>>682700Fairly shallow water but only by the nature of where I usually fish. They can certainly be fished deeper. I'd guess that fish was caught in somewhere around 4' of water. Weather that day would've started off cool since there was about a 9mph breeze with occasional gusts around double that. I can't remember if it rained at all that day but it was fairly overcast with some breaks in the cloud cover throughout the day. That was April 19th.
Pic related was caught about a month later on Raystown in PA. Looking at the weather reports I can find for that day it looks like it was maybe about 10 degrees warmer in terms of the mean temperature for the day. But also overcast and it definitely did rain that day. Seems like 30% of the time I fish Raystown a storm or at least some heavy showers are going to blow in over the mountains.
That's two-for-two in terms of mild-to-pleasant temperatures and mostly-cloudy/overcast conditions. On both days the cloud cover eventually broke so it could've been the chance of an impending rain shower that increased the bite. I guess I should start keeping better notes on this sort of thing. Especially because it seems hard to find detailed, past weather reports.
As for colours I'd say the water conditions are a pretty big factor too. The Potomac around the Mattawoman Creek and Mallows Bay is almost constantly "stained." The Nest Robber/PBJ combo I described above actually makes for a very natural looking presentation. But I also throw to either end of the spectrum; some bright/electric blue skirted jigs that I pair with "glimmer blue" trailers, and also some dark black skirted jigs (with either a little bit of chartreuse, purple or blue skirting) and I'll pair those with similar coloured trailers.
