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1. shimmitail1

   September 16th, 2009 at 10:07 pm

   Kelly

   Fish can see you when the water is clear. Mabe if you stand where your shadow is behind you or stoop down so the fish can’t see you that might work. Good Luck!



2. just_my_2_cents

   September 18th, 2009 at 2:23 am

   Dennis

   The diameter of your line can affect the bite, try a clear 4-6lb line and the most natural looking lure or even live bait



3. evo741hpr3

   September 21st, 2009 at 1:53 pm

   Elizabeth

   Use good line (fluorocarbon) and life like baits. Here in Arkansas we have lakes were you can see the bottom in 25 foot of water and the weeds go all the way to the surface. People are having lots of luck fishing weedless frogs on top of the weed matts in mid-late summer.



4. AIRFLOW

   September 24th, 2009 at 8:57 am

   Holly

   Try a quality fluorocarbon line, this will stop the fish from seeing your bait is attached and you should get more takes, try Berkley vanish, also you might want to try the new sufix siege in green.=&indexId=cat600394&navAction=push&masterpathid=&navCount=5&parentType=index&parentId=cat600394&id=0029834



5. Lucky4Ewe

   September 26th, 2009 at 4:20 am

   Jacqueline

   zipper worms work excellant in grassie clear waters, any weedless crayfish too, work your line slower, the bass are fidgety in clear water, if you can see them, thy can see you too



6. PITX5

   September 29th, 2009 at 8:02 am

   Jon

   As a rule of thumb, the clearer the water the lighter the line you need to use to obtain a strike.

   With the newer fluorocarbon lines this is not as true as it once was. It would be easier to answer if you would say what type of fish you are fishing for. With weeds going all the way to the top of the water you are faced with three or so possibilities as I see it.
   1. Use small needle floats with fluorocarbon leader materials to fish pot holes (holes in the weeds). Try natural baits that are native to the area you are fishing. This may include worms, minnows, crayfish, helgramites or any of a wide variety of insects from crickets to grubs. This method will also work if you use artificial lures such as marabou jigs or other small artificials rigged weedless such as power worms or tube jigs.

   2. You can use weedless top water lures such as frog imitations or buzz baits to skim the surface and try and draw reflex or instinctive strikes.

   3. Floating lure or flies behind a small casting bubble will also produce fish under these circumstances. Try rubber legged spiders, small balsa poppers or red/black ant patterns and see how you do.

   Good luck and good fishing.



7. PDrizzle

   September 30th, 2009 at 7:54 am

   Darren

   First, slow down, slower the better. then use stuff that looks real. no bright colors or flashy things because fish living in clear water hunt by sight, they still use all their other senses but sight is the main one. Try a fluke or some minnow or shad looking lure. Or a spinner bait trolled just under the surface.
   Then work it. Slow down, speed up, go side to side, whatever you have to do to make it look wounded.



8. stop_makin_cents

   October 3rd, 2009 at 8:23 am

   Cheryl

   Thumbs up to everyone who said Flurocarbon line.

   A good flurocarbon leader or line is VITAL when fishing SUPER clear waters.(In my opinion), a good size flurocarbon line would be 8LB. 8LB line is strong enough to catch something “big” but it’s diameter is small enough not to “spook” fish.

   Also, understand that super-clear , deep , lakes & ponds take more time to “warm up” in the Spring than dirty water lakes/ponds.

   For this reason you may want to try smaller lures to entice your fish.

   Try a Rapala Countdown Minnow model CD01,(the smallest Countdown Rap you can buy; the 1 with a single hook), in Silver color. Cast it out and immediately retrieve.
   Small floating Rapala’s can be excellent too “bumped” thru the grass.

   The principle??- By using a “constant-retrieve” ,in S-clear waters, the fish have to make a “decision” quick!

   This principle works well with 4 inch plastic worms too!

   Try a Berkley 4 inch “Powerbait” worm in Camo color. Rig it Texas-style with a 1/0 off-set “Gamakatsu” hook. Use a 1/16 ounce “screw-in” type worm weight.

   Even in “gin-clear” water (while using 8LB Flurocarbon line) a 4″ Berkley Worm is DEADLY on Bass & Bluegills!

   That’s my 2 cent’s! Hope it helps ya? Good luck!