BayBoatFisherman Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 (edited) On 2/18/2019 at 12:46 PM, Toledo Banger said: All I really like to read this forum. I have a lake house on Toledo and fish as often as I can. I really get frustrated with the common names that locals use for certain fishing areas, and without local knowledge, you never figure out where they are talking about. Well, in effort to not I cry about it and develop something useful, I created a google KMZ file that has all of the Toledo Bend fishing spot names that I know of. I will share with you to allow for others to fill in their local fishing spot names that I missed. If you add to the KMZ, change the version of the KMZ and re-upload it, for example, Toledo Bend Maps version 2. I hope this works. Toledo Bend Maps.kmz Ok all, I took the file created by Toledo Banger and converted it to a GPX file and a .USR file. The USR file should load to a SD card and then to a Lowrance plotter. If there is intrest I will see what I can do for the Hummingbird users out there. Found the info on doing the converions on this link: https://doctorsonar.com/blogs/educational-articles/12390197-google-earth-and-lowrance-waypoints Thank you @Toledo Banger USR Common Names.usr Common Names.gpx Edited February 20, 2019 by BayBoatFisherman correction for fat fingers 1 1 Quote
BayBoatFisherman Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 27 minutes ago, Raymond Blank said: Catt. Please don’t laugh but where do I get hook and line map. ??♂️ What part of the lake are you fishing? I am on the sounth end Texas side. The Fairmount general store has them. 1 Quote
Super User Catt Posted February 20, 2019 Author Super User Posted February 20, 2019 @BayBoatFisherman still can't get anything to open! All I get in Google Earth is a picture of the globe Quote
BayBoatFisherman Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, Catt said: @BayBoatFisherman still can't get anything to open! All I get in Google Earth is a picture of the globe @Catt, in the top left (the port side) of the screen you should see Toledo Bend Maps.KMZ (orginal file) or GPX if you used the one I uploaded. If you do not see that select file at the top and load, find the file you saved on your computer, hilight it and select open. Now you should see the names listed, double click one and it will take you to that location on the map. Heading back up Thursday, look like it will be anogther wet one for me, but it still beats work. You going to be up this weekend with all the other pros? 4 minutes ago, BayBoatFisherman said: @Catt, in the top left (the port side) of the screen you should see Toledo Bend Maps.KMZ (orginal file) or GPX if you used the one I uploaded. If you do not see that select file at the top and load, find the file you saved on your computer, hilight it and select open. Now you should see the names listed, double click one and it will take you to that location on the map. Heading back up Thursday, look like it will be anogther wet one for me, but it still beats work. You going to be up this weekend with all the other pros? Just sent you a pm with my phone number if you want to call 1 Quote
Super User Catt Posted February 20, 2019 Author Super User Posted February 20, 2019 12 hours ago, BayBoatFisherman said: in the top left (the port side) of the screen you should see Toledo Bend Maps.KMZ (orginal file) or GPX if you used the one I uploaded. If you do not see that select file at the top and load, find the file you saved on your computer, hilight it and select open. Now you should see the names listed, double click one and it will take you to that location on the map. NOPE! It opens Google Earth & that's it! Under the drop down it shows it file but all it will let me do is delete it! 1 Quote
BayBoatFisherman Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 15 minutes ago, Catt said: NOPE! It opens Google Earth & that's it! Under the drop down it shows it file but all it will let me do is delete it! @Catt, not sure what is going on. Are you using Google Earth from a web browser or did you download to your computer? I get off work at 5pm if you want to try and work through it. This is going to be really nice once we all get it to working right. 1 Quote
Bass_Fanatic Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 BTW guys, if anyone here is interested in an intense electronics learning weekend where you will learn mapping, image interpretation, and establishing patterns in a classroom setting along with a half day trip in the boat to put into practice what you learn in the classroom, please contact me ASAP. We will be doing this at Cypress Bend on May 9-11. We only have 12 spots left available. 4 Quote
A5BLASTER Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 16 minutes ago, Bass_Fanatic said: BTW guys, if anyone here is interested in an intense electronics learning weekend where you will learn mapping, image interpretation, and establishing patterns in a classroom setting along with a half day trip in the boat to put into practice what you learn in the classroom, please contact me ASAP. We will be doing this at Cypress Bend on May 9-11. We only have 12 spots left available. If I had better electronics too apply the lesson too I would totally be in on this. Any chance you will do this say on a yearly base's. Will be sometime before I can upgrade my electronics but once I do I would be in the class for sure. 1 Quote
