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Salar4me:
Fished around Inlet a few days this week.  I know they drain down the Fulton Chain each fall but found the phone app virtually useless.  Dragged the shanty through the slush to drill some holes on large flats that displayed on the phone around 35’.  First hole the transducer pinged back at 8’.  Next spot had contour lines at 20’ and marked with the electronics to be over 45’. Got a wee bit tired slogging around to find desired depth.

The following day travelled over to Seventh Lake and walked a good distance to get to a cool looking flat around 24’. Drilled and dropped the transducer to find I was in 70’ of water.  Pinned area below maps out at 10’... knowing chart was way off... point on shoreline looked promising so drilled a hole and was in 40’ of water.  Looking at shoreline features and estimated distance from the shore - feel that the gps cursor was spot on.

First time ice fishing up north.  Ice was fine and walking got much better with lower temperatures Thursday night.  Did catch a half dozen Lake Trout - only one of legal size for 7th lake, around 20” (18” size limit).

Arkangel:
Salar4me...

That's interesting that it would be that far off...and not the first time I've heard that...I'm not a techy - but I wonder if there is some recalibration of phone or the app itself (?)

I too have the Navionics mobile app and I've used it on Sandy Pond and SLR this year...specifically LOTI (Lake of the Isles) on Wellesley Island.

2 weeks ago - we were looking for a specific depth not too far from the launch off of DeWolf State Park launch.  Like you - we did not want to be hauling our crap all over creation...so when Navionics found our desired depth...we drilled and Vexilar flasher confirmed the depth - spot on. 

Our ideal spot was about 200 yards away but there were several hub tents fishing together and we didn't want to horn in.  When we spoke to those tent occupants a few hours later - they confirmed what my Navionics were saying about their position...and they too were using Navionics.  Out apps read alike and were confirmed by a flasher.

Again...I've heard before and from others that Navionics was "off"...absolutely...but your discrepancies are wildly off.  My app is on an Apple device...how about you?

Anyone else care to weigh in?  Is there a "recalibrate" option?  Guessing there are a lot of us out there using Navionics on the ice.  I have Lowrance Hook 7 on my boat and...and my Navionics lines right up.

ECobb91:
1. Check to make sure you’re using the Sonar chart and not nautical/govt charts

2. Most of the lakes up there experience much less fishing pressure than the lakes elsewhere. They still get hit hard but not like the big name lakes in the state. 4th is more of a pleasure boater lake with the tourists and 7th doesn’t experience much fishing pressure since  the ramp isn’t conducive of it.

So with the lack of actual fishing pressure, the maps aren’t updated as frequently. Navionics is almost like a user submitted thing so obviously the more people who submit data, the more accurate it will be. I can say most of the lakes i fish are in the ADKs and I’ve never found the app to be accurate. It’s good enough for a guess. My typical spot on 7th shows it being 0-1ft deep when it’s actually 80+.

It’s not just there, lakes i fish around here (cando, otsego, moraine, eatonbrook, etc) are never within 5’ of what the app says. Delta is probably the worst of them all as far as accuracy goes

Salar4me:
Thanks, indeed for the replies... most likely a combination of user error and a limited use/updates on north country lakes.  I did have it set for navigation as the contour lines seem more visible... seemed to be accurate on Oneida, but also off on Delta.  My buddy wasn’t pleased when I marked what I thought was 20’ only to have him sink his auger in the bottom.  Have to dog sit in Old Forge starting weds. So will use the sonar setting (hopefully see the difference in depth from the couch and not on the lake). 
Lakes in that region have little if any bouys in the summer to mark rocks etc.  seems a wee bit more dangerous than just being off on depth when ice fishing trusting the app - I have an IPhone

Things that work on Oneida and Delta, jigging Raps, spoons with minnow heads - not much interest.  Caught all fish on marabou jigs tipped with spikes

Salar4me:
Did just check settings - was set correctly on sonar... paired with my IPad so I do quite a bit of off the ice farting around - thanks again for the replies!

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