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Best gps for atchafalaya delta and wax lake area
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Joined: Fri Aug 03, 2012 9:17 pm Posts: 37 
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 Best gps for atchafalaya delta and wax lake areaWhat would be the best gps for these areas?
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| Thu Nov 26, 2015 9:33 am |
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MMT Elite Member  Joined: Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:50 pm Posts: 9673 Location: New Iberia, La.
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Re: Best gps for atchafalaya delta and wax lake area The biggest you can afford.I like garmin.
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| Thu Nov 26, 2015 10:22 am |
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MMT 1000 Club  Joined: Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:06 pm Posts: 1447 Location: South central, ks
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Re: Best gps for atchafalaya delta and wax lake area I'm not sure. I got my eye on the lowrance elite 5 hdi. They're on sale. It doesn't show lake contours without a card. My main focus is marking spots and tracking how I got there.
It's simple. get a mud motor. shoot ducks in the face. |
| Thu Nov 26, 2015 11:52 am |
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MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:07 pm Posts: 2260 Location: Lafayette
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Best gps for atchafalaya delta and wax lake area I have a Garmin 741. They have a chip that is full color satellite imagery of the marsh.... Pretty much all of the Louisiana coast. That chip coupled with the big touchscreen and ease of use is just about perfect. It's a lot of money, but I'd spend it again in a heartbeat.
A lot of folks say Lowrance has the best maps, but they haven't seen that marsh chip that garmin has. _________________ 24x60 Dual Prodrives |
| Fri Nov 27, 2015 8:46 am |
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MMT 1000 Club Joined: Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:06 pm Posts: 1447 Location: South central, ks
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Re: Best gps for atchafalaya delta and wax lake area |
| Fri Nov 27, 2015 3:15 pm |
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MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:07 pm Posts: 2260 Location: Lafayette
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Re: Best gps for atchafalaya delta and wax lake area It's basically like a full color Google earth display on a 7" touchscreen. You can see all the broken marsh and little ponds and canals really clear.
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| Fri Nov 27, 2015 6:42 pm |
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MMT 1000 Club Joined: Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:06 pm Posts: 1447 Location: South central, ks
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Re: Best gps for atchafalaya delta and wax lake area Heck yeah. Not trying to hijack. My last fish finder was a grey screen lowrance lcx model. So anything is an upgrade for me
It's simple. get a mud motor. shoot ducks in the face. |
| Fri Nov 27, 2015 7:03 pm |
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Joined: Fri Aug 03, 2012 9:17 pm Posts: 37
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Re: Best gps for atchafalaya delta and wax lake area Does anyone have the Garmin echomap dv53? Would this model have the same mapping as the Garmin 741?
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| Sat Nov 28, 2015 6:05 am |
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MMT 1000 Club Joined: Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:06 pm Posts: 1447 Location: South central, ks
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Re: Best gps for atchafalaya delta and wax lake area I don't think it does. I looked at the screen shots and all the ones I saw look different between the two
It's simple. get a mud motor. shoot ducks in the face. |
| Sat Nov 28, 2015 7:06 am |
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MMT 1000 Club  Joined: Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:21 am Posts: 2530 Location: Land of 10,000 Lakes
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Re: Best gps for atchafalaya delta and wax lake area Look at Legend Cartography if you are considering a lowrance unit. They have some awesome maps for down there.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk _________________ "Two people in this world wear helmets, and that's dare devils and pussies." - Willie Braun |
| Sat Nov 28, 2015 7:22 am |
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MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:07 pm Posts: 2260 Location: Lafayette
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Re: Best gps for atchafalaya delta and wax lake area Just to be clear, it's not the normal Garmin mapping I like so much, it's a Louisiana marsh chip they sell separately that is so badass...
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| Sat Nov 28, 2015 10:05 am |
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MMT Member
Joined: Fri Aug 03, 2012 9:17 pm Posts: 37
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Re: Best gps for atchafalaya delta and wax lake area Is it the BlueChart g2 coastal Maps?
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| Sat Nov 28, 2015 11:09 am |
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MMT Pro Member
Joined: Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:31 am Posts: 201
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Re: Best gps for atchafalaya delta and wax lake area We have a few of the garmin touch screens on some of our tugs and they are defiantly nice units. They have their own wifi network and with the garmin blue chart app I can load track lines and waypoints to my phone and transfer to other units. These units are very user friendly.
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| Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:23 pm |
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Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2013 4:24 pm Posts: 384 Location: Louisiana
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Re: Best gps for atchafalaya delta and wax lake area |
| Sat Nov 28, 2015 3:29 pm |
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Joined: Thu May 01, 2014 5:48 pm Posts: 414
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Re: Best gps for atchafalaya delta and wax lake area |
| Sun Dec 13, 2015 10:26 pm |
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Joined: Fri Nov 15, 2013 12:30 pm Posts: 26
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Re: Best gps for atchafalaya delta and wax lake area since you got the lowerance get the standard mapping e-card. watch some of the youtube comparisons and you will see how it compares to the garmins and navionics. blows them away for the waters I hunt
http://www.standardmap.com/Louisiana-E-Cards_c_53.html |
| Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:41 am |
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Re: Best gps for atchafalaya delta and wax lake area |
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