Fun/funny fact about clear water vs dirty water. 2025
Ksam1234 reply :
I came across this fact earlier today and figured I would give a share and laugh ha. When people ask what do you consider “clear water” well how about this clear ! That’s insane.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Just imagining a lake with 300' of water is insane to me. A lot of our lakes don't have 30' of water 
long island basser reply :
On 11/11/2018 at 2:05 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Just imagining a lake with 300' of water is insane to me. A lot of our lakes don't have 30' of water
Same here in my area.
Choporoz reply :
@Ksam1234, that photo should be called 'fun FAKE fact #5314'.
That wreck is in 12 feet of water....not 300
Brad Reid reply :
In north and east Texas, our lakes are man-made, often impounded rivers. It seems to me the great majority of them are less than 50 feet deep. There are exceptions. Wheeler Branch in Glen Rose is 80+ feet, Lake Waco is 90 feet or so, Toledo Bend 110+, for example.
Nope, can't see the bottom of any of these! Brad
BassWhole! reply :
On 11/11/2018 at 8:51 PM, Choporoz said:@Ksam1234, that photo should be called 'fun FAKE fact #5314'.
That wreck is in 12 feet of water....not 300
You are being over 40 again... 
The statement is the water "can" become so clear, not "becomes so clear", and there is no language linking the picture to the statement. I guess this sort of vagueness and deception is classified as click bait these days, pass the Geritol®...
A-Jay reply :
On 11/11/2018 at 8:51 PM, Choporoz said:@Ksam1234, that photo should be called 'fun FAKE fact #5314'.
That wreck is in 12 feet of water....not 300
Unless that 'ship wreck' is 20 feet long - it's probably a bit deeper there than 12 ft. And while the lakes up north here can, do and are often super clear - I've not personally see anything close to what's being stated there.
May not mean it doesn't happen, I've just not seen or heard of 300 foot viability anywhere.
Now 35 ft plus yes but not hundreds of feet.
A-Jay
Swbass15 reply :
I remember being on the st lawarance as a kid in high school. I was up there in late May early June. I could not believe how clear the water was. Could see bottom in around 20’. My home lake here you can see bottom in around 10-15’ in March-April until our spring winds start.
cool photo none the less.
Ksam1234 reply :
It’s a joke everyone... hence why I said give it a laugh ha .. and sorry my vocabulary wasn’t up to par I was tired from being at Niagara Falls all day. @A-Jay @Choporoz @reason obviously you can’t bleieve eveything on the internet .. but tv is always true right ?
A-Jay reply :
On 11/11/2018 at 11:16 PM, Ksam1234 said:It’s a joke everyone... hence why I said give it a laugh ha .. and sorry my vocabulary wasn’t up to par I was tired from being at Niagara Falls all day. @A-Jay @Choporoz @reason obviously you can’t bleieve eveything on the internet .. but tv is always true right ?
OK - I'll admit to feeling a little goofy.
A-Jay
ww2farmer reply :
I have seen my home lakes clear enough to see the bottom in 15 feet, it's often in the spring, and often short lived. 3-4 feet of clarity seems to be the norm on one lake, and 8-10 on the other. Algae blooms, and boat traffic are the dirty water makers here, sometimes wind/rain, but not often, the grass does a good job of catching wind/rain caused sediment and filtering it out.
BassWhole! reply :
On 11/11/2018 at 11:16 PM, Ksam1234 said:It’s a joke everyone... hence why I said give it a laugh ha .. and sorry my vocabulary wasn’t up to par I was tired from being at Niagara Falls all day. @A-Jay @Choporoz @reason obviously you can’t bleieve eveything on the internet .. but tv is always true right ?
I don't get it. What's funny about clear water?
N Florida Mike reply :
The deepest hole I have heard of in a Florida lake is 90+ feet in Kingsley lake. That lake had water clarity of at least 20 feet, which is incredible for Florida.I know its the clearest lake Ive fished, and it made fishing during daylight hours pretty hard. Cant imagine 300 ft of water, unless its 75 miles offshore or so in the ocean! But 300 feet clarity ? Sounds like somebodies pulling your leg on that.
Gundog reply :
I think this post would have been a hit on April 1st.
slonezp reply :
Lake Michigan has depths up to 900ft. Visibility may get to 30ft. I doubt a plane or satellite could see deeper than some guy in a boat.
