Is Navionics+ worth it?

I'm looking at buying a Lowrance Hook 4 fish finder. I'm wondering if it is worth the extra $30 for the Navionics+ features?

If you fish salt, it probably is. Freshwater map packs usually only have coastal contours to about 60' or so.


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Short answer: If you fish waters that it covers, yes.

Long Answer: First time on Tillymuck Bay with the new Hobie, I ran full on to one of the pigs or sows. Outgoing tide, still about 1' below the water. I was hugging the channel in 16' of water. Bent both masts on the drive.

They do show up on Nav+, which I had on my new Hook 4, but I had just got it and hadn't loaded the card yet out of laziness since, after all, I'd been on that water and area before. FAIL.

What is the pig or sow?


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What is the pig or sow?

Take a look here...

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5550602,-123.9286622,17z

If you go to satellite view, you can see even more!

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5553156,-123.9301133,427m/data=!3m1!1e3

-Sam

What is the pig or sow?


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