Fishing School
Finding Fish [95/5]
Welcome to the Advanced Level module of the Insider Club Curriculum!
These lessons will help ensure that you can always put yourself in good spots to catch inshore saltwater fish even if fishing areas you’ve never been to before.
And please know that the strategies you’ll see apply to you regardless if you’re fishing by foot, kayak, or boat.
Note: Make sure to watch to the end because you’ll see some tricks for finding great spots from online maps even in areas with very murky water.
Finding Spots In The Warmer Months
Finding Spots In The Cold Months
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Throughout the courses I’ve noticed you rarely mention using the shaded relief layer in the tool. Is there a reason for that? Do you not find it that helpful?
Great question Scott. That layer is helpful, but I find myself favoring the 1-foot contour layer to get a read on bottom contour fluctuations over the shaded relief (both essentially show the same intel, just in different ways).
The times I use the shaded relief is when I’m fishing areas like in Tampa Bay where the High Res imagery is available… that is a total game changer for finding rocks and ledges.
I am looking for any advice for fishing on south of Lafayette, Louisiana, weeks Bay, Vermilion Bay, even the point near the hammock. I’m pretty good at catching redfish, but locating the space and finding the right gear to use has been troubling. I bought a live scope and have it dialed in. I’m really hoping to use all the instruments that my boat has, it’s only a 17 foot express so it’s not a huge bait boat to get me to marsh Island.
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Thank you. I will need to learn how to download the maps on my phone.
Great layout and way to elevate the courses
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How much of spring and fall is a guessing game before you see where the bait and birds are at on the water?
The most birds and bait will most often be holding in zones with the most structure with good water flow. So the same types of spots that we teach for finding in Smart Fishing Spots will most often hold a good amount of bait/birds too.
I fish a lot of marsh systems. Thank you for the insight.
Glad to see that you enjoyed this lesson!
Great info
Luke , Joe,
Great video, I’m always learning something new. Thank you. Our Ft Lauderdale Chapter will be going to Chokoloskee May 16-18. I’m bringing my wife and our two seat kayak. I am a beginner. I see from the satellite there are some small islands directly west of the resort Choloskee RV Park. Any thoughts on where to focus my attention?
For the Spring season, it’s all about finding zones with lots of food. So pick a zone that has a variety of structure in a variety of depths that you can access. And focus on the area(s) that have the most baitfish and/or feeding birds… the bait will move daily, so a combination of map reading and on-the-water looking is key to get consistent results.
Wow, that was a quick response Thank you for your advice.