Ancient_Angler wrote on May 1^st, 2013 at 10:47pm:

At home, my bass boat has depth finders fore and aft, including one that displays topo maps of most lakes in North America. One fly-in trips I carry a portable Humminbird. So, I am familiar with the utility of the rigs. In the wilderness, however, I go without. Too heavy and I don't want to mess with carrying the darn thing through the woods.

I'm with you on this AA.  In WCPP and the more remote parks where I do my tripping I really believe I could catch fish with a safety pin and a piece of string.  So why lug another piece of gear and stick that ugly thing on the bottom of my beautiful canoe.  That being said, I take chairs and books and a travel Scrabble game so when it comes to carrying extra gear, who am I kidding  ::).