Has Anyone Tried These Fishing Hot Spots

[Trolling For Walleye]

I saw this book in a store and flipped through it, and it had hot spots marked:

missouri fishing guide < Clickable link

Fishing HotSpots Topo Map - Table Rock West < clickable link

i unfolded this and looked at it.

about 1/2 the spots were the same, 1/2 were different.

Your thoughts?

I also looked at the hot spots maps from this website also - although on these above links it describes when the spots are hot and even what lure to use, the spots that were graciously listed on this site just have spots... not when they are good or what to use there.

What does it mean when a place says there are "fish attractors" in the area - is that some dept. of cons. thing?

[Trolling For Walleye]

Guess not.. over 40 people read the post.. nary a reply

[rps]

I own the hot spots maps - east and west. I also own the Navionics Gold hot spots chip for the gps. Yes, I use them, but not so much for the actual spots or methods marked. I use them to look for breaks which might have breaks. An example: On the folding map the flat where Roaring River flows into the White is marked with a suggestion for crawdad crankbaits in the mornings. But if you look you'll see that flat has a long inside bend falloff into the channel. When you run the sonar over it you find the flat has has bumps, holes, and other left overs from when it was farm land with cow trails. Depending on the time of year, that year's water depth, and some variables I haven't figured out, I've caught walleye and spotted bass all over that flat - but rarely where the marking exists and very infrequently on crawdad crankbaits.

TFW, you will love learning the Rock; except, of course, when you hate it.

Better than a map: hire Bill, Bill, or Don for a half day mapping trip over each of the seasons - pre, spawn, post, drop, and fall. Or you could do it the dumb way I have by trying to fish every square inch.

Good luck.

[techo]

TFW....I am not a walleye fisherman, but it was the same for me regarding Hot Spot maps. I couldn't catch anything with those maps. I managed to trick Babler into taking me out for a half day. He showed me what to look for at that time of the year and changed my fishing forever. I need to go back and tip that man more.

The Hot Spot maps didn't help near as much as a good teacher did.

[Trolling For Walleye]

TFW....I am not a walleye fisherman, but it was the same for me regarding Hot Spot maps. I couldn't catch anything with those maps. I managed to trick Babler into taking me out for a half day. He showed me what to look for at that time of the year and changed my fishing forever. I need to go back and tip that man more.

The Hot Spot maps didn't help near as much as a good teacher did.

Thanks for replying.

because of my style of boat, I only troll, which I know is frowned upon in the bass community.. but i don't have any aspirations of ever being a tournament fisher, or ever being in a tournament.

I'm shooting for bass or walleye... but most of the techniques i'm reading about on this site I'm probably just not going to use because of my boat style.

So I liked what i saw in those books because they actually described a few areas where it was recommended to troll crankbaits... which i thought was awesome

[Trolling For Walleye]

I own the hot spots maps - east and west. I also own the Navionics Gold hot spots chip for the gps. Yes, I use them, but not so much for the actual spots or methods marked. I use them to look for breaks which might have breaks. An example: On the folding map the flat where Roaring River flows into the White is marked with a suggestion for crawdad crankbaits in the mornings. But if you look you'll see that flat has a long inside bend falloff into the channel. When you run the sonar over it you find the flat has has bumps, holes, and other left overs from when it was farm land with cow trails. Depending on the time of year, that year's water depth, and some variables I haven't figured out, I've caught walleye and spotted bass all over that flat - but rarely where the marking exists and very infrequently on crawdad crankbaits.

TFW, you will love learning the Rock; except, of course, when you hate it.

Better than a map: hire Bill, Bill, or Don for a half day mapping trip over each of the seasons - pre, spawn, post, drop, and fall. Or you could do it the dumb way I have by trying to fish every square inch.

Good luck.

thank you for replying.

if you want to send me a private message describing what this might cost, that would be great.

i'd only be looking for areas to troll for bass/walleye