google earth your fishing hole 2024

Ima Bass Ninja reply :

I thought it would be fun to see some personal fishing spots (not known lakes ) and maybe swap ideas on how to fish em. I started with a small pond i've asked about on here before. I put some marks on it to help: Yellow area saw bass 4-5 chasin bluegill, Red area caught a 3 lb around the brush, White area PB 7lb (yay) ..and yea it really is that green.. ;D

Ima Bass Ninja reply :

SoFlaBassAddict reply :

Try Bing Maps for another view. The birds eye maps they have are just awesome.

SoFlaBassAddict reply :

Try Bing Maps for another view. The birds eye maps they have are just awesome.

SoFlaBassAddict reply :

Try Bing Maps for another view. The birds eye maps they have are just awesome.

BadBassWV reply :

I have caught some very nice fish in the white areas marked. Throwing a spinner bait over the weed beds. I started fishing this lake in late august. Cant wait till spring.

BadBassWV reply :

I have caught some very nice fish in the white areas marked. Throwing a spinner bait over the weed beds. I started fishing this lake in late august. Cant wait till spring.

BadBassWV reply :

I have caught some very nice fish in the white areas marked. Throwing a spinner bait over the weed beds. I started fishing this lake in late august. Cant wait till spring.

CAdeltaLipRipper reply :

There's a lot of helpful technology out there these days lol even though google earth isn't very new but you get my point

CAdeltaLipRipper reply :

There's a lot of helpful technology out there these days lol even though google earth isn't very new but you get my point

CAdeltaLipRipper reply :

There's a lot of helpful technology out there these days lol even though google earth isn't very new but you get my point

FL_Sharpshooter reply :

Here's my fishing spot, It's only 2 blocks away from my house, so easy walking/biking distance. The red X is where I stand, and the green rectangle is where I usually catch quite a bit of fish. It also is the exact spot where I caught my PB, a 6Lb 9oz bass.

FL_Sharpshooter reply :

webertime reply :

My honey hole...

Red X is parking/launch

Orange circle, this year alone... 7lbs, 6.6lbs, and 3 5lbers.

Red line, original creek channel, lots of 2lbers

Green circle, gets covered in Lily Pads and is where we saw a 36"+ Bowfin and I caught a 13lb Northern. (Rage Shads were invented for this spot).

Yellow line is where the Canadian lady forgets her top... a lot. Also a good number of overhanging trees, dropping Ikas under them is guaranteed action.

Pink area, this place is just like those National Geographic Anaconda shows. 2-4 feet deep, Lily Pads choking it, LARGE Bass have been seen, and fought there but never landed.

And finally anywhere you see water you aren't actually seeing water, it's 10-18" Pickerel, yep it's that thick with them...

webertime reply :

My honey hole...

Red X is parking/launch

Orange circle, this year alone... 7lbs, 6.6lbs, and 3 5lbers.

Red line, original creek channel, lots of 2lbers

Green circle, gets covered in Lily Pads and is where we saw a 36"+ Bowfin and I caught a 13lb Northern. (Rage Shads were invented for this spot).

Yellow line is where the Canadian lady forgets her top... a lot. Also a good number of overhanging trees, dropping Ikas under them is guaranteed action.

Pink area, this place is just like those National Geographic Anaconda shows. 2-4 feet deep, Lily Pads choking it, LARGE Bass have been seen, and fought there but never landed.

And finally anywhere you see water you aren't actually seeing water, it's 10-18" Pickerel, yep it's that thick with them...

webertime reply :

My honey hole...

Red X is parking/launch

Orange circle, this year alone... 7lbs, 6.6lbs, and 3 5lbers.

Red line, original creek channel, lots of 2lbers

Green circle, gets covered in Lily Pads and is where we saw a 36"+ Bowfin and I caught a 13lb Northern. (Rage Shads were invented for this spot).

Yellow line is where the Canadian lady forgets her top... a lot. Also a good number of overhanging trees, dropping Ikas under them is guaranteed action.

Pink area, this place is just like those National Geographic Anaconda shows. 2-4 feet deep, Lily Pads choking it, LARGE Bass have been seen, and fought there but never landed.

And finally anywhere you see water you aren't actually seeing water, it's 10-18" Pickerel, yep it's that thick with them...

