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1.) DParker - 01/06/2017
As you all know I'm a techie nerd and love my high-tech gadgets, blowing all sorts of time and money on automating my home and the like. But even I recognize that there are places where electronic gizmos are just contrary to the spirit of what it is that you're trying to accomplish. An example of this is the following product unveiled at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas:
[URL="http://www.designboom.com/technology/powerray-fishing-drone-ces-2017-01-04-2017/"]Underwater drone for fishing[/URL]
While I admire the technology itself, and think this would be a really fun thing to play Jacques Cousteau with just zooming it around a lake or ocean bay and seeing what's down there in 4K UHD, actually using it for fishing I think completely...as I said...misses the point of the activity.
And I can only imagine the fun of using it for saltwater fishing, right up until a shark decides to make a meal of your expensive swimming robot.
[URL="http://www.designboom.com/technology/powerray-fishing-drone-ces-2017-01-04-2017/"]Underwater drone for fishing[/URL]
While I admire the technology itself, and think this would be a really fun thing to play Jacques Cousteau with just zooming it around a lake or ocean bay and seeing what's down there in 4K UHD, actually using it for fishing I think completely...as I said...misses the point of the activity.
And I can only imagine the fun of using it for saltwater fishing, right up until a shark decides to make a meal of your expensive swimming robot.
2.) bluecat - 01/06/2017
It would serve law enforcement well as they look for bodies or evidence. Biologists would benefit in quantifying habitat, fish diversity, population estimates, etc.
But you are right, the actual fishing experience would be lost. It seems there is always a trade-off with technology.
But you are right, the actual fishing experience would be lost. It seems there is always a trade-off with technology.
3.) bluecat - 01/06/2017
I would have to constantly pull my drone out and remove the moss from it anyway...
4.) Swamp Fox - 01/06/2017
The weedless drone with PowerProp...Coming soon.
This would be very cool for fishing television. But I agree: especially for the type of fishing where you never know what you're going to catch, it would probably take a lot of the magic away. I mean, if you fish a lake where the rumor is there are catfish as big as Volkswagens lurking at the dam, or drop your lines to the Mystery Reef at Davy Jones' Locker, do you really want to know exactly what's down there before you hook it and fight it to the surface?
On the other hand, some anglers are so good with a fishfinder that they're almost taking portraits of the fish around their boats already anyway, LOL.
I'd be a little surprised if some police dive teams haven't been using something like this already, but this might make it much more possible for more of them to search murky water, especially, which is all you have around here. I have a friend who had some of that type of training, and I always remember him telling me of dives where you literally couldn't see your hand in front of your face.
This would be very cool for fishing television. But I agree: especially for the type of fishing where you never know what you're going to catch, it would probably take a lot of the magic away. I mean, if you fish a lake where the rumor is there are catfish as big as Volkswagens lurking at the dam, or drop your lines to the Mystery Reef at Davy Jones' Locker, do you really want to know exactly what's down there before you hook it and fight it to the surface?
On the other hand, some anglers are so good with a fishfinder that they're almost taking portraits of the fish around their boats already anyway, LOL.
I'd be a little surprised if some police dive teams haven't been using something like this already, but this might make it much more possible for more of them to search murky water, especially, which is all you have around here. I have a friend who had some of that type of training, and I always remember him telling me of dives where you literally couldn't see your hand in front of your face.
5.) Swamp Fox - 01/06/2017
One thing this thing has (and supposedly it works) is a remote bait drop function. I haven't looked into how it works yet, but on top of the exploratory and videography possibilities, this might be the coolest and most useful feature for some types of fishing.
6.) DParker - 01/06/2017
I added a photo from the article to my post, mainly for the hipster-meets-LL-Bean vibe it offers.
7.) bluecat - 01/06/2017
The prototype
8.) Swamp Fox - 01/06/2017
[QUOTE=DParker;46477]I added a photo from the article to my post, mainly for the hipster-meets-LL-Bean vibe it offers.[/QUOTE]
Nailed it...I knew there was something about that pic. LOL
Nailed it...I knew there was something about that pic. LOL
9.) Swamp Fox - 01/06/2017
Well, that and the fact that he's fishing from an inflatable raft in Timberlands...LOL.
10.) bluecat - 01/06/2017
He looks all manly and stuff but he has a small dinghy.
11.) bluecat - 01/06/2017
It looks like he has the reel set up incorrectly or maybe his right hand is on his hip admiring his smaller than average dinghy.
12.) Swamp Fox - 01/06/2017
A lot of spinning reels (probably most these days) are interchangeable retrieve L-R. So if you're a lefty you can cast a spinning rod with your left and reel right now, as opposed to the olden days when lefties just had to suck it up and get with the program.
Normal people have always cast spinning rod right, and reeled left. :wink
At first I was thinking, "Bluecat's not one of those guys who fishes with the spinning reel on TOP of the rod, is he?" But then my brain kicked in.
:-)
Normal people have always cast spinning rod right, and reeled left. :wink
At first I was thinking, "Bluecat's not one of those guys who fishes with the spinning reel on TOP of the rod, is he?" But then my brain kicked in.
:-)
13.) bluecat - 01/06/2017
It always ruins movie credibility when you see someone fishing with a spinning reel on top. It's a two-fer. You know the person fishing didn't know enough to use the reel correctly and the producer didn't know enough to correct them.
14.) bluecat - 01/06/2017
Those Timberlands won't look so good with fish guts splashed all over them.
