Looks amazing! Definitely will have to try this!

Quote from: NowhereMan on March 20, 2024, 07:21:05 PM

Quote from: 123engineering on March 20, 2024, 01:55:43 PM

Hopefully, someone can develop a fish identification app linked to the applicable regulations.
By taking a photo of a fish, it can tell species, size, (automatically capture GPS coordinate and date) and tell me if I can keep the fish or not and how many.

This would be a great project for one of my CS students, I'll try to pitch it and see if I can get any takers. It would be interesting to see how accurately fish can be ID'ed from pictures. I suspect there would be quite a few ambiguous cases, but at least the app could then tell you what to look for to distinguish between the possibilities...

We might start by collecting rockfish photos. If we make serious progress, we might be able to pursue grants from CDFW, PFMC, or CCA.  Additionally, it could provide a fishing log function.  I know ESRI/Survey123 has a fishing log app.  I want to assist people unfamiliar with CDFW regulations, which are overly complicated.  As I stated before you need a PhD to understand our regulations.

Paul

There’s an app called Fish Legal already has a lot of the information you’re talking about. Maybe you can talk to them and build off of what they already have. Might be easier to add to their system then to start one from scratch.

I have one person already getting it. If the deal falls through Mr. X is next in line.

lol it sounded like a great deal and would love this setup. I’ve heard of a few other guys having this same type of scamming problem with other kayaks on Craigslist. Buyer be aware!!

They should make the fish limits on PBs 6 bottom fish, 1 ling and must fish outside the 20 fathom line. Then let private boats and kayakers alone. Also make it a requirement for all boats that are fishing to have and use fish descenders.

I had to deal with a hobie warranty back in 2018. It was a lot of BS! I bought the 2018 pa14 brand new from CCK. I took it out on the sax river and trolled around for salmon for around 3 hours before the kayak started to feel heavy. I thought it was just me. I got back to the dock the hull had about 10 gallons of water in it. Took it straight back over to CCK and we found out that all of the scuppers were leaking. Hobie wanted me to put a go pro by each scupper and take it out to prove it was leaking. I told them if they send me the go pros that have night vision I will. The head of the warranty department Jock is a pr**k to say the least! After over a month of back and forth with Hobbies management the owner of CCK contacted me and said to bring the kayak back to them and they have a new one with my name on it and they will deal with hobie. I honestly was thinking that I would never buy another hobie because of my experience with them but if you want a top of the line peddler you just have to.

I really hope you don’t have to deal with the same BS as I did and your warranty will be a lot easier!

*** FYI… Anyone dealing with a warranty through hobie know this… If hobie ever asks you how you are storing and transporting your kayak make sure to tell them you store it on a stand with their kayak support cradle! Jock told me if you’re not transporting and storing it with the cradles then that will void the warranty.

Nice fish Eddie! Isn’t ocean whitefish what is used to make imitation crab?