Fishing charts give you a much better chance to catch rather than just fish. We examined four charts from four makers.

Captain Segull’s inshore Florida chart (KEY121 $18.50) covers an area from Miami to Marathon. Other charts from the Captain cover coastal areas from Maine to the Mississippi River, both inshore and off. This plastic-laminated chart is designed to lie flat on a tabletop and can be rolled for storage. Information is displayed in seven-sectioned charts, all oriented north up, four on one side and three on the other. A legend area on each side has a short list of symbols. Each chart section looks like a standard government chart…