Utilizing The Web
If you don’t think of the World Wide Web as a useful tool when it comes to fishing you might want to think again. I have found the web to be an invaluable tool for information on all aspects of fishing. You can find information on everything from offshore, inshore, fly fishing, fishing knots, tackle and places to go to. Just go to Google and type in what you are looking for and it’s there. The other day when I needed to find a variation of a fishing knot I tie I Googled it and there it was.
If you are like me and learn best from visual demonstrations then You Tube is the source to go to. You can learn to tie knots, fly fish, tie flies, throw a cast net or rig baits, it’s all there for your viewing pleasure. Having an iphone will allow you access to that information right in the palm of your hand. The iphone also allows you to get up to date weather reports, radar and barometric pressure all of which I find very useful. It even has an electronic compass.
I’ve watched all this technology evolve over the years and it never ceases to amaze me. I may show my age here but when I started working for the phone co. back in 1970 I remember having to repair phones that were on a 4 party line. To you younger folks that meant that 4 houses were working on the same line. Then came car phones where the workings were so big they had to be put in the trunk of the car. Look how far we’ve advanced over the past 41 years. Makes me wonder what the next 30 years will bring. In the meantime I guess I’ll just have to be stuck with my iphone and my fishing.
The fishing was excellent the beginning of last week but slowed during the latter part of week and the weekend. I believe the slow down was due mostly to the full moon. Early in the week I had a couple from Pennsylvania fishing and the duo caught over 30 fish; reds, trout, flounder and ladyfish. All were on live shrimp. On Friday my buddy Mark Zander and I went up the Tamoka River in search of snook and tarpon. We saw one tarpon roll but no takers. Mark had one 17” snook on a plug and also a red. I had one trout and one red both on fly. Look for it to pick up again as the moon wanes.
Capt Rob Ottlein
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