Flippin Stained Water.. too close??

[BassQualifier]

I was reading Capt. Mike's post about how the pro's were fishing the Potomac and flipping the edges of the matted grass and thought I would give that a try on my home lake next time I go out, since we have plenty of matted grass here.

But one question I wanted to ask was how close can you get when flipping these mats in semi-clear to stained water? Watching the pro's on TV, I often see them flip only what seems about 10 feet in front of them. I was always under the impression that you wanted to be at least 20+ feet away from your casting target. Can you really get this close? Wouldn't the fish feel the presence of your boat and also sense your trolling motor, even on low speeds when you are literally right up on them?

It's just everytime that I am out flipping and pitching anything, it just seems to go against common sense to flip so close to cover like that. Wouldn't a pitch from 25+ feet be better? Thanks for your advice.