Map card for Humminbird 798ci HD SI Combo

fishwalton · 08-31-2012, 05:48 AM

I have a Humminbird 798ci HD SI Combo. From reading online about the various map cards available I can't figure out which one is best to cover the FL Panhandle bays and rivers. Can anyone help me figure it out?

submariner · 08-31-2012, 12:09 PM

if you go on the humminbird web site and ask the question a hummminbird tech will give the beat answer.

fishwalton · 08-31-2012, 03:53 PM

Thanks submariner.............will give that a shot. Just figured some Humminbird user here would be using the type of map I'm looking for.

nojerseydevil · 09-06-2012, 09:15 PM

I have the same unit and couldn't find anything. I fish all the rivers in the Panhandle. I called Humminbird and they went through various maps and couldn't go far up any of the rivers. Good luck finding anything. I just stick to my navigation map and say !@ck it.

NJD

fishwalton · 09-06-2012, 10:10 PM

Same here, Nothing found so far, but I have a friend who just told me about a possible solution he will help with. If it works out will get back to you.

nojerseydevil · 09-07-2012, 10:04 PM

Cool.

submariner · 09-08-2012, 08:44 AM

also would be interested have a 898 HD

CatHunter · 09-10-2012, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by fishwalton

I have a Humminbird 798ci HD SI Combo. From reading online about the various map cards available I can't figure out which one is best to cover the FL Panhandle bays and rivers. Can anyone help me figure it out?

Walt I have the same unit and my best advice is to get a smart phone and down load maverick its a awesome chart system that caches to your phone that runs on Google maps.

Humminbird river charts are terrible, I'm thinking about switching to a Lowrance system next.

fishwalton · 09-11-2012, 08:50 AM

Thanks Cathunter for the info. Had I known this would be a problem I would never have bougtht the Humm 798. I think the morale of the story is shop first for the map card you want to cover the area you want, then go find a sonar unit it will work with. Maybe if Humminbird 798 and other Humm owners fused enough with the manufacgurer they would find a way to resolve the lack of map coverage for coastal and rivers. Humminbird does not work with all the map cards that are available.

I will get with my buddy this week and see what his set up is. He has some maps I'm not familar with. I know he has both a Lowrance and Garmin and the river maps are excellent.

Hot Dog · 09-21-2012, 02:10 PM

I was up at L & M Marine yesterday and they told me Hummingbird is comming out with a map chip of their own that is supposed to be good and cheaper. He said the Humm. rep just told them about it.
Maybe it will help, I am interested in a new unit.

08-31-2012, 05:48 AM	#1
fishwalton Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: De Funiak Springs, FL Posts: 1,163	Map card for Humminbird 798ci HD SI Combo I have a Humminbird 798ci HD SI Combo. From reading online about the various map cards available I can't figure out which one is best to cover the FL Panhandle bays and rivers. Can anyone help me figure it out?

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08-31-2012, 12:09 PM	#2
submariner Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pensacola Posts: 949	if you go on the humminbird web site and ask the question a hummminbird tech will give the beat answer.

08-31-2012, 03:53 PM	#3
fishwalton Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: De Funiak Springs, FL Posts: 1,163	Thanks submariner.............will give that a shot. Just figured some Humminbird user here would be using the type of map I'm looking for.

09-06-2012, 09:15 PM	#4
nojerseydevil Senior Member Snapper Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Navarre, FL Posts: 460	I have the same unit and couldn't find anything. I fish all the rivers in the Panhandle. I called Humminbird and they went through various maps and couldn't go far up any of the rivers. Good luck finding anything. I just stick to my navigation map and say !@ck it. NJD

09-06-2012, 10:10 PM	#5
fishwalton Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: De Funiak Springs, FL Posts: 1,163	Same here, Nothing found so far, but I have a friend who just told me about a possible solution he will help with. If it works out will get back to you.

09-07-2012, 10:04 PM	#6
nojerseydevil Senior Member Snapper Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Navarre, FL Posts: 460	Cool.

09-08-2012, 08:44 AM	#7
submariner Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pensacola Posts: 949	also would be interested have a 898 HD

09-11-2012, 08:50 AM	#9
fishwalton Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: De Funiak Springs, FL Posts: 1,163	Thanks Cathunter for the info. Had I known this would be a problem I would never have bougtht the Humm 798. I think the morale of the story is shop first for the map card you want to cover the area you want, then go find a sonar unit it will work with. Maybe if Humminbird 798 and other Humm owners fused enough with the manufacgurer they would find a way to resolve the lack of map coverage for coastal and rivers. Humminbird does not work with all the map cards that are available. I will get with my buddy this week and see what his set up is. He has some maps I'm not familar with. I know he has both a Lowrance and Garmin and the river maps are excellent.

09-21-2012, 02:10 PM	#10
Hot Dog Senior Member Mingo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pensacola, FL Posts: 160	I was up at L & M Marine yesterday and they told me Hummingbird is comming out with a map chip of their own that is supposed to be good and cheaper. He said the Humm. rep just told them about it. Maybe it will help, I am interested in a new unit.

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