under water cameras

I've had one for about 8 years. I rarely use it. I have primarily used it to scout for structure on new lakes or on new areas of familiar lakes. I've found that when I use it, I sit way too long over negative fish because I can see them and it becomes a quest to catch them. Instead I should be beating feet to find active fish. Also, since it takes longer to drill a camera hole, unwind the cable, and get it positioned towards the bait, I'm less likely to move because of the hassle of repacking/unpacking the camera.

In addition, several of the lakes I fish are too murky to use the camera effectively. Pymy, Edinboro, and Wilhelm are a no go. Chautauqua, Eaton, Justus, and Kinzua are usually ok. Nighttime use is also useless...I know, I know...all the manuafacturers claim that their IR lights allow you to see clearly in low light conditions, and that's true, from about 4 inches away.

One use that I found it handy for was when I was taking my son when he was younger, it would keep him occupied and interested for awhile.

I'm not trying to bash U/W cameras...it's just that I don't find them very useful for my style of icefishing, and it's just additional weight to drag. If you don't already have a flasher, that would be a much wiser investment IMO.

I use a camera in combination with a vexilar. Since I target mainly crappy and eyes through the ice, I use the vexilar to find the fish, then the camera to see the make/model of the fish. This is especially helpful when your flasher is full of fish only to find out they are large shad. I can live without the camera, but cannot without the vexilar. I have found the camera really useful in clear lakes rather than murky.

HTH

ORIGINAL: eyeassassin

thanks for the info is yours the black and white one or a color one?

B/W. Color units aren't as useful in fresh water. Color is washed out to large degree in fresh water.

Look at the Marcum's. I believe their site has a demo video. If not look on "you tube" for Marcum under water camera.

i had a cabela's camera last year and it was useless on murky lakes like pymatuning but it was pretty cool on presque isle bay.  you could see a lot of bites that you otherwise might never notice.  the camera i had didn't have a panning feature so it was very frustrating to operate the camera and fish at the same time.  i ended up taking it back and bought a showdown because i fish pymy more often than the bay.  if i fished the bay i would invest in a camera with a panning feature.  if my home waters were not crystal clear i wouldn't get a camera at all.

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