Fish Finders and GPS

[bwana]

Originally Posted by Cbad Mike

As for GPS..... I will never buy anything without it. I personally don't use the GPS as much as a lot of other guys but I have been surprised by a couple fast moving fog banks that took away any sense of direction and gave me only 15 feet of visibility. If I didn't have my GPS to turn to so I could find my way back to shore I would have been really screwed.

I second what Mike said.

Also as a redundant safety item I have a Richie compass mounted on deck.

I remember a LJ tournament years ago where the radio chatter was full of experience kayakers lost in the fog with a couple dangerously close to the surf on the outside. I could see my position clearly on the GPS map.

Add the ability to mark your waypoints, seeing tracks to redo good drifts, and recording sleigh rides make it money well spent.