Depth Charts

[dukeof3arl]

I'm not sure these would be 100% useful, but I love data. Most of the time when I fish new waters, I use depth charts. Primarily because I don't want to replace my prop anytime soon. The very next reason is to see structure or possibly reef markers and shelves at the bottom.

I'm not sure if they have a place in FP, but this FP player would love them. I've thought of making some of my own just for fun.

Max depth would be 99+ etc. What does everyone else think?

[Deconstructed]

Not a bad idea but I have seen that change on multiple waters multiple times since I have been playing.

[lightning1961]

sounds good, there are some old maps of the spawn zones on you tube, (red siskin), he also made static images on a google sheet, but they don't really show any underwater topography.

although maybe the outlines would be useful for a start?

[darrren]

With float max of 250cm theres lots of places youll never know the max deapth for.
.But that said i maped out the deaphs of cali back when i first got there to try and find other areas for carp lol but its just a scribbled drawing with plenty of coffee stains on it now :D

[Deconstructed]

Originally posted by darrren:

With float max of 250cm theres lots of places youll never know the max deapth for.
.But that said i maped out the deaphs of cali back when i first got there to try and find other areas for carp lol but its just a scribbled drawing with plenty of coffee stains on it now :D

Stop wasting coffee!

[lightning1961]

Originally posted by Deconstructed:

Not a bad idea but I have seen that change on multiple waters multiple times since I have been playing.

i just started a F2P account to see how tough it really is to progress from nothing with no perks, and it seems depths have changed substantially at texas since i took my last noob account through there.

[lightning1961]

Originally posted by darrren:

With float max of 250cm theres lots of places youll never know the max deapth for.
.But that said i maped out the deaphs of cali back when i first got there to try and find other areas for carp lol but its just a scribbled drawing with plenty of coffee stains on it now :D

the cranks could help somewhat, although it wouldn't be extremely accurate.

cranks actually could work fairly well now that i think of it.

equip deepest crank and cast from equally spaced points all around the lake and take note of how much line is out when it hits bottom, then connect the dots all the way around. it would at least give a general idea of the topography, plus some of the snags.

[dukeof3arl]

Yeah, hopefully the Devs can just give us the depth charts :) I mean, *cough* lets just say that I made them.

Like Darren mentioned, anything over 99 inches/250 cm would be unknown, but that could just read MAX on the chart. It really doesn't make a difference either way. I can float 99 with shiners over one hundred feet of water (so I say in my head) in Alberta and still catch fish.

Although I suppose there could be a counting mechanism I could use. Take 2 places that have absolute depths - lets say Quanchkin. It's right around 30 inches everywhere but the cat holes which are 85-90. Use the same lure and count. You should be able to reliably gauge the depth by timing the lures descent. 20 FATHOMS CAPTAIN!

[darrren]

Originally posted by dukeof3arl:

Quanchkin. It's right around 30 inches everywhere but the cat holes which are 85-90.

i found 1 hole that 250cm(99") and the float still goes down enough to just see a shadow :D
what we need is a marker float :D so we can count the reel handle turns :D

[Deconstructed]

Originally posted by dukeof3arl:

Use the same lure and count. You should be able to reliably gauge the depth by timing the lures descent. 20 FATHOMS CAPTAIN!

Except in certain areas (like Alberta) there are under water weedbeds that your lure often gets hung up on in decent in many areas.

[shadrays]

Interesting topic, I've often wondered why FP don't offer charts for sale in the shop.

[Streaky]

I asked for this a few times, would be a huge benefit to players. Obviously you can figure out what the bottom of a lake is roughly like but it'd be nice to be able to read a chart and find those places we might have missed that fish would be drawn to feed from.

[darrren]

Originally posted by shadrays:

Interesting topic, I've often wondered why FP don't offer charts for sale in the shop.

oooooo a lake chart dlc coming next month
:edit:it would be nice if they could do somthing like that thou that automaticly puts a mark on the map each time you catch a fish then it would build a fish capture map too :D

[shadrays]

Originally posted by darrren:

Originally posted by shadrays:

Interesting topic, I've often wondered why FP don't offer charts for sale in the shop.

oooooo a lake chart dlc coming next month :D

I'd buy it...

[lightning1961]

Originally posted by darrren:

Originally posted by shadrays:

Interesting topic, I've often wondered why FP don't offer charts for sale in the shop.

oooooo a lake chart dlc coming next month :D

this is actually one i would consider re-opening the wallet for.

[darrren]

yes so would i lolol