I have this lake I fish and during spring and summer it is really clear like 5 ft visibility - maybe 7 ft.  But every September - October it turns a nasty brown and fishing is horrible. I usually end fishing season in October but this year I wanna fish till ice over. Wondering if the water clears back up as it gets colder out ? Anyone in the north east experience this 

The brown color in the fall is likely a diatom bloom. Once that dies off when the water gets too cold, it should clear up. Winter usually has the clearest water of the year in many lakes.

I'm not sure if you are taking about your lake turning over. If this is the case,  try using darker color plastics, chartreuse cranks( if that's your thing)  Try fishing deeper if you're lake normally has a thermalclimb 

10 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

The brown color in the fall is likely a diatom bloom. Once that dies off when the water gets too cold, it should clear up. Winter usually has the clearest water of the year in many lakes.

I hope so bc it has great fishing all season until this and @Mjmj the lake is only 16 ft deep with a average of about 7. I try using spinnerbaits and chatterbaits. Dark jigs etc all the typical muddy water baits but the only thing that eats is dinks. And it’s very few. 

Algae bloom is different from turn over. Turn over is the top layer of water turning over with bottom layer as the top layer cools. Bottom decay debris floats to the surface and you smell a sulphur like odor. Turnover is a common occurrence in the fall.

Algea blooms occur all summer, usually green algea or brown algea that can be controlled chemically by lake management or colder water during the winter.

Tom

 

 

15 minutes ago, WRB said:

Algae bloom is different from turn over. Turn over is the top layer of water turning over with bottom layer as the top layer cools. Bottom decay debris floats to the surface and you smell a sulphur like odor. Turnover is a common occurrence in the fall.

Algea blooms occur all summer, usually green algea or brown algea that can be controlled chemically by lake management or colder water during the winter.

Tom

 

 

Ok so this was just the lake turning over and should clear up in time

Once the turnover process is complete, the water on most lakes should begin to clear up; in fact here in Michigan, one of the best times to fish is during these clearer water conditions in October and November !

1 hour ago, J.Vincent said:

Once the turnover process is complete, the water on most lakes should begin to clear up; in fact here in Michigan, one of the best times to fish is during these clearer water conditions in October and November !

Yeah I’m hoping my main lake I fish clears up. It’s small only about 100 acres but the fishing is great until now. It always turns to mud brown around this time .. plus it has been raining everyday which doesn’t help