Hope you guys like today's video, it's a hidden feature that can be super helpful to folks that have fluctuating water depths like I do on the St. Lawrence. Tight lines everyone! 👊🎣✌
THANK YOU! I was so pissed off! I got on the lake, was ready to adjust lake level, and no option. all of the latest CZcams channels that show it so easily, isnt that easy. THEY FAIL TO MENTION that you must have Ultra maps loaded. Thank you for this video!
Yep, that's exactly why I made this video... I had the exact same issue and I couldn't figure out why I wasn't able to adjust until I spoke to a Garmin rep and I was shocked how little it was mentioned! Glad you found the video helpful and thank you for the comment!!
Dan bought lake vu g3 ultra west, put card in front graph garmin 126 it loaded on that graph and it loaded on my other graph garmin106 i loaded the sd when I was on the lake but the lake level adjust did not come on in my front graph, whats up
Excellent Info! I have a 126sv and purchased the Ultra West map and got incredibly frustrated trying to the get the "Water Level" feature work while trying it out in demo mode at my house. Thanks for detailed explanation on the steps required to get this to work -- after going through your checklist, it appears I just need to be in the boat & on the water! Thank you sir!!
Happy you do videos on Garmin units. Everything is helix, Helix, and helix. Well guess what?! I don't use Helix- echomap guy and finally someone who can help! Helix are way over rated!
Since I fish Grand Lake (OK) and Table Rock (MO), guess I won't be buying a Garmin fish finder (& LakeVu g3 Ultra maps) due to would have to pay $199.99 for East Inland Maps (Table Rock) and another $199.99 for West Inland Maps (Grand Lake). Thanks for explaining this feature. Going to buy a side image GPS sometime.
You're very welcome Wayne, I'm glad it was helpful! Yeah the map prices can add up quick if you're looking for the Ultra series for totally different areas. I've been shopping around for years and it seems not matter what, y our graphs are going to hurt your wallet one way or another lol!
Ah ok I see what you mean! It now downloads a complete list of all lakes and what they support. I found the tool now at maps.garmin.com/en-US/marine/ Thanks!
Hi Dan. Thank you for the Garmin UHD update video. So helpful. I was wondering if you could do a video on reading the Garmin Echomap UHD fish finder and what to look for. My Echomap is showing what seems like bacon strips instead of arches. I changed the display from arches to fish icons and it showed a bunch of fish but there were no fish. Does the finder read fish if the boat is at a standstill or moving slow? Please help. Cheers, Paul
I have LakeVu G3 Ultra West. It's 4 years old. Is there a reason to update it? Also, just to review, do I have to keep the card in the slot in the Echomap? In order to have the same map show up on the bow do I either need to move the card to the bow or have the two units networked?
Thanks for all the videos. I have the LakeVu g3 downloaded to a card in my 94SV. In simulator mode and placed over a lake I want to go to, the lake level option still won’t come up. I’m hoping that when I get to the lake and in normal operating mode it will work.
@@tla1950 OK great, and you confirmed that your lake supports the dynamic lake level on the Garmin site at lakes.garmin.com/ If so you should be good. After talking to Garmin a couple of times, it doesn't sound like the simulator mode works consistently. The last person I spoke to told me it never works in simulator mode, but I've read on the their site it should. Very confusing.
Dan Awesome content, question? I'm ready to purchase my SDcard to be able to adjust the depth on my 93SV, I have one at the Helm and one on the bow next to my trolling motor. Do I need Two Cards $$$$$$$$ or if I link the two units with the Garmin link cable will I be able to see what's at the helm unit?
I have a question about quickdraw. When I remap a body of water that already has the contours supplied by Garmin, the new contours are completely different. Is that what the offset setting is for. I have 55cv
Hi Gilles, this is a tough one to answer. So for sure your contours with quickdraw will be more accurate than the supplied maps, especially where depths are concerned and you've made multiple mapping passes. The lake level adjust doesn't fix this, the lake level adjust will only work with LakeVu Ultra purchased maps, and that will work and can be adjusted. Now there IS an offset function for recording Quickdraw maps and I am wondering if that is what you're referring to. That depth offset is another function... so this is for when lets say your transducer is on the end of your trolling motor and so when the trolling motor is in the water, the transducer is 2 feet under the surface. This means your depth is actually off by 2 feet, so if the depth is showing 6 feet, it's actually 8 feet. The depth offset function for quickdraw allows you to add that 2 feet automatically. Does that make more sense?
Great video! I have I have a question I have two ultra 106sv units. Since they are preload with maps already can I still upgrade maps and be able to share them between the two units ?
Hi Dan. I am having an issue maintaining a view of the bottom when in Sonar and ClearVu. Especially clear vu. I adjust with either auto or manual and it default back to no bottom view. Is this something that has to be adjusted constantly or can I adjust to constantly see the bottom. Thank!
