Apparatuses, methods, and systems are provided for making the harvesting of sea life efficient. For example, real-time or periodic information about the status of the many traps a fisherman may have set is communicated to the fisherman while the traps are still in the water. A fisherman can use this information to determine the best time and path for trap retrieval and reset operations to reduce fuel use and improve the catch efficiency per unit effort.

Disclosed is an ice hole liner with a handle. The liner is placed in an ice hole during freezing conditions with the outer wall of the liner contacting the inner wall of the ice hole. When the surface of the ice hole freezes the liner is pulled out of the frozen ice hole which clears the hole of ice. The liner also serves as a stable base to which fishing devices and rod holders can be attached so a fish can't pull them down the ice hole.

Disclosed is an ice hole liner with a handle. The liner is placed in an ice hole during freezing conditions with the outer wall of the liner contacting the inner wall of the ice hole. When the surface of the ice hole freezes the liner is pulled out of the frozen ice hole which clears the hole of ice. The liner also serves as a stable base to which fishing devices and rod holders can be attached so a fish can't pull them down the ice hole.

A bow fishing illumination system for support on a vessel and including a bank of illumination modules that extend outboard of the vessel so as to illuminate a water surface about the vessel. The bank of illumination modules includes a support housing, a reflective member disposed with the support housing and having a reflective surface, and an array of LED's disposed with the support housing in a manner to have their light beam extend away from the support housing. The array of LED's includes a plurality of LED's that are arranged in at least one spaced apart linear array. A joystick controller is mounted on the vessel and includes a base used for the purpose of mounting the joystick controller, a joystick mounted to the base, a first button on the base that is separate from the joystick for controlling a locking feature, and a second button on the base that is separate from the joystick for controlling an auto pilot feature.

The present invention relates to an automatic jerking device for fishing, and more particularly, to an automatic jerking device for fishing, which has a biting signal detection member for detecting a biting when a fish bites a bait during fishing, and automatically performs a jerking to catch the fish at a proper timing.

In one aspect, a trap for capturing a marine animal, e.g., a lobster, is disclosed, which includes a housing having an inlet port for receiving a marine animal, said inlet port being configured to prevent the marine animal from leaving the container, and a sensor coupled to the housing for detecting the presence of the marine animal in the housing. In some embodiments, a stretchable netting is coupled to the inlet port such that the marine animal passes through the netting before entering the housing via the inlet port. A stretch detector can be coupled to the netting to register the passage of a marine animal via the netting into the housing. The passage of a marine animal through the netting can result in a stretch of the netting, which is registered by the stretch signal. The stretch signal indicates the passage of the marine animal into the housing.

Provided herein is an angling apparatus to identify angling events. The apparatus includes an angling event sensing device with at least one sensor, a processor to identify an angling event based on data from the sensor, and an input device to allow a user to enter data related to the angling event.

A method(s) for controlling electronic alarm for a fishing reel and an electronic alarm system(s) for a fishing reel are provided. The method includes the steps of: detecting a current point based on rotational movement of the fishing reel; determining whether a button provided in the fishing reel is pressed for a first period of time; memorizing a current point at a time when the button is pressed for the first period of time as a target point; during a fishing line casting period after the casting period that the target point is memorized, detecting a current point based on rotational movement of the fishing reel; determining whether a current point is the target point; and sounding an arrival alarm by the buzzer when the current point is the target point.

A tip-down fishing rod holder comprising three legs, two plates, two arms, and a rod holder strap with a pivot pin. The various components of the fishing rod holder are held together by fasteners, some of which are pivots that allow the three legs to rotate relative to the two arms. Thus, the rod holder is configured to shift between a roughly tri-pod configuration to securely hold a fishing rod while fishing and a folded configuration in which the holder has a substantially flat configuration to provide easy transport and storage.

A tip-down fishing rod holder comprising three legs, two plates, two arms, and a rod holder strap with a pivot pin. The various components of the fishing rod holder are held together by fasteners, some of which are pivots that allow the three legs to rotate relative to the two arms. Thus, the rod holder is configured to shift between a roughly tri-pod configuration to securely hold a fishing rod while fishing and a folded configuration in which the holder has a substantially flat configuration to provide easy transport and storage.