Lake fork boat lane chip

[Dr.]

Going to lake fork for the first time wondering if I need the boat lane chip or if the garmin will take the chip says only for lowrance or hummingbird hopefully the garmin has it in there I have the 7608 just trying to get around with out tearing up something thanks for the help

[Wayne P.]

The boat lane chip is GPS data that is loaded to a unit's memory. The Lowrance version will not work with a Humminbird unit and the Humminbird version will not work with a Lowrance unit. It is not map software.

No unit "has it in there".

The data would have to be converted to whatever GPS file format that Garmin reads.

[Wayne P.]

There are channel buoys and somewhat buoy marked entrances into major creeks.
The main channel, you can run if you pay attention to where the buoys are and don't take any short cuts between buoys. When there is an abrupt direction change you better make that direction change too. Map software would have those indicated.

A helpful source is the current Navionics Mobile App for a tablet or smartphone. For Fork, that was just updated to show timber areas highlighted in green. BUT anytime you are not in a buoy line, you better be at idle speed or less. The app looks like this:

[Wayne P.]

Another Mobile App sample:

[Wayne P.]

One more thing, if you can get the Boat Lanes in Garmin speak, there are a lot of lanes that are not buoy marked and you will see some boat traffic parallel and sort of chose to shore in some areas.

There is one from Lake Fork Marina to Mustang Creek but has a tricky part right at Mustang.
On the Mobile App there is a Community Edit indicating that obstacle/stump to avoid.

[Dr.]

Thanks for the help Wayne P will check into the apps looks very helpful

[Todd Driscoll]

Going to lake fork for the first time wondering if I need the boat lane chip or if the garmin will take the chip says only for lowrance or hummingbird hopefully the garmin has it in there I have the 7608 just trying to get around with out tearing up something thanks for the help

If this chip isn't available in Garmin .adm format, then all you would have to do is buy a Lowrance card (don't know if Humminbird does .gpx), then with the help of a buddy that has a newer Lowrance (recent units/software are compatible with .gpx), have him export this file in .gpx format. GPX will dump straight into Garmin.

[Wayne P.]

If this chip isn't available in Garmin .adm format, then all you would have to do is buy a Lowrance card (don't know if Humminbird does .gpx), then with the help of a buddy that has a newer Lowrance (recent units/software are compatible with .gpx), have him export this file in .gpx format. GPX will dump straight into Garmin.

Humminbird sort of does GPX but not directly. The Humminbird version would have the data in a Matrix folder that Humminbird reads to load the data.

The Lowrance conversion would be an option.

Someone with a Humminbird unit could load the data to HumminbirdPC and then save that data as GPX to a memory card. That is the way to get GPS data to an ONIX or Garmin.

[Wayne P.]

BTW there is new card up for trade on the Texas Fishing Forum Trading Post, better hurry if you are interested.

[TroyBoy30]

if you feel like uploading the file so I can get it, i'll run it through humminbirdpc and export the .gpx file for you

[txdrew]

You really don't need the chip, Lake Fork has buoy markers on every leg of the lake. You'll have no problem getting around the lake. The boat lane chip shows the major boat lanes also what we call the guide lanes which are the unmarked lanes.

[Wayne P.]

Someone sacrificed his outboard skeg to the stump gods in the middle of a cove that is not marked with buoys:

[deepanchor]

Someone sacrificed his outboard skeg to the stump gods in the middle of a cove that is not marked with buoys:

Dang, I thought that was the "Creature from the Black Lagoon". Now I'm showing my age.

[coachallen]

You really don't need the chip, Lake Fork has buoy markers on every leg of the lake. You'll have no problem getting around the lake. The boat lane chip shows the major boat lanes also what we call the guide lanes which are the unmarked lanes.

But the chip has more detailed boat lanes

[Dr.]

Many thanks to TroyBoy30 for all his efforts in helping me get this worked out. I now have a Boat Lanes file I can download to my Garmin.

[TroyBoy30]

Not a problem Sir. Let me know if you have any issues

[LittleGazoo]

Converting Boatlanes by using a Lowrance unit or using HumminbirdPC to create a GPX file should work fine for Lake Fork.

That said. Fork & Toledo Bend Boatlane's tracks are tracks built with no track-segments.
The Lake o' the Pines and Sam Rayburn tracks are track-segmented and improper conversion will most likely create a result with the track-end-points connected.

Also Lake Fork Boatlanes has been a Track-Only release for awhile. Toledo Bend, Sam Rayburn & Lake o' the Pines Boatlanes have waypoints and those Waypoint Icons might not match after conversion for Garmin units.

[chriskale]

Sorry to bump an old thread, but would someone be willing to help me do this as well?

[Beast96Z]

Sorry to bump an old thread, but would someone be willing to help me do this as well?

I had the Lowrance Lake Fork Marina card in my HDS-1 and did the gpx conversion to go to my 1040 Garmin unit. It worked fine.

[KSPropbender]

Anyone have the fork boat lanes in a format they. Would be willing to email?