Saturday 18 December 2010

Carp Fishing Technology Extremes


It seems like every week a new product comes out helping you to catch bigger and easier.Many of the old school refuse to use these,let's give fish finders/Bait boats as an example.I understand the frustration when times limited.When does this technology go too far though or it's just plain common sense to use it.Most have watched the Korda Underwater series,"How great is that!" to genuinely see how the rig is lying if there are fish in the swim/etc.I read a somewhat over the top rant in pub talk(Angler's Mail) which outlined some future extremes.We know how expensive some of these big carp are and how some of them end up in near-by rival waters.In an effort to control some have been chipped similar to chipping pets.Take this to the extreme and add tracking transmitters and geekology you're now sitting in a bivvy that looks like the bat cave with a bleeping monitor giving you the exact GPS position of the water's resident monster carp,click on another window it gives you feeding info,it's typical patrol routes,when and where it was last caught(you get the picture).Why stop there virtual on-line carping directing someone else to cast some rods out and catch the carp for you! Where will it end?