Fishing Area Insights: Hotspots, Hazards, and Seasonal Patterns
Get the upper hand on new bodies of water with Area Insights by Fishing Hotspots. Tap any numbered dot on the map for location-specific fishing insights, from seasonal species movement and techniques best suited for the area, to lake hazards and vegetation details.
Get the upper hand on new bodies of water with Area Insights by Fishing Hotspots. Tap any numbered dot on the map for location-specific fishing insights, from seasonal species movement and techniques best suited for the area, to lake hazards and vegetation details.
New Lakes and Fresh Takes On Old Favorites
onX Fish’s Area Insights helps you scout new water with local fishing information and species-specific tips. In familiar waters, use Area Insights to explore new sections of the lake with a fresh understanding of vegetation, substrate, and structure—all while avoiding navigational hazards, which are prominently displayed on the map.
Find New Spots With Numbered Dots
Area Insights, available via numbered dots across the map, pinpoint zones of interest for anglers. Tap on a dot and you’ll find a host of information from species-specific advice and seasonal movements, to effective lures and patterns to fish during that time of year. Identify prime locations with Area Insights and fish a new lake like it’s your home water.
Stay Safe With Lake Hazard Mapping
For lakes with Area Insights, onX Fish marks hazards such as submerged structures, shallow sand, rocky areas, and other navigational trouble spots. Especially helpful on new or unfamiliar lakes, Area Insights helps keep you safe and identify portions of the lake where navigational hazards are present.
Identify Key Vegetation and Water Features
Anglers have long understood the link between vegetation types and certain fish species’ locations. With mapped vegetation types like weed beds, submerged grass, lily pads, and more, Fishing Hotspots data help anglers understand where to fish and what species to target. Other water features noted include drop-offs, river inlets, and various structure that can serve as tip-offs to particularly fishy locations.
Sarah Kozlowski
Wisconsin Angler
“onX Fish makes it so much easier to break down a lake long before I even get to it. The blue dot Fishing Hotspots point me in the right direction, and the vegetation mapping helps me figure out where fish are actually holding. The blue dots aren’t just random Waypoints, they’re based on seasonal fish movement, helping me to dial in where to start based on time of year.
The vegetation maps are just as valuable, breaking down weed beds, submerged grass, and structures that hold fish, which is huge whether I’m jigging or setting tip-ups.
On the ice, hazards aren’t just something to avoid—they can actually help me find fish. Rubble and rock piles that show up as hazards in the App often mark prime walleye structure. On desktop, the updated satellite maps are a game changer—I can check travel paths, pressure cracks, and hazards ahead of time, which takes a lot of the guesswork out of ice travel. It’s just one of those tools that gives you confidence and helps you make better decisions on the water; onX Fish is an absolute must-have essential in my fishing arsenal.“
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How To Use Fishing Area Insights
In App
- Open the App: Launch the onX Fish App on your mobile device.
- Zoom to a water body.
- If the lake has Area Insights, white dots will appear across the water body.
- Tap into any white dot to access Area Insights about that specific location.
On Desktop
- Log in to your account.
- Zoom to a water body.
- If the lake has Area Insights, white dots will appear across the water body.
- Click on any white dot to access Area Insights about that specific location.
See the other App features, like Trophy Fish and Keeper Potential, or Fishing Spots.