I've been frustrated for about 6 months when the 4.5 acre retention pond got muddy from my new home construction. It hasen't cleared up since. Last summer it has a good green tint to it with about 18 inches visibility. Now it has about 6 inches visibility (suspended clay).

We were catching some good bass last summer including an 11.2 that I caught in Sept. The bass quit biting when it got muddy (at least we assumed they did cause we weren't catching anything with our old techniques).

Well we've finally figured out how to catch them. They are extremely shallow within 1-2 feet of the banks and we've learned that plastic frogs such as the Ribbit (rigged texas style and fished on or near the surface) are absolutley deadly. I caught 9 yesterday in about an hour and lost missed 8 more. Just wanted folks to know that it is possible to catch bass when water is extremely muddy. You just have to try new techniques.

Have a great day!