You should be able to set the depth to AUTO and make sure you have no zoom enabled and it should automatically show you bottom at all times and the full water column. Yours keep reverting to something else?
My maps are way off because it says it's (8 feet here )on the fishing chart and it's really like 3 feet deep because the water is down ..I've lost 2 props going by the unit I bought for 800$ bc it says ya you can drive here..any way to change the water level reading daily? Idk I'm so confused 😕
Arg that sounds like some dangerous water you have to navigate! As long as you have the Ultra maps or the brand new Navionics+ maps that support lake level adjust, then yes you can adjust it any time you need to. If you don't have Ultra on that body of water, unfortunately you can't adjust :( Be safe out there!
@@DanRichardFishing thx its a newer garmin73sv and there's just no water in the lake rn so I just changed my conture color red for anything under 8 feet..guess all red is just off limits for now till the water comes up..been frustrating for a new boat owner with like a 1000$ garmin for that to not just adjust for u..but thx I'll look into the navionics+ since mine already has the regular navionics
Great information! This related but I am not able to see the changes on my new units when I change my depth shading. Is there a problem with the units? I have the 94 uhd with blue charts and the Garmin 106 with lakevu. They are networked.
looks like the garmin online mapping tool is much different than what you show. I've looked at a couple lakes I fish and it does not give me any information about auto lake level. Only gives me Navionics info.
Man iam having such a problem with all of this. Ok i bought 2 garmin 93sv uhd but when i bought them they were on sale great right. Wrong there American and i live in canada nb. So now iam trying to figure out what card i need. Oh the other problem is new Brunswick isnt mapped out that great but ill take what ever i can lol and what ever is compatible with the 93sv uhd. Ps great channel
Hi Colin, let me try to help you out! So as you mentioned, the 93SV units that you have are US based, so no Canadian maps. You're going to want to buy the Canada Inland maps, which is this one: buy.garmin.com/en-CA/CA/p/156003/pn/010-D1397-00 So what you want to do is register your 2 units with Garmin and then use Garmin Express to puchase the Canadian Inland map, install it to a card and pop that in the unit and if your units are networked, you can share the map. Hope that helps! :)
@@DanRichardFishing thanks so much. 1 more question lol. So like i said i have 2 93sv and the gms 10. so if i have the active captain sd card at my console and i put the Garmin lakes card in my 93sv at the bow that still show me depths contours at the console?
I do not believe the Navionics Hotmaps Platinum are compatible, I believe you need to use the Navionics Vision and Vision+ maps for Garmin units. Only the Vision series is offered through Garmin so I am 99% sure that's the case.
Only two small lakes in all of Manitoba are listed in lakes.garmin.com/ and the LakeVü™ g3 Ultra doesn't give you anything extra that isn't already on the LakeVü™ g3. Doesn't make sense to spend money upgrading these maps if you fish in Manitoba...
Hi Al, yeah there are definitely some places that have trash coverage. There's some river spots I fish in Northern Quebec that didn't even show up in Garmin maps up until a couple of years ago! That's why I always tell people to check the map coverage before you buy so you don't get any nasty surprises. I *might* get it at some point because the St. Lawrence where I fish constantly fluctuates but quite a bit and it would be useful. All the best and thanks for the comment.
@@DanRichardFishing Keep the videos coming! I have enjoyed watching your instructional videos on the Garmin EchoMaps (actually all your videos). I'm running a EchoMap Plus 95sv and I use the quickdraw contours extensively to map out my favorite spots.
Hope you guys like today's video, it's a hidden feature that can be super helpful to folks that have fluctuating water depths like I do on the St. Lawrence. Tight lines everyone! 👊🎣✌
Just bought a livescope ice bundle and this video answered my lake level questions. Thanks.
You're very welcome, congrats on that sweet bundle!!
THANK YOU! I was so pissed off! I got on the lake, was ready to adjust lake level, and no option. all of the latest CZcams channels that show it so easily, isnt that easy. THEY FAIL TO MENTION that you must have Ultra maps loaded. Thank you for this video!
Yep, that's exactly why I made this video... I had the exact same issue and I couldn't figure out why I wasn't able to adjust until I spoke to a Garmin rep and I was shocked how little it was mentioned! Glad you found the video helpful and thank you for the comment!!
Dan bought lake vu g3 ultra west, put card in front graph garmin 126 it loaded on that graph and it loaded on my other graph garmin106 i loaded the sd when I was on the lake but the lake level adjust did not come on in my front graph, whats up
Excellent Info! I have a 126sv and purchased the Ultra West map and got incredibly frustrated trying to the get the "Water Level" feature work while trying it out in demo mode at my house. Thanks for detailed explanation on the steps required to get this to work -- after going through your checklist, it appears I just need to be in the boat & on the water! Thank you sir!!
