What this screen does

This is the page the whole company exists to produce. It opens with the water itself: a depth chart drawn from real survey readings, with every boat ramp and monitoring station marked on it. Under that come the numbers an angler actually uses — how big, how deep, how much shoreline, which fish are on record, how many ramps and whether the gates are locked. Then the part nobody else has: a description written by our editors from those numbers, explaining where the fish hold and which ramp to use with a big boat.

The data behind it

Nothing here is typed by hand. The shoreline is USGS hydrography, the depths are NOAA soundings and state bathymetry, the water tests come from the EPA and USGS portal, the stocking records from the state wildlife agency, the ramps and campgrounds from federal and state recreation data. Every figure on the page names its source, and the depth chart says which survey it came from. If a lake has never been surveyed, the page says so rather than guessing.

What it calls

GET /api/fishing/:state/:slug — the whole record in one call · GET /api/fishing/:state/:slug/map — outline, ramps, campgrounds, stations · GET /api/fishing/:state/:slug/forecast — the score and the week ahead

What you can do here

• Pinch the depth chart to see the drop-offs
• Tap a ramp for lanes, surface and gate status
• Switch tabs for fish, water tests and ramps
• Save the lake to a trip, or share it
• Read the description — it is written, not generated from a template