Red reply :

How do you get the photo onto your PC so you can add the lines then post the pic?

Red reply :

How do you get the photo onto your PC so you can add the lines then post the pic?

Red reply :

How do you get the photo onto your PC so you can add the lines then post the pic?

webertime reply :

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How do you get the photo onto your PC so you can add the lines then post the pic?

1 Open MSpaint.

2 Go to googleearth or Bingmaps and get you pond/lake/spot.

3 Hit the print screen button on you keyboard

4 Go back to your MSpaint tab,go to edit and paste. I then used the tool that looks like a square made with dashed lines and used that to highlight/select just the map part I wanted.

5 Go to edit and hit copy.

6 Go to file and select new.

7 Go to edit and hit paste... You should have just the map part there. Then you can add the x's and o's, etc.

8 Save it to your computer then download to here.

webertime reply :

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How do you get the photo onto your PC so you can add the lines then post the pic?

1 Open MSpaint.

2 Go to googleearth or Bingmaps and get you pond/lake/spot.

3 Hit the print screen button on you keyboard

4 Go back to your MSpaint tab,go to edit and paste. I then used the tool that looks like a square made with dashed lines and used that to highlight/select just the map part I wanted.

5 Go to edit and hit copy.

6 Go to file and select new.

7 Go to edit and hit paste... You should have just the map part there. Then you can add the x's and o's, etc.

8 Save it to your computer then download to here.

webertime reply :

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How do you get the photo onto your PC so you can add the lines then post the pic?

1 Open MSpaint.

2 Go to googleearth or Bingmaps and get you pond/lake/spot.

3 Hit the print screen button on you keyboard

4 Go back to your MSpaint tab,go to edit and paste. I then used the tool that looks like a square made with dashed lines and used that to highlight/select just the map part I wanted.

5 Go to edit and hit copy.

6 Go to file and select new.

7 Go to edit and hit paste... You should have just the map part there. Then you can add the x's and o's, etc.

8 Save it to your computer then download to here.

BASSclary reply :

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How do you get the photo onto your PC so you can add the lines then post the pic?

If your using FireFox you can just get an add-on like ScreenGrabber, that just saves a cropped area wherever you choose to save it.

BASSclary reply :

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How do you get the photo onto your PC so you can add the lines then post the pic?

If your using FireFox you can just get an add-on like ScreenGrabber, that just saves a cropped area wherever you choose to save it.

BASSclary reply :

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How do you get the photo onto your PC so you can add the lines then post the pic?

If your using FireFox you can just get an add-on like ScreenGrabber, that just saves a cropped area wherever you choose to save it.

Red reply :

Thanks y'all, I got it figured out. Here are the main spots I fish on Lake Waco. The first two are from the same ramp, one is north and one is south. The red "x" marks the ramp, the yellow lines mark areas I always fish and have caught fish.

North of ramp

South of same ramp

This are is at the north end of lake. A creek comes in in the upper left at the arrow and the river comes in at blue arrow.

The blue "x" on here marks where I caught the fish in my avatar, my PB

my avatar, my PB.

Red reply :

North of ramp

South of same ramp

This are is at the north end of lake. A creek comes in in the upper left at the arrow and the river comes in at blue arrow.

The blue "x" on here marks where I caught the fish in my avatar, my PB

my avatar, my PB.

Red reply :

North of ramp

South of same ramp

This are is at the north end of lake. A creek comes in in the upper left at the arrow and the river comes in at blue arrow.

The blue "x" on here marks where I caught the fish in my avatar, my PB

my avatar, my PB.

QUAKEnSHAKE reply :

Here is the lake I visit most. It is shore fishing only no live bait but nightcrawlers. A 1/8oz blue/black jig w/baby rage-tail craw worked well the little number of times I used one. Fished there for years but never used a jig till a couple months ago. Looking forward to this coming spring to see what the jig will do.

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Ima Bass Ninja reply :

Man those are some great lookin spots people!!

Bad Bass: I'll bet you'll tear them up in the spring at the narrow part of that pond.

Sharp shooter: that area is tailor made for some good fishing.

Webertime: i'll bet you fish aroud that yellow line ALOT! ;D

Red: I'll be there on Sunday, please have the boat ready

Ima Bass Ninja reply :

Man those are some great lookin spots people!!

