When someone mentions technology to a fisherman, it's likely he or she will start daydreaming about the next Hummingbird fish finder or Minn Kota motor, underwater camera or perhaps the next Vexilar flasher coming out.Normally, I would be thinking about those things too, but I just can't help but throw myself into the abyss of my new Blackberry to see what it all has to offer.
So this past Saturday, during deer hunting firearms opener, I tested out my new phone on an area lake fishing for bass. And while the outing yielded just one bass for myself, none for fellow Free Presser Tanner Kent, I had the opportunity to try out a few features.
One of those features being the camera. It's nice to know that I don't always have to have a disposable handy when I can snap a quick picture with my phone and e-mail it to myself with a few clicks of the buttons.
I can also add the photo to Facebook or Twitter and I'm sure a billion other social networks (I'd prefer not to do any, but that's not really an option).
So while I spent a few minutes texting and e-mailing rather than fishing, all was not a loss. Tanner and I spent one last run on open water hunting for bass; I caught one more bass before winter to finish with 99, down quite a bit from last season, but still fun nonetheless; and I was able to get on the water later than any year in recent memory, which is always nice.
By the way, the boat Tanner owns is a 1977 Sears fiberglass boat. It was a Ted Williams series, which I've always found very entertaining, considering the man was a baseball legend, but also one heck of a fisherman. The photo below is a picture of the signage on Tanner's boat.
