Mike Boitnott

Concur with Way North Bass Guy, I have been using side imaging on my trolling motor for years as well. Glad to see the TM manufacturers building new ones so that Anglers have a choice. I have always ran a Total Scan and now a AI 3 in 1 on my trolling motor and it is well worth while. Now with Live Sight, Side Imaging and 2D sonar it has tremendous potential. Cant wait to replace my Ultrex with the Lowrance Ghost! The AI 3 in 1 is built in to the removable Nose cone which gives you the choice of AI or HDI. Wonder whats next?

Anyone using SonarChart Live? It is a Navionics feature allowing you to create new 1 ft personal HD bathymetry maps in real time as your boat moves along the water! It appears as an additional layer over your map while it also gets stored on your device for future use. It’s a pretty cool feature, just wondering home many of you guys have used it to create your own map of a favorite lake or river. <><

What is your favorite method of transferring or adding waypoints to your plotter? Was asked by a friend today about the best way to add or transfer routes or waypoints on your plotter. Plotter Sync using my Navionics App., HotMaps Platinum card, and my Lowrance HDS Live Unit is my favorite method. Plotter Sync allows some Raymarine, Lowrance, Simrad and B&G plotter owners to transfer routes, markers, and to update charts using the App and your mobile device. It really makes it easy to prepare for a day on the water or log information on successful or interesting areas for the next outing.

Casey Ashley's, The Fisherman Song

I use my Navionics App. everyday either for work at the Marina on Lake Anna or just to search out interesting spots for my next outing. I really like that I can Sync it with my Lowrance and have places I've marked on both. Also use the depth shading feature all the time especially now in the summer heat searching for cover such as docks that are in a little deeper water. Would highly recommend it! <><

Larry, Your Gen 3 Unit and Navionics + are a great combination. When you get to your lake go to your Charts page and select go To Cursor in the right upper corner and your unit will show you at your location. There is information on the Navionics website regarding what lakes are covered with 1 Ft Contours. On the Navionics web page go to Products/Navionics GPS Plotter Charts/Navionics+Marine and Lakes/Under Coverage select your Region and click on Details/Then Click on See Lakes List. Hope that helps! <><

Looking forward to getting the Live Sight transducer that's been on order for a while. Sounds like they may be shipping in the first week of July, hopefully that holds true. Just bought Live Scope and wiring it up now, cant wait to spend some time with it!

As we approach ICast 2019 what has been everyone's favorite new technology in regards to fishing electronics, mapping, and software? I actually have two: The first is the advancements in mapping such as my Navionics Hotmaps and sonar shading as well as depth shading. The other is the advancements in Live Sight and Live Scope forwarding looking sonar. Cant wait to see what will be revealed next month I cant even imagine whats next!

If you are a bass angler and you are going to be fishing inland lakes, reservoirs and rivers Navionics HotMaps Platinum is hard to beat. I have been a user for a long time and I really believe the use of the Map card along with the Navionics App. both of which has made me a better fisherman. I do a lot of homework on my app using my iPad and then will sync the app with my plotter and vise versa for things I discover on the water. If you have any specific questions regarding the app or the map cards please ask, I believe in both. The new Sonar Chart Shading was just released you should check that out, very cool feature. The charts are loaded with helpful features. I use as many tools possible to make me a better angler. Tight Lines, <><

What is everyone's favorite method to find bass during the spawn? Many different stages of the spawn and it all doesn't happen at once. Weather is a huge factor when your trying to figure out what stage the majority of the fish are in and the heavy rains and dirty water doesn't help any. I know personally that I try to follow the fish and study my map all season long. I am fortunate to not only work at a Marina part time but also as a retired Marine I get to spend lots of time on the water.

Had a different experience this past weekend while fishing the Chick River. The perch spawn was happening and the spinnerbait bite was happening but the fish only wanted Gold Indiana Blade with a trailer and it had to have a touch of red on the tail. My boat was a mess digging for blades and switching parts around. But, when you got it right it was an amazing bite regardless of the tide.

Loads of fun this past weekend on the Chickahominy River. Beautiful Weather and a beautiful River! This was the first time I have fished the Chick in March and it fished well. Never had the Big Bite that this river is known for but we did have 30+Fish days. One of the keys to fishing this river was really good map study and the use of my Navionics Map. Realizing the first day that the Perch Spawn was going to play a huge role in the Bass bite for the weekend. Concentrated on submerged wood that stayed wet through the tide cycles and followed that pattern for a successful day on the water. Also found a few Pre-Spawn fish staging on the river channel edges but these fish proved to be harder to catch on the second day due to a High tide. Semper Fi and Tight Lines! <><

What are your go to baits for the Spring Bite?

