Rainy Lake digital map choice

  • rogan
    Posts: 60
    September 6, 2011 at 1:34 am #1273687

    Heading to Rainy soon and am planning on getting a digital map, didn’t know if a guy should go with lakemaster or navionics, anyone know much about these? What’s the deal with lakemster being bought out and suspending the online sales of the lowrance/garmin products? Thank for any advice.

    Grouse_Dog
    The Shores of Lake Harriet
    Posts: 2043
    September 6, 2011 at 1:37 am #993057

    Canada or no Canada – ????
    That is the question……

    John Peterson
    Woodbury, Minnesota
    Posts: 349
    September 6, 2011 at 1:40 am #993058

    Quote:

    Heading to Rainy soon and am planning on getting a digital map, didn’t know if a guy should go with lakemaster or navionics, anyone know much about these? What’s the deal with lakemster being bought out and suspending the online sales of the lowrance/garmin products? Thank for any advice.

    Here is why Lowrance products may be unavailable:

    Racine, Wisconsin, July 11, 2011….Johnson Outdoors Marine Electronics, Inc. today announced it has acquired the assets of Waypoint Technologies, maker of LakeMaster,® the premier brand of high definition electronic lake charts among Northern US anglers. The asset purchase includes Pro Map Technologies, the LakeMaster® proprietary inland water survey techniques and bathymetric data processing technology, providing future exclusivity of an expanded portfolio of LakeMaster® digital maps for Humminbird® fishfinders.

    The Lakemaster Rainy lake/Lake of the Woods chip is outstanding!

    Jack Naylor
    Apple Valley, MN
    Posts: 5668
    September 6, 2011 at 3:53 am #993073

    Quote:

    The Lakemaster Rainy lake/Lake of the Woods chip is outstanding!

    X2- good luck,
    Jack

    rogan
    Posts: 60
    September 6, 2011 at 9:06 am #993079

    Sorry,nO Canada

    huskerdu
    Posts: 592
    September 6, 2011 at 10:54 am #993082

    Lakemaster! outstanding, show it all, good luck

    arklite881south
    Posts: 5660
    September 6, 2011 at 3:50 pm #993173

    We run the latest Lakemaster Rainy Lake chip in our guide boat, but I assure you both Navionics and Lakemaster have their selling points. There are pieces of structure on the Navionics chip that are void from the Lakemaster chip and also the other way around. Regardless of which one is better either chip will give you a great starting point in both protecting your lower unit and finding structure. Back channels and back bays……You travel at your own risk in many areas.

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    September 6, 2011 at 4:15 pm #993181

    If its a toss up, I’ll take the Lakemaster over the Navionics. Biggest reason is LM is plug and play. The Navionics needs to be loaded from the menu.

    -J.

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