That sounds right.

I know that the LMB we catch everywhere seem to lose a lot of their coloration if the water is muddy for any length of time. I caught one at my pond the other day that was almost white because we've been having heavy rains about once a week for the last 4 or 5 weeks and the water never seems to get completely cleared up before it gets muddy again.

If you're too scared to throw that bait where the fish are, why did you tie it on?