Can anyone comment on either HUMMINBIRD LakeMaster Chart Northeast OR Contour Elite computer mapping system. Reviews of the HUMMINBIRD LakeMaster Charts of other editions (different areas in the US) are all other the place. I have Navionics for my Humm 898 and am wondering if either one would be more usefull??? For both I'm looking at around $200.00.
I toyed with the same idea in the spring. From what I learned I don't think either would be much more beneficial for our area compared to a new navionics plus chip. I ended up buying the nav + chip for my mega 9 and it is way better than my old chip for my 798. I think a lot depends on what lakes you fish. There is some better detail from what I saw on some of the bigger nh lakes and you can eliminate water that don't match your criteria but I really don't know what that is really worth..... as a weekend warrior the newer updated nav chip was more than I needed. I do a ton of offshore hump fishing and it provided me with enough guidance to find and map out structure to where I could find and catch fish. Maybe I am behind the curve but I saw no benefit from it....
No idea about hummingbird mapping.
I just started messing around with making my own maps with navionics and lowrance.
Wow is that cool. I would sonar chart live the area then structure map it.
I can't wait to get out and do some more
Do you guys do any live mapping ?
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Anthrax
I messed around with the auto chart live function a little bit. Pretty cool feature. I spent most of this summer really learning how to dial in my unit. Would like to use it more this year.
I’ve got the lakemaster chip and navionics plus like both and run both at times on dual graphs the lakemaster has better color shading for depth changes so it can help find humps of different depths in color. Downside of lakemaster is up here in Maine not many lakes are mapped so if you fish Maine a lot get navionics
If you fish Winni, Winnisquam, Squam, Newfound or Ossipee, you'll really like Lakemaster.
Just a FYI, the Lakemaster team took a full month to properly survey Winni and went through a pallet of props and lower units in the process.
They wrecked the boats on that lake. :)
I'll upload some screen shots from local lakes
Last edited by OThessalonikios; 01-04-2018 at 10:49 AM.
Winni. I'll zoom in on the area a few times
Graveyard. Each star is a rock they either hit or marked:
Squam
Unfortunately we can't ....or I can't see your pics.
Photobucket makes you pay to host your pics now.
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Anthrax
I'll try again.
Winnipesaukee. An area we should all know around West Alton
The Graveyard below.
Let me know if these worked.
Last edited by OThessalonikios; 01-04-2018 at 01:49 PM.
Originally Posted by OThessalonikios
I'll try again.
Winnipesaukee. An area we should all know around West Alton
The Graveyard below.
Let me know if these worked.
That worked great , thanks for posting
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Anthrax
Squam
I see both sets if pics, not sure why.
Mike
2019 Ranger 520L w/ 250HO ETEC G2
2011 Tracker 175TXW w/ 75HO ETEC
Wow those are great. Looks like I will be breaking the piggy bank again....
I can see both sets now also. I couldn't yesterday.
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Anthrax
They're good maps. The main reason is that they were surveyed by the Lakemaster people in opposed to using publically available data which may be 50 years old and taken using a lead sounder.
Usually any map they call "HD" will best map of that lake you've seen.
That said, if we didn't survey it (some of your smaller bodies of water, i.e Conway Lake), the maps are pretty poor.
For this reason it's good to have your Navionics on hand as well.
I was excited when I found that Ossipee was surveyed so I could finally find that magic hump which must exist on the main lake and hold smallmouth...
Never have I been more saddened then seeing the map and learning it truly is a giant sandbowl. LOL
You know they ran it all and nothing shows up...
The magic hump on Ossipee...
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