Gear Guide: Tech & Accessories - Part 1

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.

Aqua-Vu’s Micro™ & Micro™ Plus DVR-DT

The best way to quickly discover this essential fish-finding data is to drop the optics of an Aqua-Vu® underwater camera.  The act of dropping the lens to any depth instantly reveals three critical clues—water temperature, depth and a real-time, real-life video image of the underwater world.  

Complete with IP67 Waterproof color LCDs— 5” or 3.5”, respectively— the Micro 5 Plus DVR-DT and Micro Plus DVR-DT also include a thumb-sized Micro camera, 50- or 82-feet of camera cable, plus an adjustable camera fin—all powered by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery.

MSRP: $450-$600 USD - aquavu.com

AguaDrone

The first and only wireless Sonar Pod that sends a wireless signal to your smartphone or tablet instantly turning your AguaDrone into a Fish Finder. With its 100% waterproof design, the AguaDrone can land in and take off from fresh and saltwater. It’s equipped with patent pending quick change pod accessories, allowing users to switch from one pod to the next with just a twist of the wrist. The AguaDrone’s current accessory pods include a sonar fish finder that sends sonar images to your handheld device via Wi-Fi , a pod capable of carrying your bait or lure to the fish remotely via the drone and a waterproof camera that captures images and video from the air or under water.

MSRP: $1560 USD - Aguadrone.com

Angler Labs AngLR Tracker

The AngLR Tracker works in sync with the free AngLR fishing app. The app itself tracks weather, lure selections, fish caught, catch rates, hot spots, and more. The AngLR Tracker is a small device that attaches to your fishing rod and auto tracks the number of casts made, reeling patterns, and hook-ups with the goal of providing the angler with information to make his future angling decisions better.

MSRP: $130 USD - Anglr.tech

The ConnectScale Bluetooth® Smart Digital Scale and Fishing App 

This is the most innovative solution to weighing and tracking catch data from fishing trips ever created. You catch it, you weigh it, the app logs it. Using Bluetooth® Smart low energy technology the ConnectScale wirelessly transmits weight and air temperature data to the integrated app on your iOS or Android mobile device. Also compatible with FatSack Outdoors App and their Tournament Competition Platform. 

MSRP: $100 USD - www.connectscale.com