Topo maps for lakes?

Bass-O-Matic

Bass-O-Matic

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I remember seeing many useful lake topo maps on a website I thought was called Washington Lakes but can seem to find that these days? Does anybody know of a good resource for such info? If my memory is correct they even had some reports though often not up to date but of some value for a historical perspective. Maybe this would be a "app thing" at this point in time?
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Trout behavior in lakes

I was hoping that some people with more experience in lake fishing for trout could help me understand their lifestyle/behavior. I feel like part of the reason I am confident fishing in rivers is that I can point at a spot and go hey this is where the fish is going to be and here's why, but in...
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That thread has other links also... Hope it helps...
 
The atlas of oregon lakes has it for Oregon
 
Bambooflyguy said:
The site I think you’re looking for is northwestfishingreports.com then click maps.
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Tim Lockhart said:
Recommend saving your own copies of the ones you want.
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If you're referring to www.northwestfishingreports.com, No Kidding! Saving *as jpg files* locally to your device not only allows use in the field out of cell coverage, the number of pop-up ads on the NWFR site if your browser doesn't block them is abjectly horrible. My ad blocker reports blocking 37 popup ads on that site, and I find it unusable on a device without an ad blocker installed.
Oh, and if you don't like spam, don't create an account on NWFR.
 
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My favorite lakes are the ones barely documented for depth. Usually it requires scouring the internet for old maps like this:

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I absolutely love the process and history involved for those hidden gems and hope nobody aggregates them into a db.

But the site Billy notes is my favorite when available, I save a lot of those before a trip.
 
Brian Miller said:
It doesn't seem to include the obvious non-motorized and selective/FF only/CR lakes I prefer for a float tube or WM, probably because it's a navigation app.
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It isn't really just a navigation app. You can shade depth contours, adjust water levels etc with appropriate fish finders/gps plotters. Pretty tremendous resource. Of course it won't have all the small hike in ponds. I was surprised to see Grimes Lake on it. Most of the lake chips are growing in the amount of lakes🍻
 
Billy said:
It isn't really just a navigation app. You can shade depth contours, adjust water levels etc with appropriate fish finders/gps plotters. Pretty tremendous resource. Of course it won't have all the small hike in ponds. I was surprised to see Grimes Lake on it. Most of the lake chips are growing in the amount of lakes🍻
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Thanks, Yes I am incorrect putting it into a navigation and internal combustion motors allowed box. Looking beyond lakes I often fish, it does contain Rattlesnake & Pass, and other no-motor lakes, but not Cady, Coldwater...

How are lakes added to the catalog?
Is it possible to upload lake contour data to Garmin and other fish finders with mapping capabilities?
 
Bass-O-Matic said:
I remember seeing many useful lake topo maps on a website I thought was called Washington Lakes but can seem to find that these days? Does anybody know of a good resource for such info? If my memory is correct they even had some reports though often not up to date but of some value for a historical perspective. Maybe this would be a "app thing" at this point in time?
Thanks
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BC also has a great resource for bathymetric maps...1950s era maps for some of the lakes I fish up there.

 
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