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Chips and Charts

Super important, and I'm sure this is common everywhere - make sure you pay close attention to your maps, charts and GPS chips when navigating. We have two lakes here in particular, Squam and Winnipesaukee, that I would dare say are the most difficult to navigate anywhere, and without paying close attention to your chart, could spell disaster.

It's worth it to get a decent paper map as well as an electronnics card (Navionics, etc.). Study them well, pay attention, and watch out for the shoals!

Topics: Maps, charts, navigation
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NH Lake Charts

An invaluable tool to have, even in these days of high technology, are good, reliable lake charts. While not every lake has a chart, most of the bigger lakes are covered by paper and electronic charts. Bizer is popular, but I've found that Duncan Press makes charts with some better information for fishermen. I have the following lakes on paper: Winnipesaukee, Winnisquam, Squam and Newfound. I can't tell you how often I've looked at them ahead of a trip to pinpoint the spots I'll start fishing at.

Topics: Maps, Charts