If Electronic Gadgets Are Your Game...

The ANGLR Tracker from Dick's Sporting Goods may be one you'll want to add to your fishing arsenal. As advertised online, at https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/anglr-tracker-16au3anglrtrckrfsfel/16au3anglrtrckrfsfel, this device attaches to your rod and can be paired wirelessly with your smart phone to track fishing activity.

In addition, it keeps count of your casts and catches, records your casting direction, and pins locations of landed fish. It also marks your location with the press of a button and lets you review past trips. The ANGLR Tracker provides weather/water conditions and offers a virtual tackle box to determine the best tackle.

Here are other advertised features of the device:

     * Built-in compass records cast direction with precision.

     * Cast Count auto-detects casting and tracks cast-to-catch ratio.

     * Provides weather/water conditions (wind, temperature, moon phase, barometric pressure, cloud coverage, precipitation, water flow, water temperature, gauge, and tide).

     * The virtual tackle box helps determine the best color, sizes, pattern, and type of tackle for fish.

     * Affords the possibility to review past trips with easy-to-read charts in mobile and premium online tools.

     * Syncs wirelessly and automatically with Bluetooth smart phones.

     * It's small, light and waterproof.

     * Universally designed to fit any rod.

Specs of the ANGLR Tracker include a rechargeable lithium polymer battery. The device's dimensions are .39 inches high by .6 inches wide by 2.25 inches long. Weighing 6 ounces, its mount dimensions are .54 inches high by .64 inches wide by 2.82 inches long.

Included in the box with each ANGLR Tracker are two universal rod mounts, six rubber mount rings, one charging cable, and a one-year ANGLR Premium Xperience Membership.

The advertised price is $99.99, a 23 percent savings off the original price of $129.99.

Thus far, 14 people have reviewed the ANGLR Tracker online, giving it an overall average 4.5-star rating.

If I were into gadgets, I might check this one out the next time I hit Dick's, but seein' as how I'm the guy who lays on my horn when I get behind some dildo who would rather sit at a traffic light all day playing with his/hers, rather than drive, I can assure you the last thing I want is to buy an electronic gadget. As it is, one of the first things I did after buying my current boat was to have my mechanic remove one of the two fishfinders mounted on it. One serves me fine, and I only rarely use it.