Equipping your Boat with Broadband Service
Posted on August 26, 2011
If you enjoy sailing the seven seas, or at least your local lakes, you may love the freedom and solitude of the open air. Or you might yearn for your electronic devices at home. What to do if you want to outfit your sailing vessel with broadband service, regardless of your choice of navigable waterway? Where do you start? The answers are out there, me hearty, but it will take a little bit of research – don’t worry; you won’t need a treasure map.
A New Age: Mini VSAT Broadband Service
The mini-VSAT ("very small aperture terminal" satellite dish) Broadband service utilizes KVH Industries' TracPhone support package for maritime communications. This includes Internet access with the widest coverage and lowest cost for seafaring satellite communications. Not only is it possible to use e-mail and download chart updates, but also this service supports personal cell phone use from anywhere within their network.
How Much is it and What's Included?
Charges range from roughly $1,000 to more than $5,000 per month, and usually include the hardware with a contract. The system’s antenna weighs about sixty pounds and 24 inches in diameter, which is actually a case of technology getting smaller all the time. KVH bundles the price of the equipment and airtime, and installation usually costs a few thousand dollars. Check out local mobile phone shops that specialize in broadband services as well as the internet.
Just a few years ago, coverage was considered patchy and it was often the case that a signal could only be had when close to shore. Thanks to satellite technology, competition between providers of marine broadband is aggressive and hardware is shrinking. Coverage, prices, and equipment are better than ever before, so if you've been waiting for the right time to outfit your boat with broadband, now is the time.
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Will Better Eyesight Improve Your Fishing Trip?
Posted on August 23, 2011
Being able to see isn't necessarily required in order to fish. After all, there are many things that blind people can do. The same is true for people who have reduced vision for a variety of reasons. However, if you plan to go on a fishing trip and your vision is not that good, better eyesight can help you enjoy your trip more easily. You may not need to wear glasses or contact lenses for the rest of your life.
Seeing Better Means More Enjoyment
When you fish, it's easier if you can "read" the water and the conditions. If you have poor vision, you may get less out of your trip. Before your next fishing trip, you may want to visit your eye doctor and see what options you have. One of those options may be laser eye surgery. This kind of surgery can help you have good vision without glasses or contact lenses – and that can allow you to see signs to help you determine where you should be fishing.
Eye Surgery Can Give You Options
Young or old, there are always options. If you find that glasses or contact lenses are causing you a problem when you go fishing, you can change that with laser eye surgery. Check with your doctor about whether you're a good candidate, and spend some time determining how long you'll have to stay away from your favorite fishing hole.
Being able to see to bait a hook, cast a line, throw a net to catch fish for bait, or spot the ripples that fish can make on the surface of the water can all help you catch more fish. If you're a candidate for Chicago laser eye surgery, it could take your fishing to a whole new level.
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Bait as Art
Posted on January 27, 2011
When I was a kid, my grandfather was a fly fisherman. He loved to fish the nearby rivers and streams of the Appalachian Mountains where we lived. I think fly fishing for him began as an escape from all the "womenfolk" back at the house. (As a young married man, he had in-residence, five daughters, his sister, and of course, my grandmother.) When I came along, I would stay with my grandparents while my parents worked. I was lucky to have my grandparents, especially my grandfather, since he introduced me to a life-long love of fishing. I'm sure fishermen everywhere can relate to fishing as sort of a religion, and I think this was also true for my grandfather. My recollections of fishing with him are some of my best memories.
Another memory is of my grandfather making his own fly bait in the off-season. The fancy Bass Pro Shops didn't exist yet. He kept his lure-making supplies in an old shoe box, and after he retired from his job, he would occupy himself with this hobby in the afternoons after lunch was cleared from the kitchen table. (The kitchen table was also his workshop.) He would attach a vise to the old kitchen table--which irritated my grandmother to no end--and would place the bare hooks in the vise. In the shoebox, were his other special tools for lure-making, as well as bits of animal hair, feathers, threads, etc. I was always fascinated with the contents of this box, and mesmerized by the fact that he could turn these odd bits of materials into lures that actually caught fish.
After my grandfather passed away, my grandmother gave me the old shoebox that contained his lure-making supplies, and his bait box that contained his hand-made lures. I managed to get them mounted in a special frame and I keep it displayed on a wall in my den. A special kind of art made by a special kind of man.
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Part 2 Monsters of the Deep – Animal X Natural Mystery Unit
Posted on January 19, 2011
Many believe that huge unidentified monsters lurk in the world's oceans and waterways. Do remnants of the dinosaur age still exist, and is this what people are seeing off the coast of Wales in Britain and in San Francisco Bay in the USA? The Animal X - Natural Mystery Unit is on the hunt for Monsters of the Deep. Daniel and Natalie talk with eyewitnesses who have videotaped a pod of huge sea serpents. We have the videotape analyzed by an expert who says the tape is not a fake and the monsters are real. So much of the ocean is still unexplored. Could there be large species we are yet to discover? Scientists answer 'yes - it's most likely", and they've even recorded sounds from the depths of the ocean that they can't explain. Have you heard of the Bloop? It's the sound of a huge underwater creature and is the biggest mystery in the ocean today. Could it be the sea monster people have been talking about? They meet the scientists from NOAA a US government agency. Scientists here say the biggest threat to any species in the ocean is over fishing. It's time for Daniel and Natalie to slip on their wetsuits and scuba gear and go exploring the big blue. Join them as they dive to 'Aquarius', the only inner-space station in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, searching for answers.
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River Monsters: Man-sized Fish
Posted on January 19, 2011
River Monsters: Man-sized Fish More video at : bit.ly
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How to get your Bass
Posted on January 18, 2011
Fishing for fun,but remove the hock carefully if returning it to water please.
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CANCUN 2009 Mexican Productions.wmv
Posted on January 18, 2011
cancun trip 2009 was a blast gotta hit that bitche up again, and soon
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Fish Hooks – Meet Oscar
Posted on January 18, 2011
Meet Oscar from our brand new animated series Fish Hooks! Coming soon, only on Disney Channel.
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bass fishing live bait
Posted on January 17, 2011
bass fishing, tips, live bait, rigs. john boat
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N-Gage Hooked On: Creatures of the Deep Trailer 02
Posted on January 17, 2011
Prepare for the fishing adventure of a lifetime! Incredibly easy to pick up and nearly impossible to put down, Hooked On: Creatures of the Deep is a fishing game like no other. Travel to every corner of the globe and catch boatloads of fish, sea creatures, and other crazy items. You'll have a blast catching the Loch Ness monster in Scotland, pirate treasure in the Caribbean, and gigantic tuna in the Atlantic. Cast your line and catch hundreds of fish, sea creatures, and unique items to store in your virtual live-well. The single-player career mode will challenge you with dozens of quests as you freely roam the expansive fantasy and real-world fishing destinations.
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