Question on contradicting conditions for my tournament this Sunday.

1-We here in Florida just went through a cold snap (water temp is 67% as of yesterday) the bite has slowed.

2-Alternatively the water is very muddy (maybe 6inc visiblity)

3-The day of the tournament it will be completely overcast.

So 1 and 2 I understand Make the bass a bit more lethargic and closer to cover, but 3 makes them more active and roaming.

So what the heck can I expect?

Thanks a lot

🤯 Well, now what?! Practice definitely threw me a curveball! I found some great spots in open water, but then got lazy and tied on a black swim jig with braid (even though I thought it needed to be fluorocarbon). Surprisingly, I landed a 5-pounder and a 6-pounder! They completely ignored anything that looked like a shad or shiner. Feeling really blessed to have a successful practice and a solid area scoped out for the tournament!

Good morning all,

I’ve done some research on Bass forage in Florida and it seems that golden shinner is the preferred option. So I dove in to that and it looks like they can see the golden hue. So my question is when would I choose a color/ bait that wouldn’t reflect a shiner? I know fl is a June bug/black and blue traditional color options. I guess I want to know why if shiners are the number one forage option why throw something different?

Thanks in advance