How to Fish Muddy Water - Bass Fishing Tips in the Spring

[@Exploremorefishing]

Ah yes a vintage Fluke master instructional without the feeling of being hi jacked by a certain tackle box company or rod company...welcome back

[@jango565]

I know you've gotta keep the lights on with your sponsor stuff but I really enjoyed you giving us your real choices on baits no matter which company put them out, sponsor or not.. Love seeing a video along the lines of your older stuff that is just straight to the point teaching. keep up the great work man, you've made real differences for the better in peoples lives making good information so accessible to new and old fisherman alike.

[@jalenbrown8217]

One way I like to describe why bass are tight to cover in muddy water is by relating it to when you're in a dark room. You aren't going to want to stand in the middle of the room with no point of reference. You're going to want to find the nearest wall or STRUCTURE to come into contact with so that you can figure out what your position is in the world. Same goes with our beloved bass and any other living organism who's senses are impaired by the environment. They'll want to figure out where they are, and establish comfort within that position until conditions clear up, or whatever is impairing their vision, or positioning senses clears up.I just thought I'd drop this little gem for you and my other fishing friends. Thanks for the awesome video Flukemaster!

[@joshcoon6431]

Thanks for the video you changing so many kids lives with these instruction.. No better feeling in the world than seeing someones face when they hook up to that first 7 pounder. Especially beginners.. You can just tell when their hooked on bass fishing for life.. Anyway thanks for getting kids off the video games and back to the outdoors..

[@wittmoore6262]

Could you also do a video on how you typically fish really clear water? Great video, keep em comin!

[@WarriorCall]

Witt Moore I'd like to see that video, too.

[@TeamJesusOutdoors]

Good to have the Flukemaster back

[@CallUrDrop]

Keep it up Gene. This is the stuff we want to see. Ordering my first boat today, nothing fancy but I can’t wait to apply what I learned over the years from you off a boat. Thank you.

[@kmfw1160]

I’m pretty stoked you’re going to start instructional videos again. I can appreciate kayak fishing but when you’re doing this kind of video I feel like I’m out with a buddy having a great day fishing.

[@ChuckCooper]

The evolution of your work, through the many challenges and hardships, continues to hone and simplify itself. Life has made you a better fisherman (and teacher.) Fishing has made you a better life.

[@njstorozuk]

Yet again, my man is tackling the difficult conditions. I appreciate ya. I started off on your channel a week of two ago with the bank fishing video. Good content

[@Flukemaster]

Thanks man. Good luck

[@xlxDirtyxlx1]

Gene you are the best there is. NO one goes into the detail that you do. Thank you sir.

[@noahgray3300]

Going out to fish muddy water tomorrow, and I came straight to Flukemaster to hear his insight. Best insructional videos. I met Flukemaster at the boat ramp last year and he is a high quality fishermen and an even better dude. Thanks for these vids man!

[@calebtucker584]

I really enjoyed this video. I fish muddy rivers primarily because I am just in a kayak. This was great info for muddy creek beds!

[@Bianca2228]

This is your wheelhouse my friend and the reason we’ve been here since the beginning. The insight is invaluable and there’s a motivational factor as well. Great content!

[@richardcline1040]

im 60 but ive learned a lot from u thanks. never to old to learn lol

[@nate2396]

Thats right bud

[@twigNbird]

You got me started on youtube bass fishing videos years ago, with videos just like this one. Also being from NorCal, I liked the Matt Allen reference. I also watched that video where he was talking about spinnerbait blades, it made sense. Keep it up.

[@nelsonchiro]

In my muddy water studies, I literally watched Matt Allen's (Tacticalbassin) video right before this! So great that you quoted him on spinnerbaits! Love both of your channels!

[@colebitler8004]

Just fished the FLW college open on Kentucky and we had rising muddy water all tournament. Watching this video afterward and these techniques were all we fished

[@gpb29]

Back to basics. Love it. This is where I came in a long time ago.

[@stevens94stang]

Great video Gene. So much information... I've literally watched it twice and am about to watch it a third time. Thanks!

[@joncohl2435]

Another super informative video. I swear this is the only channel I take notes from on KZbin. You're the man, Gene! Keep up the good work. Tight Lines!!!

[@Swillie_Nelson]

Great video Gene! Love this content. All your videos are awesome but the informative videos are my favorite!!! Keep it up and thanks for sticking to your roots and not just doing videos for views.

