New LakeMaster Releases

[Jerry Tipping]

The Wisconsin version will be available after May 1st, and Illinois sometime in June.


Wisconsin 2009

The All New 2009 LakeMaster® ProMap Wisconsin Card is plug & play, which means you simply insert the chip into your Lowrance unit, turn it on, and the lakes automatically appear on your screen. It's that simple. The new WI chip is loaded with an amazing 410 total lakes with contours, of which 125 are high definition LAKEMASTER PROMAP lakes. Just a few of the new updates for 2009 include: Shallow Water Areas for all ProMap lakes, black contour lines for easy viewing in direct sunlight, Western Lake Superior in amazing 3 foot contours, Duluth Harbor and St.Louis River in 1 foot contours, Turtle Flambeau Flowage in 1 foot contours, and the Manitowish chain in 1 foot contours!



Iowa/Illinois 2009

The All New 2009 LakeMaster® ProMap Iowa/Illinois Card is plug & play, which means you simply insert the chip into your Lowrance unit, turn it on, and the lakes automatically appear on your screen. It's that simple. The new IA/IL chip is loaded with over 478 total lakes with contours, of which 34 are high definition LAKEMASTER PROMAP lakes. That's 36 High Definition ProMap lakes in amazing 6 inch and 1 foot contours of the most popular lakes in Iowa and Illinois. Just a few of the new updates for 2009 include: Shallow Water Areas for all ProMap lakes, 6 inch contours for many Iowa lakes, 6 inch contours for the Fox Lake Chain in Illinois, all of Lake Michigan in 5 & 10 foot contours.

[justnotcatchin]

Jerry can a update be purchased for older versions?

[Jerry Tipping]

Sorry, you cannot update an older chip.

[Lazy Days]

Any suggustions on which model of fish finder to buy which would be compatable with the maps you are reccomending? Would you get it with or without GPS?

[Jerry Tipping]

Any current Lowrance unit will work fine. It must have GPS or the map card won't work.

Jerry

[Luke McGarry]

Anyone know which map version, Hot Spots or LakeMaster, offers the most detail of Castle Rock?

Luke

[David Woods]

I talked to the guys from Lakemaster recently. They assure me that their maps are constantly being updated from input from their 'survey teams'. I could not find update info from HotSpots. Maybe Jerry can shed more light about them.

[Jerry Tipping]

Hot Spots maps are made from old topographic surveys before the lake was formed. Very inaccurate. LakeMaster physically surveys the lake with sonar and GPS.

Jerry

[Luke McGarry]

I went to my local Bass Pro Shop Thursday and looked over the new HD Lowrances. I'm impressed with some of the new features. I had the guy show me the comparisons between the built in Insite maps (Hotspots), Navionics and LakeMaster add-ons. Quality and improved detail are in that order, in my opinion. The LakeMaster chip had much more detail in line with what I would want. However, the wisconsin Lakemaster chip would not load up in the Lowrance HDS-5 as it should have. It did load up in the HDS-7 model. I am not sure if the chip was the 2009 version or earlier.

Now if I want a new system I have to decide fast. The price is a big factor though.

Jerry, are you using one of these models and which one?

Luke

[Jerry Tipping]

The new chips just became available May 1st so it may be the old version. I don't have an HD unit and probably won't until they get the bugs worked out of them.

Jerry