Has you all probably know by now, I live in Luanda, Angola a country with an enormous fishing potential, great biodiversity, long shoreline, etc. etc.
One of the biggest problems I find in Angola (fishingwize) is the almost total inexistance of sport fishing infrastructure, apart from Luanda, Lobito, Longa Lodge, Flamingo Lodge and Kwanza Lodge on the rest of the 1650 Km of shoreline you probably won't find a decent "sport fishing" boat that can take you 5 miles out into the sea.
Allthough a lot of investment is being made on roads, a big pice of the shoreline must still be driven on dirt roads what makes it very difficult to tow a boat to any given destination, or at least make the trip a very, very slow one and instead of fishing you will spend your time driving :-( .
On the other hand on most of fishing locations (towns) you will find little boats like this Yamaha, running usually a yamaha two stroke outboard.
Usually if you bring 2 stroke oil and gasoline with you, you can negotiate with local fisherman and "rent" it for a couple of hours in the sea.
I've also have an "extra" 25 Hp Mercury 4 stroke outboard that I can take with me for safety reasons.
My idea is to get some kind of portable fishfinder that allows me to explore this remote locations on little yamaha boats like the one above.
I cannot imagine jigging without a good fishfinder that can show you structure and fish off the bottom.
I've been searching the internet and found this Humminbird portable fishfinders:
They use Gel batterys that can be easely recharged
And I found this portable transducers (with suction cups)
I need to be able to sound structure up to 200 meters deep.
Have you guys used any of this solutions ? How do they work ? What other kind/brand can you find?
Thanks.
One of the biggest problems I find in Angola (fishingwize) is the almost total inexistance of sport fishing infrastructure, apart from Luanda, Lobito, Longa Lodge, Flamingo Lodge and Kwanza Lodge on the rest of the 1650 Km of shoreline you probably won't find a decent "sport fishing" boat that can take you 5 miles out into the sea.
Allthough a lot of investment is being made on roads, a big pice of the shoreline must still be driven on dirt roads what makes it very difficult to tow a boat to any given destination, or at least make the trip a very, very slow one and instead of fishing you will spend your time driving :-( .
On the other hand on most of fishing locations (towns) you will find little boats like this Yamaha, running usually a yamaha two stroke outboard.
Usually if you bring 2 stroke oil and gasoline with you, you can negotiate with local fisherman and "rent" it for a couple of hours in the sea.
I've also have an "extra" 25 Hp Mercury 4 stroke outboard that I can take with me for safety reasons.
My idea is to get some kind of portable fishfinder that allows me to explore this remote locations on little yamaha boats like the one above.
I cannot imagine jigging without a good fishfinder that can show you structure and fish off the bottom.
I've been searching the internet and found this Humminbird portable fishfinders:
They use Gel batterys that can be easely recharged
And I found this portable transducers (with suction cups)
I need to be able to sound structure up to 200 meters deep.
Have you guys used any of this solutions ? How do they work ? What other kind/brand can you find?
Thanks.
