12-07-2009, 05:37 PM
I have one and I like it a lot. It's the "Fish TV". Going on 5 years now and it is excellent for ice fishing WHEN INSIDE AN ICE SHACK. Doesn't work worth squat outside in the sun. At Scofield this weekend we had the Fish Camera as well as a good fish finder (color, etc). The battery on the FISH TV died after about 4 hours but the fishfinder was still going. We decided we'd rather have the FISH TV so we used the fishfinder battery for the TV and turned the fishfinder off! If you have it set up properly, you can see all your jigs (3 of us). We built a stand so that the camera can sit ON the bottom level and we put it on the end hole looking towards all the lures in a straight line. Works excellent that way!
I also thought that it would just be a novelty toy at first, but have found that although not absolutely necessary, it is very very fun and a very useful tool.
If conditions are right (visibility, not too deep, set up properly) I'd rather have the Fish TV than the fishfinder.
When conditions are murky, deeper water, etc. I'd rather have the fishfinder.
Ice fishing is the only time you can really use it as the screen is useless outside. Even with those little covers.
Hope this helps. I've seen them for $89.00 at Sportsmans.
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I also thought that it would just be a novelty toy at first, but have found that although not absolutely necessary, it is very very fun and a very useful tool.
If conditions are right (visibility, not too deep, set up properly) I'd rather have the Fish TV than the fishfinder.
When conditions are murky, deeper water, etc. I'd rather have the fishfinder.
Ice fishing is the only time you can really use it as the screen is useless outside. Even with those little covers.
Hope this helps. I've seen them for $89.00 at Sportsmans.
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I used to N.ot have E.nough T.ime O.ff to go fishing. Then I retired. Now I have less time than I had before. Sheesh.