Let the ridicule begin...

Go ahead and make fun of me - I can take it.

Sometimes when I'm watching TV I don't pay much attention to the video from the camera aimed at the pole. I haven't been catching much for fish lately so I thought it might be because I am missing the bites.

The alarm things just got here today so I haven't tried them yet. But the only problem I can foresee is that the beep sounds a bit like the low-voltage warning beep from the inverter that runs the Keurig coffee maker. So when I am brewing fresh coffee, somebody will have to watch the poles for about a minute. Fishing can be such a pain.
 
Hey Mike_

I don't think that's a bad idea at all!

If it allows you to snooze/sleep between strikes, and still not miss fish, why not?

Who wants to have to be "alert" watching one or two rods for 4, 6, 8, 10, or 12 hours at a time anyway?

At my age (70 and much older than you), one has to doze off frequently to refresh one's alertness anyway.

Just be sure to dust off the cobwebs off yourself occasionally when you have a slow fishing day without the buzzers/flashers going off!

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!! Joe. :teeth :thup
 
Hey. Old man, the way I see it, fishing is supposed to be fun and enjoyable, anything that helps that cause is a winner. One cool thing is you can now audibly irritate the poo out of any boats parked around youwhen you have a hot bite going on
 
B~C":hta34y3c said:
One cool thing is you can now audibly irritate the poo out of any boats parked around you...
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Yep, couple that with the smell of the bacon frying in the morning or the popcorn in the afternoon and the TyBoo will be dreaded. If you can't be feared at least be dreaded, I always say.

If I recall, Ken, there was a time when you and young Rod Holder could have used one of those alarm deals. You guys were playing cribbage and we had to yell at you from our boat before you noticed the jumping sturgeon with your line hooked to him. Man, those were fun days.
 
My grand father would take one wrap of line around his little finger before putting his feet up for a nap. We where trout fishing. Not sure I would try it with a sturgeon on the other end, your math skills would be diminished.
 
I'm thinking your dad wasn't fishing fer sturgeon Tom...I suppose that would work for the first ten good bites though :)

Ya, those where good times Mike. One of these days I have to make it back down there for some cribbage....because of you I don't need to spend money on an alarm system
 
Geez Mike. I'm a bit disappointed. That cheap POS doesn't reel in the fish it just lets you know it's there. You still have to get up from your fancy schmancy coffee and reel it in.
 
When I was a kid I used a clothes peg with a bell on it clipped to the rod. Worked just fine. But I guess for us over 60s, most of us would not hear it anyway :lol:

Martin.
 
The fish up here really don't 'hit'. The first time I went salmon fishing and my buddy said one "hit", I was like "When?".

I'm used to real fish! When they hit the reel, you know it. :wink:
 
localboy":2oq5649q said:
The fish up here really don't 'hit'. The first time I went salmon fishing and my buddy said one "hit", I was like "When?".

I'm used to real fish! When they hit the reel, you know it. :wink:
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You need to go fishing for chinook off the coast. There's no mistaking a hit from a nice chinook with a light tap.
 
OK, time to spill my guts! (Be honest)

I've used bells on rods for years to let me know when fish are hitting, both in still fishing and even trolling.

In still fishing, my wandering and sometimes snoozing mind needs the assistance of the metal tinker, and when trolling and steering from within the cabin, one rod is out of view and the other still hard to view continually as I look forward to steer.

The little bells work, and as the saying goes, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"!

Is their an advantage to the space-age version? Does it make lattes?

Joe. :teeth :thup
 
Can you get them in different ring tones? Maybe in future models you will be able to connect to Itunes and have them play a song of your own choosing when the fish come knocking. "Catch all the fish" by Brad Paisley
D.D.
 
WHAT we need to one of you electronic wizzes to figure out how to intigrate the fish finder with the chartplotter and auto pilot. Then we could just dial up what species of fish we want, hit the button and sit back
 
B~C":2ma2n8au said:
WHAT we need to one of you electronic wizzes to figure out how to intigrate the fish finder with the chartplotter and auto pilot. Then we could just dial up what species of fish we want, hit the button and sit back
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Now I LIKE that idea!
 
rogerbum":2bcz4u2e said:
localboy":2bcz4u2e said:
The fish up here really don't 'hit'. The first time I went salmon fishing and my buddy said one "hit", I was like "When?".

I'm used to real fish! When they hit the reel, you know it. :wink:
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You need to go fishing for chinook off the coast. There's no mistaking a hit from a nice chinook with a light tap.
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I missed one yesterday because it was just tapping at the herring... Took the cut plug and split...
 
One of the guys that taught me to troll used bells on the downriggers not the rod. Any bump and that little bell would ring. some times you could not even see the rod move but that bell would just barely ring.
 
rogerbum":3iomyj39 said:
localboy":3iomyj39 said:
The fish up here really don't 'hit'. The first time I went salmon fishing and my buddy said one "hit", I was like "When?".

I'm used to real fish! When they hit the reel, you know it. :wink:
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You need to go fishing for chinook off the coast. There's no mistaking a hit from a nice chinook with a light tap.
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Sounds more to my liking than trolling all day at 2 knots. :lol: Most of the fishing I've done is offshore; ahi and other tuna (aku & kawakawa), ono (wahoo), mahi-mahi (dorado), marlin, sailfish...all with big gear.
 
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