After getting lost in the fog TWICE last year on Murray (so thick I couldn't see 50 yards) in the pre-dawn hours, I broke down and bought a new GPS. Let me say, this thing kicks ass.
Garmin GPSMAP 76CS
Color display, WAAS capable, accurate as hell, waterproof, floats, and has 115 MB of internal memory.
I got some Garmin mapping software and put it on my home PC. I had taken the unit to the lake to lock in some boat ramps and such that I use that aren't in the database. When I got home, I downloaded my waypoints to the PC and they appeared on the lake map. Then I could make routes from the house or the ramp to my favorite "holes", then upload these to the Garmin unit. Bam - ready to rock.
If you are on the coast, it will find the nearest tide station and give you the tide chart for that moment in time.
Pea soup or not, I can get there (although maybe slowly)
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