Best GPS?

GPS for Ice Fishing. What seems to work the best and why?

Looking for a handheld or a combo gps/fishfinder?

I use a garmin 62 handheld. I also carry a compass… I wear both around my neck on a lanyard. I get my heading off the gps and then put it back inside my jacket to keep it warm, then run the heading on the compass. If I leave the gps exposed, the batteries die quickly. Oddly they come back to life when they warm up. My needs are different than some due to distances traveled on Lake Erie. Once we get close I keep it out. Juast a tip, always point your atv towards home when you park it. We have had guys ride out to open water in a white-out. Get something with the charts so you can fish contours.

Looking for handheld.

Jarod,

When you say get something with contours, are you talking about a chip to go in the GPS, or a GPS specifically that shows contours without a chip?

A chip can be better because you can always update your chip or move it from unit to unit.

I’ve have a Lowrance “Out & Back” (the yellow one) that I use up on LOTW… have the Minnesota and Lake of the Woods chip for it. Does the trick for me.

I use a garmin map 64, it locks on quick and stays locked on, plenty of options for chips.
I use eveready lithium ion batteries and get real good life, the nice thing about the plain 64 is it doesnt have the electric compass constantly running in the background robbing battery life

The garmin has a pretty decent base map out of the box. I have a Garmin 62st. The navionics app on my phone is amazing for the $12 it cost. I have a cigarette plug in the dash to keep the battery charged. Garmin has been the best as far as durability and ease of use. I have a delorme pn60, but it is a pain to use. The downfall of handhelds is the tiny screens. I went with soft keys rather than touch screen. They seem to handle the cold better. Hopefully others chime in and give some more input. Never go out on a big lake without a compass. It has saved my ass more than once. It’s nice to have a gut check device that agrees with the electronics.

Buy a used lowrance H2OC and a lakemaster chip. Navionics is ok, but lakemaster is much, much better…

for sure get a button like the garmin 62. touch screens in the winter are a real pia!