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Use your GPS while turkey hunting
Turkey hunters who own handheld GPS units have a great advantage over other hunters. […]
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Get the most out of your GPS
Hardly a month goes by without me getting a question about how to transfer GPS waypoints from one unit to a newer model or what to do when a GPS unit has crashed. […]
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From app to onboard GPS unit
Dear Capt. Paul:
I run the Lowrance HDS-2 with the Navionics card, on my boat and I have the Navionics boating app on my iPhone. […]
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Grey Duck Lake is Bay Courant
Dear Capt. Paul:
Can you provide the coordinates for Little Grey Duck Lake and Grey Duck Lake in the Golden Meadow/Catfish Lake Area? […]
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Get accessories for your GPS unit now
I have been getting more and more requests to assist readers with finding parts and accessories for their GPS units. […]
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Venice offshore platform fishing
Dear Capt. Paul:
I am a native of Louisiana currently living in Texas. I have a Texas registered 28-foot boat with twin 300-horsepower Verados with joystick steering.
I want to tow the boat to Venice to take my uncle fishing offshore for tuna. I’m looking for Thunder Horse, Diana and Hoover coordinates, if you have them. […]
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How to transfer Google Earth data to your GPS
Dear Capt. Paul:
I learned how to plot a path with waypoints on Google Earth. The problem is I am unsure which format to use so it will work with my GPS.
I have a month-old Garmin 547xs. Does anyone know which format I am supposed to use? If needed I can list the options that GPS Babel gives me.
The Truck Man […]
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Removed platform sites can be great fishing locations
Dear Capt. Paul:
I am looking for coordinates of shell pads that might exist in Lake Borgne and around Bay Eloi.
Any old rig pads, old islands or points, etc. would be great.
Thanks. […]
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Determining GPS courses
Dear Capt. Paul:
Recently, a skipper of a vessel put a waypoint into the GPS, and the display showed the direction and distance to that point, but it is not the same as the course to steer plotted on the chart.
Why is this? What would cause this?
– CS […]
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Position format is important
Dear Capt. Paul,
I have some coordinates directly from a buddy’s GPS, but they are not bringing me to the same location as his GPS? Is there more than one way to measure/input coordinates? What are we missing here? Why won’t they work? […]
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Hog Islands
Dear Capt. Paul,
By any chance do you have the latitude-longitude coordinates for a place called Hog Island? I used to fish it some 30 years ago. […]
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It’s springtime again
Dear Capt. Paul:
I have heard of a place called the Midnight Lump out of Venice that is supposed to be a great spot for line-breaking tuna and other big sport fishing, but I can’t find the location on any on my charts or maps.
Are the lumps protruding above the water surface or are they just underwater features? If they are only under water, how do you anchor around them?
Will 200 feet of anchor line be enough?
Thanks, John […]
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Google Earth placemarks to GPS waypoints
Dear Capt. Paul:
Can you please give detailed instruction to get GPS coordinates off Google Earth? I would like to find points in Delacroix and Hopedale areas, and put them in my Lowrance HDS7 touch screen as waypoints.
Thanks in advance. […]
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Getting the correct datum is important
Dear Capt. Paul:
In several of your articles I have read, you mentioned that the GPS coordinates were in NAD 27. I have a Garmin mapping program and in the properties are 11 NAD 27 settings. Would you be referring to NAD 27 Central? […]
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Maps and charts for your GPS unit
I hear that many of you received new GPS unit from Santa. About this time you have probably installed the unit in your boat and maybe even tried it out. […]
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Using your GPS to improve your hunting
Recently I covered how to improve your fishing by using your GPS unit. Now, I will discuss how to improve your hunting by using your GPS unit. […]