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In reply to Post #5
Thanks all.
This is basically the exact same situ I’ll have. Do you have more success with bottom baits, bright pop-ups, regular pop-ups, wafters? My typical all situation approach is to fish heli (Ronnie) with a bright pop-up over a good scattering of glugged and dusted boilies.
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In reply to Post #1
Maybe dark baits on gravel bottom lakes but wouldn't bother to change baits and worry about colours on silty lakes.
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In reply to Post #1
I wouldn't be too worried about colour in silt. Just go for it. I recently read a Dave Lane article where he said on venues where he could use a boat and see to the bottom silt isn't black at all. I have to say in my experience it is usually black / brown but I certainly don't have the experience of Mr Lane.
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In reply to Post #1
As others say, will be fine. I've used bug on my lake since it got released and there's about a foot++ of silt all over that lake. No problems.
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In reply to Post #1
If they can find naturals in silt, do you think they’d have any problem finding a boilie?
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In reply to Post #1
The Bug works just fine in silt (as does SLK) 
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In reply to Post #1
Hi mate have you considered glugging them even though they are darker if the lake is shallow the bird life will pick the lighter baits out easier even in silt
I use DNA range and the lake I fish is very silty and have done well with the bug,SLK and this season s7 I find it better when I glug them as well and done really well using Ronnie rigs in pva bags full of little items,then bag glugged in the dna liquid to,the pop up is normally a match the hatch boilie but the brown pop ups are not as dark as the main boilies(well that’s what I find)
Lake isn’t that deep in summer loses a lot of water then in winter months gains around 3/4’ of water and even in the shallows the silt can be very deep around 1’ in places.
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Would you guys change bait colour depending on the bottom?
For 2024 will be fishing mainly a lake with a pure silt bottom. Wondering if the rather dark brown DNA Bug I usually use will rather vanish against the dark silt bottom and if I should consider a lighter coloured bait (was thinking of SLK).
Do you change bait and colour in this situ to contrast with the bottom?
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