Bass_Fanatic Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 1 minute ago, A5BLASTER said: If I had better electronics too apply the lesson too I would totally be in on this. Any chance you will do this say on a yearly base's. Will be sometime before I can upgrade my electronics but once I do I would be in the class for sure. If all goes well this round, I plan on doing this atleast once a year. I do a lot of electronic trips in the boat and I teach electronic classes in the classroom, so we will see how it goes putting them both together. I think it will be the best of both worlds. 4 Quote
Super User Catt Posted February 20, 2019 Author Super User Posted February 20, 2019 39 minutes ago, BayBoatFisherman said: Are you using Google Earth from a web browser or did you download to your computer? Downloaded I'm good ? 1 Quote
Super User Catt Posted February 20, 2019 Author Super User Posted February 20, 2019 Pine trees are pollinating so it's that green powder everywhere including my sinus! Some Azaleas are blooming & so are pear trees. I'll play with Google Earth later ? Quote
Troy85 Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 On 2/19/2019 at 10:13 AM, Amateur Hour said: It just opens a google earth map for me. That may be what is supposed to happen. I am no rocket surgeon. Under "Places" on the left, you should see Toledo Bend Maps.kmz. Expand that and you can select the location names that you it to to display. 1 Quote
Super User Catt Posted February 21, 2019 Author Super User Posted February 21, 2019 6 hours ago, Troy85 said: Under "Places" on the left, you should see Toledo Bend Maps.kmz. Expand that and you can select the location names that you it to to display. It shows a drop down, open that there's "my places", open that there's a file titled file:///storage/emu...oBendMaps.kmz All it will let me do is delete that file, it will not open! Quote
Amateur Hour Posted February 21, 2019 Posted February 21, 2019 Cancelled day 2 of the BASS event. The weather must be bad up there. Guess I won't go this weekend. 3 Quote
A5BLASTER Posted February 21, 2019 Posted February 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Amateur Hour said: Cancelled day 2 of the BASS event. The weather must be bad up there. Guess I won't go this weekend. Lol bad weather in Sabine parish on the big pond? Come on baww it's always sun and 75 here lol. Yea the rain is very bad right now, lots of lightning going off. Weather app shows Saturday midday clearing and staying clear till monday sometime after sundown, then more intense rain hitting for most of mid next week. 1 Quote
DandY Posted February 21, 2019 Posted February 21, 2019 Hi to everybody on this thread. I just found this forum a few days ago! I have a house in the Hickory Ridge area. I am sure hoping y'all can give me some pointers on where to fish. My productivity has been very poor of late and I have decided that this spring and early summer I am going to fish hard and reverse that trend. So I'll be stalking around trying to get some pointers from the people on this thread on where to fish and what my wife and I should throw at them. 1 Quote
Super User Catt Posted February 21, 2019 Author Super User Posted February 21, 2019 @DandY How y'all are? Welcome aboard! I think we can help ? Quote
operationgrass Posted February 22, 2019 Posted February 22, 2019 Caught a few in the rain this afternoon. Arig, jigging spoon, dropshot Carolina rig. Last deep water in the cove. Water temp 53 degrees. 3 1 Quote
Super User Catt Posted February 22, 2019 Author Super User Posted February 22, 2019 I don't know what's going on with the Google Earth I downloaded but the satellite images are 4-5 yrs old! Quote
Scot Ferguson Posted February 22, 2019 Posted February 22, 2019 My trip to TB is only 3 weeks out. Been pouring over maps......packing wheel bearings......servicing gear....etc. Excited to be back on the big pond after 22 years away from it. I'll be staying in San Patricio. Any tips or advice would be appreciated. 2 Quote
A5BLASTER Posted February 22, 2019 Posted February 22, 2019 33 minutes ago, Scot Ferguson said: My trip to TB is only 3 weeks out. Been pouring over maps......packing wheel bearings......servicing gear....etc. Excited to be back on the big pond after 22 years away from it. I'll be staying in San Patricio. Any tips or advice would be appreciated. Fish hard, fish long, think outside the box and kick bass. 2 Quote
Super User Catt Posted February 22, 2019 Author Super User Posted February 22, 2019 @Scot Ferguson There's something about that Pond! ? Bassmaster has a tournament going on right now...I'd pay attention to the results! Bassmaster will interview the top anglers who will divulge where (shallow or deep) & on what. In 3 weeks you can definitely look shallower! I will absolutely be there the week after you. ? 3 Quote
A5BLASTER Posted February 22, 2019 Posted February 22, 2019 3 hours ago, Catt said: @Scot Ferguson There's something about that Pond! ? Bassmaster has a tournament going on right now...I'd pay attention to the results! Bassmaster will interview the top anglers who will divulge where (shallow or deep) & on what. In 3 weeks you can definitely look shallower! I will absolutely be there the week after you. ? Hehehe. I can tell you where 5 of them are fishing right now and it ain't over 3 foot of water where they are casting too. Watching them with my 56 power spotting scope. They all throwing the same thing soft plastics. 2 1 Quote
Adamsnyder Posted February 22, 2019 Posted February 22, 2019 Going to be on Toledo tomorrow and Sunday and kinda curious on what to throw ? Or any ideas on how this weather has been effecting their movement/stage? Any help? 1 Quote
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