Even if you aren't a professional fisherman, there are plenty of fishing tools that are more useful than you would expect.
Whether you plan on throwing the fish back into the pond or are sea fishing for dinner, there are a lot of tools out on the market that was not available in the past. Of the many tools, there are a few that anyone interested in fishing should look inside.
It may not be applied for fishing, but insect repellent is essential to stay comfortable while fishing all afternoon.
A digital fishing scale for the end of a hook is one of the many fishing accessories people don't often consider. The hanging scale will tell you how large the fish is before you even reel it in.
Polarized sunglasses are also incredibly helpful in letting you see better and minimizing eye damage.
Beam Me Up, Scotty Downriggers
Not really, of course. If there's anything a downrigger is, it's down to earth. Or water, as the case may be, rather than the final frontier. Although come to think of it, downriggers were invented on what was once the frontier: the Great Lakes. Which is where they work best, in large bodies of water.
Scotty downriggers (as they are called because they were developed in part by one Blayney Scott in the 1970s) are pretty much the standard to which other downriggers aspire.
They come in manual and electric models, with assorted shapes and sizes and weights of releases and cannonballs and lines. If it's salmon or lake trout you want, this is the way to go.
Whether you plan on throwing the fish back into the pond or are sea fishing for dinner, there are a lot of tools out on the market that was not available in the past. Of the many tools, there are a few that anyone interested in fishing should look inside.
It may not be applied for fishing, but insect repellent is essential to stay comfortable while fishing all afternoon.
A digital fishing scale for the end of a hook is one of the many fishing accessories people don't often consider. The hanging scale will tell you how large the fish is before you even reel it in.
Polarized sunglasses are also incredibly helpful in letting you see better and minimizing eye damage.
Beam Me Up, Scotty Downriggers
Not really, of course. If there's anything a downrigger is, it's down to earth. Or water, as the case may be, rather than the final frontier. Although come to think of it, downriggers were invented on what was once the frontier: the Great Lakes. Which is where they work best, in large bodies of water.
Scotty downriggers (as they are called because they were developed in part by one Blayney Scott in the 1970s) are pretty much the standard to which other downriggers aspire.
They come in manual and electric models, with assorted shapes and sizes and weights of releases and cannonballs and lines. If it's salmon or lake trout you want, this is the way to go.
