Scouting for Bluegill Beds

Locating bluegill beds if one has an si unit can be relatively easy....depending on the size of lake....but, if it is a new lake, and if first time on it that might be a struggle. Just want to throw out this tip out about using Google Earth Pro for finding bedding areas. If you use the historical images you may be able to find bedding areas on the lakes you fish or are wanting to fish. It all depends on angles of the sun, when image was taken......ripples on the water...and clarity of the lake. It can be an arduous task but what else do we have to do when we are shut in during bad winter weather. Ive been doin this for a while and it has paid off for me on several lakes. Hope you all find this helpful.



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Thanks for posting this for all of us! :ThumbsUp:ThumbsUp

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing

Another good one from here in Arkansas up at Nimrod Lake. Image of lake October 13, 2020.



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Never used it for Bluegill beds, but did use it to find stumps & logs & small brushpiles at a local lake. Got the GPS coords off the Google Earth map & manually punched them in to my depthfinder. Unfortunately, I never got around to going to any of those spots to see how accurate the coords were or to fish them. :Doh:

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Never used it for Bluegill beds, but did use it to find stumps & logs & small brushpiles at a local lake. Got the GPS coords off the Google Earth map & manually punched them in to my depthfinder. Unfortunately, I never got around to going to any of those spots to see how accurate the coords were or to fish them. :Doh:

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Those images from Dale Hollow, I fished those spots. Man oh man was it good.


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google , the spy eye in the sky , works well , if you use it alot and understand the images and shadows and such , it is amazing the things you might see when you zoom down in from above ...
good tips bro ...:highfive

I don’t see anything in the photos that look like bream beds ??
Can you circle what you are talking about.
I zoomed but don’t see much??


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I don’t see anything in the photos that look like bream beds ??
Can you circle what you are talking about.
I zoomed but don’t see much??


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I thought the same thing but presumed that maybe my computer wasn't showing a good detailed image or something.

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I thought the same thing but presumed that maybe my computer wasn't showing a good detailed image or something.

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You will see much clearer using Google Earth Pro on your PC. I have outlined the beds...and believe me they are beds.



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I see them now. Looks like they're on dry land after drawdown in several of the cases and I just wasn't looking in the right spot. Thanks for the clarification.

Absolutely beds ! Have found lots of good places to fish from google images in the past since you shared some of those years back with us! !
love it !
Sure going to miss your post from Nickajack this year! I’ll have to try and keep them sore lipped for ya ! :biggrin

My question is, how are you getting the low water pic's??? All I'm seeing in my searches is high water level. Time of pic's say 2013-present.

I’m guess you can’t get google earth pro on IPhone? I noticed they recently updated the satellite image on google maps and the lakes are full and the images have a lot of shading/ shadows??


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My heart. Rate goes up just seeing those pics, I know how much fun a good bed can be. Thanks for the education again Randy.I’m waiting to upgrade my electronics for when the gen 5 birds come out. The gen 4’s will get cheap if I don’t go with a 5. I’m without Side image right now but probably not for long. Those were great pics.

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My question is, how are you getting the low water pic's??? All I'm seeing in my searches is high water level. Time of pic's say 2013-present.

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Unfortunately not every lake will have a low water pic in the time line.


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