Just curious how many guys are or plan to film in the boat this year. Seems GoPro has made this pretty common. Why do you film? Are you posting to You Tube. Just curious what everybody is doing and why. What special set-ups do you use? Photo’s are always helpfull. 
I use a Sony action cam, mostly because it was a good camera and I got it for half the price of a gopro. I put mine on a gorilla pod attached to the support for my walk through windshield. I have some learning to do yet, but it’s pretty easy.
Here’s a video we did for cold water Saugers pitching Prescott Bait Company Plastics last fall.
YouTube did turn down the quality of my video though.
I used mine a lot at first, but not as much lately. From shore obviously. I figure why hastle when I’m catching average fish, although you never know. Wish I had it filming when I found the bass schooled up and smashing top water one morning, but it was probably too dark any way.
I plan on making it to a canal soon where they are catching monster black drum and reds and hope to catch one and film it. It’ll be on the tripod.
If you plan on filming from a boat, get the clamp. You can mount the camera just about anywhere then.
I made a homemade hat Mount, but its a little heavy and your always focused on pointing it at the fish when fighting it, as opposed to enjoying the fight.
I plan to starting this spring. I just purchased an SJcam and 2 extra batteries for like $90 on amazon. Supposedly they are great, we will see. I might put the videos on youtube, simply for the fun factor and something to do. I really wanted it for very BASIC reviews of many items I have purchased over the years that my own research did not seem to show many results from end users.
About 10 years ago I bought a video camera specifically for fishing. Used it a couple times and basically got skunked each time. About halfway through the day on the third time using it and still no fish to talk about. I was hooking up the power supply I had created for it to charge the battery while being used, and accidentally hooked it up backwards, frying the camera. A few good words later I went back to fishing and first cast I hook into a 20″ largemouth. After that I figured that was a sign I shouldn’t bother trying to be a movie star and just go fish to have fun.
Thinking back on it unless there was something absolutely incredible that happened I would probably never have a reason to look back at those videos anyway. So why bother?
Newer gopros have a loop. You set it at 5 or 20 minutes and then it starts saving over itself. So you can set the camera up and forget about it. Then after you catch a fish, stop it and restart it.
Just make sure to buy extra batteries as the life is about 2 hours.
If fishing with someone, they can unclamp it and follow the action.
The batteries on my action can last a little less than 2 hours too. I got a few extras on amazon with a charger for $17. I have 4 now. If you only need to record in 720p, you can get a lot of video on a 16gb card too. I have the head and chest straps but haven’t used them. I did make a pole out of PVC for under water shots, mostly just under the surface. I also made a clamp to clamp the camera onto things, like the net.
There are some good videos on youtube specifically about how guys set up their go pros in boats to film fishing. I’m going to give it a try this year, but not sure how great it will be with just one go pro. I’ve never done any filming so I’m sure it will take some time to learn. Dicks just had a flash sale $100 off go pros.
Been trying to get the FW to do some films in the boat for years. She has this silly reason of being against nudity in public 
We have recorded a fair amount in are boats but I can’t say much of it was fishing. Most of it was the ride getting there. I have hours of footage on my laptop that just sits since I don’t have internet at home or editing software. Checkout the Midland action cameras they are a very good camera for the price.
I picked up a GoPro a few years ago that I planned on using for fishing and pheasant hunting. I honestly haven’t used it like I ever expected to, it was a little bit of a waste of money for me. In high school I loved the video editing classes that I took, so I figured it would be fun to try on my own. Well, my outdated MacBook has made it tough to do any quality editing and I’m not going to buy a new computer.
I have caught some cool moments on it though, and I do use it quite a bit as a camera. It can take some very cool pictures!
Similar theme here. Got a video cam back in 2010 and did a handful of vids. Then dropped off the radar. Need to shoot some more this year. A few are fun to look back at.
-J.
I use my GoPro for fishing, jet-skiing, canoeing, waterslides etc. It’s great – one of the best investments I’ve ever made because you capture so many moments with your kids that you otherwise wouldn’t.
as a pro, we just turn the cameras on and edit later. the loop feature that GoPro has is wonderful IF you remember that the loop is active and you have to save the shot.
That said, one point: attach the camera to a base that is stable to the action, i.e. the boat windshield is preferable to a head mount most of the time. If there ISN’T a more stable mount, THEN use the head mount. Heads move around a LOT, so the footage is pretty unstable. BUT, you don’t find out until you are back at the editing studio.
But, when push comes to shove, just turn the camera on and watch for dead batteries…
I have used my GoPro a fair amount in the boat and what not. Everything always sounds like a great idea until you have to implement it EVERY time you fish, move spots, change batteries… Going over footage in the off season is a lot of fun, I think thats what I get the most of my enjoyment out of. I can go back through just clips and get myself a little worked up and excited to go fish or hunt or just remember a trip. Or constantly get horrified like what beanman said you hear your voice and wish you had just kept your mouth closed. The loop feature is awesome to have and keeps the editing and sorting through “good” clips faster and simpler.
Here’s a view from a video I took, I attached the “gooseneck” GoPro mount to the top end of my lightpole and ran the boat down the slough this fall, was pretty decent until the end, I sped it up and over 25mph, it kinda wobbles, but a pretty decent perspective I felt. Ive got a little video of some bass fishing that I used the same gooseneck and clamped it to the back of the graph, about the top of the gunnels height.
I then came up with this pole idea attached to a duck blind bracket, (see photo) looked great at home until I put the pole up and the first landing I backed into I found the nearest oak tree branches and trashed that idea before it got on the water. but the view looked nice!
I try to edit some stuff and throw it up to my youtube channel but again it’s piecing it together and getting the feeling it’s “worthy” of posting to youtube. I get a kick outta editing stuff though, just need more and more footage!
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I have 3 GoPro cameras in my boat and use them a lot….I have friends that live around the world and take people fishing and they can see my fishing videos anytime.I wait till a crappy day and then post a a bunch, still can’t figure out the sound thing though
well, pay attention to the audio, it’s 80% of the communicant. the visual is just cream.
i’m kinda in your position. if our audio guy is gone, i’m shot, but i’m studying and it does pay off. Luckily there are fewer variables in audio than visual, so you can learn it. When they started getting into manipulating or ‘modulating’, i’m lost again. Better mics do help…
Hmm, all this talk makes me wanna make sure the gopro is charged up for the next trip to the pond.
I’ve kind of just forgot to make it part of the preparation when going fishing – grabbing the camera and Mount.
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