With all the fishing I do, my secret fishing holes sometimes gets lost and buried in the back of my mind. Of course I’ve kept maps and records so when I return I can get down to what’s important: catching fish. But for the past 5 years or so, I’ve been using the Garmin eTrex to log waypoints and GPS coordinates so that I can actually go back to the same spot within a few meters or so.

One nice thing about my Garmin is that fact that the GPS receiver is waterproof and believe me I’ve tested this fact on accident when I slipped on a slimy rock.  Both the reciever and me got drenched but the eTrax managed out better since I banged up my knee pretty bad.

Even though the hike back to the car was painful, the Garmin kept me on the right track.  That day I was really glad I had GPS and set a waypoint at my car since I could’t see where the car through the thick brush but the eTrax said I was only 100 meters away.

Alas, I found my car and headed back to the motel for some badly needed ice on the knee. The next day I used the eTrex to go to the exact spot to catch some more rainbows.  But that is another story…