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08-20-2013, 02:27 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: High Level
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Upgrading electronics.. Can we get map chips for Alberta lakes??
I am going to upgrade to a humminbird 858C HD DI finder/plotter. I see lots of talk about installing map chips into these things, but i have no idea what exactly it means.
All i want is some maps with contours for the Alberta area. I dont know if this is avaiable at all, but can someone guide me in the right direction here please? I am not sure about the map end of things, but i know that this is the finder i want.
Thanks everyone.
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08-20-2013, 02:34 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Red Deer, Alberta Canada
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08-20-2013, 02:47 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Edmonton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jkind
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Exactly.
I haven't purchased it yet but will be with in the next little while.
You can also find a list of which lakes are covered in Alberta and the rest of Canada.
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08-20-2013, 02:52 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jkind
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This is what a lot of guys, myself included, use and it's probably the best option currently available, but don't expect too much. It'll give you an outline of the lake, some place names, a few semi-accurate contours for some lakes, and not much more. There's nothing available for our lakes that compares to the beautiful maps you'll see on the website.
It is better than the standard map that comes with the sonar units though.
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08-20-2013, 05:50 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Calgary
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Bought it this year For My Elite 7 and certainly found it so much better than not having a map at all. Larger lakes have much more detail. I recently was on Okanagan Lake and found it excellent.
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08-20-2013, 07:13 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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Thanks everyone. I guess I will bite the bullet and install it.
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08-20-2013, 07:37 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Calgary
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You also get free updates for a year, which is a positive. I certainly don't regret buying mine.
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Often I have been exhausted on trout streams, uncomfortable, wet, cold, briar scarred, sunburned, mosquito bitten,
but never, with a fly rod in my hand have I been in a place that was less than beautiful.
My blog - casting on the waters
fishing regulations and facts on fish handling
Fishing Regulations
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