Just curious what everyone thinks. How deep will you find spawning beds typically?

I've seen beds from one foot to eight ft. there may be some in deeper water but eight ft is about the max visibility on the waters we fish.

                                 JB

Here in MA/RI 1- 4 feet. is what i've seen.  At work we have beds in 5 inches of water...

I have seen many beds in a foot or so, typically largies, I have seen largie nests in 8ft too. Those were in gravel, sand and big stumps.

I have seen smallie nests in as much as 18ft of water, on Quabbin . I was on a nest on Winnie, that was on a hump in 20ft and it was extremely flat calm as I spotted it I manuevered for a few minutes and made some casts , then a breeze came up and I lost it, as I should have thrown a marker nearby.  

The deeper beds always have big fish on them.  

MJEFF

I have found smallmouth in depth of 15 feet on the beds.  Extremely clear water, like good visibility down to 20-25 foot.