Blind Fishing Boat

Each year when this Pike / Walleye tournament for fishers with vision loss comes up, it’s always a question about which technology I should show-case.  Well, this year mother nature narrowed the options by lowering the water levels to the point that launching my 20-foot power cat was a

 As a fisher without sight my “Blind Fishing” and Talking Fishing” Boats function almost exclusively on electricity.  By incorporating solar panels directly on the Boats or at dock-side to recharge batteries my ecological “foot-print” on the water will be virtually zero.  IN addition

In late July 2008 my wife, Kids and I set off for Desert Lake, located just north of Kingston Ontario, for a week of camping and sea trials of the Blind Fishing Porta-Boat. I was more than just a bit excited about this set of trials as it was to involve a pre-release version of the new Breeze

Trials of the Blind Fishing Porta-Bote over the 2008 season thus far have expanded on the results and recommendations reported on in 2007.  A number of modifications are now in use and still more are in the process of being implemented.  [caption id="attachment_196" align="alignnone"

The Porta-Bote proved to be an excellent platform upon which to build the world’s first fishing boat for the blind.  It’s light weight, stability and handling were crucial to the deployment and trialing of the various electronic systems.  It’s only down side rests with the