You're very welcome, and yes the Dynamic lake level adjust sure is picky!! lol!
Thanks Dan! I was looking forward to this one and it cleared up a lot!
You're very welcome, I was legit waiting to see if you saw this one ;)
Happy you do videos on Garmin units. Everything is helix, Helix, and helix. Well guess what?! I don't use Helix- echomap guy and finally someone who can help! Helix are way over rated!
Hahah now I'm going to feel bad if someday I do a Helix video lol!
😀 I wouldn't feel bad, there are tons of bad videos on helix...so you'll be a big help
Well done, another great video. This one will come in handy! Keep em coming!
Thanks broski, I've got some fun stuff coming up!
Thank you, save me from additional frustration
You're very welcome and thank you for the sub!
Since I fish Grand Lake (OK) and Table Rock (MO), guess I won't be buying a Garmin fish finder (& LakeVu g3 Ultra maps) due to would have to pay $199.99 for East Inland Maps (Table Rock) and another $199.99 for West Inland Maps (Grand Lake). Thanks for explaining this feature. Going to buy a side image GPS sometime.
You're very welcome Wayne, I'm glad it was helpful! Yeah the map prices can add up quick if you're looking for the Ultra series for totally different areas. I've been shopping around for years and it seems not matter what, y our graphs are going to hurt your wallet one way or another lol!
Like ur videos brah,thanks for taking the x to explain, n making them
You're very welcome Robert, glad you find them useful! 👊
Great video,was wondering if you would know if could do a quick draw map of my lake would I be able to do a lake level adjust?
Thanks.
That's a great question, I'm actually not sure! Let me find out and get back to you :)
Dan - Your link referenced take me to a PDF. Did the Garmin link change for the online tool?
Ah ok I see what you mean! It now downloads a complete list of all lakes and what they support. I found the tool now at maps.garmin.com/en-US/marine/ Thanks!
@@DanRichardFishing Excellent. Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks again for your support!
Hi Dan. Thank you for the Garmin UHD update video. So helpful. I was wondering if you could do a video on reading the Garmin Echomap UHD fish finder and what to look for. My Echomap is showing what seems like bacon strips instead of arches. I changed the display from arches to fish icons and it showed a bunch of fish but there were no fish. Does the finder read fish if the boat is at a standstill or moving slow? Please help.
Cheers,
Paul
Hi Paul, check out my video tomorrow, going to show you what Lakers look like on the sonar :)
I have LakeVu G3 Ultra West. It's 4 years old. Is there a reason to update it? Also, just to review, do I have to keep the card in the slot in the Echomap? In order to have the same map show up on the bow do I either need to move the card to the bow or have the two units networked?
New subscriber, great video!
Thank you very much for the sub Jason, really appreciate it! ✌️
Thanks for all the videos. I have the LakeVu g3 downloaded to a card in my 94SV. In simulator mode and placed over a lake I want to go to, the lake level option still won’t come up. I’m hoping that when I get to the lake and in normal operating mode it will work.
Is it the G3 Ultra? If so and your lake supports the dynamic lake level option, you should definitely be good!
@@DanRichardFishing It is the g3 Ultra, lake level won’t work simulator mode. Thanks for your reply.
@@tla1950 OK great, and you confirmed that your lake supports the dynamic lake level on the Garmin site at lakes.garmin.com/ If so you should be good. After talking to Garmin a couple of times, it doesn't sound like the simulator mode works consistently. The last person I spoke to told me it never works in simulator mode, but I've read on the their site it should. Very confusing.
Dan Awesome content, question? I'm ready to purchase my SDcard to be able to adjust the depth on my 93SV, I have one at the Helm and one on the bow next to my trolling motor. Do I need Two Cards $$$$$$$$ or if I link the two units with the Garmin link cable will I be able to see what's at the helm unit?
Hi Joe, I am so sorry for the late replay. If you have the units networked (Must be Plus units or newer) then you only need 1 map card :)
I have a question about quickdraw. When I remap a body of water that already has the contours supplied by Garmin, the new contours are completely different. Is that what the offset setting is for. I have 55cv
Hi Gilles, this is a tough one to answer. So for sure your contours with quickdraw will be more accurate than the supplied maps, especially where depths are concerned and you've made multiple mapping passes. The lake level adjust doesn't fix this, the lake level adjust will only work with LakeVu Ultra purchased maps, and that will work and can be adjusted. Now there IS an offset function for recording Quickdraw maps and I am wondering if that is what you're referring to. That depth offset is another function... so this is for when lets say your transducer is on the end of your trolling motor and so when the trolling motor is in the water, the transducer is 2 feet under the surface. This means your depth is actually off by 2 feet, so if the depth is showing 6 feet, it's actually 8 feet. The depth offset function for quickdraw allows you to add that 2 feet automatically. Does that make more sense?
