How far will bass move offshore in stained and muddy lakes in the summer
I am trying to learn how to fish offshore ledges and deep points but I am not sure how deep the fish will move in the dirty water we fish. We fish a couple lakes that have 2-4’ Visibility and several others that you can only see 6”-1’ on a normal day. How deep will these fish move in the summer on these dirty lakes? Is it worth trying to fish offshore on them ?
2-4' is plenty for fish to be in 20-25ft of water or deeper. It's been years since I fished dirty water, but I have fished vertical rock faces in dirty water that were also 20ft+.
Ok thank you I didn’t want to be wasting my time if they didn’t move deeper
CJ, Pete and some of the other guys may have more tips, but I've found a couple of things that have worked for me. If you have smallmouth and spotted bass, they are more "roamers" and are much more likely to be following baitfish out in open waters. I've caught spotted bass chasing bait over 100' of water. I have more success catching largemouth around ambush points, so if they are deep, it's usually because there's something for them to hang around. If the ledge provides a reasonable ambush point, the temperature and light penetration are more pleasing at that depth, and there's something there to eat, I'd certainly consider it productive fishing waters.
