Systems and methods for monitoring and communicating fishing data

Abstract

A system for monitoring and communicating fishing data that includes equipment for measuring and transmitting ambient atmospheric condition data, measuring and transmitting ambient aquatic condition data, a global positioning system (GPS) for obtaining and reporting a GPS position, and a fishing lure having fishing lure information storage for storing and reporting fishing lure information. The system further includes a control unit communicably coupled to the equipment which measures and transmits the ambient atmospheric condition data, ambient aquatic condition data, the GPS, and the fishing lure, and which is operably associated with a database configured for receiving, storing, and reporting the data and information associated therewith. Moreover, the system further includes a display communicably coupled to the control unit and configured for displaying one or more of the ambient atmospheric condition data, the ambient aquatic condition data, the GPS position, and fishing lure information reported by the database.

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STATEMENT OF PRIORITY[0001]The present application is a continuation-in-part and claims priority to currently pending U.S. Nonprovisional Application Ser. No. 14 / 728,781, titled “Multiple Mode Artificial Fishing lure” and filed on Jun. 2, 2015, which is a continuation-in-part and claims priority to currently pending U.S. Nonprovisional Application Ser. No. 13 / 920,786, titled “Multiple Mode Artificial Fishing Lure” and filed on Jun. 18, 2013, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 660,898, titled “Multiple Mode Artificial Fishing Lure,” filed Jun. 18, 2012.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for monitoring and communicating fishing data.BACKGROUND[0003]Early on, mankind relied on fishing as a means of survival. However, over the years, fishing has evolved from solely a means of survival to a sport. In addition to the reasons for fishing itself having changed, so have the methods employed. While the first fisherman...

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Benefits of technology

This patent introduces a system and method for monitoring and communicating fishing data. The system includes non-aqueous ambient conditions monitoring, aqueous ambient conditions monitoring, GPS for obtaining position, and fishing lure information storage. The control unit receives, stores, and reports the data to a database. The system can display the data on a screen. The technical effects of this patent include measuring and reporting additional data on the fishing environment, including atmospheric and aquatic conditions, and obtaining GPS position. This helps to improve fishing efficiency and accuracy.

Problems solved by technology

This, in part, is a result of the fact that each size, shape, and color scheme of a particular lure strongly affects the success or failure of a fisherman under particular conditions.

However, the currently available technology is not configurable to have an effective appearance and produce acoustical signals to entice surrounding fish.

Additionally, current technology is not capable of being programmed to mimic specific live bait species, as would be advantageous in attracting fish who eat those live bait species.

Moreover, another problem with current bait and lures is the inability to generate other aquatic life sounds and / or to monitor aquatic life and report findings back to the angler.

However, current scales fail to perform a number of valuable actions, including obtaining a GPS position when weighing the fish.

Moreover, current scales fail to indicate when such weighing is complete, thus requiring the angler to guess such while the fishing is moving while coupled to the scale which results in a constant change in the measured weight.

Such a method is slow and introduces substantial possibility for error.

Additionally, similar to the fish scale, a similar problem is lack of GPS knowledge and / or association of the fish length with the location from which it was caught.

However, such a system poses problems during night time, and may require more time to locate the desired tag.

Moreover, current cull systems fail to keep track of any further information other than the fish weight.

Additionally, while each of the above technologies exist separately, there is no current system which enables communication between, and thus combination of all to give the angler an overall picture of what fishing conditions are like, what lures are working best, and what fish are currently onboard.

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