Ron Kirk 
Will a castable fish finder actually put more fish in the boat? Bounded answer: yes, in the sense that it turns a blind guess at structure into a measured one — it shows you the depth, the bottom type, and where cover starts before you commit a cast. It will not find fish that are … Read more
The best side imaging fish finder you can buy in the sub-1,000 class is the Garmin STRIKER 7SV, because it puts genuine SideVü scanning, a sunlight-readable 7-inch screen and a bundled CV52HW-TM transducer in one package that installs in an afternoon. Side imaging fires beams out to port and starboard instead of only straight down, … Read more
Standing on a muddy bank at 6am with a rod in one hand and no idea what is happening 20 feet below the waterline, a portable fish finder changes the whole session. I have spent the last two seasons casting from shore with these units, comparing the same drop-offs, weed edges and rock bars with … Read more
Choosing the best fish finders for small boats comes down to fit, not features. A 9-inch chartplotter needs a dash you do not have, a scanning sonar package needs a clean power lead you have never run, and a shiny screen on an open jon boat is unreadable at noon. I have spent the last … Read more
Choosing the best fish finders with GPS is harder than it looks, because the same unit can be a bargain for a jon boat angler and a frustrating compromise on a 20-foot bass boat. The screen size that works for one person forces squinting for another, and the chart detail that satisfies a lake regular … Read more
A kayak puts you closer to the water than almost any other boat, and that is exactly the problem. From a seated position you cannot see the pale belly rolling a few feet off the drop-off, and you cover water so slowly that finding a productive spot is mostly luck. A fish finder replaces the … Read more
There is no outdoor space you can actually use when flies own it. The patio table stays covered, the grill stays off, and the dog bowl sits untouched because every time you walk out, the swarm arrives within a minute. That is the exact problem the best fly traps for outdoors are built to solve, … Read more
I spent six weeks installing, repositioning and living with ten different ultrasonic animal repellers in a suburban yard bordered by woods, a creek and a busy street, and I can tell you which ones earned their stake. The best ultrasonic animal repellers for yards are not the units with the loudest claims on the box; … Read more
Nothing tests a garden like a bird. One gardener on r/GardeningUK described watching a young robin strip every blueberry off a potted bush overnight, and that single night is the reason most people start searching for the best bird deterrent devices for gardens. I have spent the last two summers testing these devices on a … Read more
A solar mole repeller is a ground stake with a small photovoltaic panel, a rechargeable cell, and a transducer that fires low-frequency sound and vibration pulses into the soil on a timer. There is no wiring, no bait, and no digging. You push it in, flip a switch, and it pulses roughly every 20 seconds … Read more
