Angler Underwater Camera Systems Unfair!

[tashasdaddy]

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juat another expensive toy to break and ruin a good fishing trip. i have no instruments on my fishing boat, just a fishfinder and vhf, no tach, fuel gauge, etc, to worry me.

 

[bowman316]

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The water around here is so cloudy, you could only see a foot or so on a good day.

You dive 10 ft under water, and all you see is an erie dark green.
That would be worthless unless you were in clear water, and that is only down south.

 

[sschefer]

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I've run a camera a couple of times. It's fun but as was mentioned before, It's far more helpful to read the lake from the surface and understand the fish that you are after. Side scan sonar is fun too and far more efficient than the camera.

A simple sonar system that shows the fish as arches can also be used to see if fish are moving up or down in the column. If they're headed down forget catching, they're done feeding. If they're headed up then get ready to set the hook. Bass fishing is a little different because you can get them to bite just by invading their territory. You all know it's not that easy but it's definitly a known theory.

So is a camera fair? Absolutely, like watchin TV when you should be workin. See the fish, See the fish swim away.

 

[Mark_VTfisherman]

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You can see more than you might think, but clear water is definitely better, of coiurse.

 

[ZK]

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I go fishing every Sunday. On my dad's boat.

We've got a pair of underwater cameras. And a color screen fish finder.



I think I caught two fish last year.

The fish still have a chance.

When you stop fishing with a hook and line, and start using a net, THEN it's unfair.

 

[Mark_VTfisherman]

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Go to Walmart and purchase the "Complete Guide To Freshwater Fishing"

That'll be a good start.

What's unfair is that you caught only two fish in 26 days on the water, if you figure you fished half the year once-a-week

 

[Expidia]

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Maybe I was wrong. I could have used one today!

We were tied up at the town dock wating for a restaurant to open for lunch and I heard my Wife's necklace bounce off the gunnel and into the drink

Luckily, it was just a costume jewlery one

I thought to my self Hmmmm, one off those camera's would come in handy right now.

So if anyone catches a Striped Bass on the Hudson River wearing a necklace . . . PM me, there is a reward

 

[roscoe]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLQL...5D86CA679&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=6

A very cool video of what a muskie does when pursuing prey.

 

[ebry710]

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Is putting a scope on a rifle unfair? Is using a binoculars unfair for deer hunting? Is shooting a deer with a camera a sport? Is strapping tanks on and shooting fish with a spear unfair? Is calling something that you don't do and never have tried "unfair", unfair? All good questions (I think since I wrote them).

I can't wait until I can get an underwater camera system....I might even give up fishing.............naaaaah, I'll do both.

 

[Mark_VTfisherman]

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Underwater cameras are a fun way to watch what happens while you are fishing, but without going scuba diving.

 

[ebry710]

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That is what is attracting me to look into them. Scuba diving was fun, but you are limited on time under. Imagine spending the non-fishing time exploring your lake or looking for treasure.

 

[sschefer]

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That is what is attracting me to look into them. Scuba diving was fun, but you are limited on time under. Imagine spending the non-fishing time exploring your lake or looking for treasure.

Yeah, I'd like to find that pig I shot 20 years ago before they filled Lake Sonoma. I know I hit him. Danged horse threw me when I shot and I lost him in the brush.

 

[ebry710]

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At least you got a shot off on one. I use to hunt for boar in the same area and all I use to do is scare the squirrels. I like it better as a lake.

 

[sschefer]

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At least you got a shot off on one. I use to hunt for boar in the same area and all I use to do is scare the squirrels. I like it better as a lake.

Yeah, me too. If all goes according to plan I should doing my sea trials on her in a about a month.

 

[eurolarva]

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Ice fishing we have been plagued by a ton of bites and no fish. We see them on the flasher but no takers. Put the camera down and see hundreds of real small perch and then know that that spot is worthless for fishing. Summer seeing a hump or transition on the depth finder is worth dropping the camera to see what is down there. If it is structure in the middle of nowhere it gets marked on the GPS. People are spending thousands of dollars on side scan that gives you a much broader picture then the camera. I even use my camera at home. Used it to fix my dishwasher. Found the upper spray bar was not working. Also have dropped it down a wall to look for wiring and to use if for running cat 5 cable in my house.

 

[Barnacle_Bill]

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I would think the new SI technology would be more unfair than a camera with its limited field of view. With SI you can see out each side of the boat 480 ft. The fish can run but they can't hide but you still have to get them to bite. Lowrance is coming out with one later this year to give HB some competition.

 

[sschefer]

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Ice fishing we have been plagued by a ton of bites and no fish. We see them on the flasher but no takers. Put the camera down and see hundreds of real small perch and then know that that spot is worthless for fishing. Summer seeing a hump or transition on the depth finder is worth dropping the camera to see what is down there. If it is structure in the middle of nowhere it gets marked on the GPS. People are spending thousands of dollars on side scan that gives you a much broader picture then the camera. I even use my camera at home. Used it to fix my dishwasher. Found the upper spray bar was not working. Also have dropped it down a wall to look for wiring and to use if for running cat 5 cable in my house.

I agree, they do have their place. They are not unfair to use for finding fish. Some people have a sixth sense about it but most of us don't. I don't Ice Fish but I suspect that there's really no other way to be successful unless you know the area intimately.

At one of the lakes I fish, they call me the fish whisperer because I have the uncanny knack to know where the fish are. Not really, I know that the fish love the grubs under the shallow rocks near the shore line but I also know that the Osprey love the fish. The grubs are there because the Osprey poop there.

Osprey feed at dawn and the fish have learned that the shallow water makes them vulnerable. Just as soon as the sun rises they start to move out off the rocks and continue throughout the morining but they are still hungry. You just keep widening your sweep away from the shore and you catch fish. You don't even need side scan to see it, you can watch it on the regular sonar.

 

[ebry710]

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I would think the new SI technology would be more unfair than a camera with its limited field of view. With SI you can see out each side of the boat 480 ft. The fish can run but they can't hide but you still have to get them to bite. Lowrance is coming out with one later this year to give HB some competition.

I just think that the more fisherman know about the habitat of the fish, the better we will be to improve the habitat of the fish.

 

[sschefer]

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I just think that the more fisherman know about the habitat of the fish, the better we will be to improve the habitat of the fish.

Absolutely!... I got into Bass fishing for the first time last year. I'm pretty savy on Trout so I figured Bass fishing would be a piece of cake. Not...I feel like I'm in pre-school taking post grad courses. So on that note, cameras, sonar, etc are all fine but no where near as gratifying as figuring it out on your own. And the added benifit is that once you learn you do everything you can to help preserve those precious little mother nature things that make it all work.

 

[ebry710]

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I am also a past trout fisherman. Bass seem to have more issues then trout. I use to get by with a few home made flies, salmon eggs and earthworms and I could always catch dinner. Now I have 2+ tackle boxes, three types of lines, a depth finder, three types of rod/reels, downriggers and plan to order percussion grenades just so my wife doesn't think that I should just go down to the market to by fish.