I get what some of you are saying about depth finders and other technology. As I said the lakes I fish are small and quiet. I have a light anchor that has the line marked in three foot increments. I can check depth anytime I want. I'm perfectly content to quietly and even slowly explore. I get skunked a bit but I have my good days too. All time on the water is happy time. It doesn.t bother me at all to get skunked.
Even my cell phone is only there for safety communications and the occasional picture. My music is the birds and the wind and the insects and watching wildlife. Oh yeah the splashing of a fish sounds nice to.