Summer fishing mid-day.

[vabeachbass]

Hello all.

Anytime is a good time to fish. As far as fishing mid day goes, is it worth it?

I am fortunate enough to have a lake in my backyard. I generally fish at dusk daily and use soft plastics almost exclusively. As far as plastics at dusk go, I have no complaints. I fish from the bank and cast parallel to the shore around overgrowth and trees; never really going more than 3-5 feet deep.

I'm guessing mid-day I need to go deeper. I also guess the lake probably isnt more than 20 feet at its deepest. It's fairly murky; visability is probably 2-3 feet. The bottom is mostly sand and mud with no grass or vegetation.

I don't have much experience with topwater or hard lures or fishing deeper water. Should I still use plastics at depths over 10 feet? Topwater? I don't know how to approach mid-day fishing. I usually use all black or pumpkinseed plastics or dark with metal flake (sometimes white also). I recently started using dark plastics with neon tails and
have been surprised at the outcome. Would the bright colors still do in deeper water?

Reading around on the forums and the web I get mixed results but they seem to point to topwater or crankbaits. I've tried a few spinner baits, rattle traps, and brightly colored lipped crankbaits with no luck.
I've never used floating worms, but was thinking of giving them a try.