HTML clipboardHaving grown up on the New Jersey shore I’ve fond memories of just spending long summer days on the Barnegat Bay fishing or sailing with friends. I also have memories of coming back home late and having to explain I’d lost tabs on distance on the water and ended up too far south. Any person who spent their childhood years around the water can appreciate the challenge of getting my mother and father to believe me even though it happened repeatedly.
 
 Needless to say, there’s no room for this type of poor excuse nowadays with the available Garmin Marine GPS devices that happen to be available on the market. Although we were certainly not out of sight of land in the bay, you nevertheless could lose track of the length of time you could have drifted while fishing. This issue of distance is magnified if you needed to sail back against the wind. Using the new Garmin Marine GPS units it is possible to determine your exact location within just a few seconds.
 
 Another excellent marine electronics unit that I would love to have had when young would have been a good fish finder. Even though we were very good knowing where the fish would hide, our skills just could not match up against the new fish finders in the marketplace.
 
 A buddy recently exposed me to the convenience of using an electronic fish finder. He preferred the Humminbird fish finder models which are available in several different designs and styles.  They range from somewhat low-cost fundamental fish finders to more sophisticated chart plotters. I remember trying out similar models years ago when they were first introduced to the market and they were quite expensive and sometimes extremely tough to understand. That isn’t true with the modern electronics.
 
 An additional interesting model is the Lowrance fish finder. Obviously anyone who has ever been around the water knows the Lowrance name. You’ll see their name dressing many a radar mast on the high priced yachts in the marina. However the Lowrance fish finder isn’t just reasonably priced but very sensible. Just like some other makes, they offer numerous products and you are just restricted by your price range and fishing requirements.
 
 If you have been away from the water for virtually any length of time as I was, you truly ought to take some time to check out the big variety of marine electronics that not only will increase your boating enjoyment but additionally will certainly promote your safety on the water.


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