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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Hiya,
I would say I love having the GPS feature for the small lakes, especially those lakes that get hit so hard during the day. you can fish an area during the day by sight, but when that sun goes down, it's cloudy out, or the moon is under foot, it is quite dark out...and at times, pitch black out. To fish the same structures effectively, the trail from earlier, or the waypoints you put on the GPS make following that structure very easy to follow.
There have been times on my "home water" that I am still learning due to the GPS and the sonar capabilities which can give me an edge over others fishing the lake who may not know it very well....
The GPS also helps just for navigation alone... I also have to deal with some rock piles when I leave the lake, and if those were not a mark from me putting a waypoint on them, they could easily be hit by a lower unit... That alone makes the GPS well worth the extra couple hundred dollars....much more saved vs a new lower unit, which can run quite a few more bills than that extra two for the GPS feature...
Steve |
