Breaking down a lake

[Gregorym38]

I will be going fishing to a lake that i know has bluegill, largemouth bass, and chain pickerel. Where would you start?

[813basstard]

I’d start by zooming in..is that the shot from NASA?

[Gregorym38]

7 minutes ago, 813basstard said:

I’d start by zooming in..is that the shot from NASA?

Lol, is that better?

2 minutes ago, Gregorym38 said:

Lol, is that better?

Last time i was there i caught most of the fish in this corner. There is a big boulder that sticks out of the water and there were bass and chain pickerel hiding there

4 minutes ago, Gregorym38 said:

[scaleface]

With all the islands and point  there should be a lot of open water structure to fish . I'd spend a lot of time checking that out . 

[Gregorym38]

Just now, scaleface said:

With all the islands and point  there should be a lot of open water structure to fish . I'd spend a lot of time checking that out . 

For sure! Do you think any fish would be deeper?

[WRB]

Why are trying to hide the lake name?

Tom

[Gregorym38]

37 minutes ago, WRB said:

Why are trying to hide the lake name?

Tom

Dont want to spot burn

[MN Fisher]

9 minutes ago, Gregorym38 said:

Dont want to spot burn

Well, you can go here - Navionics ChartViewer - USA - and scroll in to your lake and get the contour map for it that you can save the image of or print it out.

 

Look for humps, bars and flats near or surrounded by deeper water...that's where I'd start.

[WRB]

38 minutes ago, Gregorym38 said:

Dont want to spot burn

Difficult to study structure from a overhead photo.

Where you caught your bass is a choke point with lots of rocky structure above the surface. 

The lake looks like a natural Smallmouth then LMB.

Tom

[LrgmouthShad]

54 minutes ago, Gregorym38 said:

Dont want to spot burn

Too late. I already triangulated its position and am driving all the way there from NC. 

[Deleted account]

So you want a lake break down without a topo? Let me find my crystal ball...

[Deleted account]

1 hour ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Too late. I already triangulated its position and am driving all the way there from NC. 

It's SW of your old hangout...

[Gregorym38]

2 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

Well, you can go here - Navionics ChartViewer - USA - and scroll in to your lake and get the contour map for it that you can save the image of or print it out.

 

Look for humps, bars and flats near or surrounded by deeper water...that's where I'd start.

Thats not a bad idea, however it does not show up. Its not a very public lake

[MN Fisher]

1 hour ago, Gregorym38 said:

Thats not a bad idea, however it does not show up. Its not a very public lake

Entirely possible - they've only mapped contours for about 42,000 lakes around the world

 

Considering Minnesota alone has 15,000 - there's still a lot of water missing in their charts. Just within 10 miles of me, there's 15 named lakes that haven't been charted yet.

[Catt]

15 hours ago, Gregorym38 said:

Where would you start?

 

With a better map than those!

[GaryH]

Are you shore fishing or boat? If boat and if you have electronics map the lake out and I’m sure you’ll receive plenty of good advice.

otherwise with the info giving its like closing our eyes and throwing at a dart board.