This resource provides detailed explanations of all terminology used throughout our fishing maps & tools category, helping you better understand and interpret the data in Fishing Points.
Maps
Map types - Different basemap types like satellite, night, or nautical that offer various perspectives for exploration.
Map markers - These display your saved locations, water stations, and points of interest. You can easily hide or show these markers as needed.
Map layers - They show useful fishing areas like oyster beds, seagrass, and mangroves, which help anglers identify productive fishing spots and better understand the marine environment.
Nautical maps - Specialized charts used for marine navigation, showing essential information like water depths, coastlines, hazards and other information to ensure safe passage.
Camera modes - Various camera settings to assist with navigation and orientation. You can roam freely, lock the camera, center it to your GPS location relative to true north, or center it to your GPS location and heading direction.
Points of Interest (POIs)
Points of Interest - Key locations marked on a map, like boat ramps, artificial reefs, or fish attractors, to help users fish efficiently.
Boat ramps - Sloped surfaces, usually concrete, that allow boats to be launched into or retrieved from the water using a trailer.
Artificial reefs - Man-made underwater structures placed on the seafloor to promote marine life, improve fish habitats, and support recreational fishing and diving.
Fish attractors - Submerged structures that offer cover and gather fish in one area, creating ideal spots for anglers.
Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) - Floating or anchored objects that attract pelagic fish, used for both commercial and recreational fishing.
Map Tools
Anchor mode - Lets you set a virtual anchor on the map. It tracks your GPS location relative to this anchor and alerts you if you drift outside a set radius.
Measure tool - Allows you to measure the distance between two or more points on the map. It’s helpful for planning routes, saving trolling paths & trotlines.
Trolling - A fishing method where you drag bait or lures behind a moving boat.
Trotline - A long fishing line with multiple baited hooks attached at intervals.
Heading - The direction your device (or vessel) is pointed toward, based on the compass.
Course Over Ground (COG) - The actual path and direction you're moving over the ground, based on GPS, regardless of where you're pointed.