GPS?

[Southern Sportsman]

I'm looking for a GPS to get my dad for Christmas. He will use it almost exclusively for fishing. Just need to be able to easily mark and input waypoints and navigate to them. He is NOT very technologically savy, so ease of use will outweigh lots of cool functions. Any suggestions?

 

[rsimms]

Do you mean a plain GPS or a depth finder which includes GPS. If it is the latter, I would suggest something from the Humminbird 500 Series: http://store.humminbird.com/category/247617/500_Series

 

[Southern Sportsman]

He already has a basic finder, so I was thinking just a GPS, but will look into the combo units

 

[Crosshairy]

I assume that he doesn't have a smart phone - is that right?

Another option is to use a smartphone app like Trimble's GPS Fish.

The upside to phone-based systems is that they have lots of on-screen help, high-res graphics, and have more features because of all the options with touch screens. The downsides are battery life, having "all your eggs in one basket", and data plan costs with smartphones. Fortunately, the GPS in the phone works even if there is no cell signal.

Best of luck!

 

[chunkandwind]

If he has an Iphone get him the Navionics App for $10.
It is fantastic.