Would you make this choice?

[keithdog]

I just read the Day On The Lake section from the sept/oct issue of Bassmaster magazine. The featured angler is Todd Faircloth, who is without a doubt a very knowlegable angler. He is fishing a small reservoir and he describes the water clarity as being a "murky green" and "off color". This translates to me as having very little visibility. He goes on to describe his lure choices, one of which is a Yamamoto Flappin Hog creature bait in the color green pumpkin/red flake. As I read the article, he is obviously having good success with this green pumpkin colored bait which really surprises me. I've seen green pumpkin colored soft plastics in murky off colored water and the bait disappears almost as soon as it enters the water. I would have thought to choose something that would be more visible in the water, such as a black/blue colored soft plastic or perhaps a white color. Why would someone choose a color that virtually camouflages a lure in the water?
Todd also mentions bass "sticking tight to cover in murky water as long as the sun is out". This also surprises me. I would think that off colored water in and of itself would offer bass cover and encourage bass to venture away from cover looking for prey to ambush. I've often read of bass using areas where off colored water meets clearer water forming a breakline from the differences in water clarity. The bass will stage inside the off colored water ambushing prey that swims by in the clearer water. Would not a bass therefore move out from cover in off colored water?