US Patent Issued to Navico on Aug. 25 for "Systems and methods for controlling a watercraft in response to a fish bite" (American, New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,554, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Navico Inc. (Tulsa, Okla.).

"Systems and methods for controlling a watercraft in response to a fish bite" was invented by Christopher D. Crawford (Bixby, Okla.), Caleb John VanSomeren (Oakfield, Wis.) and Laurence Trevor Bates (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example systems and methods are provided herein for controlling a watercraft in response to a bite on a fishing line. A system includes a memory and a processor, and the processor is configured to receive data via user input or one or more sensors to determine whether a fish has bitten on a fishing line. In response to...