Joe Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 Hi Guys, I will be fishing a regional tournament the end of October. The tournament is being held in Columbus, Mississippi, on the Ten - Tom waterway. I have been trying to find maps of the area and have had no luck. The bait shops in the area tell me that there are no maps, wich I find hard to beleive, but but since I can't find any, they may be right. If anyone has a lead as to where I can find a map please let me know. Thanks, Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coley Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 Look around maps 32A, 33 http://www.lrn.usace.army.mil/opn/TNRiver/ I don't know if this is what you are looking for, but it may get you started. Coley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clemmy Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 I'm from Florida, so I know nothing about it, but I'm pretty good at finding things online, maybe these will help : http://tenntom.sam.usace.army.mil/Maps.html http://www.lrn.usace.army.mil/opn/TNRiver/ Plus I found a forum that had the guy for Ms DNR that is currently doing the topo maps, but he isn't done yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig Man Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 The U S Geological Service should have topo maps of anywhere in America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted September 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2004 Thanks for the help, this info is just what I needed. Thanks again, Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Keltner Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 the corp has the only maps that I know of for that area and they are not that great, I will be there for a week lurking around about the middle of oct. yell at me before you go and I will help you out if I can. paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basskat Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 There's very few maps of the Tenn-Tomm waterway. The corps does have a topo map, you have to order it. Each visitor center has maps but there's very little detail on them. I live about 30 miles from Columbus and fish this lake some, shoot me a pm with your phone and I'll give you a call. (I have free nationwide) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted September 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 I really appreciate the help. Paul, I will check back with you in October. Thanks for the help. Basskat, check your PM. Thanks ,Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsac Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 Joe, I don't know where you'll be fishing (or actually launching) but if you look at the 32A map provided, there's a small town called Lakeside. It's East of Tennessee and South West of J.P. Coleman State Park. If you go to topozone (I use them for almost everything) and type in Lakeside, MS that will put you on the water. The closer you can get to an actual town near the water the better. From there, just click around on the map (give it time to load each new pic). Once you get to the area of water you want to see, change the map size to 'Large' and the 'View Scale' 1:25,000 This link is at 1:50,000 the 25,000 gives you more detail about depth. Hope this helps you out some more. http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=16&n=3782490&e=239297&s=50&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basskat Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 Columbus Lake is a shallow, weed, stump lake. The navigation channel runs around 15 - 20 foot. There are deep holes (old gravel pits) that can be fished. You have to travel across shallow flats to reach them. Maps don't help you reach these spots. You need someone to show you the way in. Without that you'll be looking for a lower unit or be trying to dig a beached boat out. There are a few old river oxbows thgat are in the 20 - 25 foot range. If you catch fish in these you've done something I never have. Also there's a couple of good feeder creeks that feed into the lake. Tibbe being the primary one. It offers some great fishing. A little tricky to navigate but not that bad. It catches a lot of pressure. I preferr the old slews. One thing you don't want before fishing this lake is a lot of rain. It turns into a rolling mudhole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
