Topic: Which chip/card

[ecduzitgood]

I am a new 798ci hd si owner (previously I had a matrix 17) and am considering the Navionics Fish n chip east, I did not know there were other options and now I am somewhat confused. What have you found works best. I am using it in a kayak and fish for stripers in the north east.

The search doesn't let me search fish n chip

[Humminbird_Greg]

Are you fishing salt or fresh water ecduzitgood?

[sonar2000]

Question, does the card differentiate between salt and fresh.??
Chuck

[ecduzitgood]

Salt water which means Lakemaster is out (freshwater). I mention the yak because I don't really need info on the canyons, I haven't hooked it up yet but I would think adding the fish n chip would give me enough info without needing the navionics gold, I noticed the ads at the top for Dr.depth which seems interesting also. I had no idea there were other options besides navionics or lakemaster so I am researching before I purchase.

[George]

ecduzitgood

If you are going to purchase a chip it appears that this is what you need. 

"CF/FISH-E ALL NEW Fish'N Chip High-Definition Fishing Detail Includes new data, inshore high-res bathymetry, vegetation areas and more for US waters (rivers not included). Use with Navionics Charts to locate near-shore/offshore structure and fishing hot spots".

The lowest price I could find is around $144.

You may want to try using the system without the chip to see if you need or want it.  A lot of the topography maps are very detailed (you probably already know this) and may give you the latitudes and longitudes needed to find those special spots.  I should talk though, I lean on the side of technology and purchase everything I can find and use half of it.

George

[ecduzitgood]

Cf/fish-E is the compact flsah version of the navionics fish n chip which brings up another question. Is it possible to convert the cf(compact flash) version over to sd(secure digital)?

[George]

ecduzitgood

You are right it is the wrong card configuration, sorry about that. Hodges has a "Navionics Gold Usa Fish'N Chip East On Sd/Micro Sd" which should work.  It is on sale at $151.92 plus shipping.  There do not appear to be a lot of choices out there. 

George