Lake maps

  • Chris Hesselberg
    Holmen Wi
    Posts: 18
    March 13, 2016 at 3:49 pm #1606281

    I have a helix 5 di GPS and looking to buy a micro card for it. Any maps that are better or are they pretty much the same? Thanks any info is great!

    David Blais
    Posts: 766
    March 13, 2016 at 6:43 pm #1606311

    Lakemaster! The only way to go

    I have two graphs side by side and I have a navonics chip in one and lakemaster in the other. Lakemaster has way more detail. Example. Wing dams on pool 4. Navonics has about half of them.

    Hope this is helpful to you and your motor

    munchy
    NULL
    Posts: 4845
    March 13, 2016 at 7:57 pm #1606337

    Definitely Lakemaster, just prepare for lag with the Helix 5 when loading maps.

    Also I’d suggest updating the Helix’s OS first thing before use.

    munchy
    NULL
    Posts: 4845
    March 15, 2016 at 9:47 am #1606835

    http://www.humminbird.com/Support/MyHumminbird/

    Go here, create an account, enter your units info. There is very easy instructions to follow as well.

    You will need a blank micro SD card and SD card reader also.

    My unit was like two or three versions behind when I bought it last fall. The performance has improved dramatically since the update.

    KirtH
    Lakeville
    Posts: 4063
    March 16, 2016 at 9:57 am #1607148

    You may want to consider Navionics+, it covers all of US and Canada with Nautical Charts or base maps, you download the High Def SonarChart layer for the area or areas that you fish. You can have multiple high def areas, and the base map for all of US and Canada.

    Go the web app at this link and preview the lakes you fish, click on the Icon on the lower left corner for the High Def SoanrChart layer. https://webapp.navionics.com/?lang=en#@6&key=%7B~pqGv%7BfxP

    Lake maps vary amongst manufactures you can look at Navionics before you buy vs guessing.

    I can get you an example if you share a lake that you want to see.

    patk
    Nisswa, MN
    Posts: 1997
    March 16, 2016 at 10:08 am #1607154

    Let’s ask the important question, where do you need it to work? MN, SD, Wi, Ontario? Sometimes they’re both good and other times one shines over the other.

    Chris Hesselberg
    Holmen Wi
    Posts: 18
    March 16, 2016 at 3:14 pm #1607258

    Mostly La Crosse area pool 7 and 8 on Mississippi river and back waters.

    Chris Hesselberg
    Holmen Wi
    Posts: 18
    March 16, 2016 at 3:16 pm #1607260

    Thanks munchy will give it a try. Mine was new last spring so interested on seeing what happens

    KirtH
    Lakeville
    Posts: 4063
    March 16, 2016 at 3:43 pm #1607267
    Chris Hesselberg wrote:

    Mostly La Crosse area pool 7 and 8 on Mississippi river and back waters.

    Its really hard to figure out where you are looking at its so much water. The easiest thing is to go to the web app, zoom in and click not the icon on the lower left corner of the high def view

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