Which GPS chip?

[imgoing2sleep]

I am getting a Lowrance LMS-522c and am not sure what GPS chip to purchase. I hear alot about the Lake Master chips but has anyone tried the Hot Spots Pro. I mainly fish the St. Croix, Pool3 and a few miscellaneous lakes. Is there a differance in quality when it comes to these chips? Sorry, I am sure this has been discussed before in previous posts but I have not really heard the Hot Spots Pro mentioned before.

[harvey lee]

I would look at Both Navionics and lakeMaster and see which chip has the best information for the lakes and river areas you fish for detail on their chip.

[Musky_Madness]

If you compare the information given on their websites, Lakemaster seems to have much more to offer for many more lakes that Hot Spots does, but ultimately it's up to you. Like Harvey said, do your research and make sure it meets the needs of your fishing and the lakes you are on most. If depth contours are important to you, watch to see what intervals each put them at. Some of the Lakemaster lakes are mapped at 1ft intervals.

[jholland]

If you want a Lakemaster, I would advise highly to wait until April 1st until you purchase a new chip. On April 1st the new Lakemaster chips come out. I'm sure if you stop by the Sportman's show they will be available. Otherwise, they should be showing up soon.

[Sandmannd]

I love my Lakemaster Chip. What is the new one going to have that the 07 doesn't?

[lotsofish]

The hot spots pro has both the upper st croix and lake st croix mapped, I believe. The lakemaster only has the lake st croix part, from stillwater down. The lakemaster offers more for road maps and stuff away from the lakes and I think has more lakes mapped with 3 ft contours or less than the hot spots. I have the lakemaster.

[hhguide]

Go with the Lakemaster you wont be dissapointed! It has great detail!

[Will]

i have both the nav and lake master. love 'em both, but i can zoom in much closer using the lakemaster chip, much more detail.

[Schloogs]

Chalk another one up for Lakemaster. I have both nav and lakemaster and if I could only keep one, it would be the lakemaster.

[Northlander]

Dont matter what chip you get. Just make sure the one you get has the lakes you fish the most. Lakemaster has better roads and zooms in closer but they tend not to do many lakes in my area so I got a Navionics Premium North chip. Its great up north.

Check out their websites and see who has the most lakes you fish. The zooming in is nice but not as important as having a good map of the lake you want to fish.

[eyemaster]

how detailed are the navionics chips on the regular maps? Do they just use the DNR maps?

[walleyewild]

Each company has their own list of High Def maps, so check out their web sites and see which one has the most high def maps that you fish.

I own both Nav north and lake master promap chips, each has their time and place, sometimes I run one in the handheld and one in the 25c and see which one is more accurate, and then use that chip in the large plotter.