Muddy Water Fishing

I had a Brother-in-Law that he was a Smart Person, he had lots of Money compared to most people, when I first met him he had a Shoe Store and a Jewelry Store in Iuka Mississippi, he also liked to hunt and Fish, he Bass Fished in Muddy Water, he liked for the water to be Muddy enough that you could see your Bait about six inches under the Water, about like a cup of Coffee with one Spoon of Creamer in it.

now he could have bought a Cabin Cruiser with out any trouble, but he fished in a 14 foot Aluminum Boat with a nine and one half Horse Power Johnson Motor, no he wasn't too tight to buyanything elses, it was that what he had was exactly what he needed for the way he fished.

I went down to visit one Day and I went to the Jewelry Store and he had two Chain Stringers on the wall and each Hook had a seven or eight pound Bass on it, I asked him how many he had caught so far this Year and he said 72, he told me why didn't I come and go Fishing with Him sometimes and I told him that I( would, so the next off Day I had I went down and we went Fishing.

we Put in at John Smiths Dock, it is the closest one to the Hi-way going to Mississippi, right there by the ala Miss Line, and we got into the Boat and we had two 9 foot Fly Rods and a litle Box with a few Baits in it, I hadn't ever Muddy Water Bass Fished so i didn't really know how to go about it.

We went up to the Railroad Trestle that you can see from the Hi-way and there was a big place there hat was muddy so that is where we Fished. we used a Black 3/8 oz. jig with a number 4.0 Hook and had Black Bucktail Hair and a black double tail Frog Leg trailer.

you had the Fly line and a 40 lb Leader on it and we would let out about 7 feet of line past the end of the Rod and it wasn't very long till he had 2 Fish in the Boat and I hadn't got a Bite, we would ease upto these Logs and gently drop the bait over to the other side and just work it up and down along that log and it worked for him but I didn't get a Bite, both of his was about 5 Pound each and when they would hit he didnt give them an inch he put it in the Boat.

oh yes Charles always would spray that Bait with Anise Oil and I asked him if it helped and he said that he didn't kno;w but that was the was that he had always done it and it worked so you didn't change something that worked, he would wear Green Clothes in the Spring and Brown in the fall when he was Fishing or hunting and it worked out for him fine.

Him and my Sister is both passed from this life now, but I can tell you what he took a lot of Big Bass out of the watear before he left.