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.

Description

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

[0012]It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a system for monitoring and communicating fishing data that includes non-aqueous ambient conditions monitoring means for measuring and transmitting ambient atmospheric condition data, an aqueous ambient conditions monitoring means for 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 means for storing and reporting fishing lure information. The system further includes a control unit communicably coupled to the non-aqueous ambient conditions monitoring means, the aqueous ambient conditions monitoring means, the GPS, and the fishing lure information storage means, the control unit having operably associated therewith database means configured for receiving, storing and reporting one or more of the ambient atmospheric condition data, the ambient aquatic condition data, the GPS position, and the fishing lure information. The system additionally includes display means, 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 means.

[0013]It is another object of the present disclosure to provide a method for monitoring and communicating fishing data which includes measuring ambient atmospheric condition data with non-aqueous ambient condition monitoring means, measuring ambient aquatic condition data with aqueous ambient condition monitoring means, obtaining and reporting a global positioning system (GPS) position with a GPS, and obtaining fishing lure information from fishing lure information storage means of a fishing lure. The method further includes receiving, storing, and reporting one or more of the ambient atmospheric condition data, the ambient aquatic condition data, the GPS position, and the fishing lure information with database means operably associated with a control unit, the control unit communicably coupled to the non-aqueous ambient conditions monitoring means, the aqueous ambient conditions monitoring means, the GPS, and the fishing lure information storage means.

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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