These underwater videos are so impressive, thank u for doing this and sharing the results... ur channel is my absolute favorite bass channel.... take care steve
Wow Steve!! Your channel is becoming my go to for under water footage. I have been bass fishing for a long time and I always learn something from your channel. You have me hooked!
Study suggests that the oxygen content spikes in the first 5 ft of a eutrophic type lake after 1 invh of fresh rain. Less rain equals less depth to the spike in oxygen levels. Also it generally heats up a cooler lake and cools an overheated body of water as well. Fish are attracted to temp changes in the water column
The comment i was looking for. We just had a bunch of rain in the last 24 hours… i was hesitant to fish right after it but after finding this video and comment im thinking of hitting the lake after all . Might be a great opportunity
I think 2 things happen in cloudy water. 1) fish don't have eyelids. Low light is key, as is stained water. 2) their prey hides in shadows, dirty water and around cover. If you are hungry, where do YOU go? Maybe the kitchen or a restaurant? You wouldn't go into the back yard or linen closet. See?
I don't know why, but I almost always do better when the water gets cloudy or stained. I excel with baits that put off vibrations like a chatterbait or spinner and squarebill.
Lower visibility bass fishing - great! You may know, from living in Illinois, this is the typical water I fish on the Fox River here in Northern Illinois.. If it’s not rain, it’s boats.
After a storm or rain, the barometric pressure either, rises; or stablizes. As a result the fish will move to areas to “equalize” that pressure. Hence, the move to a deeper area or deeper and cloudier water. I have fished after a storm, and it seems like all fish dissappear.
After observing all this I am definitely convinced they felt more comfortable with that cloudy water probably both for feeding and feeling safer than in the ultra clear water they normally live in here. It was definitely something I didn’t expect. Thanks so much for watching!
Great tip plus another way to extend the use of the bait cause usually the head or the spot where you put the hook through gets worn out after a couple of fish
That is just so wild. The only thing I can think of is that the cloudy water affords some cover for all those fish. Maybe they see it as some sort of protective blanket that offers safety. Who know? But it is certainly fascinating!
Thank you! I really appreciate that. It does take an extremely long time to put these together and the fish don't always want to cooperate. Imagine that. Lol.
@@SteveRogersOutdoors lol I thought you had them on the payroll since they were just hanging out down there. I saw in another comment that you live in Illinois??
@@shaneseeley9641 Sure do. For how much I travel it is nice to be able to hit the northern states in just a few hours yet still make it to the deep south in a big day's drive. If I ever moved, I really don't know which way I would go.
@@SteveRogersOutdoorsIt's a small world. I live in Geneseo, which is about 20 mins east of the Quad Cities. Who knows maybe we'll cross paths some day.
@@SteveRogersOutdoors hey Steve your videos are always more interesting than any of the other videos I watch because you look at the scientific aspect of bass fishing. Hey Steve I did some homework for you Seth finder uses the suffix 131 gore braid I was just watching a video and he was saying that this braid sinks it does not float , see what you did Steve now you have me thinking about braid again but this stuff sinks. The two things I did like is it lasts for two seasons and the sensitivity is outstanding. I don't like it for topwaters because it's always getting caught in the hooks . Hey Steve you want to hear a sneaky trick when I used braid I would fill my spinning reel with half mono and when I felt it was time to change I would strip the braid of my reel cut the line use the opposite side of the braid in other words tie the used end to the mono and wind it up and now you just put on the new part of the braid that is new and the old braid is next to the mono and part of braid that is new is on the front of the spool now you have new braid that's how to really get the most out of your braid spools.
@@michaelloucks4448 Thank you for looking that up! I will definitely check that out. I have done that too with my braid - love it. Felt like I got my money's worth then.
it's possible because of the ph levels. the rain water probably through it off. the cloudier water most likely had something in it or was the result of the ph levels being more balanced.
This is similar to a “mud line”. Often a brisk wind/ breeze and the accompanying wave action will flow across red clay points and create a muddy condition down wind of the point. Often bass set up in this muddy water that is not far from clear water.
I’ve seen bass behave like this and the way I thought about it is that they use the dirty water the way they use shade. I think it’s partly to be where they’re harder to see and feel safer. Where there’s a confluence of a cloudy creek and a clear creek I’ve see smallmouth hold in the cloudy water and ambush prey at the edge of the water that’s more clear. Just a thought, love your channel.
Interesting for sure. Do you think this is a Spring thing or would you see the same thing in July? I have noticed this some when fishing water stirred up by boat traffic, but never to this degree. I don’t have the under water camera equipment for it though 😉
Have never commented on a fishing video ever, but I am compelled to do so !!! Best presentation I've seen. Great video and even better information. You have a new fan !!! 👍🎶😎
This was filmed in a strip mine lake in northern Illinois and was recorded just a couple of days before it was posted. We had been getting hit with lots of real heavy rain and often these types of lakes are very clear water fisheries. There are a lot of them up here.
My philosophy has always been the bait fish and smaller fish live to hide and the muddy cloud line is a good example. Murkey water near clear has been a favorite of mine to fish.
That would be very fascinating to investigate, but as you mentioned, I probably wouldn't be able to see anything. If I could find a mud line/transition along clearer water that might tell me something.
Great question. From the surface it looked very cloudy and stirred up. The temp was the same in these areas as it was out farther in the lake. I was expecting it to be warmer but it wasn’t. But it was super cloudy. If the sun was out I’m sure it would have been a couple degrees warmer at least. It would be interesting to know how many more that would have brought in there. When I checked the temp at multiple depths it was all reading the same too. I would imagine the super nigh winds from the storms had something to do with that.
There nocturnal that's for sure, thanks for the bank fishing tip too and your big fish tank is the best. 🐟🐟🐟 Try giving the new Mega Bass Sleeper Crawl some Under Water Proof ?
I will have to do that! Thank you. Don't let me forget about it. Lol. My brain gets too many things rattling around in it and I lose track of some great ideas.
I live in northern Illinois about an hour away from Chicago. We don't have a lot of water here but I'm not far from Wisconsin and Minnesota waters and those are my favorite.
@@SteveRogersOutdoors thank you! I think I mentioned on here once before that I fish the NYC reservoir system, which is a great collection of impoundments that vary from 800 to about 2500 acres, but are accessible by rowboat only, no power of any kind allowed. We keep the boats on the premises, locked to trees....on some of the biggerr ones we have to have several boats in various locations, as it is impossible to fish the entire water in one day since you are rowing only.....It forces us to fish more slowly and more thoroughly....These are mainly hardbottom waters, with rocky walls ( flooded boundary lines ) being the main source of deeper water cover....there are islands, there are humps and there are many old roadbeds.....our bass are found in deeper water for the major portion of the season.....we study the wind predictions extremely close, as you have to plan your choice mostly on wind conditions, otherwise, you can get caught in what I call "Reservoir Hell" where you are trying to row back from miles away against the wind! LOL......
@@DrGargani That is incredible. It reminds me a little of the Canoe Boundary Waters between Minnesota and Canada and the no-power regulations. And I totally understand the wind study - I've been caught out there in a canoe when things were not right and wow, that was a chore! I'll have to look up that NYC reservoir system. I love fishing in New York and really enjoy New York City. Thank you for sharing all this.
