Dakota Lithium Batteries, A Portable GPS’s Best Friend
- HSM Outdoors
- Mar 21, 2018
- 2 min read


21st century technology in the fishing industry is simply amazing. To have the gear available like we do today for getting on fish spots is outstanding.
Areas like Rainy Lake and Lake of the Woods offer plenty of structure oriented fishing opportunities in the winter months. It can be a challenge to find the spot on the spot through a sheet of ice in winter to accurately fish a piece of structure.
Enter in: Modern Day GPS. Plenty of industry leaders in the fishing arena offer a portable GPS solution to get you out in the boat or now in recent years on the ice with modern mapping. My go to in this area has always been a Humminbird unit with Lake Master mapping.

The 1-foot depth contours and ability to depth shade areas on the map make it simple to get your spot on the spot in the winter. The only drawback, until recently, has been battery life of this portable unit. Enter in Dakota Lithium Batteries.
The lightweight battery in a 10ah configuration, has plenty of power to keep you going for a full 12hr day on the ice. Why don’t I hard wire my unit to my sled or atv? I have done that and still do.
However, when you get to a spot, it’s nice to detach the head unit and walk around without having to drive over the piece of structure looking for where you want to fish.
I simply walk with the unit until I get where I want to drill, set the unit on the spot, get my gear, etc and drill precisely where I want to fish. This method, for me, has allowed me to up my game on catching, by eliminating water and areas where I know the fish simply aren’t hanging around.

For structure oriented fishing it simply can’t be beat. Having the ability now with a Lithium Battery option to use in these units is a game changer on so many levels. Longer days, camping trips in summer months. The options are limitless. Dakota Lithium Outdoors is a portable GPS’s best friend.
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