Daily Archives: December 16, 2009

White Birds while fishing with Richard and his father

White Birds I shot today while I was fishing with Richard and his farther.
With the super low tides they were very cooperative while they sit there catching crabs and small bait fish.

Princeton Tec EOS Tactical Headlamp

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I have owned numerous headlamps over the years. My attitude has been “get the cheapest, it’s just a light”.

Well, my attitude has changed.

Princeton Tec has been making durable quality lights for over 30 years for military and industry including first responders. Most recently they released a very light weight (3.6 oz) headlamp, the EOS Tactical Headlamp for outdoorsmen. The Tac EOS opperates off of standard 3 AAA Lithium or Alkaline batteries with a life of 112 hours. That is a lot of fishing trips! The lamp is 1 Maxbright LED which is powered at 45 lumens. This is in the neighborhood of a 25 watt bulb and at it’s highest setting ( 4 settings – blinking, high, meduim, low) can shine in excess of 60 yards.

In addition the Tac EOS also has an easy-to-change lens filter system designed for specific nighttime activities: red for preserving night vision, blue for blood tracking and green for hunter safety.

When I took it out on the water it did not dissapoint. It was comfortable and lit up the area well. I was apprehensive to test the Level 2 (30 min. under 1 meter of water) waterproof rating because I had some headlamps from other manufactors it the past that were supposedly waterproof that failed miserably. To my delight the lamp still worked.

The cost of these headlamps is around $52 but should be the last headlamp you should have to buy for quite some time.

First Saltyshores Poll.

Now that the new Saltyshores.com is looking pretty stable, I’m starting to mess around with some of the features that are available in the new software.

Polling is one of the feature. Gathering information about things you would like to see more of. Giving opinion on just about anything.
Saltyshores will hopefully be more interactive with out the usual banter or having to read the drama you get from most of the fishing forums out there.