Eight years ago, I began fishing an old rock quarry lake. It's become my favorite place to fish. The water is very clear in this lake. Prior to this I fished a much larger lake with plenty of boat traffic and noise. It took me two seasons of trial and error( mostly error), to learn to fish this clear water. Here's my observations: 1. Make longer cast, and stay back from the fish. 2. Try not to approach close enough to flip or pitch to any shallow fish here, you'll probably put them down. 3. Avoid putting a shadow over these fish, at any depth. 4. Generally, smaller baits and lighter lines work best. I've watched bass turn away from large flashy spinnerbaits here. 5. Try to avoid loud talking, or dropping things in the boat. 6. Topwater baits, especially moving top waters, can be great at times. The Zara Spook is my favorite, a white buzzbait second. To sum up here, I've learned that clear water bass can be caught consistently, but, they can be unforgiving at times. They become very tuned in to they're surroundings, and a stealthy approach is always needed. I'm still learning how to best fish the gin clear water. If you fish clear water, what are some things that have worked well for you?
