I'm about as dumb as they come when it comes to reading a lake from above, but I'm trying to learn.

Could someone help me identify a few things about this lake.

1- What is that line in the water, a drop off, or ledge or line of weeds?
2- By looking at the photo how can I tell where there are deep holes?

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=26.6...&t=h&hl=en

The line in the water? If you are refering to the horizontal line that runs at a slight angle to the upper edge of the pond, that is a photo splice line. If you are refering to the vertical line close to the east edge of the pond, that appears to be a shallow area. You won't be able tell from this image where any "holes" are.

These type of ponds are usually pretty featureless. Probably no holes in there...but look on the bright side...anywhere you toss a bait in there is as good as the next spot!
                                                 

About the only thing I have ever been able to see on an aerial photo is maybe a weed bed and of course shoreline features. Unfortunately most small lakes and ponds have never been surveyed and a depth map rarely exists.

Thanks for the replies. Got some other opinions and yeah, it's probably the splice line or a reflection in the photo. It's really stained water and while out fishing it I tried to see what and if there was something there. Just a bunch of weeds, there feels like there might be some sort of ledge, but nothing in the same horizontal line, just the weeds.

Yeah It is a pretty featureless pond. I saw the original profile map for it and it shows 2 really deep holes just off center in the middle about a 1/4 of the way in from each bank longways(Left and right of photo) .

There's about 7 outlet pipes and alot of the fish hold in the corners and near the pipes. I was trying to find the catfish holes, but it's a tough pond to fish. Alot of nasties... Exotic and non natives.....

Thanks for all the input. Much appreciated

Hey johnpeterson, concentrate on those pipes. They will draw fish when they're dumping water in the pond. Here's a photo of my favorite fishin' hole, similar to your lake. If you look closely you'll see a drain pipe at the bottom of the photo. Rain water runs down a ridge and under the road,(note the guard rail) washing insects and small critters into the pond. Fish ALWAYS hold here after a rain. Hope this helps!
                                                                                                                                      

Appreciate it Mo, you're right and I'll keep it in mind. I usually get my bait in them area's and have caught a few bass there. And if there's bait, there's bound to be a predator. I think the pond is imbalanced. Alot of little fish, bass not to large, lot's of turtles and birds that hunt there. Tons of exotics. well I'm guessing a couple hundred lbs worth at least.

We got some big Banyan tree's around the pond that have berries on them and they drop into the water, fish will pile in them area's for the berries. But we just had all the tree's trimmed back around the lake and alot of it went into the water, so the fish are gonna be movin' around. But I think they'll start making the brush home after to long.

We'll get'r figured out.

Posted By johnpetersen on 23 Oct 2011 07:07 PM
...Tons of exotics. well I'm guessing a couple hundred lbs worth at least. . . . that have berries on them and they drop into the water, fish will pile in them area's for the berries. . . .
We'll get'r figured out.

Never heard of fish eating berries, but what do you  mean by "exotics"

Posted By ramseyetcs on 24 Oct 2011 07:05 AM

Posted By johnpetersen on 23 Oct 2011 07:07 PM
...Tons of exotics. well I'm guessing a couple hundred lbs worth at least. . . . that have berries on them and they drop into the water, fish will pile in them area's for the berries. . . .
We'll get'r figured out.

Never heard of fish eating berries, but what do you  mean by "exotics"

Carp are crazy about mulberries. Yeah jp, what type of exotics?  

We got all kinds of exotics and non-natives. Mayan Cichlids, Spotted tilapia, Blue tilapia Spotted cichlid, Jaguar Guapote, Sucker mouth cat or sailfin cat not sure which of the two but there are alot of them and huge too. We also got some triploid grass carp in there but we put those in there. Those are the ones I found in there so far. Mostly from folks dumping their fish tanks, but I seen one fella transferring Mayans from the canal to feed the birds to get pictures of the birds in action.

Here's a link to get an idea what they look like
http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/p...tive-fish/

Edited: sorry wrong link, this is the correct one

That spotted cichlid I mentioned I got the name wrong, it's probably a black acara.