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Boat Fishing & Boating A new forum at Striped-Bass.com for those fishing from boats and for boating in general

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Old 06-30-2008, 03:23 PM   #1
BassyiusMaximus
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Down my way, at night, no one is ever out, which is always nice for me as I've the whole place to myself. Years ago I bought a Magellan Explorist 300 for under $200, basic, no detail, just trails I could use to get myself to and from where I need to go at night or in the fog at night, it did the job and was my backup in case the primary GPS' I have somehow went down. This past month, while fishing on Stellwagen, I had the unit in a velcro'ed pocket in my PFD when I reached over the transom on my buddies boat, there goes my blue GPS, slowly swinging down to the bottom of the bank. I thought about diving in for it but without a change of clothes, I'd have been cold and miserable for the rest of the fishing trip that day.

Magellan since has quit making the Explorist series so for under $150, I got an even better color model along with the chart which is as detailed as the chart on my big/primary GPS as a backup. If you can, get one, sure helps better than not having one for sure. Best thing about the Li-Ion battery is that it is rechargeable so no more me buying AA batteries or AAA's anymore, just leave the thing on and either charge it up at home or use the 12V on the boat/truck to recharge, nice.
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