Jimbo wrote on Apr 19^th, 2017 at 12:56pm:

lotalota - Since you've converted to hi-tech kayak fisherman from cruiser canoe guy, maybe you'd be interested in a, um, high-tech "accessory" for your new vessel?  Check this out:   (You need to Login or Register .  I understand that lots of folks use them with kayaks.  It just so happens that I have one on hand.  It's in at least as good a condition as your Vexilar fish finder.  And guess what?  I'd be willing to trade it, straight-up, for your Vexilar... which I see you have listed "for sale" in the gear-for-sale forum.  Unbelievable, huh? Of course, you'd have to be able to deal with its high degree of luminescent "pinkness."  Well, that's an advantage, right?  At least you wouldn't be lost at sea when, er... I mean 'if', you ever get blown where you don't wish to go.  No way the rescue team couldn't find you! Anyway folks, you can plainly see that, if I am willing to part with a treasured family heirloom for it, a Vexilar fish finder is clearly worth its weight in gold.  At $50 it's a real steal! Later, Jimbo   8-)

That would certainly get in the way of all the accessories I have hanging of The Dreamcicle (my kayak, it's orange).  Thanks for the offer, but I'll have to decline. 

I'm all about going slow, not fast.  I have a project to map some semi-secret lakes outside of the BWCAW, and I will be paddling about using autochart live on my Helix.  I will create the the only good maps of these lakes--as the existing ones were done with strings in the 1950's. Then I'm going to fish them smartly.

If anyone sees a bright orange kayak in a lake off the echo, paddle by and say hello.