Bad Bass: I'll bet you'll tear them up in the spring at the narrow part of that pond.

Sharp shooter: that area is tailor made for some good fishing.

Webertime: i'll bet you fish aroud that yellow line ALOT! ;D

Red: I'll be there on Sunday, please have the boat ready

Ima Bass Ninja reply :

Man those are some great lookin spots people!!

Bad Bass: I'll bet you'll tear them up in the spring at the narrow part of that pond.

Sharp shooter: that area is tailor made for some good fishing.

Webertime: i'll bet you fish aroud that yellow line ALOT! ;D

Red: I'll be there on Sunday, please have the boat ready

BadBassWV reply :

I was thinking the same thing, that area where it narrows out is around 12 feet deep the area marked is a weed bed. 1 foot shoreline then water is about 4 to 5 feet deep until dropping straight down to 12 feet. Does anybody think this 12 foot drop off would be a good place to drop shot and jig a spoon in the winter months? Nice looking lakes and ponds everyone, It would be neat to hook up and fish'em all.

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Catt reply :

I use Acme Mapper 2.0 because you can toggle between Map, Satellite, Hybrid, Terrain, Topo, DOQ, Nexrad & Mapnik.

I keep getting this error

NOTE: If you had an Attachment in your post, you will need to reselect the Attachment again in the Browser Box for security reasons.

Catt reply :

I use Acme Mapper 2.0 because you can toggle between Map, Satellite, Hybrid, Terrain, Topo, DOQ, Nexrad & Mapnik.

I keep getting this error

NOTE: If you had an Attachment in your post, you will need to reselect the Attachment again in the Browser Box for security reasons.

Catt reply :

I use Acme Mapper 2.0 because you can toggle between Map, Satellite, Hybrid, Terrain, Topo, DOQ, Nexrad & Mapnik.

I keep getting this error

NOTE: If you had an Attachment in your post, you will need to reselect the Attachment again in the Browser Box for security reasons.

hokiefisherman93 reply :

Small neighborhood pond within walking distance from my house. The pond has lots of bowfin and bass. I have pulled out many 5+ fish. Biggest was 6+ out of the far right box. In between the two ponds there is a 3ft waterfall which is great for fly fishing! The best fishing is found in the black boxes. For a shallow lake (deepest spot 5ft), this lake holds some nice bass and giant bowfin.

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J Francho reply :

Why not use Angling Technologies Mapper tool:http://mapper.angling-technologies.com/atom/pmap.php

J Francho reply :

Why not use Angling Technologies Mapper tool:http://mapper.angling-technologies.com/atom/pmap.php

J Francho reply :

Why not use Angling Technologies Mapper tool:http://mapper.angling-technologies.com/atom/pmap.php

FishDontFearMe reply :

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Try Bing Maps for another view. The birds eye maps they have are just awesome.

thanks for the tip on bing birds eye. holy crap! u just saved me some driving.

FishDontFearMe reply :

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Try Bing Maps for another view. The birds eye maps they have are just awesome.

thanks for the tip on bing birds eye. holy crap! u just saved me some driving.

FishDontFearMe reply :

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Try Bing Maps for another view. The birds eye maps they have are just awesome.

thanks for the tip on bing birds eye. holy crap! u just saved me some driving.

BadBassWV reply :

Mapper is as good as google earth, but I think bing has them all beat for being able to zoom in real close.

BadBassWV reply :

Mapper is as good as google earth, but I think bing has them all beat for being able to zoom in real close.

BadBassWV reply :

Mapper is as good as google earth, but I think bing has them all beat for being able to zoom in real close.

Ima Bass Ninja reply :

wow some good info has come of this ...thanks for the tips and new mapping sources..All of them have the good qualities but i'll have to agree bing is the clearest

Ima Bass Ninja reply :

wow some good info has come of this ...thanks for the tips and new mapping sources..All of them have the good qualities but i'll have to agree bing is the clearest

Ima Bass Ninja reply :

wow some good info has come of this ...thanks for the tips and new mapping sources..All of them have the good qualities but i'll have to agree bing is the clearest

NateFollmer reply :

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Why not use Angling Technologies Mapper tool:http://mapper.angling-technologies.com/atom/pmap.php

.... I....Love....You.... J!

