What do you consider clear water or muddy water

[pawolfman]

To me : (& I'm using a 1/16oz chartreuse jig for depth/sight measuring purposes)

Clear water - over 3ft down & I can still clearly see the jig
Stained water - 1 to 2ft down
Dirty water - less than 1ft down
Muddy water - jig disappears as soon as it goes below the water's surface

Most of the waters I've fished are in the Stained to Dirty category, for the most part of the times I fished them. That would be lakes in KY, East Tenn, middle SC, & NE Ala. I've only experienced "muddy" water, once, and that was a flooded Barkley Lake (Ky). I've only experienced "gin clear" water, once, and that was Lake Cumberland (Ky) ... and you could read a newspaper in 20ft of water

... cp

I'm pretty close to the same as you. If I can see the jig in 2 or 3 feet of water then that is what I feel is clear water. If I lose sight of the jig in 1 or 2 feet then that is stain water. Anything less than a foot I consider it dirty to muddy water.