Decided to expand my cartographic options this season and invested in Navionics chips for my 2 H'birds (998 & 958). I've been exclusively a Lakemaster guy for a while now and have often wondered if the Navionics maps available from their website are the real deal. Well, outing 1 is in the books - a couple of hours last Thursday idling and cranking on Minnetonka (Wayzata Bay) and I do hope the Navionics experience gets better! I checked out at least 10 obvious structure spots from the sonar charts option and only a few were even remotely close to the actual bottom shape. More testing to come, of course, but I was wondering if anyone in this forum has has used Navionics in Minnesota and what your experience and opinions are.
I'm still hopeful but it's never fun for a new toy not to work well ?
Hey Guys,
I just ordered my first bass boat. I have 2 helix's at the console and 1 at the bow. With this being my first bass boat, i was wondering....when I buy the LakeMaster Plus SD cards, do I really need 3? Or can i get away with just one. Im not sure, so any information/suggestions is appreciated. Thanks!
I run Helix 7 SI units on my boat. I've been looking at the Navionics and Lakemaster cards. What are your thoughts on them? Does either one have a benefit over the other? Navionics+ is $199 for maps of US and Canada, whereas Lakemaster is a regional card, coming in at $150 for 9 regional states. I used to do an annual trip to Canada, but haven't done it in a few years, so I'm not sure if I'll ever use Canada maps. The only state that the Lakemaster card does not have is Maryland that I may be interested. Does either have better quality maps? Can I put the SD cards into my computer prior to fishing and preset waypoints for areas that I want to fish?
What are the pros vs cons of both?
Thanks!
-Dale
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