[@rollinnolen3466]

By far my favorite type of videos you make Gene. Knowledge is power! Great stuff

[@JoeStorie]

Love the videos I've Learned so much from you in the last 2 years

[@russellsands7519]

I wish you would grow as fast as the other guys. I remember when you were THE KZbin fisherman (still are in my mind) KZbin is a young market and your audience is mostly older . I like how you showed different companies in this video and not just biospawn. I knew when MTB was not right for you, when you got the sample packs in the probox you looked pissed. I also know that if Fluke says it's good then it is legit. Keep doing what your doing man you HAVE taught me how to fish.

[@Flukemaster]

I knew when I started this that it would be a slow and steady growth. That's just the nature of instructional content on the internet. Sensational entertainment grows popularity fast because everyone likes to be entertained. Not everyone wants to lean how to fish.

[@russellsands7519]

Flukemaster I really appreciate the fact that you have integrity.

[@jameshutcheson4910]

That’s my favorite jig too. Comes through cover great and that wide head makes it viable for dragging. Tight lines from Texas!

[@jessegross1269]

Great video, taught me some more on fishing muddy water ! Thanks bro .

[@WarriorCall]

This is the first fishing channel that I ever subscribed to. I love it. Always very educational. Keep it up.

[@shawntitsworth4878]

Mr fluke glad to have ya back bud. Thanks for the great info. Keep these vids coming!!! I’m always tuned in

[@sbhiggs5]

Thank you for your videos. They are always very informative and packed with a ton of useful information.

[@nickaxelson6280]

Heck yeah glad your back, now u just need the old triton, keep it up. Your videos a couple years back is what got me hooked on your channel

[@MiloCrackerHead]

Love these style where you teach while fishing. Love seeing you do the things you are talking about.

[@mgm_coma219]

Love it man! So glad your back to your old self! And you turned the camera and showed the spots you were fishing like I always wished you would. lol Flukemaster is back and better than ever!

[@bustedbait5912]

Really needed this with all the rain we have had recently. Thanks for the info.

[@rwz260500]

Very good points... I'll work on those techniques. Some I already use. Thanks....

[@darrylshisler2636]

Not about muddy water, but I just wanted to say that in your live video feed you were asked who was your favorite pro-angler. You answered Gerald Swindle. he was giving a seminar up here in Ohio and I made sure to go because of your answer. Man, am I glad I did!!! What a phenomenal guy. He didn’t talk much on fishing but keyed in on attitude. Very motivational!! So glad you mentioned him. Thanks Again

[@Flukemaster]

And that is why he is my favorite.

[@marcusyoung2870]

Darryl Shisler PMA!

[@av8r1999]

"Gerald" Swindle. :)

[@darrylshisler2636]

Aviator99 thanks for that correction, I suck at names..... I should have stuck to “G-man”. Lol.

[@SargesAdventures]

I be needing to employ some of these tactics here in these Missouri flood waters.

[@carolinasonsoutdoors2483]

Thanks man. I’ve been trying to get on em with these baits in lake Murray SC seems like every time I go we get rain 2 days before. The water temp was 61 and I couldn’t buy a bite this week.

[@jenlvjim]

Will the bass stay shallow year round if your lake is muddy year round

[@raym6492]

Great video Gene and awesome info. good to see you having fun making instructional videos again. Keep it up.

[@danielrobinson2936]

Flukemaster: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stick to fishing public waters as much as possible! When you went down to Bienville for the winter, I almost stopped watching your channel because I wasn't learning much of anything that I felt was applicable to me. Private waters--especially in Florida--are simply unrealistic for 90% of us. I loved your old videos on Clarks Hill and a lot of the new ones at other PUBLIC venues. You are one of the best fishing mentors on KZbin, but I just feel you will end up helping the most people by sticking to scenarios that are accessible to the largest % of viewers. Thanks for all the great content!! You're awesome!

[@thetexasrig6083]

Right on man! Thanks for taking the time to help us.

[@kevinh.9348]

Gene...I am in a fishing funk brother. Went to Gville this last weekend and they had a college FLW tournament going. The weather wasn't as good as it was the week before when the lows were in the mid 50's, instead we got lows in the upper 30s and they had rain come in right before we went down there. I figured it was going to push the bass out a little bit and fishing wasn't going to be as good as it was the week before we got there. There was over 200 boats for this tournament and one third of them didn't have a fish to weigh. Since we were there for only a couple days we really didn't have time to idle around the lake and check the depth finder properly. There was a lot of Eel Grass and such so I was hopeful to stick to fishing pockets around the grass. Can you help me or direct me to a video where you address locating fish and how to put together a game plan before even throwing a bait in the water. Maybe I'm just overthinking it but when you come away from fishing Guntersville with just catching one drum and no bass all weekend I guess that'll do it to you... Keep up the good work and tight lines from a flukemaster fan from Kentucky

[@bassnazi4713]

Kevin H. Just from what I have luck with here on Pickwick, further west on the Tennessee, the crazy rainfall and the heat we have been having warm the ground up in between the cold has pulled them out of the main river up into the creeks where the runoff has warmed from the ground.

