Hartă batimetrică HD – Barajul Arabie (Flag Boshielo), Africa de Sud

The FishTec Arabie (Flag Boshielo) Dam HD Fishing Chart is designed for boat anglers using supported Lowrance units in South Africa. Supplied on a microSD card with a standard SD adapter.

Supported Lowrance units: HDS Pro, HDS Live, HDS Carbon, HDS Gen 3, HDS Gen 2, Elite Ti, Elite Ti2 and Elite FS. Check your exact model before ordering. Shipping costs depend on the destination country.

Chart setup and video instructions

FISHTEC ARABIE (FLAG BOSHIELO) DAM HD FISHING CHART

FishTec Intro – BBWC XIX 2025 – Arabie Dam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYoYQhkvvjc&t=139s

COMPATIBILITY:  Lowrance HDS Pro, Live, Carbon, Gen 3, Gen 2 & Elite Ti / Ti2 / FS units only.  

The chart is provided on a Micro SD card with a standard SD adapter.

 USING THE ARABIE DAM CHART:

For use in a compatible Lowrance unit only.

Set the Genesis Live overlay (on your main menu screen) to OFF before putting the chart card into your unit.

HELPFUL VIDEOS:

ARABIE DAM 2025 Overview Part 1 video:* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-IxyyjsAlk

ARABIE DAM 2025 Part 2 Contour video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BijRM96xgqc   (Dam water level Depth compensation if the dam level is below 100% - watch from the 13.20-minute mark.  Continue watching for how to target specific contour areas on the dam)

ARABIE DAM 2025 INSTRUCTIONS:

All depth values for this chart are at 100%

Select the PAGES Button
Select CHART 

Select MORE OPTIONS

Set “Orientation” to NORTH UP 
Select CHART SOURCE
Select NAVIONICS 
Zoom in on the Navionics map to South Africa and then zoom into the approximate location of  Arabie Dam. (Explained in the Arabie Dam 2025 Overview Part 1 video)

Insert your Arabie Chart into your unit and say “YES” to any pop-ups.

*CHART SOURCE: ARABIE DAM:*

To see the contours with satellite shoreline and sediment chart behind the contours – Chart Options – Photo Overlay – set to Full.

Under Categories – turn “line” off - to see the sediment chart without the contours on top.

*CHART SOURCE UltraHFN- 2025 – North Section of the Dam*

Chart Options – Photo overlay – Full

To see bottom hardness – Photo overlay – Land only. 

To see the satellite – Chart Options - click “shaded relief” –  Photo Overlay - Land Only - under Categories – turn Depth Area off.  

(Once you’ve turned “depth area” off, you can then toggle/change between the views by using the “photo overlay” options of “land only” and “full” to view either the satellite or UltraHF)

To access the photos – click the numbers around the edge of the dam in the section you’re interested in or use the new pdf function (See Photos below).

Where the UltraHFN comes to an end, select Chart Options and select the chart source UltraHFS to move to the south section of the dam and so on.

*UltraHFS – 2025 – South Section of the Dam*  (Instructions same as above for UltraHFN)

*UltraHFR – 2022 – River Section* (Instructions same as above UltraHFN)

PHOTOS:

(Explained in the Arabie Dam 2025 Overview Part 1 video - from the 15:50 mark)

Use the Photo PDF feature to access all the photos on the chart so you can go through them more easily the section of the dam you are looking at. Select the Pages Button – Storage – Memory Card – Photos – Select the section (ie. North, South, River). 

As the photo numbers on the pdf match up to the photo numbers on the chart (and vice versa), you can use the “Go to Function” while in the memory card.  Type in a photograph number when looking at the pdf document and then scroll backwards and forwards to see the other photographs in the same area of the dam that you’re interested in.

NB:  The photos in the pdf file are low resolution. To see the high resolution image, go back to the chart and locate the same photo number on there.

Check your unit before ordering

Contact FishTec with your exact Lowrance model and shipping destination for product and delivery information.