Navionics Maps

[Trinh Livingston]

Thelatest Lakemaster maps have 1' contours for LV. I can't imaging there is a better combination than Lakemaster mapping, Humminbird electronics, and Minnkota trolling motors with I-pilot link all linked by ethernet. It's a totally integrated system and all pieces are designed to work together. Add to that Contour Elite, which allows you to study the maps on your computer and share information back and forth from your computer and your Humminbird unit. Sorry to hijack the thread with Humminbird stuff as I know the OP asked about Lowrance. Not sure how Lakemaster works with Lowrance.

i've used all at one point or another, and there isn't a big difference that i can see, on V at least. One consideration is the "Follow the Contour" option, if you use a Humminbird/Minnkota trolling option. It only works with LakeMaster.

Did "lakemaster" re-survey the lake, or is this data from Navionics? Trying to keep ownership straight. Hummingbird owns Lakemaster it appears although it is a little ambiguous. Johnson outdoors owns Hummingbird. Garmin owns Navionics. Navico owns Lowrance and C-Maps.

I used to think there were only 3 sets of data for Vermilion, the OG Lakemaster 3 foot, Navionics 1 foot, and Garmin 1 foot. Then Garmin acquired Navionics. And now we have three families of stuff to consider for electronics and trolling motors. And since nothing works with the other brands it becomes a real decision which one to get locked into and no source of unbiased uncorrupted objective information.....

I hear you. I wasn't "thinking" about that when I upgraded my Minnkota trolling motor about five years ago. Had I been, I would have switched so that it worked with my Lowrance. Maybe whenever I upgrade my graph I'll switch over to Hummingbird. It is all confusing.

In 2004 Johnson Control started buying Lakemaster, Humminbird & Minkota - made everything porparithy to only work on Johnson Control products. Lowrance than teamed with Motor Guide and Navionics making a compatible fishing system to Johnson Control. Navionics also made there 1' contour maps available on the web with the Boating App where Contour Elete is on a windows computer limited software. (Computers do not have GPS chips.) Lowrance also created there C-Map to work on there product line.

I use Navionics Boating App $15 annual subscription on my Samsung phone and Samsung 10" tablet. Both have dual GPS and GLONASS chipset (USA/Russia navigation) 3ft. accuracy on the lake linked to my Vex Sonar. Very effective at a very low cost. Offers a super planning tool compared to lakemaster. You can also get lakemaster on your smart phone using the FishSmart App @ $10 to $30 per lake.

My son has a Humminbird set up on his boat running Follow the Contour. I ran test on contour and sonar depth accuracy following a 19 ft. contour. Both Navionics and Lakemaster were not 100% accurate both at times varied between 11 ft. and 26 ft. about 5% of time. Most of the route was spot on most of the time. The lake was Ottertail with fantastic structure variation. My opinion, both maps are equal in quality. Navionics offers a greater comparable equipment use.

The nice part about Humminbird is that they can sync up with Minn Kota. The problem is that when you've used Lowrance for 20 years, you're very familiar with their operating system and if I tried to switch at this point it would be like trying to learn a foreign language.

Skunked - I've always been Lowrance. A friend suggested buying one smaller Humminbird to connect to the Minnkota. I did just that with a 9" and have since upgraded to a 12", and have been very happy with the setup. I prefer the Lowrance/Navionics for navigation, and the Humminbird with their Side Imaging for fishing.

You can get openstreet maps and download to watch theyre fine for land, but opensource sea maps are not good esp for coastal navigation, the only option for that is bluecharts which are expensive, unfortunately navionics doesnt which is a shame because they also include ais on app which would be useful for boating, though i would not rely on watch for navigation at sea anyway

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