[@fett2002]

Great video! Classy mentioning Matt Allen!

[@Flukemaster]

He a stud.

[@kellymason4190]

I love these instructional videos. My favorite that you do. I have learned so much from watching them they really helped me get my pb last fall. Thanx for making them. 🤙🏻

[@FoothillsofFreedom]

You do a great job with these instructional videos, and I like how you don't spend the first five minutes of your videos trying to sell me stuff (*cough cough Andrew Flair cough*).

[@bassslayer1186]

Kelly Collischonn I wish all of them would get banned off KZbin

[@grippinglipsfishing5671]

^

[@KEEPCASTING]

Great content.. I just caught my personal best a few days ago on black and blue Tx rig pitching to cover. I didn’t k ow about the water going down and then moving back off. Thanks for that!

[@sinsofvorador]

I so needed to watch this. Ever lake around me looks like chocolate milk. Thank you.

[@BassGeek]

Great info man. The Dale Hollow BFL was High muddy cold water. It sucked. lol

[@fernandoadame7827]

Hey I work at a tackle store in lake worth Texas I would love if you could come by if you are ever in Dallas or Fort Worth you were my inspiration for fishing and now it’s taking me to a whole new avenue of life I would love to meet you

[@wsuerk]

Love the information Fluke. Your general fishing videos are fun, but i LOVE the ones with you just breaking down how you think. Also, what is your lapel mic? I'm looking to make a couple videos but can't find a good lapel.

[@seanfrisbie770]

Great instructional video. Learned a lot.

[@AlexRuddFishing]

Killer list man! I keep the same stuff tied on in the muddy water! It’s just hard for me to put that crank bait down.

[@JonathanRodriguez-de1bd]

I lose tackle because I do have "the balls" to put my bait in the tough places but I love it! Great video!

[@hdlstns]

Gene- love all your stuff man, and super stoked you seem to be doing more Kayak fishing lately! you should check out NuTech jigs. They give me nothing so this is genuine... They are nearly impossible to get hung up. They have a video pulling it through a chain link fence. I really like all the colors they offer too. Made right here in SW Missouri. Tight lines bro!

[@Adrenaline_Dice]

Chris Huddleston yo dude i could be mistaken but i am pretty sure he is sponcored by Z-man so that is why he didnt mention Nu tech when he mentioned chatterbaits with weed guards real quick. He knows about Nu-tech lol.

[@joyrideswithde2303]

Great tip buddy thanks I'm looking forward to the season.

[@Poffer021]

Great video Gene very informative this will definitely help me out, thanks!

[@rhbfishing8488]

I’ve been dealing with this problem a lot and the cove that I live in is really shallow and have very very little cover so I’m hoping this will work to get them 👍🏼 one question I have is if this is going to all work, when there isn’t much cover?

[@unolove]

Flukemaster always has great tips...thanks dude!!!

[@garycooper4264]

Get job with all of your videos. I have just one question. Are these color selections the same for tannin colored water on the rivers here in the South??

[@elstoned1]

Thanks again for some great information!

[@michaelfritz9645]

It's weird, but green pumpkin works really well for me in muddy water on my lake. I kind of went on a whim and tried it one day in super muddy water and to my surprise, it worked. I am fishing tight to cover though.

[@grippinglipsfishing5671]

Michael Fritz green pumpkin seems to work in all conditions I feel. My go to in almost every situation

[@vinnyfalzarano4911]

Michael Fritz it's just a jack of all trades. It's not really bad for anything. You take a gamble when u go with the out there colors, it's go big or go home (obviously you still catch monster with green pumpkin but if the fishing isn't up to par a dark or wild color can make or break it)

[@ScottinMotion]

My favorite kinda fishing video!

[@chuckstogdill1938]

I have found that if you want that shad profile on your spinner bait, but don't want to sacrifice the thump of the Colorado blade, try using an Indiana blade.

[@NellysfishingAdventures]

Nice! Loved this video Gene. Thanx for sharing

[@radaroutdoors9365]

Awesome video Gene!

[@RATyson]

Thanks Gene!! Another great video!

