GPS / Chartplotter / Fish finder Combos Anglers Beware!



Posted: Thursday, March 19, 2009

by Jeff Glassman
http://www.premiumfishfinders.com

Every angler who recently watched the news of the former football players fishing trip turn deadly had to have a sick feeling in their stomach. Fishing is the best way to relax and enjoy companionship with family and friends. Today's technology in navigation and fish finders have allowed us anglers to fish bodies of water we have only dreamed of fishing and in turn, find and catch more fish. But, it also has brought a false sense of security.

With the new technology, the fish have no chance against a GPS / Fish finder combo. As the computer and electronic world keeps growing, so will the use of Global Positioning Systems. GPS / Fish Finder combos utilize this technology in order to find fish, navigate on the water, save your route and positions (waypoint) in order to navigate back to hot fishing spots and back to the dock. They are definitely the most advanced fish finder on the market today, utilizing all the new sonar technology and packing the most power of all fish finder categories. Humminbird 1100 & 900 series fish finder has freeze frame technology to mark hot spots anywhere on the sonar screen, wide and narrow sonar beams can be viewed individually or together, sonar enhancement for tracking your lure, built in unimap of continental US lakes, rivers and coastline, Navionics Platinum compatible with satellite overlays, aerial photography, and 3-D views and many other features. Lowrance HDS fish finder (high definition revolution) has gps antenna and broadband sonar, amazing insight mapping, platinum mapping options and so much more. Garmin GPSMAP fish finder, Furuno NavNet fish finder, Raymarine A-series fish finder, NorthStar explorer fish finder and numerous other fish finder manufacturers and series have some unbelievable technology.

Before today's technology of combining GPS data, electronic chartography and fish finder capabilities, anglers or navigators had to transpose positions derived from visual sightings onto a paper chart. Electronic charts provide a lot more information than paper charts and, is much easier to use with GPS / Chartplotter / Fish Finder combos.

With the ease of navigation and fish finding through all the new technology, anglers depend on their electronics for a safe and productive fishing trip. That is why, it is so important to have a back up waterproof paper chart of the body of water you are fishing. You probably will never have problems with your electronics, but it only takes one time to get lost on the water. Take the time to learn how to read a paper chart, just like you did to learn your new fish finder combo. Always have back up, live and love long, have fun and catch more fish.

If you are looking for a new fish finder or more information on what to look for in a new gps / fish finder combo, I recommend visiting http://www.premiumfishfinders.com for more information and to review new fish finders from all the top manufacturers in the industry.

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