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LUCKYLAKER WI-FI FISH-

FINDER by Karen Middleditch

H

ubby Stephen and I do almost all our

fishing from the bank and haven’t got

any experience of using fish finders,

so we were both very interested in seeing

how effective a castable finder would be.

The Luckylaker comes well

packaged in a small box and is

supplied with a charger and

instructions. I found these to be

straight forward and easily

understandable, even though the

wording was a little strange -

probably the result of translation.

Finding and downloading the app

to my i-phone was a breeze and

after inputting the serial

number and Wi-Fi code the

Luckylaker immediately linked to

the phone. Easy!

The finder itself is a bright green

solid plastic sphere weighing just

under three ounces and the size of

an apple with a small fixing point for

the main line or leader. We took the

Luckylaker to a productive swim on a

gravel pit where we regularly fish and

Stephen stood beside me and cast out.

He said that it was very

aerodynamic and we

could easily see the

bright colour at long

range. He started to

reel in steadily and

we both watched the

display on my phone.

You can make

adjustments to the

settings, but we left

the default ones on

as the speed and

sensitivity of the read

out were just about

perfect. You can see from the screenshot,

we quickly found the pronounced hump

that we knew was there and were looking

for! We soon made one adjustment to the

settings in this relatively shallow

environment to limit the depth to five

metres, which allowed the device to provide

even more detailed readings of the depth.

Battery life seems to be very good and

using a notepad and taking screenshots

we are sure that this is a most effective

and exciting way of identifying areas of

interest, both for fishing on the day and for

future reference. I can’t comment on the

longevity of the Luckylaker, but we are

very impressed at this stage so, rather

than returning the finder after the review,

we have chosen to buy it and are thoroughly

looking forward to mapping other waters

we fish - not to mention taking it out on a

boat at Pitsford later in the year!