Anyone know of a good map with depth contours for Pipestone Bay? Looking for something a little more detailed than the LakeFinder PDF file. Thanks in advance.

Lake Maps show depths of Pipestone and Jackfish Bays, along with other bays and area lakes.
We have them at the shop, as do most other places in Ely.
They're about 9x11 inches, and printed on plastic.

quote apugarcia: "Anyone know of a good map with depth contours for Pipestone Bay? Looking for something a little more detailed than the LakeFinder PDF file. Thanks in advance."

I use my Navionics application, and I gotta tell ya, it is CRAZY, CRAZY good.

Here is a pic that I took from it.

Geo, I was trying to remember the name of that app - thanks!

And TGO - I'll see you next week Thursday morning to grab one of those maps and hopefully some leeches if they're still in stock.

I'm getting another 125+ pounds tomorrow, but don't know if there will be any more around after that.
We should have some left by the time you get here next Thursday, unless the supply dries up in town in which case they go fast.

Do you have a map of North Pipestone near the narrows?

Try Minnesota bookstore. Com. They have a set of 5 maps for basswood. Bigger maps but boy are they detailed. Not sure if the sell individual maps. I think they do. You will not be disappointed.

The map # is B-3001.
I would send a pic of mine but it full of marked fishing spots I've accumulated thru the years.

Awe what the hell. I sent it anyway...

oh. my. yogi. Good Stuff

Yeah yogi is the man with the generosity. Good on ya.

Also I realize this is an old post but feel like it’s a good time to show how far mapping has come. A poster above mentions Navionics. Look at the progress since then. Here is yogi’s secret walleye spot. Basically now it’s as easy as “keep your canoe in the purple part” — assuming water levels were similar.

The Voyageur maps have lake depth contours. Map #4 has Pipestone Bay

thegildedgopher: "Yeah yogi is the man with the generosity. Good on ya.


Also I realize this is an old post but feel like it’s a good time to show how far mapping has come. A poster above mentions Navionics. Look at the progress since then. Here is yogi’s secret walleye spot. Basically now it’s as easy as “keep your canoe in the purple part” — assuming water levels were similar. "

The campsite on the knobby peninsula in the middle-lower area of this map is pretty good. Stayed there around Labor Day 2014 with my dad and brother. Rented a Kevlar through Packsack (recommended), and they said that this campsite is the former location of the Basswood general store, pre-BWCA. A few metal bits laying around, otherwise it’s all gone. Fun little piece of history that I would like to know even more about.

Also, between the small islands to the south of the site is productive. All around here is a very rocky area. My dad thought that trolling bottom bouncer rigs was the only way to catch walleye, but that lasted about five minutes with all the snags.