A casting device may include a microcontroller, an inertial measurement unit in communication with the microcontroller, an actuator in communication with the microcontroller, and a power source for providing power to the casting device. The casting device may also include one or more indicators that provide user feedback regarding accurate use of the device.

A fishing reel according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is configured to include a spool capable of winding a fishing line, an operation portion that winds the fishing line, a fishing line unwinding commencement detector that detects the commencement of the unwinding of the fishing line by the fishing reel, and an unwinding interval measuring portion that measures a time interval between the commencement of the unwinding of the fishing line and the commencement of the next unwinding of the fishing line.

An alarm system for a fishing apparatus that is an ice fishing tip-up employing a sensor alarm unit with a housing, processor, sensor, power source, and onboard wireless communications, the unit mountable to one of a base and fish strike indicating flagpole of the tip-up with the sensor configured to sense a magnet on the tip-up during operation and cause the processor to alarm when a fish strikes. The unit has a mounting arrangement with a clamp releasably attaching the unit to the flagpole for movement in unison therewith from an armed position towards a fish strike indicating position. The mounting arrangement includes a twist-lock dovetail joint used to removably mount the unit to the tip-up base. The dovetail joint removably attaches the housing to a unit base mounted to the tip-up base. The unit can have another sensor that senses motion, orientation, angle, rotation of the unit.

[Problem] To provide a fishing reel including a controller capable of maintaining a low power consumption state based on the rotation state of a spool and the state of a clutch. [Solution] A fishing reel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a spool, a power supply, a controller, a clutch, and a clutch state detector, wherein the controller is configured to switch between a first state of high power consumption and a second state of lower power consumption than the first state, and to switch from the second state to the first state when the clutch detector detects the off-state of the clutch.

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 fishing device adapted to be used hands-free and generate an alert when a fish is hooked is ideally suited to be used in confined spaces such as an ice fishing shelter.

A fishing reel according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is configured to include a spool capable of winding a fishing line, an operation portion that winds the fishing line, a fishing line unwinding commencement detector that detects the commencement of the unwinding of the fishing line by the fishing reel, and an unwinding interval measuring portion that measures a time interval between the commencement of the unwinding of the fishing line and the commencement of the next unwinding of the fishing line.

A braking system for a fishing reel (10) is described, of the type comprising a body (12) and a spool (16) made of metal and rotatably supported by the body (12) for rotation about an axis of rotation (y) to allow, depending on its direction of rotation, winding or unwinding of a fishing line (18). The braking system comprises: at least one magnet (26) arranged to be movably mounted on the body (12), next to the spool (16), to generate eddy currents in the spool (16) by electromagnetic induction, as a result of the rotation of the spool (16); adjusting means (32, 38) associated to the at least one magnet (26) to adjust distance of the latter from the spool (16), thereby adjusting the intensity of the braking force applied onto the spool (16); and electronic control means (44) connected to the adjusting means (32, 38) and programmed to control the adjusting means (32, 38) so as to adjust the distance of the at least one magnet (26) from the spool (16), and hence the braking force applied onto the spool (16).

A fishing information management system has a fishing rod to which a fishing reel with a spool capable of winding a fishing line is attached, and is configured to include a fishing line unwinding commencement detector that detects the commencement of the unwinding of the fishing line by the fishing reel, an operation information detector that detects the operation information of at least either of the fishing reel or the fishing rod, an operation information list creation portion that extracts the operation information each time when the unwinding of the fishing line commences and creates an operation information list that aggregates several operation information, a receiver that obtains fishing information from an external device, and a processor that associates the operation information list with the fishing information.

A fishing reel according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is configured to include a spool capable of winding a fishing line, an operation portion that winds the fishing line, a fishing line unwinding commencement detector that detects the commencement of the unwinding of the fishing line by the fishing reel, and an unwinding interval measuring portion that measures a time interval between the commencement of the unwinding of the fishing line and the commencement of the next unwinding of the fishing line.