Gear Guide: Tech & Accessories - Part 4

By Perry Mack

Gear designed to help you find the right spot on the lake, keep you fishing longer, and come home with the big one.

Marcum Recon 5 Plus

It doesn’t get more exciting than watching a fish inhale your jig live on screen. Cameras let you know exactly when to set the hook, upping your catch rate. The Marcum Recon 5 is a compact, portable unit with an underwater camera featuring a 1/3” CMOS sensor, darkwater LED or infrared lighting, a 110-degree field of view and a 15 m (50 ft) cord. The battery provides up to six hours of run time. This model features a built-in DVR and the ability to take a screenshot, record to an external Micro-SD Card. The ability to switch from colour to black and white in low light or stained water provides improved image quality.

MSRP: $430 USD - Marcumtech.com

NavPod

Designed to resist impacts, vibration and moisture ingress, PowerPods are crafted with a thick-gauge, UV-stable acrylic capped ABS material and are built with structural rigidity in mind. All NavPods are manufactured with a double gasket system for an excellent watertight seal, keeping spray and salt off electrical connections – insuring the reliability and longevity of marine electronics. This design makes it easy to have the electronics serviced without degrading the waterproof capabilities of the PowerPod. The units are installed with nickel chrome-plated stainless steel tamperproof screws giving peace of mind to owners when leaving a vessel unattended at the dock.

MSRP: $250 - $500 USD - oceanequipment.com

Simrad GO9 XSE

It is a powerful, full-featured standalone marine chartplotter/fishfinder combined with a compact, easy-to-use multi-touch display. Loaded with today’s latest boating technologies, GO9 features an internal 10 Hz GPS receiver, StructureScan HD and CHIRP Sonar, autopilot integration/control, engine data monitoring, full audio entertainment connectivity with SonicHub2, built-in wireless connectivity, the powerful Simrad TripIntel trip computer, and compatible with Simrad radar systems. The GO9 display offers intuitive multi-touch controls that smartphone and tablet users will instantly find familiar. Boaters can easily tap the screen, pinch-to-zoom, or tap-and-drag, while simple home screen and menu layouts allow quick access to all functions.

MSRP: $1050 USD - simrad-yachting.com

Thermo-WADE™

Thermo-WADE™ is a new exciting innovative product from the home of Nordic Streams. This revolutionary wading staff delivers all the best features of a high quality modern 7075 Aluminium strong collapsible wading staff. Coupled with an integrated temperature-sensitive system that returns real-time temperature of the water bottom, crucial for monitoring pre-hatch insect activity.

Simple to use Thermo-WADE™ allows the astute angler to record and hold water and air temperatures against time and date for up to ten readings at a time while wading – at the touch of a button.

MSRP: $220 CAD - http://thermowade.co.uk/

TrollPro®

This camera case will help you capture the excitement in underwater video while you are trolling or even using your downrigger while fishing. Houses your GoPro or same size sport camera (camera not included). Additional models are available for downrigger and teaser dredge use. Easy to rig, used by professionals and anglers worldwide to record the action under the surface and behind their boat.

MSRP: $150 USD - TROLLPRO.COM