The convergence of technologies such as digital compasses, GPS, Sonar and chart plotters has been attempted by many marine companies over the years with mixed results.  However, I don’t think any have hit the ball out of the park quite so far as Johnson Outdoors has with their new I-Pilot

Big fish is relative.  To my four and two-year olds, six inches is huge.  But what’s more important to these little fishers is numbers.  Fish, fish and more fish, and don’t stop them coming… (Photo of our 2-year old son Theo holding a fish caught on his Diego fishing rod) With my wife

Each year when this Pike / Walleye tournament for fishers with vision loss comes up, it’s always a question about which technology I should show-case.  Well, this year mother nature narrowed the options by lowering the water levels to the point that launching my 20-foot power cat was a

 As a fisher without sight my “Blind Fishing” and Talking Fishing” Boats function almost exclusively on electricity.  By incorporating solar panels directly on the Boats or at dock-side to recharge batteries my ecological “foot-print” on the water will be virtually zero.  IN addition

In late July 2008 my wife, Kids and I set off for Desert Lake, located just north of Kingston Ontario, for a week of camping and sea trials of the Blind Fishing Porta-Boat. I was more than just a bit excited about this set of trials as it was to involve a pre-release version of the new Breeze

Trials of the Blind Fishing Porta-Bote over the 2008 season thus far have expanded on the results and recommendations reported on in 2007.  A number of modifications are now in use and still more are in the process of being implemented.  [caption id="attachment_196" align="alignnone"