JD Fishing
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There's obviously huge benefits with mapping that has the ability to change with conditions. Rivers were obviously a huge hole in the world of lake mapping as current would make charted water outdated in no time. This is where Navionics SonarCharts excelled and now gave everyone the opportunity to create and/or utilize fresh maps that will evolve as the body of water evolves.
Recently, while out fun fishing a small natural lake in central Minnesota, in fact a lake I grew up fishing, I came to see where SonarCharts can also be a giant player on small northern lakes, even ones that have been charted to HD standards.
Here's a few examples of where a charting crew couldn't chart certain areas because of an abundance of emergent and submergent vegetation. They simply couldn't get a reading through these areas. Yet, these areas have good water on them and definitely hold bass and northern pike.
Early in the spring, before the vegetation had the chance to choke out, me and a buddy ran through there in his boat. He logged the data while we fished. Seriously we couldn't have been in these areas long and I don't think he ever even looked at his CHARTPLOTTER the entire time, he was focusing on fishing. The end result, mapping in an area that didn't have mapping and in an area that couldn't be charted unless the survey crew was there at the right time of year, about a 1 month window out of 12. He did nothing besides hit a few buttons on his CHARTPLOTTER while I was parking the truck and trailer and then submitted the logs to Navionics. Simple.
Navionics now accepts multiple formats of sonar logs as contributions to SonarCharts™. This includes Humminbird (DAT and GPX on all models, ION and Onix compatible within summer), Lowrance (GPX), Raymarine (SDF, GPX, NMEA), Simrad (GPX), and Garmin (ADM).
Learn more about SonarCharts™ here www.navionics.com/sonarcharts, and find tutorials on how to record sonar logs at http://www.navionics.com/en/plotter-tutorial. Once sonar logs are saved on a card, it can be plugged into a computer and sonar logs are transferred to Navionics through the internet to generate new SonarCharts™ in about one week. Raymarine WiFi plotters can also upload directly through the Plotter Sync feature embedded in Navionics mobile apps for iPhone and iPad.
Recently, while out fun fishing a small natural lake in central Minnesota, in fact a lake I grew up fishing, I came to see where SonarCharts can also be a giant player on small northern lakes, even ones that have been charted to HD standards.
Here's a few examples of where a charting crew couldn't chart certain areas because of an abundance of emergent and submergent vegetation. They simply couldn't get a reading through these areas. Yet, these areas have good water on them and definitely hold bass and northern pike.
Early in the spring, before the vegetation had the chance to choke out, me and a buddy ran through there in his boat. He logged the data while we fished. Seriously we couldn't have been in these areas long and I don't think he ever even looked at his CHARTPLOTTER the entire time, he was focusing on fishing. The end result, mapping in an area that didn't have mapping and in an area that couldn't be charted unless the survey crew was there at the right time of year, about a 1 month window out of 12. He did nothing besides hit a few buttons on his CHARTPLOTTER while I was parking the truck and trailer and then submitted the logs to Navionics. Simple.
Navionics now accepts multiple formats of sonar logs as contributions to SonarCharts™. This includes Humminbird (DAT and GPX on all models, ION and Onix compatible within summer), Lowrance (GPX), Raymarine (SDF, GPX, NMEA), Simrad (GPX), and Garmin (ADM).
Learn more about SonarCharts™ here www.navionics.com/sonarcharts, and find tutorials on how to record sonar logs at http://www.navionics.com/en/plotter-tutorial. Once sonar logs are saved on a card, it can be plugged into a computer and sonar logs are transferred to Navionics through the internet to generate new SonarCharts™ in about one week. Raymarine WiFi plotters can also upload directly through the Plotter Sync feature embedded in Navionics mobile apps for iPhone and iPad.
