what depth of visibility do you guys consider clear, slightly stained, stained, murky etc....??

Glenn has a great video on this except I cant locate it and don't have access to youtube atm, try a search for it there (the bassresource channel).

ok thanks

Clear water ~ 16 feet

http://www.mlswa.org/secchi.htm

When I can see the bottom I consider it clear water. Sometimes on my lake it's in 2 feet, sometimes it's in 15+, sometimes you can't see it at all at any depth. It depends on the time of year and other factors like wind, light penitration, alge blooms, boat traffic, run off from rain, etc.... I am most comfortable fishing water with a slight green tint to it, and with a couple feet of visability. Generaly speaking, the clearer the water the deeper, or tighter to heavier cover the fish will be. When the water is clear, one of the best ways to locate fish is to find that depth at which you can not see the bottom anymore, chances are there will be fish there.

You can do a web search for water clarity, make a secchi disk and lower it down in the water.

OR....tie on a white spinner bait, reel it up the the top guide and lower your rod tip down 3', if the spinnerbait disappears the water is low visibility. If you can see it at 3', then take the rod out of the water, let out 6' of line and lower the spinnerbait down to the rod tip; if you can see the spinnerbait you have good visibility, in regards to bass fishing. If you can see the bottom clearly at 10' you have clear water, 25' gin clear water.

Tom

Generally the water is pretty dirty in the lakes I fish. If I can see 4-5 feet down then I consider it pretty clear. Stained if I can see a foot or two, muddy if I lose sight of my bait 6" or less.

what depth of visibility do you guys consider clear, slightly stained, stained, murky etc....??

Ahh they have it posted on the main site, good video.

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http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-videos/choose-lure-colors.html

I'm going to get me a sec chi disc by springtime. We all ought to have sec chi discs. When we're talking about water clarity, we ought to have a standard. Every lake I fish, no matter who I talk to, clear water means something different. This is something we all could fix with a minimal investment.

I'm going to get me a sec chi disc by springtime. We all ought to have sec chi discs. When we're talking about water clarity, we ought to have a standard. Every lake I fish, no matter who I talk to, clear water means something different. This is something we all could fix with a minimal investment.

http://www.mlswa.org/secchi.htm

The lake I fish, you can't see a white spinnerbait after it falls more than 8 inches. And believe it or not, the bass fishing is great.

Hootie

The lake I fish, you can't see a white spinnerbait after it falls more than 8 inches. And believe it or not, the bass fishing is great.

Hootie

I'm actually not surprised since heavily stained water probably lets bass feel more comfortable about roaming around and eating everything. I'd hate to fish a crystal clear body of water (though sight fishing can be fun).

To make it simple, muddy is 6"<, stained is 6"-2', slight stain is 2'-4', and clear to me is 4'+.