Who Needs a G.P.S.? Try Triangulation

There's good news in the world of Florida fishing for anglers without a G.P.S. -- triangulation.

To remember a honey hole, Capt. Jonnie still uses triangulation, a method in which an angler picks three spots on shorelines far in the distance, and once he or she has followed each point and is at the "cross-hairs" of all three, the artificial reef or ledge is below the boat.

For example, an angler can mark a spot by finding -- a tree in front of a house with a high chimney (a great example of a marker) at 12 o'clock, a water tower at three o'clock, and a channel marker at six o'clock.

The angler can make a note of an artificial reef, for example, by jotting down these three points.

On the way to the spot, find one such "marker", then follow a line to the next marker, and finally to the third, and you have triangulated your position. You can feel like a seasoned fishing veteran and war strategist simultaneously.

"That's the way we used to do it years before there were condos on the beach," Capt. Jonnie said.

So for those who cannot afford a G.P.S., this "old-school" method is effective and, in its own way, a tad adventurous.