I just dropped a good link for the Rapala Combo tool and figured I would do one on my 2nd most useful tool outside of my rod and reel. Salt water fishing is usually tide dependent, unless of course, you’re just dropping weights on the bottom hoping for a bite.

With a good watch you can stay on top of the tide change so you can catch bigger fish. I use my watch for a number of different things, the first being my fighting time. When I am aware of whats going on after a fish bites, I like to smash the timer button to see how long it takes me to fight the fish in. Yeah I know, I’m a little weird – but whatever! Its my thing.

The main thing about this watch thats awesome, is it tells you when the fish are feeding, and is pretty accurate within the half hour. It does all of this based on your location, which you have to set into the watch so if your not on top of your game then this feature won’t do you any good. If you are on top of your game, well then its awesome – and it actually works for me anyway. I found a review from Amazon on the product that complements my belief that it works, and its posted below.

Casio Men’s Ana-Digi Forester Fishing Timer Watch

The Casio Men’s Pathfinder Fishing Timer Watch is water resistant to 300 feet and includes a unique compass function, making it the perfect accessory for fishermen and other outdoorsmen. Constructed with a stainless steel case, the watch includes a stationary stainless steel bezel, and a black leather wristband with an adjustable buckle clasp for the perfect fit. A durable mineral window shields the black and digital-gray dial face, which features silver-tone Arabic numeral hour indexes, and a digital time display at the six o’clock position. The digital display shows the time, as well as the day, date, and moon cycle. Silver-tone cardinal directions ring the bezel, while degrees encircle the dial in increments of 30. This quartz-powered timepiece includes an illumination function, a 10-year battery life.

The Review -

 actually works, April 5, 2009

once you set the watch for your location the fish feeding indicator is fairly close. I fish daily and have been watching it for 2 months now. with the exception of changes in barometric preasure the watch calculates top feeding times and seems to nail it within 30 min, if they had included a barometer in the watch and cross referenced it to the moon phase it would have been near perfect. the few times it has been off were due to obvious preasure changes, if your lucky enough to be out while the preasure is falling before a storm and the moon phase says dinner time for trout you’ll have a fish every other cast or so. I’d give it 5 stars but the light could be better (it works, but barely) and the band size (12mm or 13mm I think) makes finding replacement bands difficult, considering what the watch is for it would be nice to have a more secure band like the double wrap or nato style bands but unfortunately they don’t come that small.

Im sitting up last night thinking about my fishing site and wondering what it needed. I was thinking questions like, What do I have that people really need? The tool was the first thing that popped into my mind.

I use the Rapala pliers from this kit every time I fish, mainly because I catch and release everything. Its the middle of winter season and I hooked up on a fatty Snook last night from my buddies flats boat. The best thing about these pliers is the hook on the end of them, you can unhook dehook release the hook from whatever monster fish your catching. The Snook that I landed last night sure did love me for getting him back in the water so fast!

Check this baby out! Its a solid set of pliers and filet knife! And you can’t beat the freakin price, I mean come on 20 bucks! I ordered a spare set because Im good and not cleaning my tools after I use them, and we all know what salt water does to a good set of pliers if we don’t clean them off! But yeah, I dropped the product link below, so check it out.

Here are some reviews taken from the Amazon site: