Dumb question on GPS/Lake contour

  • Eelpoutguy
    Farmington, Outing
    Posts: 10420
    September 15, 2015 at 7:48 pm #1565809

    I don’t know very much about GPS / Lake Map chips / Way points / Contour etc.
    Here is what I’m looking for and maybe someone could guide me in the right direction.

    I would like a unit that mounts on my ATV, plugs into the cig lighter, with GPS, Set way points, and has the best contours, hopefully High def. Do not want a hand held. Don’t really care what it cost. Simple to use.

    Anything like that out there?

    tswoboda
    Posts: 8491
    September 16, 2015 at 4:13 am #1565847

    Lowrance elite 5m or 7m, more money for the bigger screen. Throw in a lake insight pro chip, ram mount on the wheeler, and wire a quality cigarette plug onto the power chord.

    I’m sure humminbird and Garmin have similar units, I’m just familiar with lowrance.

    biggill
    East Bethel, MN
    Posts: 11321
    September 16, 2015 at 6:54 am #1565853
    tswoboda wrote:

    I’m sure humminbird and Garmin have similar units, I’m just familiar with lowrance.

    Yep, I think most manufacturers have cig lighter adapters and I’m sure you can find a ram mount for any unit as well.

    puddlepounder
    Cove Bay Mille Lacs lake MN
    Posts: 1814
    September 16, 2015 at 8:58 am #1565871

    My lowrance x26 goes from the bow of my boat to the atv/snowmobile every year. Find a unit that you like and does everything you want and have at it. I have not looked at the new Garmin units, but I have herd good reviews.

    Eelpoutguy
    Farmington, Outing
    Posts: 10420
    September 16, 2015 at 9:55 am #1565884

    Man – I go on line and Checked out Garmin, Lowrance, Humminbird, to many choices.
    I don’t want to underestimate my needs, but I don’t need to navigate the Bering Strait and mark fish at 2000 fathoms either.
    They sure do entice you into upgrades.

    tswoboda
    Posts: 8491
    September 16, 2015 at 9:57 am #1565885
    biggill wrote:

    <div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>tswoboda wrote:</div>
    I’m sure humminbird and Garmin have similar units, I’m just familiar with lowrance.

    Yep, I think most manufacturers have cig lighter adapters and I’m sure you can find a ram mount for any unit as well.

    Jeez.

    I was referring to the 5m and 7m models both being chart only (no sonar) units and therefore cheaper. What model humminbird or Garmin are similar in that respect?

    Eelpoutguy
    Farmington, Outing
    Posts: 10420
    September 16, 2015 at 2:33 pm #1565978

    Can you use side scan when ice fishing?

    CaptainMusky
    Posts: 22704
    September 17, 2015 at 11:23 am #1566104

    Some say side scan works when you are NOT moving, but for the useage of getting detail the object needs to move past the pinging side scan transducer. So either the fish, rock, tree, weedline, etc has to move OR the transducer must be moving.
    So, based on this, the only way you could get sidescan to work icefishing would be to have it on a rotating tripod.

    Do you have any units that you use in the summer on your boat? I just take my HDS unit off the boat and mount it right on my ATV. they have nice handlebar mounts and its the same size as the ball mount in my boat.

    Eelpoutguy
    Farmington, Outing
    Posts: 10420
    September 17, 2015 at 5:34 pm #1566189

    Captain,
    Don’t have much time to fish in the summer, so no boat.
    Thanks for the info on side scan, just thought it would be awesome if it did work.
    I’m leaning towards the Helix 7

    CaptainMusky
    Posts: 22704
    September 18, 2015 at 12:48 pm #1566354

    You will like having a 7″ class screen on the ATV. I love having my HDS 7 on there. Nice and big and when you are bouncing across the lake its easy to read.

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