cold front passes through an area the bass will not start to feed for two to three days.

 

Learn about cold fronts and how you can fish through them.

 

Good luck.