Great video! I have I have a question I have two ultra 106sv units. Since they are preload with maps already can I still upgrade maps and be able to share them between the two units ?
Yes, you can share the maps even after upgrading on your Ultras if they're networked :)
Great content
Thank you so much!
What is the sonar imagery that comes with the ultra?
In simulation mode, how do you change the chirp settings for Clearview and Side view
What part of the st Lawrence are you from
is that a life time purchase?
Hi Dan. I am having an issue maintaining a view of the bottom when in Sonar and ClearVu. Especially clear vu. I adjust with either auto or manual and it default back to no bottom view. Is this something that has to be adjusted constantly or can I adjust to constantly see the bottom. Thank!
You should be able to set the depth to AUTO and make sure you have no zoom enabled and it should automatically show you bottom at all times and the full water column. Yours keep reverting to something else?
My maps are way off because it says it's (8 feet here )on the fishing chart and it's really like 3 feet deep because the water is down ..I've lost 2 props going by the unit I bought for 800$ bc it says ya you can drive here..any way to change the water level reading daily? Idk I'm so confused 😕
Arg that sounds like some dangerous water you have to navigate! As long as you have the Ultra maps or the brand new Navionics+ maps that support lake level adjust, then yes you can adjust it any time you need to. If you don't have Ultra on that body of water, unfortunately you can't adjust :( Be safe out there!
@@DanRichardFishing thx its a newer garmin73sv and there's just no water in the lake rn so I just changed my conture color red for anything under 8 feet..guess all red is just off limits for now till the water comes up..been frustrating for a new boat owner with like a 1000$ garmin for that to not just adjust for u..but thx I'll look into the navionics+ since mine already has the regular navionics
Is it worth it? And can you put this mapping system on a 93 sv uhd
Great information! This related but I am not able to see the changes on my new units when I change my depth shading. Is there a problem with the units? I have the 94 uhd with blue charts and the Garmin 106 with lakevu. They are networked.
When you say change your depth shading, are you referring the depth range colors that you are trying to adjust and the colors simply don't show up?
looks like the garmin online mapping tool is much different than what you show. I've looked at a couple lakes I fish and it does not give me any information about auto lake level. Only gives me Navionics info.
I purchased the echomap plus 93sv, will the lake Vu g3 ultra sd card compatible with it,I c the lake that fish on ,n it has all ✔ that it offers
Yes, absolutely compatible with your unit :)
Man iam having such a problem with all of this. Ok i bought 2 garmin 93sv uhd but when i bought them they were on sale great right. Wrong there American and i live in canada nb. So now iam trying to figure out what card i need. Oh the other problem is new Brunswick isnt mapped out that great but ill take what ever i can lol and what ever is compatible with the 93sv uhd. Ps great channel
Hi Colin, let me try to help you out! So as you mentioned, the 93SV units that you have are US based, so no Canadian maps. You're going to want to buy the Canada Inland maps, which is this one: buy.garmin.com/en-CA/CA/p/156003/pn/010-D1397-00
So what you want to do is register your 2 units with Garmin and then use Garmin Express to puchase the Canadian Inland map, install it to a card and pop that in the unit and if your units are networked, you can share the map. Hope that helps! :)
@@DanRichardFishing thanks so much. 1 more question lol. So like i said i have 2 93sv and the gms 10. so if i have the active captain sd card at my console and i put the Garmin lakes card in my 93sv at the bow that still show me depths contours at the console?
Would a Navionics Hotmaps Platinum card do the same ?
I do not believe the Navionics Hotmaps Platinum are compatible, I believe you need to use the Navionics Vision and Vision+ maps for Garmin units. Only the Vision series is offered through Garmin so I am 99% sure that's the case.
Hi
Just like cheese on a burger.
Before long you will have to have a subscription to use the dam thing. Total BS
Only two small lakes in all of Manitoba are listed in lakes.garmin.com/ and the LakeVü™ g3 Ultra doesn't give you anything extra that isn't already on the LakeVü™ g3.
Doesn't make sense to spend money upgrading these maps if you fish in Manitoba...
Hi Al, yeah there are definitely some places that have trash coverage. There's some river spots I fish in Northern Quebec that didn't even show up in Garmin maps up until a couple of years ago! That's why I always tell people to check the map coverage before you buy so you don't get any nasty surprises. I *might* get it at some point because the St. Lawrence where I fish constantly fluctuates but quite a bit and it would be useful. All the best and thanks for the comment.
@@DanRichardFishing Keep the videos coming! I have enjoyed watching your instructional videos on the Garmin EchoMaps (actually all your videos). I'm running a EchoMap Plus 95sv and I use the quickdraw contours extensively to map out my favorite spots.