fishing app

[NENEchirodoc]

Just curious what the best smart phone app is for lake maps and contours?  Would be nice to have one that doesn't necessarily require service since most of the lakes I fish are cell phone dead zones.  TIA

[Martinezb9]

Arcgis and navionics

[Slabsticker]

Navionics!

[eepks]

They have the Nebraska lakes, big and small?

[Derag2]

I can't get arcgis to show topography maps anymore.....  did they change it? Seems like just a map and no options for layers.

[Callahan21]

I used ArcGIS last Saturday and it worked great for us. Seems like I had to zoom in a long way to get the contours but our GPS location and depth was dead on.

[CatskillsFisher]

Navionics app treats me well.

[problyfishin]

OnXHunt. This is a better hunting app but I've notice it has all topo too. If you are a hunter too this is an awesome duel purpose app. It's a bit pricey but i absolutely love it. Provides parcel info for nearly the entire state. 7 day free trial. Check it out!

[NENEchirodoc]

When I go to the app store and search navionics, all these boating apps come up...which one do I choose?

[Tikkaman]

Boating USA avionics app is great tool

[Tikkaman]

When I go to the app store and search navionics, all these boating apps come up...which one do I choose?

It's the $10 one

[shake]

Navionics app treats me well.

X2

[Flatrocker]

If any of you were going to use a GPS unit instead phone apps, would one would you chose for maps on the ice?

[FishGut]

The Navionics app doesn't have current contours on very many Nebraska lakes. It may be great for other states, but not here. The lakes that I fish on the east side of the state either do not have depth maps at all, or the Navionics map is based on surveys from before Y2K.

I think you're best served by the ArcGIS app and maps provided by the state, both for hunting and fishing. It's free too.

[Derag2]

I zoomed in all the water on the lake and I'm not getting anything.....  I don't get the options for the different overlays either..  like satellite views and what not

[openwaterguy]

Following.....I can't see any detailed contours on either App. I'm thinking only big lakes will have the detailed layout.

[15inches]

I use Trimble Fish App. It is also free and does what I need. Good GPS some lakes have contours some don't. I'm guessing many smaller lakes have not been mapped yet.

[mvanhank222]

did you select sonar maps in the bottom left corner?

[openwaterguy]

Can someone inform me if it is true that the Nebraska game and parks have detailed maps(contours) of all public lakes(big&small)?

[FishGut]

Not quite ALL the lakes in the state, but most of the good ones. And new lakes are being added all the time. Here's the link to the Game and Parks web site with the lake maps. Click on the part of the state you are interested in, then you'll get a list of maps you can print off. Every one of those maps is also available on the ArcGIS app from the NGPC as well.

Nebraska Game and Parks Lake Mapping program: http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/fishing/programs/lakemapping/lakemapping.asp

[openwaterguy]

Wow! Thank you very much Fishgut! Just what I was in need of!!

[HntFsh]

On ArcGIS I searched for "Nebraska Lakes" to find the contour maps. Then I saved it to favorites.

[FishGut]

This a quick tutorial I put together for another forum on finding Nebraska Game and Parks stuff on your ArcGIS download:


Download the free ArcGIS app from your app store

Search Nebraska Game and Parks

Make sure you hit the "More Results" button at the bottom of the selections, so you can get to the Lake Contour Maps.

Click that, and you're good to go.

Add that map to your "favorites" so you can access it later, if you also add the Public Access Atlas (for Open Fields and Waters properties). Then you can switch between those two types of maps by clicking on the map and magnifying glass icon at the top left side of the screen. You can also add trails maps, Loin Sightings, and a host of other maps the NGPC provides.