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| Hey guys. Got my first trip planned to AML on Eagle last week of September and in getting ready for the trip one thing I haven't nailed down is a decent paper map and or map chip for my Lowrance units. Can anyone tell me what is the best and most current map out there? Not afraid to buy a new chip if it means getting recently updated information. I'd like to have a paper map as a backup as well.
I've found tons of other info searching here, which has been awesome! Thank you! Feel free to throw in any other tips or ideas for my trip you feel may be relevant for that time of year up there too.
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| I have the navonics hot map premium Canada chip. Does don't have much detail for Eagle lake. I almost think i got a bad chip. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | Herbie has maps at his place and he'll mark em up for you. i use the Navionics chip and it is a good start but i suggest you get to know it as much as watching your gps. have a great trip! |
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Location: Tulsa, OK | I think Herbie has a hot spots map, and has a marked one hanging in the dining room, or at least he did a few years back when I went there. We all already had hot spots maps since we had been going to the other side of the lake for many years and went in and marked ares according to the one he had hanging on the wall. |
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Location: Iowa | Currently there is no Navionics, Lake Master or Lake Insight chip that has 1 foot contours or even 5 foot contours. The maps that are on the Navionics chips are the ones the Canadian Hydrographic Service did years ago. It is a good start but doesn't mark the hundreds of motor wrecking rocks on that lake. The Hotspots map is the best one I've found. We've been fishing Eagle since 1992. My best advice is mark every rock you see just under the surface, watch your sonar very close for breaks when fishing around a spot and if you come up on a shallow part of a spot mark it so you go around it the next time. Stick to main channels, don't cut corners tight around tips of islands or the shore. The lake probably won't be turned over by then so stick to late summer type spots. If it's cloudy and windy hit the rocks, sunny and calm go to shallow weeds. Make at least the first turn of the 8 every cast and don't be afraid to try "old school" baits. When I was there the last week of August fish would only follow single bladed buck tails and deep minnow baits. I'll be there the same week but staying a Cedar Point with a buddy of mine who had an open seat. We usually stay at Andy Myers. They run a great camp and really work to get you on fish. Good luck. Eagle can be an evil b!tch one day and the best lake you've been on the next. Stick to the spots, the fish are there, just gotta be there when they're ready to eat. |
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| I just bought the upgrade software for my navioniocs chip this weekend. So probably not going to see any great inprovements? |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | Big Perc - 9/14/2015 8:56 AM
Currently there is no Navionics, Lake Master or Lake Insight chip that has 1 foot contours or even 5 foot contours. The maps that are on the Navionics chips are the ones the Canadian Hydrographic Service did years ago. It is a good start but doesn't mark the hundreds of motor wrecking rocks on that lake. The Hotspots map is the best one I've found. We've been fishing Eagle since 1992. My best advice is mark every rock you see just under the surface, watch your sonar very close for breaks when fishing around a spot and if you come up on a shallow part of a spot mark it so you go around it the next time. Stick to main channels, don't cut corners tight around tips of islands or the shore. The lake probably won't be turned over by then so stick to late summer type spots. If it's cloudy and windy hit the rocks, sunny and calm go to shallow weeds. Make at least the first turn of the 8 every cast and don't be afraid to try "old school" baits. When I was there the last week of August fish would only follow single bladed buck tails and deep minnow baits. I'll be there the same week but staying a Cedar Point with a buddy of mine who had an open seat. We usually stay at Andy Myers. They run a great camp and really work to get you on fish. Good luck. Eagle can be an evil b!tch one day and the best lake you've been on the next. Stick to the spots, the fish are there, just gotta be there when they're ready to eat.
^great advice ... if you have a calm day do lots of mapping. having it when it's not calm is nice! i use the map for knowing the "area" and then have the spots detailed on my unit. once you know your clean travel routes you should be able to find plenty of productive fishing. |
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