Ksam1234 reply :
On 11/12/2018 at 5:06 AM, Gundog said:I think this post would have been a hit on April 1st.
Yeah I should have waited.. figured people would get the joke that 1. Don’t believe what’s on the internet and 2. People always ask what “clear water is” you can refer to this post.
Harold Scoggins reply :
On 11/11/2018 at 11:31 PM, A-Jay said:OK - I'll admit to feeling a little goofy.
I had cataract surgery earlier this year and now, I can see sounds! BTW, should this be in "Everything Else?"
WRB reply :
Clearest fresh water I have been on is Lake Tahoe where you can see pine trees laying on the bottom at 15O' then it drops off into 1,500 and 3,000' the water looks deep purple color because no light penetrates it.
Tom
soflabasser reply :
Interesting subject. I have done free diving in waters with +100 foot visibility in the ocean and it is something I recommend to anyone who enjoys being on the water. Fishing on top of a boat in clear water does not compare to diving in clear water since it is a very different experience. You will have to try it out to see for yourself since videos or pictures cannot capture the true beauty of diving in +100 foot water visibility. As for freshwater I have done free diving in South Florida lakes with +20 foot visibility which is more clear than anything I have seen in my travels up north.
On 11/11/2018 at 11:02 PM, A-Jay said:Unless that 'ship wreck' is 20 feet long - it's probably a bit deeper there than 12 ft. And while the lakes up north here can, do and are often super clear - I've not personally see anything close to what's being stated there.
May not mean it doesn't happen, I've just not seen or heard of 300 foot viability anywhere.
Now 35 ft plus yes but not hundreds of feet.
A-Jay
Blue Lake in New Zealand has water visibility up to 262 feet. There are a couple other places in the world with even better visibility (+300 feet) the last time I checked.
Catt reply :
On 11/11/2018 at 9:31 PM, Brad Reid said:In north and east Texas, our lakes are man-made, often impounded rivers. It seems to me the great majority of them are less than 50 feet deep. There are exceptions. Wheeler Branch in Glen Rose is 80+ feet, Lake Waco is 90 feet or so, Toledo Bend 110+, for example.
Nope, can't see the bottom of any of these! Brad
Every lake in the state of Texas is man-made with the exception of Caddo.
South Toledo Bend has a visibility of 15'+ ????
WRB reply :
Most of SoCal bass lakes have good water clarity that varies seasonally depending on algea blooms, wind, water temperature etc, I would estimate most lakes you can see the bottom about 8'-10' deep on average. DVL is clear with about 25' visible bottom, Castiac is usually about 6'-8' a little off color. Clear Lake is the only natural bass lake in Califorina and it's off color with maybe 4'-5' visiblity. Every lake is different.
Tom
Dwight Hottle reply :
For what it is worth the deepest I have seen bottom on Erie is around 22-24 feet.
BassWhole! reply :
On 11/12/2018 at 11:55 AM, soflabasser said:Interesting subject. I have done free diving in waters with +100 foot visibility in the ocean and it is something I recommend to anyone who enjoys being on the water.
Dove in the Caribbean side of Colombia once, where the vis was like being on land on a clear crisp day. It was a bit unnerving without having that normal bubble of vis for reference. Absolutely gin clear that put quarries to shame, and the fact that the h2o temp was in the 80s didn't hurt.
Brad Reid reply :
On 11/12/2018 at 5:45 PM, Catt said:
Every lake in the state of Texas is man-made with the exception of Caddo.
South Toledo Bend has a visibility of 15'+ ????
Yes, for all large "reservoirs." Some even say Caddo was man-made . . . but I can't recall the argument for it. But, Texas always had decent sized lakes just none big enough to supply water to big cities, hence the development of large reservoirs.
A few new ones are coming, too, one up in northeast Texas is slated to begin very soon.
Clearest water in the north part of the state I know of is Wheeler Branch in Glen Rose. The water is pumped into the lake, no significant river or large tributary feeding it. Lovely place to kayak fish!
Brad
soflabasser reply :
On 11/13/2018 at 2:42 AM, reason said:Dove in the Caribbean side of Colombia once, where the vis was like being on land on a clear crisp day. It was a bit unnerving without having that normal bubble of vis for reference. Absolutely gin clear that put quarries to shame, and the fact that the h2o temp was in the 80s didn't hurt.
