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Old 07-18-2018, 02:38 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by kawishiwi View Post
I think most electronic depth maps fail to show shallow water accurately and Navionics is bad at that. I figure the boat doing the sonar survey isnt going into risky water and that the "shallows" are calculated from shore, 0 ft, to the first real sonar depth. Lakemaster maps on Humminbird are much better than Navionics but still are not going to have super accurate near shore readings in very shallow water.
I totally agree. I don't trust any chart readings within 100 feet of shore and if going somewhere new near shore, I pick my way carefully to avoid grounding.
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