i have a regular inexpensive fish finder.  its a lowrance, so i think i have to buy Navionics for it.

 

on a whim, i loaded up the app on my phone.   it was a free 20 day trial.  maybe 30 days.  now it is expired.  i used it on the last few trips and it was kinda cool looking at my phone and noting things nearby, like islands and river channels.   depths was all over the place because of historic data and recent droughts..but the formations were accurate.   it says it cost $20.99 but it is silent on duration.  i assume that is for the year?

 

anyone using it?  you love it?  you find value?

Just now, Darth-Baiter said:

i have a regular inexpensive fish finder.  its a lowrance, so i think i have to buy Navionics for it.

 

on a whim, i loaded up the app on my phone.   it was a free 20 day trial.  maybe 30 days.  now it is expired.  i used it on the last few trips and it was kinda cool looking at my phone and noting things nearby, like islands and river channels.   depths was all over the place because of historic data and recent droughts..but the formations were accurate.   it says it cost $20.99 but it is silent on duration.  i assume that is for the year?

 

anyone using it?  you love it?  you find value?

Ya, that's for one year.

 

I'm into my second year of subscribing to the app...I use it on my 8" tablet. The overlays are a godsend - knowing where the hard bottom is greatly helps.

 

In the app, you can set the depth off-set - if the lake is 4' low, that's what you enter into the off-set and it'll adjust the contour lines appropriately.

Don't leave home without it.

 

Add some depth shading and it's your new best friend!

2 yay.

0 nay.

 

this is looking fairly one sided.  haha..thanks you two.  both of you.    good think i bought a quality tether for my new iphone.  

I’m a map freak.   I subscribe to Navionics and C-Maps.  I have purchased several LakeMaster lakes for the Humminbird FishSmart app.  LakeMaster is my favorite and Navionics is my least favorite.  They all have advantages and disadvantages and the quality varies by lake.  Bottom hardness is Navionics best feature if they have it for your lake.  Contour accuracy is their biggest weakness.  YMMV

https://webapp.navionics.com/#boating@11&key=yzexEhxu`O
 

I think I found this on here, so I’ll pass it along. I’ve never paid for it, just bookmark the link 

 

enjoy looking at it for hours on end while you should be folding laundry, that’s what I do 

12 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

https://webapp.navionics.com/#boating@11&key=yzexEhxu`O
 

I think I found this on here, so I’ll pass it along. I’ve never paid for it, just bookmark the link 

 

enjoy looking at it for hours on end while you should be folding laundry, that’s what I do 

Ya, I have the bookmark set for my locale - I even take snapshots, print it out, and mark up the page for likely spots.

18 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Ya, I have the bookmark set for my locale - I even take snapshots, print it out, and mark up the page for likely spots.

Yeah I just realized , I bet the part you pay for shows your current location on the map. I just study while I’m watching terrible shows with my wife on Netflix haha

Just now, TnRiver46 said:

Yeah I just realized , I bet the part you pay for shows your current location on the map. I just study while I’m watching terrible shows with my wife on Netflix haha

Not when I don't 'sign in' to the page. If you scroll into your locale and bookmark it then...you'll load up already focused on your area.

22 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said:

i have a regular inexpensive fish finder.  its a lowrance, so i think i have to buy Navionics for it.

 

on a whim, i loaded up the app on my phone.   it was a free 20 day trial.  maybe 30 days.  now it is expired.  i used it on the last few trips and it was kinda cool looking at my phone and noting things nearby, like islands and river channels.   depths was all over the place because of historic data and recent droughts..but the formations were accurate.   it says it cost $20.99 but it is silent on duration.  i assume that is for the year?

 

anyone using it?  you love it?  you find value?

 

I use the web version all the time.  I did the trial on the app this spring and didn't find a benefit for me.  I have a humminbird with a zero lines card, so I chart everything as I'm fishing to make my own maps.  Navionics online shows me places to start at for lakes I've never fished, but that's about it.  The sonar charting isn't bad, but it isn't always right.  A couple of my local lakes are missing some detail in Navionics that are important.  Since I charted them myself now, I have those details.

 

Bottom hardness/type would be useful.  Autochart records and displays it, but I'd like to have it on the web page for navionics for trip prep.

The free version gives you good info, but there are additional features available if you subscribe. I have subscribed for the past few years. I'm a map guy so it's worth it to me to have the shaded relief & bottom hardness options. As others have said, YMMV.

 

Here's a link to what you get with a subscription.

 

https://www.navionics.com/usa/apps/navionics-boating

If you get the app for an iPhone does it show your location like Google Maps?

4 minutes ago, 5/0 said:

If you get the app for an iPhone does it show your location like Google Maps?

In the app, yes...at least it should...does on my Galaxy when my GPS is turned on.

 

Whole point of the app - shows your location on the contour map so you can tell exactly where you are in relation to the structure.