Which is better Navionics or lake maps

[cajun fryer]

What are the pros and cons?

[Jason Halfen #511]

I think it's entirely dependent on what part of the country you're fishing in, and which lakes you're fishing in that part of the country.

I see you're from Illinois. Lakemaster has an IA/IL chip that I use when I fish tournaments in NW Iowa. I'm very happy with the amount of detail and accuracy, and I also appreciate the Humminbird-exclusive chart customization features that Lakemaster provides.

In places not covered by Lakemaster, I use Navionics chips....most recently when I spent a week on Table Rock fishing deep bass and crappies this summer.

[beagle man]

I have navionice chip in one depth finder and lake insight on the other, I like both, easy to read,and shows lots of detail.

[Cane Pole]

I like the internal maps. Can't loose them.:o:o

[striperking]

I went to BPS and tried the navionics map in one unit and the insight HD map in another,the nav showed me nothing but lake conture,the insight map showed everything on 3 different lakes.If you have a store near by that you can do that also I would suggest you do the same thing.Just my opinon hope it helps.

[MePreach]

I went to BPS and tried the navionics map in one unit and the insight HD map in another,the nav showed me nothing but lake conture,the insight map showed everything on 3 different lakes.If you have a store near by that you can do that also I would suggest you do the same thing.Just my opinon hope it helps.

I done the same thing last week and agee! I fished weiss my whole life but when it shows nothing but contures...I stood there scratching my head a minute tryin to find my honey holes! I am sure you could get familiar with it though!

[justinp61]

I went to BPS and tried the navionics map in one unit and the insight HD map in another,the nav showed me nothing but lake conture,the insight map showed everything on 3 different lakes.If you have a store near by that you can do that also I would suggest you do the same thing.Just my opinon hope it helps.

Which series Navionics map did you try?

[MePreach]

I cant speak for stripeking...but I believe the Bass Pro I went to had the Premium version running.

[Outlaw1&2]

Which shows the river channels, I want to get some updated software too, but don't know which one to get either, running junk gold now.

[striperking]

I really don't know, which one they plugged in,I didn't realize there were different ones for navionics except for different areas of the region so I bought a HDS unit with the insight map built in,really showed alot of stuff,I'm like canepole won't have to keep up with any chips.