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I have a simple handheld Garmin for my boat. Yes , one with a map would be nice and if I were regularly venturing offshore , I'd probably get one. For Navigating the Bay in case of fog , the $150 hand held is more than enough.
I can see a use for the handhelds for fishing too. particularly in places with long stretches of featureless beach. Say you find a hole somewhere along a 10 mile stretch of beach. Its nice to just be able to drive withing say 50 yards of the spot using the GPS. Then , you have to find the exact spot but that should be easy enough if you are close.
Another use for it (Fishing in the Third Millenium) is to get on the puter and look at Arial or Satellite Photos. Lets say you see a spot that has a rocky point along a featureless beach. You know there will be fish there at some stage of the tide. You get the Lat and Long off the Map (say a spot in EastHam , MA) You then hop in the car in Cumberland , RI and start driving there. Instead of wondering oif you are on the right stret or whatever (as we do when hunting spots the old way) you just keep zeroing in on the spot with the GPS. Eventually the GPS will get you close enough to see this remote rocky point and bang , you found a new fishing spot using Sat photos and GPS electronics.
Anyway , if used intelligently with other sources fo information , I think a hand held GPS could be useflto a surfcaster. On a boat , for $150 , you got to be crazy to go out without one.
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