Visibility is at least 6 feet deep and no fish are in sight anywhere in the shallows.

Anglers who like to pitch and flip might be tempted to change their clear water tactic when they encounter this situation.  While murky water provides the ideal situation for flipping and pitching, bass can still be caught on these short-range techniques in even gin clear water if you make a few adjustments.

Pitching and flipping experts know adapting to the water color is the key to flipping and pitching in clear water.   The biggest difference between pitching in dirty water versus clear water is the mood of the fish.  When bass are shallow in clear, high-water conditions they are usually in the thin water to spawn or feed.  If bass are in a feeding mode in clear shallow water they are going to be twice as aggressive as bass in shallow colored water.