Handheld GPS - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Lets_Fish · 04-14-2010, 09:01 PM

Being a land survey that uses GPS on an almost daily bases, I would go with a well known company in the purchase of either a GPS or Chartplotter. Make sure that if you are looking at GPS or Chartplotter units to look at the waterproof ones if you plan on using it on the water. Also ask about download compatability with your PC or Mac (USB or SD card type). As for handheld GPS unit loaded with maps, they most likely would only cover "land" areas and not navigation of waterways. A good chartplotter would be loaded or can be loaded with navigation maps for your purpose of collection way points. I would suggest look at the chartplotters for that purpose.

Here's a few links:

http://www.thegpsstore.com/GPS-Fishfinders-C38.aspx

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...key=SiteSearch

04-14-2010, 09:01 PM	#8
Lets_Fish Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Wildomar, CA. Posts: 294	GPS vs Chartplotter Being a land survey that uses GPS on an almost daily bases, I would go with a well known company in the purchase of either a GPS or Chartplotter. Make sure that if you are looking at GPS or Chartplotter units to look at the waterproof ones if you plan on using it on the water. Also ask about download compatability with your PC or Mac (USB or SD card type). As for handheld GPS unit loaded with maps, they most likely would only cover "land" areas and not navigation of waterways. A good chartplotter would be loaded or can be loaded with navigation maps for your purpose of collection way points. I would suggest look at the chartplotters for that purpose. Here's a few links: http://www.thegpsstore.com/GPS-Fishfinders-C38.aspx http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...key=SiteSearch