05-18-2011, 04:33 PM
Yes,
It's a crazy idea. Unless you are way out in open water, you can tell how fast you're going by watching the shoreline. There is no need to know the numerical value of your speed especially when trolling. A GPS would satisfy your curiosity and add a lot of functionality to your set up. I have a place that I camp and fish that is accessed from a roadside culvert. After launching my kayak, I travel down the creek into two or three widenings of the creek (small lakes) before it opens up into the big lake. If I round the point and follow the shore line it leads to another creek and a smaller lake which has the campsite and good fishing.
With the waypoints marked on my Garmin handheld I could easily find this place in the dark.
I hope this example illustrates that the GPS could be a very useful tool whereas the speed sensor for you finder would be just a novelty unless you have a big boat you switch up with the finder.
God Bless,
Don
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It's a crazy idea. Unless you are way out in open water, you can tell how fast you're going by watching the shoreline. There is no need to know the numerical value of your speed especially when trolling. A GPS would satisfy your curiosity and add a lot of functionality to your set up. I have a place that I camp and fish that is accessed from a roadside culvert. After launching my kayak, I travel down the creek into two or three widenings of the creek (small lakes) before it opens up into the big lake. If I round the point and follow the shore line it leads to another creek and a smaller lake which has the campsite and good fishing.
With the waypoints marked on my Garmin handheld I could easily find this place in the dark.
I hope this example illustrates that the GPS could be a very useful tool whereas the speed sensor for you finder would be just a novelty unless you have a big boat you switch up with the finder.
God Bless,
Don
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