Yes it feels like you are floating in air when the water visibility is +60 feet. I have been fortunate to have done freedive spearfishing in +100 feet visibility water and it is one of the most memorable moments I have had in the outdoors. Have freedived in Mexico, Grand Cayman, Jamaica, and other locations and my favorite places to dive is the Florida Keys and various locations in South Florida.Have freedived a couple freshwater springs in Central/Northern Florida and the water visibility is often +60 feet and more in these springs.
Catt reply :
@Brad Reid the only reason ya can't see beyond 15' on Toledo Bend is there's to much grass, timber, brush etc on the bottom.
I've seen house foundations, cars, & school bus.
Caddo man-made? That's funny right there!
BassWhole! reply :
On 11/13/2018 at 11:12 AM, soflabasser said:Yes it feels like you are floating in air when the water visibility is +60 feet. I have been fortunate to have done freedive spearfishing in +100 feet visibility water and it is one of the most memorable moments I have had in the outdoors. Have freedived in Mexico, Grand Cayman, Jamaica, and other locations and my favorite places to dive is the Florida Keys and various locations in South Florida.Have freedived a couple freshwater springs in Central/Northern Florida and the water visibility is often +60 feet and more in these springs.
I have a couple of buddies that are into free diving fishing competitions. Not my thing, but I can certainly see the appeal. We used to go down to the keys every winter for a couple of weeks every year, dove it a lot. What I really liked was how lobsters backed out of pots and into my bag, who teaches them that...
Horn of Africa has some really good diving, who knew.
Oregon Native reply :
Lake Powell I thought was super clear when I fished out west.
12poundbass reply :
The picture below I pulled from the internet. It's from "The Big Spring" located in Michigan's upper Peninsula. This is directly over the center of the spring it's 40' deep. I highly recommend if you're in the U.P. check it out and see the huge trout swimming around in there too. The depth is very deceiving with that clear of water.
Troy85 reply :
If visibility was 300', how long would your fluro leader have to be??!?!?!?!?!!?
12poundbass reply :
Ratherbfishing reply :
I won't contest how shallow or deep this image is however, when I have gone to Lake of the Woods Canada I have to remember that just because I can see the bottom doesn't mean it's 2 feet deep and that I can jump off my boat and into it. This is almost foreign concept to me.
Choporoz reply :
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sunken-ships-lake-michigan-are-visible-ghostly-blue-180955108/
WRB reply :
It's amazing what Zebra/Quagga mussels can do to filter out particulates to make water gin clear. Lake Piru near me had maybe 5' depth of bottom clarity on a good day before Quagga mussel infestation, now 20' is the norm, same lake, same water source.
You can clearly see sandy bottom areas around our Channel Islands and Catalina island at 75'-100' depending on currents, making scuba diving a popular pastime. Fresh water isn't usually gin clear like off shore salt water.
Tom
moguy1973 reply :
It's pretty common to be able to see down 30' or more in Table Rock and Bull Shoals.
soflabasser reply :
On 11/13/2018 at 9:40 PM, 12poundbass said:The picture below I pulled from the internet. It's from "The Big Spring" located in Michigan's upper Peninsula. This is directly over the center of the spring it's 40' deep. I highly recommend if you're in the U.P. check it out and see the huge trout swimming around in there too. The depth is very deceiving with that clear of water.
Thank you for posting this, I will consider visiting this spring if I visit the area.
On 11/13/2018 at 9:43 PM, 12poundbass said:
Looks like the freshwater springs I dived in Central/ Northern Florida.
On 11/14/2018 at 3:50 AM, WRB said:It's amazing what Zebra/Quagga mussels can do to filter out particulates to make water gin clear. Lake Piru near me had maybe 5' depth of bottom clarity on a good day before Quagga mussel infestation, now 20' is the norm, same lake, same water source.
You can clearly see sandy bottom areas around our Channel Islands and Catalina island at 75'-100' depending on currents, making scuba diving a popular pastime. Fresh water isn't usually gin clear like off shore salt water.
Tom
I fished a lake up north that was infested with Zebra mussels and the water visibility was +10 feet. I talked to some locals and they told me the water visibility use to be less than 5 feet before the zebra mussels came to this lake. This is a very good lake for many species of fish and I am sure there are fish eating the zebra mussels. A couple years ago I freedived in Catalina Island and got to swim with seals. Also saw a great white shark on the outside of a pinnacle's kelp forest. The water visibility was easily +80 feet the day I dived and I plan on visiting Catalina Island again since it was one of the most memorable dives I have done so far.
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