Some of the biggest fish I catch are in clear, shallow water. They're in this skinny water hunting for an unassuming school of baitfish or foraging for crustaceans, so they're usually looking to eat.

On natural shallow lakes, the best winter bass hideout could be a hole 6 feet deep at the edge of hydrilla. There might be only a 2-foot drop from the edge of the vegetation into the hole, but bass will seek refuge there because it is the deepest water in the area.

Flats fishing is one of the world's most popular styles of angling. From distant atolls to far-flung beaches, anglers travel to some of the most remote and isolated places on earth in search of skinny water.

Beach Seine fishing. Beach seine fishing is another prominent traditional method, which can be practiced along the coastline, and during this methods, anglers always drop a large net, which is deployed from the shores and dawn back to capture fish in shallow waters.