too shallow? 2025

CanalStalkin reply :

I was wondering how shallow is TOO shallow. Where I fish its about 5 foot or so, the further from this spot you get the more shallow (canal)to probably 2 feet deep. There is a TON of nice looking cover and a ton of carp out in this shallow stuff but always assumed it was too shallow and never fished it.

Grey Wolf reply :

Try it you might be surprised.

LooksLikeSinbad reply :

2 feet is definitely not too shallow!

SWH reply :

I was shore fishing Monday night and saw a nice sized bass in about a foot of water if that smashing some bait fish so i dont think it can be to shallow as long as they dont beach themselves they can be caught in any depth. Thats my experience from just the other night other wise i am new and could be totally wrong

D4u2s0t reply :

2 feet is plenty of water. in my area majority of bass have moved out of the shallows along shore though, and I have to go out deeper.

Delaware Valley Tackle reply :

On two separate occasions recently, I have caught bass right up against the bank under the moss in 6" of water. Granted, there were other favorable conditions, over hanging trees, shade, deeper water nearby (within 10-15 feet).

J Francho reply :

Some "shallow water fish" (<12" of water) from various times of the year.

Spring

Fall

Summer

If they are feeding shallow, they are easy to spot. If they are lurking shallow, its not so easy.

Kingbass43 reply :

NO its great fishing most of the time i caught a nice 2 2 1/2 pound bass in 2 feet of water inthe middle pf the day on a tiny torpedo it was on a big lake too.

BassDeaton01 reply :

I'd say give it a shot. You say that there is cover there so I assume bass would find that to be a good ambush spot. 2 feet of water is definitely not too shallow.

Gangley reply :

the last couple fish I have caught have been in less than 2 feet of water, from 12-1pm, in 100 degree weather. Fish the shallows if you get the chance, you never know what you will find.

bigtimfish reply :

2 ft is not too shallow. It may be too shallow certain times of year with high water temps and all. But 2 ft is not bad

grimlin reply :

There's a river system here that i fished last weekend,both largemouth and smallmouth bass were all in 6''-3' of water.No joking...6 inches of water i got a LM off of.It was sitting under a broken tree that had fell in the water from a previous storm.

CWB reply :

If there are carp, there will be bass. Some of my biggest bass have come from about a foot of crystal clear water either sight fishing or under and around boats/docks.

Az Bassin reply :

I dont think there is a too shallow i have caught some small bass in less than a foot of water on pop r's. I would try it...... Good Luck

tritz18 reply :

I catch alot of my fish in 2 feet of water, try using a topwater bait. They will kill it

christopherjake reply :

2' of water is definitely not too shallow.

RhodyBass reply :

A great lure for finding fish in spots that go shallow to deep is a spinnerbait.

Slow roll the lure allowing it to swim progressively deeper,following the contour of the bottom.

I'll cast into a couple of inches of water using this method,works great.

Some big surprises lurk in the shallows

BillDance32 reply :

There is no real simple answer to this question. If it is the right time of year, then yes the 2 foot water will certainly hold fish. I like fishing shallow water, especially when there is deep water nearby. I think that areas where it is flat and shallow with little variety in depth are not nearly as productive as areas that has shallow water with deeper pockets or a variety of depth.

steezy reply :

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I was wondering how shallow is TOO shallow. Where I fish its about 5 foot or so, the further from this spot you get the more shallow (canal)to probably 2 feet deep. There is a TON of nice looking cover and a ton of carp out in this shallow stuff but always assumed it was too shallow and never fished it.

IMHO, You are missing some of the best bass fishing. When I am shore fishing most of my bass, even the big ones, come from ~12" of water with plenty of cover.

Please throw a frog, top water, spinner or jig into or along the edge of that cover, NOW!

You will be shocked at what you pull out of that mess. Just make sure you have a good rod and use strong line cause the big ones in there are not going to come out easy.

I get chills down my spine just thinking about fishing in a place like that!

CanalStalkin reply :

thanks for all the info guys, Ill definitely try some topwater out on it. Id really like to throw some frogs but my light spinning setup sounds like it'd be destroyed once a lunker takes it down in the weeds. I've already lost a REAL nice one that went under all of this moss and I couldn't do anything and it finally just broke off.

DINK WHISPERER reply :

It is too shallow only when you bottom out! Even than, keep casting..................

umahunter reply :

i caught a good 2 1/2 pounder the other day in like four inches of water. stopped for the mutts to play and casted a shadelicious up there playing around and when reeling back i see this water roll with fin sticking out jaws style chase and crush it that was cool as hell

mr.mallard reply :

ive caught bass smashing baby bluegill in under 8 inches of water THEIR TOP FINS WERE STICKING OUT OF THE WATER

RoLo reply :

The water is not too shallow until the bass's fins are protruding above the surface

and it has to belly-crawl to move forward.

In spite of all the deepwater speak, most of the time in Florida,

when I've missed out on the best bite, I was fishing too deep, not too shallow.

Roger

Lynx reply :

My fishing buddy Charles picked up a 4.3lbs LargeMouth in 8-10"s of water, where the lake we were on hits a mouth of a creek off the front of my boat in early Jan. The 10 acre pond that goes through my backyard is always @ 1'-6' in spots throughout the pond all year, & we always have great fishing from it.

Clark Stewart reply :

all of the fish I've caught this month - inlcuding my avatar were caught in less than 5 feet of water. Most closer to 2 feet! People will tell you that you can't catch bass in shallow water during the summer. Obviously I disagree. Not all bass follow the typical summer pattern - if that were true we'd all be bassmasters. As long as cover is available with forage they'd stay in a bathtub.

Another thing I like about summer shallows fishing is that if you can find shade you'll find a bass. An old man whose pond I still fish told me during a 95 degree day down here in Bama that "I like the dog days - it puts the bass in the same spot I'm gonna be - in under a shade tree." That quote still catches bass for me.

coontreer reply :

I have always heard that if the water is deep enough to cover a bass' back then it is deep enough to hold fish.

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