What do you think is next?

[billmac]

So now we have Livescope, Down Imaging and Side Imaging.  What do you think is next?  Now that you can literally see the fish and your bait as it moves through the water, what is the next big thing, besides just incremental improvements to these technologies?  The only thing I can think of an infallible way of distinguishing species.  

 

What do you think?

[MN Fisher]

Swimming sonar/camera combo with AI control and Wi-Fi transmission to a HUD display that shows direction, range, depth, species and size.

[huZZah]

The iFish robot that brings your fish up to your boat. And cleans it. And frys it. 

[Michigander]

Eventually, needing the screens will seem primitive. ?

[jrfuda]

"Stereo" version of live imaging. Two emitters instead of one plus heavier processing in the black box that produces a true 3D image of what you're pointed at, you'll be able to see distance, depth, azimuth, shape, size, etc of everything. If they increase the field of view enough, you could have this 3D image all around you instead of just what you're pointed at. I imagine setup would be somewhat complex to ensure they're on the same plane and you'd have to input how far apart they are from each other during setup (or they'd ping each other and figure it out with software).

 

Also multiplexing so the emitters can sweep through their entire range of frequencies hundreds of times per seconds so you can get the benefits of whatever each frequency offers, again processed by a much more robust chart or blackbox that results in a composite image that requires almost no interpretation... or are they already doing this on some scale?

[GaryH]

May as well just stay home and play a video game... ?

[Junger]

46 minutes ago, GaryH said:

May as well just stay home and play a video game... ?

 

That's what my son and I do during the winter...Real VR Fishing on Oculus Quest 2, it's pretty fun and we get to kill time together.

[Team9nine]

No idea, but I'm sure I won't like it 

[MN Fisher]

Just now, Team9nine said:

No idea, but I'm sure I won't like it 

Are you edging towards luddite territory?

[gim]

Sonic sonar.  Its military grade at the moment.  But I foresee a civilian version for recreation in the future.

[MN Fisher]

49 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Sonic sonar.

(blinks) That's an oxymoron - sonar IS sonic by definition

SOund NAvigation and Ranging

[GaryH]

56 minutes ago, Junger said:

 

That's what my son and I do during the winter...Real VR Fishing on Oculus Quest 2, it's pretty fun and we get to kill time together.

Nothing better than spending time with your kids.. ????

[12poundbass]

Live 3D 

 

Mark it down. If I read correctly a while back Garmin applied for a patent for this technology. 

[fishwizzard]

I am waiting for trained cormorants to become the next big thing, way cooler than fussing around with some string tied to a stick.  

[billmac]

I watched a video that suggested that a lot of fishermen with Livescope were losing the ability to locate fish, other than simply driving around until they saw them on the livescope.  Frankly I don't know what to think.  It is unlikely that I'll ever be able to afford livescope (although I wouldn't mind side imaging).  But I'm just wondering if we will ever get to the point where locating fish is so easy (yes, I know you still have to catch them) that tournaments will finally say enough is enough.  I doubt it.

 

[928JLH]

The singularity and AI's takeover of humanity ?

[slonezp]

On 3/5/2021 at 4:03 PM, fishwizzard said:

I am waiting for trained cormorants to become the next big thing, way cooler than fussing around with some string tied to a stick.  

There are days where I'd rather grab a shotgun and shoot the cormorants than fish. 

[MickD]

Next thing will be alerts linked to the "live" features that show swimming fish.  Will alert us to the presence of fish and show with 360 or similar where they are.  

[Mbirdsley]

On 3/5/2021 at 9:30 PM, billmac said:

I watched a video that suggested that a lot of fishermen with Livescope were losing the ability to locate fish, other than simply driving around until they saw them on the livescope.  Frankly I don't know what to think.  It is unlikely that I'll ever be able to afford livescope (although I wouldn't mind side imaging).  But I'm just wondering if we will ever get to the point where locating fish is so easy (yes, I know you still have to catch them) that tournaments will finally say enough is enough.  I doubt it.

 

That could be a possibility.  If all you have ever known was how to use the live scope or the other really hi-end stuff.  You don’t have the ability to just look at a map and say “ that looks good I’ll try there”.  Or aimlessly casted for hours untill you found fish 

 

   electronics or other high end gear won’t make a bad to average fishermen good. However, it will help make a very good fishermen to an excellent fishermen  or excellent to a pro.  
 

Just because, you have all the high end stuff doesn't mean it lets you skip all the steps in between bad and excellent.  We all started at bad/beginner and worked hard to get where we are currently. 

[billmac]

It is interesting that something like Livescope is OK but the A-rig is banned in tournament fishing.  Don't want to give anyone an unfair advantage!

 

[schplurg]

On 3/7/2021 at 6:42 AM, Mbirdsley said:

That could be a possibility.  If all you have ever known was how to use the live scope or the other really hi-end stuff.  You don’t have the ability to just look at a map and say “ that looks good I’ll try there”.  Or aimlessly casted for hours untill you found fish 

 

   electronics or other high end gear won’t make a bad to average fishermen good. However, it will help make a very good fishermen to an excellent fishermen  or excellent to a pro.  
 

Just because, you have all the high end stuff doesn't mean it lets you skip all the steps in between bad and excellent.  We all started at bad/beginner and worked hard to get where we are currently. 

 

Maybe at some point we will need to be more strict with our definition of the word "fishing".

 

To me, the biggest aspect of fishing is locating the fish. If you have a computer do it for you then what are you really doing? Winning money maybe, but that ain't fishing, not in my book.

 

If someone else or a computer is telling me exactly where to cast, well I'm nothing more than a computer peripheral holding a stick. Plug me into the USB port, we're going fishing! You could automate the entire thing...casting, hook set. It would not be difficult.

 

One reason I fish is to "get away from it all", not bring it all with me!  Geez I'd feel like I'm at work with all that computer crap in my boat.

[billmac]

14 hours ago, schplurg said:

Maybe at some point we will need to be more strict with our definition of the word "fishing".

 

Agreed: We might just call it "catching".  I just saw an ad for Humminbird MegaImaging that will tell you the species and direction of fish out to 200 feet. "No more guesswork" was one of the phrases.

 

I'm not saying I'm absolutely against this stuff, but I'm uneasy about the direction it's going.  How long before someone discovers a frequency that throws fish into a feeding frenzy?

[huZZah]

1 hour ago, billmac said:

How long before someone discovers a frequency that throws fish into a feeding frenzy?

Do this already when using a light to attract their food thereby attracting them.