Muddy Water? Cans or Islands?

[Capt Juls]

Hey Juls,

Love your posts. Can you go a little further in depth on the water clarity? I get "stained but not muddy" but also look for really clean water? Thanks!

If your boat has an outboard motor, look at your cavitation plate when you set down someplace. If you can see your cavitation plate, but the prop is "just visible", then you're in perfect water clarity conditions. If you cannot see your cavitation plate, then it's to "muddy". If you can clearly see your prop, then it's too clean. When you're in that "too clean" water, look at the difference in water temperature compared to the stained. It's much lower.
Come summer time, that too clean water will be fishable. Right now though, they prefer to stay in the warmer waters.

That's been my experience over the years anyway....