Adventures BeginWith Smarter Planning
Bite reports, water conditions, regulation changes and camp news — written from the lakes and rivers we map, so you know what you are driving to.
Find your water
Latest reports
What changed on the water this week.
Spark Ideas For Your Next Journey
The two stories worth reading before you load the boat
Why most waters are not here yet
Florida alone has around five and a half thousand named waters in the federal register. This site shows a small fraction. That is a decision, not a backlog. A name is not a page…
Why a fish is listed on a lake
Ask around and you will hear that every lake has everything in it. Our species lists are shorter on purpose, because each name has to be backed by something. What counts as…
What a stocking record actually means
You will see a line like "43,687 redear sunfish stocked, 2010" on some of our lakes. It is a real number from the state, and it is worth knowing how to read it. The year is half…
Reports From The Waters We Map
How far the camp really is from the water
What we record about a boat ramp
Clarity, oxygen and temperature
Reading a depth map
Every story is tied to a lake, a camp or a county in our own database — so you can go straight from the report to the water it is about.
