When Iaconelli won the Bassmaster classic in 2003 he was fishing on the Louisiana Delta which I remember him stating in his book was  muddy and murky water. Iaconelli searched on aerial photo maps and found a spot he called "The heart" which was a 5 acre spot somewhere on the delta where water passed through that held superclear water. He stated that on the aerial photos it was also black as opposed to the lighter blue the rest of the delta was. He said he knew the fish would be here and it held an insane ammount of baitfish "mullet" that would jump out of the air.

Also while reading an In-Fisherman book on Largemouth bass it stated that if a resovir is murky look for the clearest water available.

My question is this:

Why did Iaconelli look for clear water? And how did he know the fish would be there? Why was the prey so abundent in this 5 acre spot of clear water?

I know that bass are visual hunters and rely on sight as their primary sense for hunting...also i know that the strike zone is bigger in clearer water, but why were the fish so abundant in this specific location with the clearer water...I remember him saying him and his uncle caught around 17lbs of fish limit each in 45 mins, thats not including all the smaller fish he culled out.

Feedback greatly appreciated.

-WM

What you are not remembering is this is a tidal area, what Iaconelli saw in the aerial photo was a bayou, creek, or canal in which the tide was moving causing a clearing of the water.

Why did Iaconelli look for clear water?

And how did he know the fish would be there?

Why was the prey so abundant in this 5 acre spot of clear water?

They all are related to tidal movement, when the tide moves the bait moves and the bass bite