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Dave Parsons, left, owner of Causeway Live Baits and Scugog resident and inventor John Galbraith with his revolutionary “Bite-N-Lite”. A new light on ice fishing Local entrepreneur develops a revolutionary new “tip-up” which brings night fishing out of the dark Every January, hundreds of avid fishermen haul their huts onto Lake Scugog and spend endless hours solving the world’s problems while waiting for that exhilarating tug on the line. This year however, there is a new ap- proach to this age old sport. It’s an invention called the Bite-N-Lite and it is taking the industry by storm. Best of all it was developed and built right here in Scugog Township. John Galbraith is an environmental scientist who loves to invent things. Last year he created the goose dropping sweeper (Focus On Scugog, July, 2011), which was success- fully used by the township to rid Palmer Park of Canada geese ‘leftovers’ before the Dragon Boat races. “The Bite-N-Lite is something every fisherman can use,” John said, explaining he’s an avid fisherman, as well as a fish conservationist, having studied fish and wildlife in school. From its original concept in 2000 to today, the Bite-N- Lite tip-up has gone through computer design and more importantly field testing in all weather conditions. The product is reliable and can handle anything winter or a 16 FOCUS - FEBRUARY 2012 02. FEBRAURY 2012.indd 16 fisherman can throw at it. “I seem to unintentionally break everything I touch and this product was field tested to withstand my wear and tear,” John said, with a grin on his face. So what exactly is the Bite-N-Lite? As you can tell by the photo on this month’s cover and on this page, it’s a revolutionary approach to ice fishing. John looked at the problems ice fishermen have: sit- ting out in the wee hours of the morn- ing trying to see where their lines are with icy windows, blowing snow and poor visibility add- ing to the problems. The Bite-N-Lite solves the snags by lighting up when a fish has bitten. It also has the ability to be posi- tioned for advance strike warn- ings. This means you can space your set lines much further than ever before. Precisely positioned mag- netic sensors react to the posi- tion of the tip-up arm on the stand. The position of the arm can be adjusted to change the reaction time 12-01-28 9:46AM