I’m against most of the technological stuff but that is my opinion. My skiff I’m rebuilding will not have any electronics I prefer not to use them.
Technology and Fishing
I am curious to know y'alls opinions on this topic.
Technology is rapidly advancing and becoming more accessible to us as fisherman and helping us catch more fish. My question is do y'all think there is a point where it takes the sport out of it? Or makes it unfair to the fish? Should it all be allowed? I go back and forth on this topic.
For example, using drones to find schools of redfish. At first it seems like a really cool idea but then I start to not like it as it feels like it takes that side of fishing away that requires the angler to be in touch with the fish and the environment to understand their patterns and the reward of it all coming together and finding the fish tucked away in a creek or something like that. Seems like it creates so much pressure on fish because they can be found so much easier, and can start to drive fish away as they look for new areas to be safe.
To me it is almost like spotlighting deer. It's not fair to the animal.
To me fishing is about going out, dissecting water and understanding how the fish respond to conditions to eliminate water and find the fish. Yes we take the advantages we can get with satellite imagery, chart plotters, and sonar. However, they don't seem to have the same ability to do the work for us that a drone would provide. I think about flying the length of creek at low tide seeing if there are fish there in a matter of minutes vs how long it would take to properly direct a creek to find out if there are fish there. Just unsure how I feel about that and what it does to our sport.
Technology is rapidly advancing and becoming more accessible to us as fisherman and helping us catch more fish. My question is do y'all think there is a point where it takes the sport out of it? Or makes it unfair to the fish? Should it all be allowed? I go back and forth on this topic.
For example, using drones to find schools of redfish. At first it seems like a really cool idea but then I start to not like it as it feels like it takes that side of fishing away that requires the angler to be in touch with the fish and the environment to understand their patterns and the reward of it all coming together and finding the fish tucked away in a creek or something like that. Seems like it creates so much pressure on fish because they can be found so much easier, and can start to drive fish away as they look for new areas to be safe.
To me it is almost like spotlighting deer. It's not fair to the animal.
To me fishing is about going out, dissecting water and understanding how the fish respond to conditions to eliminate water and find the fish. Yes we take the advantages we can get with satellite imagery, chart plotters, and sonar. However, they don't seem to have the same ability to do the work for us that a drone would provide. I think about flying the length of creek at low tide seeing if there are fish there in a matter of minutes vs how long it would take to properly direct a creek to find out if there are fish there. Just unsure how I feel about that and what it does to our sport.
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Those are great points. I think this comes down to a personal preference of how much technology is too much technology. For me drones locating fish you’re going to target is cheating yourself and there is no sport in it and yes I’ll be poling a foam core skiff with costa Del Mar on my face and a sage maverick on my side. However I won’t use a drone or gps.People still got to pull off the stalk, shot, presentation and hook set, whether they themselves with their eyes and ears find the fish, or they rely on a guide or spotter to do the same or the use of a drone. People use experienced guides all the time to find fish, is that also cheating? The drone doesn’t improve one’s ability to cast or anything like that. A drone, at least in theory, doesn’t require burning and churning up a lot of skinny water motoring around in the boat this way and that. Let the drone cover the best water with minimal disturbance and impact, just like it’s another sea gull or tern hovering over the fish. I can think of worse things people do in boats trying to locate fish like the shoreline burners and fish herders out there.
We all use high technology to some degree. $1,100+ high tech graphite rods, the best $$$$ skinny water boat hulls money can buy, $600 sunglasses, $1,000 push poles. $130 fly line. GPS systems, Google Earth. Is anyone really pure when it comes to using the best of technology?
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