Quote Originally Posted by Comanche94 View Post
I have 2 different numbers listed online for the number od waypoints for the Elite-5 DSI 1,000 and also 3,000. 1,000 is plenty but which is the correct number. I had 95 waypoints in a Garmin hand held GPS and I am in the process of adding these waypoints to my Elite -5 DSI. I have 123 waypoints in this unit now and will be adding a lot more in the future. I keep the waypoints also in a composition book with good descriptions of each waypoint. But the more I mess with waypoints I find that it is difficult sometimes finding the waypoints in my book. Simply because of the numbering system. I believe I will be breaking Watts Bar Lake into sections and and use a numbering system like this; section 1 use waypoint numbers starting at 100 section 2 use waypoint numbers starting at 200 sect 3 300 sect 4 400 and so on. then I can rename the existing waypoints accordingly, and redo my book to match the new numbers, a little work but no problem I am retired. The more I use the Elite-5 DSI the more I like it. I do not get lost in the menus near as much as I did when I first started to use it. Another thing I realized was the descriptions of what is at the waypoint does not make it easier to find in the book. how many ways can you describe brush in 25 feet of water.
I would go with what the Lowrance website says .... 3000 waypoints.

Don't know if you know it or not, but I sent you a PM. I've fished WB for many years, but my catch rate has declined over the last several years. That has basically stopped me from making the annual Spring/Fall trips down there. I love the lake, and love fishing it ... but can't justify the extra road time cost vs fishing local lakes, knowing that I can catch good fish around here. That's why I said "we have to talk" .... I'd really appreciate some help in figuring the lake out, all over again. We always tried to hit the lake when the Crappie were likely under/around the docks, but when they weren't ... we struggled. Hollar back at me, if ya can help a brother out !!

... cp

ps - I have 100 waypoints for a local lake, and have them in a composition book. They are grouped & named & numbered ... grouped by area of the lake, named by what type of cover they are (pallets/brushpiles/stake beds), but numbered only by how many are in that specific area. In the unit ... they're simply numbered in the order they were entered (1-100). I haven't added any that I've found "on the fly" ... but, when I do, I will add them to the composition book by whatever area of the lake they are in (or closest to). I know in my head where the "areas" are, so when I go to an area I just open the chart page & zoom in close enough to see the area & what waypoints are there. Currently, most all of them are in about 15fow, at Summer Pool. Any I add that are in deeper/shallower water, I will have to add a water depth note in the book. I might take your suggestion and go back & add the 1-100 waypoint numbers to each waypoint description & location. If nothing else, it makes a good back-up system ... should something happen to the information stored in the unit.