Fishin

[recalcitrant_lj]

Years ago, I laughed at the concept of an electric-assist for a fishing rod

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[goredtorso]

Electric downriggers are the way to go. But you'll also need a depth finder of some sort to avoid fouling your gear.

[recalcitrant_lj]

Oh, we have downriggers, for the salmons.

For halibut, we want to be right on the bottom, literally bouncing on it.

What I am talking about is basically just an electric assist for spooling the reel back up, to avoid doing it by hand-crank every 2-20 minutes all day long. Wouldn't help at all once a fish was on, but sure would make that repetitive job easier.