When choosing what is best to use when fishing it is important to consider lots of different variables, including weather, terrain, which prey live there, and water clarity. Using different custom fishing rods, casting techniques, personal preferences, and fishing styles can affect this. When fishing in an area where there are a lot of crawfish, bream, perch and bluegill it is common to use natural browns and greens. Also as a general rule of thumb, when the water is clear use natural colors, such as shad or clearer greens. But when the water is murky or muddy, use darker colors, such as dark purples and dark blues. Eight plus feet of visibility is considered clear. Seven feet or less is either considered murky or muddy.
During the summer or whenever it is hot try to fish into the sun. Position yourself in such a manner that you do not cast a shadow onto the body of water you’re fishing. The shadow will spook the nearby fish. Or try fishing an area that is already shaded by a tree or some other obstruction. The fish often gather there to cool down on a hot day. Also fishing near structures can be beneficial; old docks, bridge pilings, or roots. A general rule when fishing structures is to fish one spot for up to five minutes. If you don’t get a bite within 5 minutes, move on to the next spot. Some good structures that provide ample shade are docks, bridge pilings, channels beneath bridges, coves with flooded vertical timber, hollow cypress trees, flooded thickets, laydowns, large boulders, bluff walls, underwater ledges, marina structures and docked boats. Keep an eye out for these when choosing where to cast.
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