Using Navionics and Google Earth to locate Big Bass, Lake Buchanan July 2018

I had Don Harper map out Buchanan Lake for me. He’s the big fish teacher who really knows how to eliminate dead water and puts you on water that has high probability of holding big bass.

So today, I show you how I take his maps, overlay it into GoogleEartch so I can create waypoints that can be imported into the Lowrance HDS Gen3. With this, I can have the Motorguide Xi5 trolling motor follow the path created in GoogleEarth so I can fish an area effectively. It was a day meant to be for exploration since Don provides 20 areas and detailed writeups on each area on how and when to fish it to get the big bass in your boat.

I only fished a few hours, and brought in my personal best of 8.5lbs and another at 5lbs. Don’s system works, you just have to be disciplined and follow it. You can find Don Harper on the Texas Fishing Forum. Ask him to map out your local lake for you. You won’t regret it. Enjoy the video