Humminbird Side Imaging Forums
General => General Discussion => Topic started by: fishingottawa on January 25, 2022, 10:47:59 AM
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Hey Everyone
I recently got a new Humminbird Helix 7 G3N MSI as a Christmas gift. I've been doing some poking around for mapping information for my area. I mostly fish the Ottawa river, around Ottawa, petrie island to be specific. So far I've only really seen either Humminbird lakemaseter or Navionics, I'm wondering if anyone knows if there's a way to get a few specific areas on a chip for my unit. I ask because Navionics is expensive and only way to get it is for all of Canada and if I'm only going to use it for eastern ON and a bit in QC it's too much to justify. As for the humminbird lakemaster it is closer to my price range but then I'm limited to ON lakes and I do fish in QC enough that I would like to have lakes there mapped to if possible. I'm looking for eastern Ontario and south western Quebec. In Ontario I fish a lot in the Rideau river/lakes, Perth, Tay Valley, Lanark Highlands, Ottawa River areas and then in Quebec it'd be Gatineau river, Val-des Mont area. If it's not possible to get a chip specific to my area I'm going to go with the lakemaster chip but I figured I'd ask and see if anyone here has any tips.
Thanks guys
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Hello , i live an hour east of you and fish the ottawa and some lakes around me and i would say lakemaster is not that great if the lake is not hd so navionics is pretty much the same . making your own map will be the best definition to have around here , try to get a used card , i got one for $125 , check the facebook classified for your region and kijiji . Good luck .
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Thanks. I'll definitely have a look. much appreciated