Really good interview! Took my 8 year old Grandson to the Classic and he was able to meet Gary. Nice man, was proud that my grandson was able to talk to him about his favorite baits. My Grandson look confused at first when I told him I wanted him to meet Gary, until I explained he was the man that created his rainbow Senko Lol... <><

Looking for some awesome trout streams in Northern Virginia area, any suggestions? I have included the map area using the Bass Resource Navionics Map Chartviewer. Thanks in advance for any help, just looking for that nice stocked stream in this beautiful state. I get to do a lot of Bass fishing but only get out a few times in the winter to enjoy the mountain streams.

Anyone have any advice on fishing the Chickahominy River in Mid March? This river is awesome in the summer however wondering what to expect this early. Thanks for any help!

Awesome pictures, thank you for sharing! Really cool!

When your using your Navionics App. with the lake your doing research on go to select menu and then make sure you have community edits on. Specifically if you are trying to identify rocks or other fishing structure it is likely that someone has marked these type of things on your App. under the menu section you can select Satellite overlay with several different options such as chart density for your contour lines and even Depth shading which makes it real easy to identify target depths at a glance. There are many other features on the App. that are very helpful for studying a body of water. One important thing to do is always click on update charts in the menu as well so that you are getting the latest data possible. Please feel free to send me a message if I can help you with any questions you may have with the App. I use it all the time planning on all the bodies of water I fish. My wife gets a little ticked sometimes because I'm usually studying a map rather than watching the movie LOl...

Looks like you have a few great answers to your questions from the replies above. I agree that all lakes will not have a defined creek channel. Remember also that a ledge or steep contour change is shown by having a goop map in paper, plotter, and /or App. which I find to be very helpful. Within the contour lines you will see reference depths that will show you the depth of a contour line. Where the contour lines are the closest together the steeper the depth change. depending on the location sometimes a 2 ft change may be enough to hold fish. in others it may be 10 or 20 ft. I live in VA so in our lakes it doesn't usually take much of a change. But looking at your lake I see a flat with a descent drop off which I have attached a picture of using my Navionics App.. It also looks like someone has marked a couple hot spots right on top of the flat by the drop off. hope this example helps with a place to get started. #EscapeTheOrdinary #1ftContours

I use my Navionics App. literally everyday. I use it for planning my day on the water and while I'm on the water. It has the Satellite overlay, depth shading, weather, tides, wind just to name a few. I also use the HotMaps Navionics Card in my Lowrance unit. Its a valuable tool for sure. I'm not saying not to use as many tools as possible to make you more successful on the water but, this is one that has a ton of features that are valuable. Attached is an example of the weather I checked this morning and depth shading which you can change. #EscapeTheOrdinary

My goal for 2019 is to spend more time on the water Period. Would also like to accomplish my offshore fishing game. Improve my fishing logs for 2019 capturing as much info as possible. Ensure that I am utilizing my tools such as Navionics Apps and Maps to gain as much information as possible before an outing. My final goal is to study as much information as possible to utilize my electronics to the fullest. #FishSmarter #EscapeTheOrdinary

My top cold water lures are a Jerk Bait (Suspending), Shad Rap SR-6 (Tight action), and Damiki Blade Tail Spinner (Cast Far jerk and flutter presentation) for Largemouth. These baits really allow me to work the water column. Concentrating on long points with deep water access close by, here is an example of a point for winter fishing in my home lake.

Prayers For Clayton and family

Heading down to Miami next week to join some of my fellow Navionics team members for some training and Peacock bass fishing. Anyone have some advice for a first timer? Best limited tackle to bring, line type and size and any other advice would be much appreciated. I'm sure there will be some friendly competition happening please lead me in the right direction. Need some of this:

If the rod is comfortable to you and it has the right action for the presentation you are fishing then it sounds like you made a pretty sweet deal. The most important thing about it is to use it, work with it, and practice all the time. there are many good rods and reels on the market in many different price ranges. The more experience you get the more you will learn to like a particular rod regardless of price it will just feel right. Tight lines my friend! <><