I am not to electronics oriented so bear with me. I do not have a gps unit. what do I need to buy to be able to enter known gps co ordinates and track it on the water.dont want to spend a wad of money, so cheap matters.
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I am not to electronics oriented so bear with me. I do not have a gps unit. what do I need to buy to be able to enter known gps co ordinates and track it on the water.dont want to spend a wad of money, so cheap matters.
Well you can just look on Google earth, find where you wanna go, then print it out and you'll have a map. You can get handheld GPS units for under $100 though.
Do you have a smart phone? There is a Navionics app in the play store that lets you do all that a gps unit will, cheap for what is is capable of.
I've got one of those on my phone, but there are some spots on the Black River where you get no data, no matter the carrier. But where there's service it works great!
I have it also and love it. It works mostly where i fish. We can thank Newly for this find.
Just about any GPS now comes with a data cable and you can enter coordinates on the computer program then download to the GPS. It's so easy a cave man (Newly) can do it.
Garmin E-trex's are good units and can be found for about 100.00 depending on which E-trex you get.
I bought a hand held gps and used it once for waypoints, now I just use it to see how fast im going (trolling)...........I can pretty much go back to any honey hole I find on the lake with no problem without a gps
I got the app and look for outdated GPS units on sale. If just for GPS service even look at ones used
Hey Enoman, how ya been? As everyone else has said a handheld gps will work fine for you, but if you are using it on your boat all the time just for fishing I would invest in a gps/fishfinder combo. I think you would be happier with it. You can find them used and with those map chips they make you won't believe the detail you can get while on the water. It totally changed the way we fish and catch.
Mike
Take a kid outdoors!
A Smart Phone and apps: MX Mariner, and/or Maverick should give you what you need. Keep in mind that bright sun can affect who well you can see what is on the screen. B----Quote:
yeah mike, right on the combo. i had a nice humminbird 596c combo unit with map card. had over a 100 waypoints on it. 1 day on randleman it showed low voltage then went out. never worked again. humminbird says they dont repair those units anymore. might pick up a new combo at cabellas opening. hard to find extra cash on retirement though. when you planning on your roanoke trip?
Extra cash is hard when you're working too. LOL I've been looking at the Lowrance HDS7 with sidescan for a while now, but just can't pull the trigger on it. We'll be up there Tue/Wed/Thur the of the last two weeks in April. We are ready to go too.
Mike
Take a kid outdoors!
Mike dont forget trout season.
We have an older Humminbird on our boat and only use it for GPS. We don't even have the transducer hooked up. Maybe you can find someone upgrading and pick up their old one if it has a GPS. You may want to try Craigslist.
I have a old Garmin that has a gps on it it's not color if you are interested i have the transducer to
I checked the Garmin I've got it's doesn't have a gps on it
Don't worry Bobby J, we already have plans together. We'll be there bright and early!! ;)
Mike
Take a kid outdoors!
