01-09-2007, 02:52 PM
You're right on. And yea, they do take up alot of room. Radar wasn't neccessarily designed for use in smaller boats; and there really isn't a need. It's like you said, you can do alot with a GPS. The safest way i've found is to save a "trail." That way you know right where you are the entire time. I take it that's what you do it. I have trails saved in my GPS and it works great everytime. However, I rarely have to use that feature to navigate the marshes. Even in the winter they stay pretty safe and clear.
I also have a secret weapon in the marsh, my aluminum bass boat. LOL Anytime I fish in the marsh or the inlet, I always leave my Center Console at the house and bring the ol' bass tracker. I've run a-ground, over stumps in the river, drug it over oyster beds, etc.... The girl still keeps on kicking. A small aluminum boat is way more effiecient in shallow marshes and inlets that a larger boat with a deep draft. I can float my boat in 6 inches of water, most larger boats require over twice that. Alot of the good fishing holes on this side of the hill require scootin' through the shallow stuff to get to the fish. I'm quite sure the senario is way different where you're at, just based on the background in your pictures. You've probably got a good run in open water as well as in the marsh; and probably can't use a smaller boat like the one I do.
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I also have a secret weapon in the marsh, my aluminum bass boat. LOL Anytime I fish in the marsh or the inlet, I always leave my Center Console at the house and bring the ol' bass tracker. I've run a-ground, over stumps in the river, drug it over oyster beds, etc.... The girl still keeps on kicking. A small aluminum boat is way more effiecient in shallow marshes and inlets that a larger boat with a deep draft. I can float my boat in 6 inches of water, most larger boats require over twice that. Alot of the good fishing holes on this side of the hill require scootin' through the shallow stuff to get to the fish. I'm quite sure the senario is way different where you're at, just based on the background in your pictures. You've probably got a good run in open water as well as in the marsh; and probably can't use a smaller boat like the one I do.
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