GPS to track ice fishing holes - is it possible? If so - which unit? Does anyone use a GPS unit to track ice fishing holes?
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Most, if not all GPs units allow for "bookmarking" of sites you are at, as well as entering and saving coordinates for locations you haven't visited yet. Many offer POI's, aka "Point's of interest", and some allow you to upload custom poi lists, such as these http://www.poi-factory.com/taxonomy/term/55, however none of those are specifically geared for ice fishing. As far as which unit to buy, I'd make sure that it's durable & waterproof, or at least water resistant. ;-) Also, I'd suggest a unit that is geared towards marine use, so that it will contain, or at least allow uploads of marine charts or inland lake charts, if that's something that your husband needs for ice fishing.
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I don't usually wander to far out of my current fishing range and all seems to be good.....as suggested i would say to contact Garmin and ask them if there is any kind of an update to that chart. Sorry I can't be more helpful.ER
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I fish only, not a techy. You could call either company, good luck getting a human. The chip itself is great , I use it in a hand held garmin and it does what i expected.... Ken
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no, it is not a laser range finder , is it strictly GPS and unlikely helpful for hunting the watched is based on 30k golf courses that have already been mapped out
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You could, but you would have to make a transducer float and something to mount your fishfinder. The ice adaptor works great, good luck finding it for a decent price.
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Hi Mr. Buchman! I believe this GPS is for use by "landlubbers" only.... While the satellite to GPS link up wouldn't change, the map/voice direction information would be totally useless - no cross reference to marine information (including waypoint). Unfortunately additional software i.e. marine information is not installable by either Tom Tom or the user. You might check with Tom Tom customer service (they will respond to your telephone call - they just will not give you any repair help). Basically the Tom Tom is sold as an "orphan".... Good luck! Jim
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I ordered the origional "Dash Cam 2@ gps Sensor from the Kim site and it came the same day. It works great. It appears any gps sensor would workReply: The unit only needs a gps antenna and already holds the program for it. Not sure if it will accept a gps device? If so.... Then great
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I think its intended purpose is to fish with out of a kayak or canoe....you could use it for ice fishing but an ice fishing flasher would be much better suited for ice fishing...a flasher can give you immediate information about whays going on below you where as this unit would be delayed by 5-10 seconds.
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I use the GPS puck with OpenCPN. It reads the output of the puck and puts in on charts. The charts are available free from NOAA. If you are just interested in reading the data, you can cat it into a file from the /dev/ttyUSB0 port or if that is busy, ttyUSB1, etc. The puck outputs at the 4800 bps ASCII format.
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Yes it does tell you your speed by gps. Its not a very good map on the gps like it doesnt show a very accurate lake map but it does show you bottom depth, water temp, and speed.
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Check with Goal Zero on their website. They were really helpful when I had questions. I had 2 battery sucking Garmin GPS/Radios on a month long trek last summer. I love these units and recommend them highly! Cheers
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I'm not sure if it will work with any other GPS units. The best answer for which Garmin units is to go to Garmin's web site and if you look up the Midwest fishing guide it will tell you which units it will work with.
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8 wasn't able to find anything either. I took the risk and bought the unit. Turns out its a pretty good GPS. Only issue I have is the time on it is not always correct. Wish I could help more.
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Gary, I have been researching the same use (snowmobiling) for the nuvi 500. sledgps dot com lists chips available either nationally or by region. The region maps are $50, the national $99. Did you get the 500, and do you like it? I want a crossover/multi mode unit and this one seems to be the only one available. I think the difference between this unit and the 550 is that the 500 has US road and US topo maps, and the 550 has north american roads but no topo maps. I don't know if sledgps maps will overlay on the topo. If anyone has tried this, please reply with info. I have not bought it yet, so can't answer your question directly (I want to be able to though). Finally I am torn on the mixed reviews on the unit. I can handle the missing USB cable, and AC adapter, but has everyone found the unit accurate, both on road and off road? Are the maps updated? Thanks...
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I would not use the Garmin's monitor feature. I use Polar's "F" series they are accurate and dependable. I have been using thgem since late 1999 and have founbd them to be the best on the market.
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Good question. I have never tried it but don't see why it would not work. As long as the ipilot is on and operating to allow the GPS function to trace the track. Next time out I'm going to try it.
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This unit works great for Geocaching. I purchased mine to Geocache. It has works well for me.