gnappi
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I have a nice little GPS I use on my boat mostly like a car dashboard (speed, direction, clock) but today I went into a friend's pawn shop and he had this neat little Garmin Nuvi for a song and I picked it up for my car.
You may be wondering why I put this in the fishing reports section? Well, I'll tell you.
On the way home I plugged the USB power into it and while I drove it showed me every bit of water on or near roadways I was driving on that I never knew existed. So. Flo has a gazillion waterways and I know that, but what I did not know was how many started out as a 15' wide roadside canal that wound up meandering its way to an inaccessible lake well out of casual view of a driver!
I stopped at a few in industrial areas and all looked pretty good. Then I followed a circuitous route to a commercial building and its parking lot backed up on a seriously pristine lake... RIGHT ALONGSIDE THE INTERSTATE! I'd seen this lake hundreds of times but had no idea how I could get to it.
So out came my rod and the first few casts hooked into some very respectable LMB and peacock bass, but the shoreline is choked with weeds for 15' or so out from the shore and pulling them through the dense growth I lost them all except for this little ~1-2 pounder. It's inaccessible by boat (no ramp) but I'm going back soon with my secret weapon... the hand launchable from my truck bed 1040 Lowe. And get this, these lakes are for the most part landlocked so there are no snakeheads to decimate the LMB's.
Anyway, I've used Google Earth often to find fishing spots, but the GPS is so far more usable. More to come if I get back there soon.
You may be wondering why I put this in the fishing reports section? Well, I'll tell you.
On the way home I plugged the USB power into it and while I drove it showed me every bit of water on or near roadways I was driving on that I never knew existed. So. Flo has a gazillion waterways and I know that, but what I did not know was how many started out as a 15' wide roadside canal that wound up meandering its way to an inaccessible lake well out of casual view of a driver!
I stopped at a few in industrial areas and all looked pretty good. Then I followed a circuitous route to a commercial building and its parking lot backed up on a seriously pristine lake... RIGHT ALONGSIDE THE INTERSTATE! I'd seen this lake hundreds of times but had no idea how I could get to it.
So out came my rod and the first few casts hooked into some very respectable LMB and peacock bass, but the shoreline is choked with weeds for 15' or so out from the shore and pulling them through the dense growth I lost them all except for this little ~1-2 pounder. It's inaccessible by boat (no ramp) but I'm going back soon with my secret weapon... the hand launchable from my truck bed 1040 Lowe. And get this, these lakes are for the most part landlocked so there are no snakeheads to decimate the LMB's.
Anyway, I've used Google Earth often to find fishing spots, but the GPS is so far more usable. More to come if I get back there soon.
