Pyramid Lake, California - FirearmsGuide.com - When we were offered to review the iBobber from ReelSonar, we were hooked. Pyramid Lake in California was the spot to try this hi-tech bobber that can make life easier for every fisherman. Packaged in an incredibly small package, the iBobber is a simple device that you can hook up to your fishing line and cast with your lure.
It will connect with Bluetooth Smart connectivity with your iPhone 4S, 5 and 6 series, iPad, and with phones and tablets for Android" (v4.3 and later). This castable fishfinder will give you readings up to 135 feet deep and operates 100 feet away from its paired mobile device - smart phone or tablet. We think that is more than enough! Bluetooth Smart connectivity draws less power from your device’s battery than traditional Bluetooth and Wi-Fi do. The iBobber claims long battery life (eight hours). iBobber comes with a light weight carrying pouch and a USB charging stand. While charging, the iBobber nestles in the charging stand and the LED ring between the red and the white hemispheres glows blue.
Along with basic SONAR, the iBobber app provides a lunar calendar with vital fishing data such as temperature, wind, rain, and atmospheric pressure. You can even send the details to your friends back at the office.
The iBobber is actually a very cheap way to get decent SONAR on a giant screen if you use a tablet – if you wanted a tablet sized screen on a fish finder, you’d have to be prepared to shell out at least $500 or even more. Nowadays, since smartphones have pretty big screens too, that isn’t a problem anyway.
If you are using a GPS enabled phone or tablet, the iBobber app will also pull and save GPS data – making it incredibly versatile compared to other regular fish finders, especially when considering the less-than-$100 price tag.
Weather on Pyramid Lake in September is great. I had no trouble at all gaining a connection to the iBobber, and it immediately began streaming the depth and lake bed visual to my phone. Within seconds this time, it started to pick up fish as well, sitting at about 18-24' deep. Quick adjusting of my fishing gear was all it takes to get a first fish. iBobber was working fine all day, helping me a lot and I was happy to have it that day with me. I have no idea how it would perform on ocean but on the lake it worked just fine!
Smart thing to do is to protect your phone with waterproof case from dirt and water. Also, you don't want your phone to smell like a fish tomorrow in the office.
If you have boat I guess that you have fish finder preinstalled on your boat, but for fisherman like me, without the boat, iBobber is crucial help in finding a spot with fish. If there is a fish at least I have some chances of turning fishing into catching, a good fishing day into the great one.
The iBobber fish finder is an excellent product, and I would highly recommend it. I was pleasantly surprised by how accurate it was in reading the surface map and identifying where the fish were in that area.
For a more info or to buy one for $99 please go to: http://reelsonar.com