Contour Lake Maps

[marshmallow]

I Have A Buddie // Buddies That Are Bent On Not Using Lake Maps.. They Claim They Are Useless And No Help To The Angler.. They Also Claim If You Don't Have A G.P.S. You Are Screwed For Success.. I Like Looking At // Using // Incorperating The Imfo // And Making A Gameplan.. Buy These Maps.. It Is Easy And Fun..Maybe They Can Stay Home and Not Fish At All..The Pioneers Never Had Advancements..Of The Fishin' Industry.. Even Not Too Far Back..Structure.. Bottom Content Etc..Lake Map Imfo.. I Will Cotinue To Use Them..

[reinhard1]

most of the lakes i know and fish on over the years have been studied by myself and my depth finder. then on new lakes the contour maps where very important to find the areas i want to fish and whith the help of electronics i got to know the lakes better and soon didn't need the contour maps for those lakes once i got comfortable were to go and just relied on electronics. now as far as the gps. i have buddies that have them and i will tell you that once y ou get to know how to use them they are the way to go. i'm going to get one with the lake map capability and if you ever seen one in action you will soon get one also. of course like me its considered a new toy and i will get one when all my other priorities are met. good luck.

[marshmallow]

I May Not Purchase A G.P.S. For Money Reasons.. I Have Done Fabulous In My Fishin' Times.. I Am 43..With-out A G.P.S. So Maybe I Am Screwed Like My Buddies Say.. Just Go Where Everyone Else Is.. BORING.. My Next Lake Map Is Going To Be Big Stone..Going There This Coming Weekend..Fishin' And some Pheasant Huntin'..

[rugbymn]

Since getting my GPS a few years ago, the lakemaps books are pretty worthless on the water.

1. The book can't put you on the exact spot. They can just tell you that the spot *might* exist and about where it is in relation to the shore.

2. Not only are the books inaccurate with the info and structure they show, they also omit some of the best spots on the lake. There isn't anything omitted on the GPS and some of the lakes are marked in 1' increments so you can see everything in great detail.

The only thing I like them for is seeing the stocking reports and the other info provided. The maps are just decoration.

[Jmarksman]

I agree GPS is a very important tool to fishing, With all the chips you are able to be right on the spot and no trying to figure out if you kind of there, or some what close, with a GPS you are.

[pushbutton]

if you are fishing one of the 250 or so of the high definition lakes, then the chip is certainly more useful than the map. for the other 9750 lakes the gps is convenient, but not too much more useful than the maps.

[marshmallow]

I Guess I Have And Will Adapt Without One..I Don't Need It.. So Many Advances Past The Fun Old School.. I'm Not Talking About Getting Into A Silly Arguement With Users Or Believers Of These.... I Will Propably Never Afford A Good One..I Guess Now People Are Comparing Fisherman That Use Or Don't Use G.P.S.... Big Deal....I Have Shoe Boxes Of Pictures.. And Have Been In The Outdoor Papers Many Times..I'm Going To Have Fun This Winter Trying New Lakes And Studying Lake Maps.... Because I Can !!

[marshmallow]

I Also Incorperate The Depth Finder With Imfo On The Map....Fun And Easy....Fish On..