The Colorado River feeds the Highland Lakes, which begin at Buchanan, then Inks, LBJ, Marble Falls, Travis, Austin, and on to Town Lake, which runs through downtown Austin. All of these lakes have very clear water so for the purposes of this article, I will refer to these lakes but by no means are these techniques limited here. Some of these techniques I learned while reading about the Western bass fishing scene. I applied them to my local lakes, so they will work anywhere there is clear water. Clear water can be defined as at least five-foot visibility to as much as 20.
Clear water allows the bass to go almost anywhere in the lake.
Because of low water fertility, the deep water has ample oxygen. To consistently score on clear-water bass, you must match your tackle to the current conditions and patterns . As mentioned before, spinning tackle plays a vital role in clear-water fishing for several reasons. Light line can be critical with lure presentation as well as generating more strikes due to reduced visibility. It is also imperative to scale the size of the lures down and smaller lures cast much easier on spinning tackle.