Deep water question

[stratosjoe]

A ledge can be an immediate drop of water from 5' to 50' it can be against the bank or at the end of a submerged island in 10' dropping off to 40' in the middle of the lake or river. that 520 will show them very clearly get a good map and look for lines running besides each other with the depth dropping rapidly from 10 to 30' that is a ledge .

[wishniwasfishn]

So the ledge is not actually a flat piece of bottom, it is acutally a sloping piece of lake bottom. So wherever the contour lines are very close indicating a shard drop off, i should find that section, and just go over it with my depthfinder, to find as they say the spot on the spot. Thanks that makes alot more sense to me. I am on vacation all of next week, and Iam going to spend a whole day with a map, gps, looking and marking any type of ledges that i can find.

[artcarney_agr]

Where are you headed?

[trentonc2000]

everyone has provided some really good information. Really the only thing i can say would be to pay attention to the contour lines on both your paper map and the gps. the ledge doesn't always have to be a point. If you see a spot where the contour lines are close together (or closer than the rest of that area) its considered a ledge as well. With contour lines, the closer they are together, the steeper the drop. Look for some of these areas with some type of cover on it.

other than that, finding the sweet spots will just take time on the water.

[MsgMills]

Found the info on the Ledge fishing you wrote Dave Stewart, thanks for the info. It'll really help me more in my deep water fishing tactics for sure....

[wishniwasfishn]

Where are you headed?

Probaly Rough River for a day or two, then Nolin, or Barren for a day.

[Dave Stewart]

You might read the article I wrote years ago entitled "Out on a Ledge"...some folks say it has helped them understand ledges better. You will find a link to it on the Ky Lake Reports page in the side column on this site.