3 ft can be the difference of hitting an underwater obstacle or passing right around it. Accuracy is critical in the way that we fish and conduct the operations of our boats. expand and zoom with the squish of two fingers just like an Ipad. Today the clean crisp detail with some units having high resolution of 1080, the amazing speed that the chart plotters have as well as touch screen technology its almost too easy. It was pretty archaic then as compared to todays standards but then like today it was the best in the industry. Since 1994 as LORAN was being phased out Garmin was the units we went to for our GPS needs. Incredible weather.ĭeep sea fishing Mahi Mahi, Occasional Sailfish, Wahoo and possible Marlin. Yellowtail and mutton snapper fishing is awesome.
Reef fishing Grouper season is wide open till December. We have tarpon, permit and bonefish on flats with many other species to fish for. We are Tarpon fishing season is here but starting to slow a bit.īackcountry and Flats fishing are great. One word of caution, the bigger the screen, the greater the risk of theft.A great time for deep sea, reef and backcountry fishing. Check with buddies who may have units you can see in use in the real world. Sometimes they catch a good low tide shot, or a clear water day, that lets you put waypoints right where you want to run.Īs was suggested, take a look at the different units to see what feels right for you. You can toggle through historical Google Earth images. We have used the Garmin homeport program and Google Earth to plot courses in tricky areas. I have found that the marine charts are often based on ancient soundings, so I like to see what the actual depth is while running. If you invest in a unit that is a chart plotter and a fish finder, you can run it with a split screen to keep an eye on the bottom as you run. But the new units have much increased processing speed, so your info is displayed and updated much more quickly. Obviously a big difference in screen size and ease of use. I bought a Garmin 740, and with my new 210BR, installed the 741XS. Welcome to middle age! I used a Garmin Colorado handheld until about three years ago when I realized I couldn't read the small screen when my reading glasses were covered with rain drops. I make it a habit now to inquire whether they want to see more content or bigger content. It's an ongoing thing as computer/technology savvy customers get older and eyesight suffers. And then when they get that, you find out that they really wanted a way to zoom in the content to make it bigger, not to show more content in a larger window.
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The reason I mention this is that I develop apps for computers and iPhones/iPads, and I often hear from customers that they want larger windows or the ability to resize windows to be bigger. You can always zoom in the maps to see the navigational details better, but when you have to zoom in so far that all you see is a single buoy, that starts to hurt the navigational aspect. I think you might want to go as large as you can to a certain extent and then stop there, since the next size up won't necessarily be better for eyesight/readability. Or at least do the math to compute the "dots per inch (dpi)" for each screen, knowing higher dpi will make things look smaller. You may really need to go visit a retail display where you can see all the units/sizes and compare them.
If this is a readability/eyesight issue, bigger isn't necessarily better. You can of course zoom the maps to see better detail, but the interface graphics (buttons, touch targets, etc) stay the same.
The larger units go through through these resolution jumps every couple sizes, with the bigger units showing more content on the screen, not bigger graphics. I have a 7608 unit which is an 8" screen and is the first size where you get higher resolution, so the user interface graphics are actually smaller than the 7" unit but you see more content on the screen. You can look at to get an idea of sizes and costs. Garmin makes a bunch of units that are only GPS chartplotters, though in the bigger screen sizes that usually only saves you a couple hundred bucks (or so) compared to the combo GPS/chartplotter/fishfinder that also has sonar capability.
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