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| does anyone have experience with the new Lakemaster LOTW chip? I am debating between lakemaster chips and Navionics. |
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Location: Madison, WI | I used it last September when I brought my boat up for the first time and it was awesome! Some other guys in our group had older versions on their graphs and when they looked at the new chip on mine they couldn't believe how much more detail it had. Keep in mind it's still LOTW so danger is everywhere, but the lake master chip marked the reefs surprisingly well. I still banged some rocks with the trolling motor while fishing a complex, but it definitely saved me from driving over sunken reefs or too close to large underwater spines sticking off visible structure. I highly recommend the chip but just slow way down when approaching a reef and lay icons yourself and you'll be fine. |
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| Thanks i have used the insight chip and the navionics.was curious about the lakemaster. |
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Location: Warroad, Mn | Could be wrong, but I don't think Lakemaster has surveyed the area north of Big Narrows on the west side of the lake. Their older chip ran out of data at the end of the French Portage or so. Was fine for Sabaskong and Whitefish.
Doug Johnson |
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| Thanks Doug!! |
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| Doug is right. Ends at north end of Tranquil Channel as well. It still ends at Outer Bay also.
Edited by Dan Klis 3/6/2016 8:27 PM
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| I've used the Lakemaster chip in the Whitefish Bay are of LOTW for the last two years.
It works great - it is accurate enough to use the follow the contour feature on my Terrova. |
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| I have had great feedback on Navionics at musky shows. Go to the Navionics website and you can preview the mapping there; click on the sonar icon lower left for the High Def Sonar Chart layer
https://webapp.navionics.com/?lang=en#@6&key=w%7DeqGfwiwP
Navionics+ covers all of US and Canada
Comes preloaded with base maps then you download the high def SonarChart layer
What sonar do you have? Not all sonars can run Nav+
Compatibility chart http://www.navionics.com/sites/default/files/documents/americas_com... |
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| Thanks kirt! |
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| Further North - 3/6/2016 9:54 PM
I've used the Lakemaster chip in the Whitefish Bay are of LOTW for the last two years.
It works great - it is accurate enough to use the follow the contour feature on my Terrova.
I forgot something above - the Lakemaster LOTW chip is what they call high definition - it shows 1 foot contours. |
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