Nation is chip for LotW – Sab Bay/Morson

  • Michael C. Winther
    Reedsburg, WI
    Posts: 1513
    August 27, 2014 at 5:33 pm #1449230

    A friend of mine running Lowrance units with Navionics chips had very little detail (no real contour lines) on this area of LotW. He tried both new North and Canada chips.

    Is there a better option with higher level of detail for him?

    (And I will stick with my Birds and Lakemasters 1′ contours!)

    Michael C. Winther
    Reedsburg, WI
    Posts: 1513
    August 28, 2014 at 8:57 am #1449354

    lol…dang autocorrect!
    that title should have read “Navionics Chip…”

    Sneaky
    Hayward, WI
    Posts: 7
    August 28, 2014 at 9:09 am #1449362

    I run Navionics for running & an old Lakemaster chip for fishing. Sometimes I run with both units on Lakemaster. I just added a Navionics Platinum+ last month. For LOTW, Navionics will put the cursor on top of islands. Sometimes the contour lines are just aberations. I love the Navionics+ for WI & MN but it is lousy for LOTW as far as I am concerned. My Lakemaster chip is Version 3.

    jason26
    Cedar Falls, IA
    Posts: 380
    August 28, 2014 at 11:34 am #1449410

    i have to edit this misread and i just checked and i have lakemaster chip for rainy lake/lake of the woods. sorry i was no help

    poomunk
    Galesville, Wisconsin
    Posts: 1509
    August 28, 2014 at 12:16 pm #1449417

    I see that the lowrance insight HD chip claims HD map of LOTW, though if its like my dad’s 2012 version is on Rainy it stops completely at the Canadian border.

    You may have luck finding a woods/rainy lowrance lakemaster chip on ebay but you will probably pay a premium.

    KirtH
    Lakeville
    Posts: 4063
    September 9, 2014 at 1:02 pm #1452993

    Lambeau what Navionics chip is running? There have been a number of improvements, check out the NAV + there are no boundaries in North America US and Canada on one chip and you get Sonar Charts go to the Navionics website click on the web app on the top of the page scroll and zoom in to LOTW click on the sonar icon for the SonatCharts/Fish n Chips view http://webapp.navionics.com/?lang=en

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    Cal
    Savage, MN USA!!!
    Posts: 66
    September 10, 2014 at 9:02 am #1453334

    So…are there any other options besides the Navionics Sonar Charts noted above for HD detail of the canadian side of LOTW and Rainy on Lowrance?

    Michael C. Winther
    Reedsburg, WI
    Posts: 1513
    April 6, 2015 at 9:23 pm #1531647

    We found the Lowrance Insight chips to offer the needed detail. Not as versatile as the Lakemaster, but equal detail.

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