the month is flying by, and i did no seize it (yet) -
I'm up before 6:00 every morning, and the hours just fly by until i need to go work on my client's place,
or my projects, or paperwork (would like to get the taxes done early this year)
zwift should come on-line today sometime. been farting around, and my kid was using the tv as a monitor,
so he has a nice new 4k version now - who knew that 2GB of graphics memory isn't enough.
Excuses.
This is an electric fishing reel. I is kinda nice in that it can estimate the amount of line that is out (reels have been doing this forever with a mechanical counter),
which somewhat relates to the depth of terminal-tackle of
my choice - beyond the ability
to measure, it also has power retrieve, and deploy (and it is programmable to accomplish these tasks unassisted after start.)
They refer to them as power-assist, but they
don't need assistance other than moving the lever to engage the motor/program. They don't have an internal battery,
and require a cord - not to a battery pack, but to a marine battery. they draw 10amps under load (meaning
you are catching a fish with the motor)
so now i can use the autopilot that runs the trolling motor integrated with the fishing app for logging gps coordinates and details of a catch.
put the poles in the holders, set the reels to deploy, sit back and drink beer, until i need to take a fish off the hook.
i do not own one of these, nor do i want one. but there is a market out there for them. retrieving a 300yds of line sucks on a reel that
is set up for power (low gear ratio) - so there is that. fishing multiple rods when alone, and having them reel-in to prevent a fish from
crossing lines, yeah. i can see the convenience.
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