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Guppy · 07-14-2017, 05:08 AM

Spent plenty of time in the fog back in the day but not so much in recent times..
Headed out b 4 first light yesterday fogged in , GPS and old track makes it a cake walk... :-)

Wasn't long b 4 I realized I never look at the compass any more! In sight of land or lights my old brain cells are well orientated, make a turn in a general direction then fine tune it with the GPS ... All is well

Trying to get in tight to plug a spot I quickly noticed on a slow to no drift the GPS was useless... But couldn't break the habit of looking there first.. :-( boats pointed south GPS reads 360..... Dah

Ended up at the race spinning in circles LOL .... My old brain cells kept getting disorientated... Every time I went to set a new drift I'd spin around a couple times b 4 I'd get back to the depth I was looking for....

Once I stopped looking at the GPS things got better, not the fish mind you, just the drift... :-)

The days I don't fish I'm still waking up at two! Thus the long wind post! :-)

07-14-2017, 05:08 AM	#1
Guppy User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Cape Cod Posts: 5,515	Pea soup Spent plenty of time in the fog back in the day but not so much in recent times.. Headed out b 4 first light yesterday fogged in , GPS and old track makes it a cake walk... :-) Wasn't long b 4 I realized I never look at the compass any more! In sight of land or lights my old brain cells are well orientated, make a turn in a general direction then fine tune it with the GPS ... All is well Trying to get in tight to plug a spot I quickly noticed on a slow to no drift the GPS was useless... But couldn't break the habit of looking there first.. :-( boats pointed south GPS reads 360..... Dah Ended up at the race spinning in circles LOL .... My old brain cells kept getting disorientated... Every time I went to set a new drift I'd spin around a couple times b 4 I'd get back to the depth I was looking for.... Once I stopped looking at the GPS things got better, not the fish mind you, just the drift... :-) The days I don't fish I'm still waking up at two! Thus the long wind post! :-)