Make a Subtle Point
Using map building (such as Auto Chart) to locate key contour changes that define the “spot-on-the-spot” I want to look at a key river smallmouth…
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Breaking Down an Upland Reservoir
When things seem big and overwhelming, it’s time to break them down into smaller, more manageable parts. That’s the topic for today…picking a key characteristic…
Prespawn Preparation
The video details a systematic approach to locating potential prespawn areas using Google Earth. Important points: This approach will work on any body of water anywhere…
An Introduction to “Spot-Locking”
What I am about to share is liable to make some wallets a little lighter and alter some Christmas lists so I’ll apologize ahead of…
When Google Earth Doesn’t Work
We’ve spent a lot of time on GOA looking at all of the ways to utilize Google Earth, and while it is a great tool,…
The Eye in the Sky Doesn’t Lie
Having spent the last 25 years or so coaching athletes, one of the biggest changes and challenges has been the increased use of video. It…
“Random” Rock Piles
I used to believe in “random” rock piles too. I spent years pussy footing around on trolling motor only through all the backwater sloughs, bays,…
Google Earth Basics: On Screen Navigation and Using the Toolbar
Before we can go much further into how to really dissect a body of water using Google Earth (GE), we need to make sure we…
An Introduction to Google Earth and Potholes Reservoir
This is the beginning of an exploration of Potholes Reservoir and how to better understand it using some tools such as Google Earth. There will…
“You Gotta Find ‘Em”
Rule no. 1 Greg Hackney recently wrote about “rule no. 1”. Rule 1 has always been you’ve got to find fish to catch fish. Seems…
How to Navigate New Water Using Google Earth
A beginning guide to using Google Earth to make tracks and waypoints that you can overlay to your mapping on your GPS units to help…
How to use Google Earth to plan a bass fishing trip – Part 2
In part 1, I covered some basic ways to use Google Earth to analyze a potential body of water for a potential bass trip. Potential. Hope. Optimism.…
How to use Google Earth to plan a bass fishing trip- part 1
Maybe the most common question I see or get is “where do you go fishing?’ Granted, that type of questions comes from the more “uninitiated”,…