What is an inside turn?

i was wondering if someone could provide a definition or better yet a picture repsentation of what an inside turn is. I have read several other posts on the subject and everyone seems to have their own definition and all of them are rather confusing. I figure maybe if enough people provide their definition on of them will click with me. I think the one that makes the most sense to me is the base of a point? Some people have stated if you can imagine a straight line being a weedline anywhere that it darts toward shore is an inside point and anywhere where it bubbles away from shore is an outside point but others have argued this is not an accurate statement cause inside turns can exist away from shore as in sunken islands, reefs ext.

Umm…imagine a moon quarter crescent. The inside of it is inside turn. The outside of it is outside turn.

this is my version of an inside turn highlighted in red circles

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Go to the 10 minute mark on this Video. James and Joel talk about picking the right spot on a piece of structure.

-J.

Think jigsaw puzzle. An inside turn and a point would fit together (Thinking two-dimensions). It’s the opposite of a point.

lundojam wrote:

Think jigsaw puzzle. An inside turn and a point would fit together (Thinking two-dimensions). It’s the opposite of a point.

I like that way of putting it! i can call it an indentation then. thats basically what i figured but the more i read about it to confirm my thoughts the more confused i became

“the more i read about it to confirm my thoughts the more confused i became” you could probably apply this statement to many many circumstances…

crappie55369 wrote:

“the more i read about it to confirm my thoughts the more confused i became” you could probably apply this statement to many many circumstances…

Your just over thinking it. Sticker’s photo shows it perfectly.
DT

To advance the question, with all things being equal, what does everyone like to fish?

Give me a righteous inside turn with wind blowing in anyday

If when looking at the structure bends away from you, its an inside turn?

mplspug wrote:

If when looking at the structure bends away from you, its an inside turn?

Now you’re getting cute with words

I think it is helpful to ask, What is an “inside turn”, inside of? Always a noteworthy change in elevation (relative to the context of the body of water). A chute. A gully. A ravine. A funnel. Call it what you want. But where that underwater ravine meets some sharper transition to a flat on the top, we find an inside turn. Conversely, that same ravine has an underwater point on the deeper/opposite end and we would call that an underwater point, ridge or finger.

The bigger key is not just looking for any ole’ inside turn but one that leads to something desirable for the fish on the top flat. So knowing where the bait fish/bugs are at any time of the year we ask, would they be on this flat feeding? Does the flat have mud for bugs, weeds for cover or spawning habitat?

Now I am even more confused.

JD Winston wrote:

Now I am even more confused.

I call it a saddle.

http://www.ice-fishing-source.com/lake-structure.asp

Hope this helps. In short an inside turn picture a contour line in middle of a lake following the shore line, then it turns to shore then straightens out again that is an inside turn. The opposite would be the line turning out towards the lake before sweeping back to its original path.

A saddle is normally between two islands or humps that are shallower then the water that is not in between two structures. So say you have two humps that are east and west that top out at 10 FOW in between them you have water that is 18FOW. Now the water that is north and south are deeper then 18 FOW lets say 30 feet and deeper that 18FOW would be the saddle.

Hope that made sense.

I am aware of what a saddle is.

mplspug wrote:

I am aware of what a saddle is.

It’s hard for me to explain so I just used a picture. Fish tend to hold tight to the stir-ups

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Lol! I like it!

Yanks