1. USING GIS TO IMPROVE FISHING SUCCESS IN SOUTH LOUISIANA by Nathan Junius 12/6/01

2. IMPACT OF SPORT FISHING Sportsman’s Paradise 1996 – 1.5 billion dollar impact from gas to camps to bait-Wildlife and Fisheries Guide services Tournaments

3. GENERAL EQUATION CONSISTENCY + LUCK =MORE FISH

4. GOAL: GREATER CONSISTENTCY

5. GPS-Collecting Data Handheld or Permanent 24 Satellites 7000 mph Connect to at least 3 satellites A 4 th for altitude

6. HARD AT WORK COLLECTING DATA

7. CONVERT COORDINATES TO DECIMAL DEGREES Degrees and Decimal Minutes to Decimal Degrees

8. CONVERT TO SHAPEFILE AND ADD ATTRIBUTES

9. USING EDITOR, FILL IN TABLE DIFFERENT FIELDS VERY TEDIOUS

10. FISHING SPOTS PLOTTED NEW ORLEANS

11. QUERIES Spots were I caught 25 or more trout Can use this for wind types, temperatures, different times of the year…etc

12. ATTRIBUTES

13. TROUT SPOTS

14. MULTIPLE QUERIES Now the really cool stuff!! Set “Day” “Month” and “Year” View each trip Look for days with the same current conditions

15. ATTRIBUTES

16. 11-28-2000…66 fish

17. BIRD COLONIES Study of bird colonies by LSU Bird and fish share food source Fishing technique- fish under birds

18. KNOWN BIRD SPOT Breton Island Great spot to fish under the birds

19. EXPERIMENT? Deadman Island Tried this spot over Thanksgiving…22 trout!!! Use this to find future spots

20. CAN THIS IDEAWORK ON A LARGER SCALE???

21. FUTURE POSSIBILITIES Eventually complete inputting all data Use editor to create centerline to help navigate? (GPS gives only straight lines) Pattern fish through seasons MY VISION Something like this might replace log books

22. DATA Louisiana's Geospatioal Metedata Catalog http://lagic.lsu.edu/datacatalog/ Louisiana State University

23. ANY QUESTIONS??