A bass has two primary ways that it locates its prey. First is with its eyes and the second is with its lateral line. Bass has eyesight that sees 5X better than a human’s eye underwater. Talk about sharp vision! Under normal circumstances, a bass will use it’s phenomenal vision to find and kill its prey when the water clarity is greater than 2- to 4 feet deep. When bass use their lateral line to attack their prey you can expect to find them hunting in water < 2 feet visibility.