Orange water

 well 2 severe storms have left the lake a mess. tons of debris, everything from logs to every type of trash imaginable. there  was a power outage that dumped 7000 gallons of raw sewage into the lake. our little lake is the "depository" for wahiawa and schofield barracks treated sewage.  and people wonder why most of us don't eat the fish hahahaha. i was prepared for the muddy water situation. tucs will shut off completely but largemouth would still be catchable. fish slow and tight to cover, dark colors and lots of noise. ideal pitching and flipping. maybe heavy duty buzz baits,anything that will call em in with sound, otherwise it will have to be right on their noses in the muddy water. actually muddy water can be a blessing, it will move suspended fish into cover and really narrow the places you have to search and the choices in lures. unfortunately these storms have flooded and over powered our little lake, as a matter of fact kaui is in worse shape. i have seen waita reservoir and ipo reservoir from the air on the news and they are both orange mud! our lake is bright orange mud water too, this situation is really not worth even trying in. maybe a week or so it will stratify and some of the sediment will drop to the bottom but right now its a waste of time and effort to attempt to fish it. the fish will be deep and hugging anything they can to get away from the heavy sediment filled water. the damage to tan outboard running that kind of goo through it would be pretty nasty too. flushing will only get rid of so much, remember your sucking muddy water in to cool a hot engine. some of that mud is gonna stick and dry all over the engine and flushing after won't get it off. the sewage spill, well honestly its a 3 billion gallon lake and 7000 gallons of sewage probably didn't make much of a dent in it. still why risk it for no fish. its gonna be a few weeks before id go out again, best case is next weekend its just muddy and not pure orange like now. then it mayyy be worth an attempt but you'd have to really be dumb or desperate to head out anytime this week.