Glad you made it in. ;)

You don't NEED one but after borrowing units for a few years I finally broke down and bought my own. I have a   (You need to Login or Register. I got the portable version with the 8 D cell holder but 8Ds are darn heavy so I replaced it with an 8 AA pack from Radio Shack like most people use. I rigged up a way to velcro it to a thwart so I don't use the bag or the stand either but it was on sale for like $110 so I though what if. The portable part was a waste of $30 for me but it could definitely be rather convenient for someone else.

Their nice to have for trolling. Less wasted time guessing = more time catching. There's a minimum depth alarm that probably saved me a couple lures no doubt but mostly it's just fun to know what it's like below.