The Sightless Fishing Advantage

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I get a lot of emails from people and their family and friends who are experiencing sight loss.  Many are of the belief that all fishing involves watching bobbers and without this ability it’s not doable.  The longer I fish however, the more I realize that fishing is a sport everyone

Toronto Sportsman Show 2009

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Exhibiting at the Toronto Sportsman Show (March 18-22, 2009) was a first for the Blind Fishing Boat.  The Show itself has been operating for over 60 years and draws as many as 120,000 visitors over five days (48 hours).  It was a real honour to be exhibiting at the Show since attending was

Determining when to stop retrieving the bait

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Lawrence,  Could you describe how you know it is time to stop reeling in your bait, and time to send it back out again?  I have difficulty when I am reeling the line in, most of the time I reel too long, and the lure hits the top eye of the rod.  Thanks for any suggestions Rodney Hi

2009 Ottawa Outdoor and Boat Show

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Blind Fishing Boat exhibited and gave three presentations at the 4-day Ottawa Outdoor and Boat Show.  Media coverage included: -4.5 minute segment on A Channel at 7:20 a.m. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx2Tq0WDSNc  -4 minute segment on Rogers Live broadcast 4 times; -1.5 minute segment on

Spincast Reels and Fishers without Sight

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By Captain Lawrence Euteneier I’ve been a fisher for as long as I can remember, and my earliest recollections are of fishing with spincast reels.  At age eight I was registered “blind” and now almost 40 years later I’m still using spincast reels for certain applications.  The reason I

26th Annual North Carolina Visually Impaired Persons Fishing Tournament

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In mid October I attended the 26th Visually Impaired Persons Fishing Tournament based out of Manteo, North Carolina as the key-note speaker and a workshop facilitator.  528 fishers with visual disabilities participated in the event, with the North Carolina State tournament taking place on