Humminbird Smartcast RF15 Fish Finder

April 19th, 2006 by Lexia in Miscellaneous Gadgets, Sport, Wacky Gadgets

RF15 Sonar Fish Finder This has to be one of the coolest gadgets around! I’m not one to go fishing, but I may pick it up just so I can use this cool sonar device. The Humminbird Smartcast RF15 Fish Finder detects the presence of fish to an amazing depth of 100 feet.

The little fishies can’t escape as the RF15 gives a real-time visual on subterranean landscape and what depth they (the fish) are at.

Here’s how it works - you place your bait on the sonar sensor and cast it out into your target fishing zone. The wireless sonar sensor feeds the spatial data back to the RF15’s console where 3.8″ backlit LCD monitor displays the underwater environ. A glow-in-the-dark bobbin is bundled in too, so can easily take the RF15 when going night fishing. The little guys won’t have a chance!

The RF15 display console is powered by a set of 8 AA batteries. The sensor has an internal power supply with a lifetime of 400 hours. When the sensor is out of water, it automatically shuts down. When the sensor expires it can be easily replaced through contacting and ordering a new one through your local tackle shop.

The Humminbird Smartcast RF15 Fish Finder costs £169.99 and is available from My New Cheap.

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6 Comments on “Humminbird Smartcast RF15 Fish Finder”

Al Says:

April 20th, 2006 at 5:30 am

It still doesn’t make fishing interesting though :).

Paz Says:

April 20th, 2006 at 12:34 pm

LOL… who said fishing’s not supposed to be interesting…

Anyway, I can’t help thinking that’s cheating; and at £170 I’m wondering if it would be cheaper to buy your fish on the way home!

Lexia Says:

April 21st, 2006 at 3:05 am

Fishing is interesting as it’s the epitome of the eternal struggle between Man and his subterrenean prey. Now, the little guys don’t have a chance. The sonar sensor is cool though - very Red October…

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Paul Lieb Says:

September 23rd, 2006 at 4:32 pm

The 2 Best Floats man ever made!
The SmartCast & BulletBobber make a great team.

I have been experimenting with two featured products reviewed in Journal Outside columns with great success. The BulletBobber is the only guidable fishing bobber designed to be steered into places under docks, between stands of weeds and anywhere else a conventional bobber simply can’t be fished. The BulletBobber switches its direction of travel with just the flick of your wrist, allowing for 180 degrees of coverage from shore and a fid 360 degrees from a boat. The Humminbird Piranha Portable Fish Finder is a sonar unit that has a castable bobber type transducer that can be cast from shore and will show the bottom contour, read the depth and temperature and show any fish present. By combining these two products, I’ve found I can use the BulletBobber to steer the Humminbird transducer under docks, and run along standing timber. The Bobber/transducer can be weaved in and out between the trees and can cast the two units into creek mouths and cover both sides and points of the creek mouths and cover both sides and points of the creek mouth with one cast.

To check out these products go to http://www.bulletbobber.com or http://www.humnhbird.com.
Johnnie Crain Outdoors Writer from Muscatine, Iowa
JohnnieCrain@machlink.com