Ultra-Detailed Bottom Charts Help Find and Target Fish-Holding Structure,Saving Time & Fuel

CAPE COD, MA, April 23, 2008 - Jeppesen Marine has announced its new C-Map Fishing Contour Charts, ultra-detailed bathymetric seabed charts that arm serious inshore and offshore recreational anglers with the most powerful weapon in their arsenal - information.  These new charts are part of Jeppesen Marine's Spring 2008 Release of C-Map electronic charts, and will be available through Jeppesen Marine dealers nationwide.

Fishing Contour Charts are developed from National Ocean Service (NOS) surveys, and deliver the highest available detail of nearshore and offshore bottom structure including channels, canyons, seamounts, ridges and other seabed features.  Professional fishermen and tournament anglers know that these features create upwellings and currents that can concentrate forage and gamefish. By running these accurate and detailed charts in a wide variety of C-Map MAX and NT+ compatible chart plotters, anglers can focus their efforts on these productive fishing grounds and fish them more effectively. At a time when gasoline is nearing the $4 per gallon mark (with diesel considerably higher), it is more important than ever to burn less time and fuel searching for fish and more time catching them. The fact that these charts come with an affordable new price of only $129 for a large coverage area makes them an even more potent tool for serious anglers.

The fast internal processors and high-resolution, sunlight-viewable color LCD displays of today's GPS chart plotters are ideal for viewing these charts' detailed, shaded contours to pinpoint and effectively work these fish-holding structure areas on the troll, anchor or drift. In addition, popular fishing locations and names appear right on the chart, making it easy to find known hot spots or areas being talked about on the radio.

This amount of bottom detail and information has long been a "secret" weapon of top tournament anglers and charter guides. For example, Capt. John Raguso of the Long Island, NY-based charter boat MarCeeJay (http://www.marceejay.com/) and writer for The Fisherman and Sport Fishing magazines, has been using Fishing Contour Charts to great effect across the Northeast canyons region. Capt. Raguso is well known for putting his customers on big yellowfin, bluefin and bigeye tuna, along with occasional mako or broadbill. These charts helped him find places even other experienced guides didn't know about - and catch big fish there. He was so impressed with the detail and accuracy of these charts, he used them as the basis for his Canyon Discovery Series event in 2007 - a sold-out seminar and series of articles in The Fisherman designed to help other anglers get dialed in for greater offshore success.

C-Map MAX Fishing Contour Charts are offered in six regions ($129 each) that cover the entire United States coast from Maine to Alaska. Regions are so large (MAX Title NA-M621 covers from San Diego, California to Cape Blanco, Oregon). Users of NT+ chart plotters can choose from 11 Fishing Contour Chart coverage areas for the same $129 price. For serious saltwater tournament anglers or cruisers looking to catch more fish, new Fishing Contour Charts are a great investment - and a great accessory to C-Map navigational charts.

For more information about new Fishing Contour Charts and/or compatible chart plotters from top manufacturers, contact Jeppesen 's Light Marine Division at 800.424.2627 or visit a local authorized dealer.  Boaters can also visit http://www.c-map.com  for more details.

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