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Howard
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Best hand held GPS for fishing?
Please keep in mind I am a mental midget when it comes to electronics and I need something extremely user friendly.
I am looking to buy, hopefully for under $100, a hand held GPS to mark fishing spots and if need be to get me back to the dock. I see the Garmin e
Trex but before I pull the trigger I am looking for your expertise.
What do you recommend to get me started?
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We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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woody with a view
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something cheep!
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Pompano
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Garmin Map76 is good, cheap, and user friendly.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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monoloco
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I really like Nobletec for navigation. They have a iPad app called Time Zero. I'm not sure if they have charts for Baja, but if they do it's a really
powerful tool.
http://app.nobeltec.com
"The future ain't what it used to be"
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msteve1014
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And has a larger screen than the e trex, good for older eyes.
I have both.
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Skipjack Joe
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I used the iphone on my last trip.
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chuckie
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I keep going back to the Garmin ETREX.....I have the normal overpriced all singing all dancing unit in my boat....But the ETREX has provided reliable
backup on more than one occasion....and UNDER 100 bucks....
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skippermike
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GPS
I'll second Pompano's recommendation on the Garmin 76.
I've used it for years, including driving a mapping PC as a backup to a "real" chart plotter.
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LaTijereta
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There are great Free apps for your smart phone or iphone that work here off Loreto on the water "without" cellular service required out there.. They
track, marked your location and have navigational charts for the waters..
Democracy is like two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
Ben Franklin (1759)
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Russ
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Garmin 76 or I have an old model 72 I'll trade for something.
Here's the owners manual
http://static.garmincdn.com/pumac/GPS72_OwnersManual.pdf
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aguachico
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get a garmin 76 map b/w. secure the battery cap with a piece of spectra to the loop in the back. Coat your network connections with dialectic grease.
I have had mine for at least 7 years. Solid unit
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wessongroup
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Some cool stuff ... 
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chuckie
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Bout got me convinced, may retire the ETREX!
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Russ
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I also have the etrex but I don't like it as well as the older GPS72.
Howard, this is available if you'd prefer it.
Manual and info. https://buy.garmin.com/shop/store/manual.jsp?product=010-006...
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Howard
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Unless it has a much larger screen, I would like to stick to the Garmin.
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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Russ
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etrex has a smaller screen and not as user friendly. imo
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Howard
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The Garmin it is!
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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ncampion
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eTrex is also a Garmin.
Living Large in Loreto. Off-grid and happy.
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Howard
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OK then;
The Garmin GPS 72 from Russ is it!
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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chuckie
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Lets all drink to that!
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