When I think of fishing, I tend to conjure up the image of lounging about on the riverside in the sunshine, maybe taking a snooze. However, I was shocked to learn that some people who go fishing actually like to catch fish - I know, crazy right? Like every other hobby out there, fishing has not escaped the rise of technological accessories: the iBobber is a sonar depth finder that can tell you what the bottom of the river looks like, locate fish, structures, ledges and holes, and basically let you know if it’s worth sticking around in your current location.

The iBobber Bluetooth Smart Castable Fish Finder is the smallest and lightest (47g) personal sonar depth finder on the market - it is a castable, portable, and wireless fish finder that syncs with the free companion app on your smartphone or tablet up to 100ft away. The iBobber Smart syncs with iOS devices 6.0 - 10.0 (including iWatch) and Android 4.3 or later (including Goggle Watch), and uses Bluetooth Smart (4.0). The iBobber is lightweight and can be cast long distances. It can GPS mark spots, laydowns (trees that have fallen), weed beds, drop-offs and other underwater structures where hiding fish could be tempted out. Suitable for dock and pier fishing, either in freshwater or the ocean, you can cast out to map the waterbed down to 135ft, mark fish, and save the GPS locations for later. The iBobber will warn you when schools of fish gather under docks and piers, and you can choose if you want notifications when they're biting, or you can use the fish alarm to wake you up to reel them in (See, you can still snooze!)

Other features include the patented sonar fish identifier technology, an LED beacon, the choice of raw sonar or fish tagging views, fish and strike alarms and GPS spot tagging with an interactive map. It will even colour-code your fish by size! The rechargeable battery will provide you with over ten hours of life and there is a charge status indicator light to let you know when you need to recharge. At the end of the session, you can log your success with the Trip Log, where you can input your date, time, location, water temp, conditions, type of fishing, lure, number and species of fish caught - you even have the option of bragging about your success on social media.

The iBobber Bluetooth Smart is a versatile accessory that can improve your success rate, and if nothing else is fun to use. There is no need to mullet over any further, it’s oh-fish-al: the iBobber is a reel catch (if you have any better fish puns please let minnow). RRP $99.99

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5 out of 5

Pros

Sonar depth up to 135ft

Tags two fish sizes under and over 38 cm

Strike alarm

Waterbed Mapping up to 30m

GPS Tagging

Trip Log

LED Beacon

Bluetooth Smart v4.0 range 100ft / 30m

Lightweight 47g / 1.7oz

iOS & Android compatible (including iWatch and Google Watch)