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LMDUCKS
MMT Member
Joined: Thu Feb 04, 2016 2:01 pm
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 Simple GPS Hey folks. Can you give me some opinions on the best GPS for my new boat. The things that are most important to me is visibility 7" screen or bigger mapping/tracking and marking hunting spots. I was also told there are in boat transducers available rather than mounting them outside the boat. I was looking at the Lowrance Elite 7 but I just want simple I don't need all those extra fishing features. Thanks for the help.
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DUCK HEARSE
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:48 am
Posts: 3161
Location: Alabama
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Re: Simple GPS Garmin is idiot proof believe me I have own several and I still have a flip phone lol
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SETx Longtail
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Sep 01, 2013 2:53 pm
Posts: 3480
Location: Hardin County, Tx
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Re: Simple GPS I'm looking at either a Garmin or a Raymarine.
I've never heard of many people having good results with the thru-hull transducers on a mud boat.
The ram Kayak mount is what I'll be using. A few here have used it with good results.
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DUCK HEARSE
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:48 am
Posts: 3161
Location: Alabama
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Re: Simple GPS I believe Stu from Alaska has a thru hull transducer that worked good
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
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jakehawk9
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:06 pm
Posts: 1447
Location: South central, ks
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Re: Simple GPS Elite 7m. It's just a chart plotter
It's simple. get a mud motor. shoot ducks in the face.
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OlSchool
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2013 4:24 pm
Posts: 384
Location: Louisiana
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Re: Simple GPS Lowrance 7 Elite and standard map E card. You will love it.
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stualaska
MMT Addict
Joined: Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:34 am
Posts: 578
Location: North Pole, Alaska
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Re: Simple GPS After ripping off too many external transducers I started to use the Vexilar Alumaducer. I have had one in several boats and prefer it to anything else I have tried. When you are running It must be mounted over an area of smooth water flow under the boat with no air pockets or bubbles. I determine this by building a little dam out of clay or wax and sinking the transducer in it with water. On a new boat I can usually get the location on the first try, but on older boats with a rough bottom it may take several tries. I have been told about another method I haven't tried, which is to coat the bottom of the transducer, liberally, with vaseline and have another person try different locations at different speeds. It seems logical so maybe I'll give it a try on my next installation.
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Wilson
MMT F.E.
Joined: Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:35 pm
Posts: 935
Location: South LA
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Re: Simple GPS I never could get my Alumiducer to work. I ended up buying a removable transducer bracket from Cabelas.
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SCmudder7071
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:10 pm
Posts: 3024
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Re: Simple GPS I have a Garmin 64st. I like it
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stualaska
MMT Addict
Joined: Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:34 am
Posts: 578
Location: North Pole, Alaska
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Re: Simple GPS
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so many rivers, so little time
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jakehawk9
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:06 pm
Posts: 1447
Location: South central, ks
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Re: Simple GPS Will any thru hull or alumaducers work with down scan?
It's simple. get a mud motor. shoot ducks in the face.
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big country
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Thu May 01, 2014 5:48 pm
Posts: 414
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Re: Simple GPS
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jakehawk9
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:06 pm
Posts: 1447
Location: South central, ks
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Re: Simple GPS After looking at those they don't seem to be very good solutions. You still have to flip your mount up or remove it every time you go into mud. I can build something with that same function.
It's simple. get a mud motor. shoot ducks in the face.
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mizzippi jb
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:53 pm
Posts: 5077
Location: The duck Mecca called Ga!
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Re: Simple GPS What handheld are yall using? Looking at a Dakota and an Oregon right now (touch screen)
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tyler_johnson
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2013 6:22 pm
Posts: 1094
Location: El Dorado-ish, AR
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Re: Simple GPS I run the Garmin Montana 600T, best GPS I have ever used! easy to see!
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