MikeA57
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I finally got to see how these guys use a GPS units to mark brush piles, logs, etc. On Sardis Lake, where I went this week, the Corp. of Engineers sets up a drop off point for people to leave their discarded Xmas trees which they (the CoE) then take and deposit piles of around the lake at various spots. My buddy and others like him spend the winter traveling around on 4 wheelers dropping Xmas trees all over exposed areas that will be submerged when the spring rains hit and drain into the lake. Sardis is a flood control lake so they draw it down REAL far in the winter. They'll drag the trees out to a likely spot, anchor them down and set a waypoint in the GPS. When it comes to crappie time just pull up the waypoint on the GPS and it'll take you right to it. Thing of beauty, it truly was. That was my first experience with a GPS unit and I want one, although I do feel it's a little like cheating. Wandering around the lake while the water is down and learning the lake is one thing but marking spots on a device that will let you find them again with almost pinpoint accuracy is something completely different. I guess I just need to let go of the old ways though and catch up with the times. It was cool not having to spend time looking for spots where the crappie were congregating.