course up or north up?

[JohnMickish]

Course up. Left side of the boat is left side of the map.

[B-man715]

North up for me too.

My buddy has his stuff set to track up. I don't know how some of you guys can stand it It's like having only one little waypoint for a reference as to where you are in the world, verses an entire map.

For me two dimensions are better than one

On a related subject, I always laugh a little when I see somebody spin a paper map around to match their course

But in the end, whatever works for you is all that really matters.

[thatoneguy]

always north up for me.

[Cliff Wagenbach]

Course up all of the time!

Cliff

[CaptainMusky]

Course up. I could care less where north is and then have to think about which way I need to turn is it left or right? Pita. Course up left is always left and right is always right.

[Nick Kuhn]

North up. I have an excellent sense of direction: plus on my GPS the boat direction is pretty accurate so I'm never worried about what is where.

[Wayne Ek]

Always course up.

[LMITOUT]

North up.

I hate the map spinning around my position.

[Hory]

North Up. Having the map move can get annoying over time

[aanderud]

Geesh, after reading the title I would have thought it'd be like 90% north and 10% course...very surprising to me to see that it's split almost evenly.

I'm a north up guy, don't like the spinning map.

[jac714]

Course up here

[UKCM]

Course up when moving. North up if not moving or moving really slow or when I take it out of the boat in winter and am walking on the ice.

[Wish-I-Were-Fishn]

Course up when motoring on my old system, but the new Humminbird has an arrow showing me the direction I'm headed. I used north up last time out and it was a piece of cake.

Btw, what is a compass

[BartmanMN]

Course up because I can be directionally challanged but based on the suggestions, I will have to try switching to north up for slowley working a spot. But definately course up when under way.

I also use look ahead which puts the boat location lower on the screen, instead of the center. This gives you more to view in the direction you are heading.

I was looking for that 'look ahead' feature yesterday, but could not find it. What menu is it in?

[Mlaker3]

Course up. I got used to it fishing a river system where I had to split small islands and rocks, put the bow on the trail in front of you and go. Funny tho, when I map on dry ground I use N up.

[MN Mike]

I was looking for that 'look ahead' feature yesterday, but could not find it. What menu is it in?

On my Humminbird 798c it's called Birdseye View, I like that too but I usually run North up anyway.

Mike

[Stick in Mud]

North up all the way. Once in a while I'll get a bit turned around, but usually no one's around to make fun of me.

[BartmanMN]

Thanks Mike

[Fish Head]

Geesh, after reading the title I would have thought it'd be like 90% north and 10% course...very surprising to me to see that it's split almost evenly.

I'm a north up guy, don't like the spinning map.

I agree... I'm surprised by the amount of course up.

[rcguy]

Course up for me.

[rcguy]

Course up for me.

[Mlaker3]

Arent the navigation gps units in automobiles course up? My wifes is and the ones in rentals I have had are course up. ?????

[snoozebutton]

North up 90% of the time but I'll use course up when navigating a channel with some hazzards.

[Wish-I-Were-Fishn]

Course up because I can be directionally challanged but based on the suggestions, I will have to try switching to north up for slowley working a spot. But definately course up when under way.

I also use look ahead which puts the boat location lower on the screen, instead of the center. This gives you more to view in the direction you are heading.

Does Humminbird have the look ahead feature? If so, where is it?

[CaptainMusky]

I believe someone mentioned on the birds its called "birds eye view" or something like that.