Patent ID: 7254483

Claim:
A system for fishing comprising: input means for inputting acquired data comprising: (a) geographical positioning data indicating the geographical position of a point in substantially real-time relative to a region: (b) time data specifying the date, time or season corresponding to said real-time at said point; and (c) water condition data in respect of the prevailing environment at said point; database means for storing historical data relating to: (a) the geographical locations of previous fishing or data acquisition activity; (b) the date, time or season of said previous activity; (c) the water conditions of the prevailing environment at said geographical locations during said previous activity; and (d) fish data characterising the fish located at or obtained at the geographical locations of said previous activity; and for storing the acquired data input by said input means relative to the geographical position of said point; said database means including linking means for linking the acquired data to said historical data for the particular geographical position of said point; interface means for accessing the acquired data and the historical data and outputting same in an appropriate medium for interpreting by a user of the system; processing means to process linked data and relate the same with historical data selected in accordance with predetermined parameters to generate information for subsequent storage in said database means or outputting by said interface means; wherein said predetermined parameters are those for providing an indication of the fish data from said historical data in the region of said point and the prevailing conditions corresponding to said fish data; and wherein said geographical positioning data includes a component of relatively static data in the form of topological data indicating the topological features of said region.