Chris V

I always wonder the same thing. I also wonder what the hell a lot of people would do if there weren't rigs to fish. A lot of folks seem to panic and give up altogether if there is dirty water at the rigs.

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Tom Hilton

Howdy,

We are in the information age - you are free to fish whatever color water you like, it's just now you will likely know what it's going to be on your spot before you even leave the dock. I do know of some VERY largemarlin caught in green waterbut it's like anything, such as a new lure - if you don't have confidence in it, you're probably not going to try it out, and thusly, you are not going to catch any fish with it. While fun fishing, try some new techniques out, such as downriggers deep in green water- it may surprise you. In any case, go with what you know at tournament time, as that's certainly not the time to experiment.

Odds are better in the long run however, to go find the edge where the green water meets the blue and work the color change, in my opinion (depending on what the other variables are telling you...position relative to underwater structure location, altimetry, sea surface temps, and surface currents).

All the best,

Tom Hilton

anorwood

Yah, I think that I agree with Mr. Hilton... Fished the Spur on Sunday in NASTY green water. Trolled 20 miles south of the Spur with the same result. Wanted to go out 130 miles where I knew the blue water was but didn't have the nuts to go for it in my 26ft Cat. I trolled baits down as low as 50ft. Trolled from 8:30am to 3:30pm without even getting a bite.



I know that guys occasionally have a good day in green water but I don't think that it would happen more than 1 out of 10 times.(probably less than that) I think some guys just like to tell everyone that they don't know what they are doing and are going to disagree with you no matter what you do. Good fishing days in nasty green water are very rare. You have to find blue water or you are wasting your time. Like Mr. Hilton said. "Would you fish green water in a tournament?" No way.

Caspr21

I will tell you that once you hit that fishy water about 125 miles from here, the fish are stacked up! but getting there can be tricky. And north of there is pretty dead and lifeless. Maybe a wahoo or two here or there.