I got an underwater camera for Christmas and I took it out this last weekend for the devils creek tourney. We fished with our flashers all morning and into the early afternoon. The fishing slowed and we weren't seeing many fish so we got out the camera and sent it down to 32 feet. I did see a couple fish swim by, but nothing came into our jigs. When the tournament at 3 we pulled up the camera and started to see fish on the flashers again. I was wondering if they noticed the long black cord coming down through the ice. I sometimes wonder if we credit fish too much intelligence as an excuse for not catching them/ the big one. I would welcome some of your thoughts.
BTW The winner was 19 1/2 inches. We caught fish all morning but the fishing turned off at about 1:00. Catfish landed two 18" and the biggest I landed was 14". it was a dink fest. Nothing produced fish consistently most things worked for a short time.
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Not that I've noticed. I usually drill a hole several feet away my primary fishing hole for the camera, about 6-8ft. The fishing wasn't the greatest, but we were catching fish.
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Yes the fish go to school and learn about line and cameras and such, (hooks line and sinkers....)[crazy][
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I really don't think they have any effect on the fish. In fact, I've seen big cuts hit & worry them. A damn tiger musky ruined one of mine at Pineview when it hit it & yanke he-- out of it.
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I have caught fish with the camera 1 or 2 feet away they have also played with the thing hitting it and just looking at it I don't think the black cord bothers them.
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I think when it first arrives down, depending on how fast you drop it - it may cause a bit of panic, but if that's where the fish want to be, they'll come back.
I often have fish come right up and check it out. I know the light gets their attention, plus I think it can give my jig more glow and reflection. Wish I had a UV.
You can get some "weeds" to put on the cable, make it look more natural. Some of the camera ends themselves look like fish.
I knew it. I also think that the hatchery fish skip that class. Like I said sometimes I assign too much intelligence t the fish because they out smart me. I realized that this does say a lot about the Utah Public Education system. Thanks for all the input. And keep it coming if anyone else has more feedback.
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Here's a thought- since I usually place mine between two holes and then bounce both jigs while I dial until I find it.
Maybe if I just rubbed some smelly jelly on the camera - it would disperse into the area, and draw onto both jigs? Just keep it off the lens. Now if someone's gonna tell me that's chumming, then pretend I said nothing!
here are some videos i took some years ago. with my aquview the cam did not seem to bother most the fish.. but the lake trout and splake at Joe's Vally and fish lake seem to want to eat the cam.. had a tug-o-war with a laker at fish lake to get my cam out of it's mouth.. was cool to see it come up and eat my cam like that tho.. it was before i got the dvr for it so i did not get any footage of it..
here in the footage I got some pech from yuba, tigers at huntington, some trout in a small pond, small splake at JV..
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when the action is hot, no the camera doesn't scare fish. when the action is slow, it absolutely scares fish! [:p]
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Just make sure you put the right end down the hole I ended up scaring all the fish out of Utah lake when they saw my mug[bobhappy][bobhappy][bobhappy][bobhappy][bobhappy][bobhappy][bobhappy][bobhappy][bobhappy][bobhappy]
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