That is freakin' awesome! Exactly what I was looking for. I hope I can get this to work on my phone!

NateFollmer reply :

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Why not use Angling Technologies Mapper tool:http://mapper.angling-technologies.com/atom/pmap.php

.... I....Love....You.... J!

That is freakin' awesome! Exactly what I was looking for. I hope I can get this to work on my phone!

NateFollmer reply :

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Why not use Angling Technologies Mapper tool:http://mapper.angling-technologies.com/atom/pmap.php

.... I....Love....You.... J!

That is freakin' awesome! Exactly what I was looking for. I hope I can get this to work on my phone!

BadBassWV reply :

After Nate was so excited, I went back and Registered at mapper. Then switched to topo map. Holy Crap!!!! I now no where the creek runs through the middle of the lake and also a road bed. This is Freakin awesome. ;D

BadBassWV reply :

CFFF 1.5 reply :

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Why not use Angling Technologies Mapper tool:http://mapper.angling-technologies.com/atom/pmap.php

.... I....Love....You.... J!

That is freakin' awesome! Exactly what I was looking for. I hope I can get this to work on my phone!

X2 Thank You this is awesome. Hopefully it will work on the phone.

CFFF 1.5 reply :

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Why not use Angling Technologies Mapper tool:http://mapper.angling-technologies.com/atom/pmap.php

.... I....Love....You.... J!

That is freakin' awesome! Exactly what I was looking for. I hope I can get this to work on my phone!

X2 Thank You this is awesome. Hopefully it will work on the phone.

CFFF 1.5 reply :

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Why not use Angling Technologies Mapper tool:http://mapper.angling-technologies.com/atom/pmap.php

.... I....Love....You.... J!

That is freakin' awesome! Exactly what I was looking for. I hope I can get this to work on my phone!

X2 Thank You this is awesome. Hopefully it will work on the phone.

J Francho reply :

If your lake doesn't have depth contour data, just email them, and they'll research it. I've had a couple lakes added.

J Francho reply :

If your lake doesn't have depth contour data, just email them, and they'll research it. I've had a couple lakes added.

J Francho reply :

If your lake doesn't have depth contour data, just email them, and they'll research it. I've had a couple lakes added.

Owasco reply :

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After Nate was so excited, I went back and Registered at mapper. Then switched to topo map. Holy Crap!!!! I now no where the creek runs through the middle of the lake and also a road bed. This is Freakin awesome. ;D

How did you register?

I can't seem to find a place to register or log in.

Thanks,

Marc

Owasco reply :

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After Nate was so excited, I went back and Registered at mapper. Then switched to topo map. Holy Crap!!!! I now no where the creek runs through the middle of the lake and also a road bed. This is Freakin awesome. ;D

How did you register?

I can't seem to find a place to register or log in.

Thanks,

Marc

Owasco reply :

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After Nate was so excited, I went back and Registered at mapper. Then switched to topo map. Holy Crap!!!! I now no where the creek runs through the middle of the lake and also a road bed. This is Freakin awesome. ;D

How did you register?

I can't seem to find a place to register or log in.

Thanks,

Marc

J Francho reply :

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After Nate was so excited, I went back and Registered at mapper. Then switched to topo map. Holy Crap!!!! I now no where the creek runs through the middle of the lake and also a road bed. This is Freakin awesome. ;D

How did you register?

I can't seem to find a place to register or log in.

Thanks,

Marc

Just access one of the advanced features, like the tack, and you'll be prompted.

J Francho reply :

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After Nate was so excited, I went back and Registered at mapper. Then switched to topo map. Holy Crap!!!! I now no where the creek runs through the middle of the lake and also a road bed. This is Freakin awesome. ;D

How did you register?

I can't seem to find a place to register or log in.

Thanks,

Marc

Just access one of the advanced features, like the tack, and you'll be prompted.

J Francho reply :

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After Nate was so excited, I went back and Registered at mapper. Then switched to topo map. Holy Crap!!!! I now no where the creek runs through the middle of the lake and also a road bed. This is Freakin awesome. ;D

How did you register?

I can't seem to find a place to register or log in.

Thanks,

Marc

Just access one of the advanced features, like the tack, and you'll be prompted.

