It's really, really amazing how shallow they will get and we anglers out away from the bank think, often, two things: "they wouldn't be THAT shallow" or "eh, stupid carp, let's get out of here."

Back when BASS had one of their tourneys on, I think, Jordan about 10ish years ago I got my photo boat driver to put me out on a peninsula where I could walk around and shoot some of the guys. Swindle was trolling down a bank toward a gnarly line of gator/primrose that honestly looked like it maybe wasn't any deeper than 8-10 inches, if that. I asked if I was a distraction (No.) and was firing with my camera.

I was close enough to see where he was casting but not so close that anything in the water might spook. About the time his frog sailed over some grass and literally landed maybe a foot from the bank, a 5+ pounder surged at it and missed. I saw its back and it was wide, green and gorgeous.

He reeled in and got ready to make another cast.

"I don't need to ask how big that was, do I," he said.

I just said "You don't want to know."

Huge and shallow. Throw in the dirt!