I guess everything is going digital.

Man, at 35, I'm still considered a Millennial (barf). That being said, I strongly resist technology in fishing for whatever reason. I know that it's slightly hypocritical because I use graphite rods, nice spinning/casting gear, braided line and lures of all shapes and colors, but at some point the fish still need to have a fighting chance, right? I enjoy the fact that fishing is more like solving a puzzle that has ever changing pieces to it. I think technology (panoptics, side imaging, social media spot sharing apps like Fishbrain, GPS to a point and now this magic stick on your rod) has taken the "sporting" element away from fishing in a way. I'm still working it out for myself, but finding the pattern by assessing the conditions, time of year, water temp, species, forage, structure and INSTINCT etc is a big part of the fun for me. Not trolling along until I see a fish on a screen and then sharpshooting it. Again, I'm still working it out for myself but I'd be curious of all your thoughts?

jcavenagh: "I guess everything is going digital. "

The wife would see too many "abated" attempts at "fishing" and "wonder" what this is fishing is all about. NO thanks. I'll take a warm beer and no fish any day on the water minus the better half for a weekend. Thanks for coming in technology - but I don't like you. Line/rod/lure and water is all I need.

Agree,too much of this takes away from the natural outdoors and artificializes the experience like being in a concrete jungle. A lttle bit fine,but technology is advancing faster than a fishes brain and it is causing more regulations(limits,size restrictions)due to over fishing and quality of fish dropping. Sometimes we become our worse enemy.

I believe I will be ok without this gizmo.

For $89.00, you get a basically worthless, piece of computerized crap.
You can buy the "high tech" rubber bands you need(to attach gadget to rod), from Samsung for 5 dollar each.

Save yourself 70 or 80 dollars; buy yours at yard/garage sales after the 1st buyer "aka victim" "casts" his aside.
The next worthless piece of crap will attach to your paddle (also with rubber bands), and provide you with number, angle and depth of every paddle stroke you make. Real need to know information .........NOT!

You know you want one; be the envy of your paddling buddies.............

BOB

For $89.00, you get a basically worthless, piece of computerized crap.
You can buy the "high tech" rubber bands you need(to attach gadget to rod), from Samsung for 5 dollar each.

Save yourself 70 or 80 dollars; buy yours at yard/garage sales after the 1st buyer "aka victim" "casts" his aside.
The next worthless piece of crap will attach to your paddle (also with rubber bands), and provide you with number, angle and depth of every paddle stroke you make. Real need to know information .........NOT!

You know you want one; be the envy of your paddling buddies.............

BOB

It seems to me to be gimmicky. The device collects 4 types of data, but how much of it is really useful? Is knowing the number of casts useful or is it just a bit of amusing information? Number of fish caught, where, and under what weather conditions might be interesting for a trip journal, but it would only be useful if you were going to fish the particular place over several years. You'd have to combine data from lots of individuals to get good data. Lots of other information is missing: types of bait or lure, how it is presented, the local structure, the species of fish caught and the size of the fish, water temperature, whether the lake had turned over, etc.

Ausable: "It seems to me to be gimmicky. The device collects 4 types of data, but how much of it is really useful? Is knowing the number of casts useful or is it just a bit of amusing information? Number of fish caught, where, and under what weather conditions might be interesting for a trip journal, but it would only be useful if you were going to fish the particular place over several years. You'd have to combine data from lots of individuals to get good data. Lots of other information is missing: types of bait or lure, how it is presented, the local structure, the species of fish caught and the size of the fish, water temperature, whether the lake had turned over, etc."

I think a more helpful metric for me would be how many times I cast into a tree or get hung up on the bottom......I'm not sure I want there to be a device that records that info though... :)

Kind of a modern day version of "Popeil's Pocket Fisherman"!

I admit I 'm electronicaholic. Thank God I'm conservative, (some say cheap), and married or I would own one of them there panoptics.