Owasco reply :

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After Nate was so excited, I went back and Registered at mapper. Then switched to topo map. Holy Crap!!!! I now no where the creek runs through the middle of the lake and also a road bed. This is Freakin awesome. ;D

How did you register?

I can't seem to find a place to register or log in.

Thanks,

Marc

Just access one of the advanced features, like the tack, and you'll be prompted.

Thank you

Owasco reply :

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After Nate was so excited, I went back and Registered at mapper. Then switched to topo map. Holy Crap!!!! I now no where the creek runs through the middle of the lake and also a road bed. This is Freakin awesome. ;D

How did you register?

I can't seem to find a place to register or log in.

Thanks,

Marc

Just access one of the advanced features, like the tack, and you'll be prompted.

Thank you

Owasco reply :

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After Nate was so excited, I went back and Registered at mapper. Then switched to topo map. Holy Crap!!!! I now no where the creek runs through the middle of the lake and also a road bed. This is Freakin awesome. ;D

How did you register?

I can't seem to find a place to register or log in.

Thanks,

Marc

Just access one of the advanced features, like the tack, and you'll be prompted.

Thank you

NateFollmer reply :

Doesn't work on my phone (It loads, but I can't scroll the map or anything). But, I'll just shoot photos with GPS data embedded and add them later.

NateFollmer reply :

Doesn't work on my phone (It loads, but I can't scroll the map or anything). But, I'll just shoot photos with GPS data embedded and add them later.

NateFollmer reply :

Doesn't work on my phone (It loads, but I can't scroll the map or anything). But, I'll just shoot photos with GPS data embedded and add them later.

Ima Bass Ninja reply :

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Why not use Angling Technologies Mapper tool:http://mapper.angling-technologies.com/atom/pmap.php

Registered and bookmarked.. thanks!! Although there's no topo on my normal lake guess i'll be sendin out an e-mail soon ;D

Ima Bass Ninja reply :

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Why not use Angling Technologies Mapper tool:http://mapper.angling-technologies.com/atom/pmap.php

Registered and bookmarked.. thanks!! Although there's no topo on my normal lake guess i'll be sendin out an e-mail soon ;D

Ima Bass Ninja reply :

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Why not use Angling Technologies Mapper tool:http://mapper.angling-technologies.com/atom/pmap.php

Registered and bookmarked.. thanks!! Although there's no topo on my normal lake guess i'll be sendin out an e-mail soon ;D

.dsaavedra. reply :

holy cow! bing maps has improved 100x since the last time i used it! its basically an aerial photo, no longer a satellite photo! wow thats great....

.dsaavedra. reply :

holy cow! bing maps has improved 100x since the last time i used it! its basically an aerial photo, no longer a satellite photo! wow thats great....

.dsaavedra. reply :

holy cow! bing maps has improved 100x since the last time i used it! its basically an aerial photo, no longer a satellite photo! wow thats great....

Btech reply :

What would be really nice is if these companys made an "App" For your blackberry or Android Smart Phone, Everyone Send them Emails until they do lol.

Btech reply :

What would be really nice is if these companys made an "App" For your blackberry or Android Smart Phone, Everyone Send them Emails until they do lol.

Btech reply :

What would be really nice is if these companys made an "App" For your blackberry or Android Smart Phone, Everyone Send them Emails until they do lol.

RoLo reply :

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Why not use Angling Technologies Mapper tool:http://mapper.angling-technologies.com/atom/pmap.php

John, I'd be remiss if I didn't thank you for this website, which is my idea of sharing.

Lake charts without depth lines are like dinner plates without food,

but the Angling Technologies Mapper is a full plate. In a word, "incredible"!

I'm currently using both Garmin and Navionics cartography on every lake I fish,

but frankly both are fraught with inaccuracies. I live just minutes from Lake Kissimmee

(four turns from my community), so I'm intimately familiar with many of

the chart inaccuracies. The Angling Technologies Mapping tool is remarkably accurate,

and I can see several areas where it's more accurate than expensive GPS cartography

from Navionics and Garmin. I never thought I'd be saying that,

but it happens to be a fact.

In addition, I was able to import my Garmin waypoints under their GPS button.

I choose the Garmin.gdb format and it imported my waypoints

in their saved DD.ddddd syntax (slightly greater precision than "DD.MM.mmm" syntax)

Thanx again

Roger