[@KRDP]

Flukemaster 12:45 if youre fishing big lakes use the willow leaf blade. me:great now i gotta go back to academy and purchase the strike king mini spinnerbaits with solid white color solid color even though i just purchased the colorado bladed version.

[@mikethetaffer]

Great video. Long time subscriber here. I prefer it without the background music while you talk. Maybe it was just a little loud, but it made it harder for me to focus on what you were saying. Keep up the great work!

[@jamesmeyer7034]

Question - What are you adding to your jigs to provide sound? Great video!

[@wmmm5877]

Absolutely outstanding!!! Thank you

[@nate2396]

Such a sweet guy. Thanks for the tips dude

[@m78wesley]

what would you recommend for fishing small rivers Post-flood. The ohio is currently at 42 ft and will be down to 34 in 4-5 days... the water is out of "danger" stage so i'm looking to get back on the water, but have never fished post-flood.

[@bobstigler]

...this video was awesome...really really informative...thank you!!!

[@bassmel5797]

Gene I try to watch all your instructional videos but I may have missed the one one how to put a raddle on jig.

[@mattseifert]

Great stuff Gene!

[@bobdashiell6714]

Great tips! Can you use fluoro leader with braid and spinner baits?

[@xOPER8Rx]

FLUKIE!! I named my son after you. His name is Flukemaster McBassface. I'm glad to see you doing the instructional's again. I love the KBF stuff as a kayak guy, but it's nice to see you teaching. It's almost like a weight has lifted from you. .... I dunno.... Anyhoozle, keep showing me how to catch those damned fishees, and I'll keep subbin and sending those thumbs your way. Lates.

[@theairsoftalmanac6823]

Love the shot in the very beginning

[@Southeastoutdoorsckc]

Do you ever fish any of the flw tournies? i feel like you would do well in the bulldog or choo choo divisions

[@kylerohlf8847]

Great vid Gene! Quick question, just got the concept Z, any suggestions on what rod I put it on?

[@jessehalverson1062]

What about bright red craw pattern, do you ever throw that in muddy water? Thats usually my go too, especially traps and squarebills, been getting bit hard the last few weeks here in Bama with only bout 10-12" visibility

[@thurminatorfishing206]

Jesse Halverson i fish pickwick and its muddy!!! Caught a 7lb this morning on a delta red tungsten 2 tap redeye shad!

[@jessehalverson1062]

Thurminator Fishing i've been catching alot of 3-5lb fish last few weeks on a bagley red craw trap, had some 20+lb bags here lately just off that one lure

[@ihsanlazuardi6567]

Thanks for videos

[@RaySmithWeb]

So insightful!

[@justinmorlock4281]

Can you make a video on putting rattles on/in jigs?

[@Larry77777]

Hey Gene: No links to any of the tackle. Looks like you were preparing to put them in but uploaded without them.

[@peytonjones9958]

Looks like Lanier! Let’s go fishing!

[@peytonjones9958]

Any tips for this year?

[@braxtonpryor9734]

Lol. Gene said balls. lol. For real though man, this had the feel of your old school stuff. Loved it! Tight lines, man!

[@Flukemaster]

Thanks Bob. It's time to go back to the real me. You will still see a few videos of my fishing trips though but my goal is to produce a lot more videos.

[@adamm4411]

Awesome video!

[@angleratlarge6787]

Just about all the time I throw a squarebill into woody cover it may bounce off for a second then gets hung up? I do try to feel the lure through the cover. Any advice?

[@Flukemaster]

Start off by using one that floats up fast and reel slow and steady.

[@wendybrown2701]

Hi, are the rattles already on the jigs or do you place them in your plastic

[@Flukemaster]

I buy the rattles and rattle bands and put them on. Some jigs come with them though.

[@wendybrown2701]

Flukemaster, thank you. I started using " Dirty jigs"- love them!

[@melaniewillingham7812]

Love these tip vids

[@natephil8935]

Thanks for the video, look forward to each and everyone

[@chris_2413]

What about a red or delta red color for soft plastic craws in spring time muddy water?

[@thurminatorfishing206]

Christopher Trimble i fish pickwick and it has about 8inches of visibility now and i been killing them on a delta red redeye shad!

[@patrickconnors8403]

Thanks as always.

[@thurminatorfishing206]

I like a bright red lipless in muddy water it out catches chartreuse for me.

[@finsandforest6158]

Good stuff...great channel!

[@markusc.7544]

What size is your project z?

[@LITOWB]

Do crankbaits work?

[@meganpierce9506]

Nice instructional information without the BS,