Which is better Navionics or lake maps

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12-08-2010, 10:07 AM
cajun fryer

Which is better Navionics or lake maps

What are the pros and cons?
12-08-2010, 11:21 AM
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.
12-09-2010, 08:49 AM
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.
12-09-2010, 08:54 AM
Cane Pole

I like the internal maps. Can't loose them.:o:o
12-09-2010, 07:47 PM
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.
12-10-2010, 07:52 AM
MePreach

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

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!
12-10-2010, 08:27 AM
justinp61

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Originally Posted by 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.

Which series Navionics map did you try?
12-10-2010, 05:21 PM
MePreach

I cant speak for stripeking...but I believe the Bass Pro I went to had the Premium version running.
12-11-2010, 01:08 PM
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.
12-11-2010, 09:51 PM
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.
12-12-2010, 09:14 PM
Lonestar Proud

I have lake insight on my HDS-5 and Insight on my HDS-7, along with a 2008 Navionics Premium chip. The chip shows 1' contour lines and channels, seems to be very acurate on the channels. I have found a lot of humps and ridges using the chip that aren't there on the pre-loaded maps. In my opinion the chip is better than the pre-loaded maps. I have heard that the 2008 was better than the 2009 or 2010, but I haven't seen one to do a comparision with.

-LP