Not sure how many of you out there know about this, but Google Earth has amazing satellite imagery of most metropolitan and surrounding areas. I live in Clearwater Florida, and have used Google Earth to find many local lakes and ponds, some accessible some not. I have compiled quite the list of local lakes and ponds with accompanying street maps to get me there. I believe that the next record Florida LMB will be caught in some pond or lake that goes unnoticed by the masses.

I was just doing this last week. It's pretty awesome to see what's out there!

This is my method of finding spots as well.

I use google map/satellite.

goggles? Is this on that crazy interwebz?

Nothing against Google Earth, but the images on Microsoft's Virtual Earth are much sharper. NASA's Whirl Wind is also pretty good and has plug-ins for Virtual Earth and NOAA topo maps.

Just an alternative.

all the maps ive used (yahoo , bing/google) have old as dirt images. the area im in , bing.com shows before there was even a house built here... over 2 years ago.

other than that , they are very useful.  

I have also used this tool and found many ponds around me. Great tool, hope you find that state record

all the maps ive used (yahoo , bing/google) have old as dirt images. the area im in , bing.com shows before there was even a house built here... over 2 years ago.

other than that , they are very useful.

Yes, I was looking at my house on there a few weeks ago, and the houses that were built nearly three years ago, aren't even there.

I know of a site that lets me see the fish in any body of water, what they are feeding on and at what depth, how many fishermen are there and what is in thier tacklebox. I know who is catching what. Kinda like Santa Clause. I still can't find that 15' Crappie. >

I know of a site that lets me see the fish in any body of water, what they are feeding on and at what depth, how many fishermen are there and what is in thier tacklebox. I know who is catching what. Kinda like Santa Clause. I still can't find that 15' Crappie. >

oh ja?

a 15 foot crappie?

all the maps ive used (yahoo , bing/google) have old as dirt images. the area im in , bing.com shows before there was even a house built here... over 2 years ago.

other than that , they are very useful.

Yes, I was looking at my house on there a few weeks ago, and the houses that were built nearly three years ago, aren't even there.

It's best to use a combination but there are a great deal of area's Msoft earth viewer has much better shots with one of it's settings. The best example I can give is to look at the Tenn portion of KY Lake. It looks awesome with the Msoft version but the KY side of the lake looks so so. That's when I bust out google earth.

Nothing against Google Earth, but the images on Microsoft's Virtual Earth are much sharper. NASA's Whirl Wind is also pretty good and has plug-ins for Virtual Earth and NOAA topo maps.

Just an alternative.

apparently , virtual earth is now bing.com/maps.

just a fyi.

I wish they were updated a little more often.  Most images for my area are at least as old as 2005 according to the date on the photo.  Ive heard google is coming out with alot higher definition images, hopefully soon.

[ I believe that the next record Florida LMB will be caught in some pond or lake that goes unnoticed by the masses.

all the maps ive used (yahoo , bing/google) have old as dirt images. the area im in , bing.com shows before there was even a house built here... over 2 years ago.

other than that , they are very useful.

Maybe that means the government doesn't have you under surveillance .......yet.  :-/

all the maps ive used (yahoo , bing/google) have old as dirt images. the area im in , bing.com shows before there was even a house built here... over 2 years ago.

other than that , they are very useful.

Maybe that means the government doesn't have you under surveillance .......yet. :-/

or maybe thats what they want us to think...