15.) bluecat - 01/06/2017
btw, I [B]AM[/B] one of those guys, but not when it comes to reel positioning. I'm the guy coming out of the nightclub at 2:00 am with a chick under each arm and my shirt is unbuttoned to my pecs so you can see my gold chains. I [B]AM[/B] that guy.
16.) Swamp Fox - 01/06/2017
[QUOTE=bluecat;46486]It always ruins movie credibility when you see someone with a spinning reel on top. It's a two-fer. You know the person fishing didn't know enough to use the reel correctly and the producer didn't know enough to correct them.[/QUOTE]
LOTS worse than shooting handguns with no recoil/snap.
In fact, most times you see fishing on the screen there's something weird going on. Crap tackle and weird rigs and how to hold rods and fight fish are the main ones I guess. I'll bet [I]Grumpy Old Men [/I]was a gold mine for guys who know anything about ice fishing, LOL
I'm not into flyfishing, so I can't be a critic on that, but lots of movies and commercials show fishing as flyfishing. I notice nobody ever actually casts or hooks a fish in those, either. They just stand around up to their knees in water. :cf:
LOTS worse than shooting handguns with no recoil/snap.
In fact, most times you see fishing on the screen there's something weird going on. Crap tackle and weird rigs and how to hold rods and fight fish are the main ones I guess. I'll bet [I]Grumpy Old Men [/I]was a gold mine for guys who know anything about ice fishing, LOL
I'm not into flyfishing, so I can't be a critic on that, but lots of movies and commercials show fishing as flyfishing. I notice nobody ever actually casts or hooks a fish in those, either. They just stand around up to their knees in water. :cf:
17.) bluecat - 01/06/2017
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;46490]
I'm not into flyfishing, so I can't be a critic on that, but lots of movies and commercial show fishing as flyfishing. I notice nobody ever actually casts or hooks a fish in those, either. The just stand around up to their knees in water. :cf:[/QUOTE]
LOL, here's a little secret on that. Nobody casts or hooks a fish on that in reality either.
I'm not into flyfishing, so I can't be a critic on that, but lots of movies and commercial show fishing as flyfishing. I notice nobody ever actually casts or hooks a fish in those, either. The just stand around up to their knees in water. :cf:[/QUOTE]
LOL, here's a little secret on that. Nobody casts or hooks a fish on that in reality either.
18.) bluecat - 01/06/2017
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;46490] I'm not into flyfishing, so I can't be a critic on that, but lots of movies and commercial show fishing as flyfishing. I notice nobody ever actually casts or hooks a fish in those, either. They just stand around up to their knees in water. :cf: [/QUOTE]
:laugh:
Well that's about it really.
+5
:laugh:
Well that's about it really.
+5
19.) Swamp Fox - 01/06/2017
[QUOTE=bluecat;46488]btw, I [B]AM[/B] one of those guys, but not when it comes to reel positioning. I'm the guy coming out of the nightclub at 2:00 am with a chick under each arm and my shirt is unbuttoned to my pecs so you can see my gold chains. I [B]AM[/B] that guy.
[/QUOTE]
LOL...
The question is, after a night like that, will you be at the dock at 5:30? THAT's the test of a fisherman, LOL.
[/QUOTE]
LOL...
The question is, after a night like that, will you be at the dock at 5:30? THAT's the test of a fisherman, LOL.
20.) DParker - 01/06/2017
[QUOTE=bluecat;46488]btw, I [B]AM[/B] one of those guys, but not when it comes to reel positioning. I'm the guy coming out of the nightclub at 2:00 am with a chick under each arm and my shirt is unbuttoned to my pecs so you can see my gold chains. I [B]AM[/B] that guy.[/QUOTE]
We're not worthy.
We're not worthy.
21.) DParker - 01/06/2017
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;46493]LOL...
The question is, after a night like that, will you be at the dock at 5:30? THAT's the test of a fisherman, LOL.[/QUOTE]
5:30? No sweat...there's still a couple hours of daylight left in the summer.
The question is, after a night like that, will you be at the dock at 5:30? THAT's the test of a fisherman, LOL.[/QUOTE]
5:30? No sweat...there's still a couple hours of daylight left in the summer.
22.) Swamp Fox - 01/06/2017
LOL...Touche...I debated adding AM...You got me, LOL.
23.) bluecat - 01/06/2017
24.) Swamp Fox - 01/06/2017
Bluecat, fix my typo in your quote of me back to the way you did originally. I went back and fixed my original post.
This is just making you look sloopy...
LOL
This is just making you look sloopy...
LOL
25.) bluecat - 01/06/2017
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;46493]LOL...
The question is, after a night like that, will you be at the dock at 5:30? THAT's the test of a fisherman, LOL.[/QUOTE]
I'll be mooring my dinghy, does that count?
The question is, after a night like that, will you be at the dock at 5:30? THAT's the test of a fisherman, LOL.[/QUOTE]
I'll be mooring my dinghy, does that count?
26.) Swamp Fox - 01/06/2017
Too much information...
But I know how it is. You're better off leaving other people's crab pots alone. Just sayin'...
But I know how it is. You're better off leaving other people's crab pots alone. Just sayin'...
27.) DParker - 01/06/2017
[QUOTE=bluecat;46499]I'll be mooring my dinghy, does that count?[/QUOTE]
Is it gay if you have a Johnson on your dinghy?
Is it gay if you have a Johnson on your dinghy?
28.) Swamp Fox - 01/06/2017
Well...It's definitely more festive...