Picked up a used DragonFly 6 unit and was trying to decide on what lake mapping software would be best.
Picked up a used DragonFly 6 unit and was trying to decide on what lake mapping software would be best.
Jerry "Rat-L-Trap" Lehman
Never Enough "Traps"
Triton TR-21 Merc Optimax 225
Living Life Large at Toledo Bend
Navionics
Looks like the mapping software is going to cost more than what I paid for the unit. I visited the Raymarine site and they sell the Fishing Hot Spots Pro Freshwater series, is it worth its salt or just stick with the Navionics?
Jerry "Rat-L-Trap" Lehman
Never Enough "Traps"
Triton TR-21 Merc Optimax 225
Living Life Large at Toledo Bend
I'd check here and make sure the lakes you fish are on the Hot Spots map.
https://www.fishinghotspots.com/pdf/e417_coverage.pdf
I still prefer Navionics, but Hot Spots is good also.
I have a Navionics micro card I would prob sell. No idea which one. This was in a text file on it.
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/* WARNING, do not delete or modify this file */
I also have a C-maps one
So I just put the Nav card in my A98. Does the unit load this automatically or do I have to select those maps?
OK so apparently the A98 has no maps built in. I put the 4gb mini sd (says nothing on the card) in and it auto loaded it.
Here is what is on it. Whats in red seems to have depth contours. I see no lakes in Texas on it. Kinda weird the West coast is tho.
So what are all the red boxes? Do you pick one of those boxes and then it defaults to that area? I am sure it's simple once you figure it all out.
Jerry "Rat-L-Trap" Lehman
Never Enough "Traps"
Triton TR-21 Merc Optimax 225
Living Life Large at Toledo Bend
Not sure. I just zoomed in to those areas and saw contours on the lakes. And none in the areas without the red
Red boxes outline a lake that is on the card. Correct, zoom in and you will see the contour lines.
Correct, a98 does not have any pre-loaded maps - none of our units do. You should be able to go to Menu, Presentations and look for the chart. It will tell you what Navionics card it is.
Like Jig said, go to the menu and make sure you have the sonar logs map selected.