It’s almost like cheating!

  • mark_johnson
    St. Croix River
    Posts: 940
    January 27, 2011 at 7:12 pm #1270509

    Is this legal??!! I had my new Marcum 625SD camera up on Mille Lacs for a few days of fishing, the picture quality was so good we decided to disconnect the satellite dish and hook it directly to the flat screen TV. It was flat-out impressive! During the day we could see all 6 baits spread out below the house in 25 feet of water. It was a blast to watch, we’re going to try it out on a VERY clear water lake next week for trout fishing. I’ll post some better pix after that trip


    Joel Ballweg
    Sauk City, Wisconsin
    Posts: 3295
    January 27, 2011 at 7:19 pm #931110

    Quote:

    No fish….

    Awesome picture quality though!

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13292
    January 27, 2011 at 7:21 pm #931111

    Very cool. I would say that almost cheating.

    mark_johnson
    St. Croix River
    Posts: 940
    January 27, 2011 at 7:26 pm #931113

    Quote:

    No fish….



    …if you knew a fish was looking right at your bait would you pick up your camera or fishing rod?

    Overall bite was slow but definitely the most fun I’ve had watching walleyes that wont bite

    We did get a few, biggest was about 24″

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    January 27, 2011 at 7:26 pm #931114

    That’s cool stuff right there!

    -J.

    wwayn720
    West central Wi
    Posts: 46
    January 27, 2011 at 7:33 pm #906323

    Now your making us jelous! That would be a blast with a school of jumbos in clear water.

    JasonP
    Twin Cities
    Posts: 1366
    January 27, 2011 at 7:54 pm #931123

    cool.

    garvi
    LACROSSE WI
    Posts: 1137
    January 27, 2011 at 7:57 pm #931126

    Quote:

    Quote:

    No fish….


    …if you knew a fish was looking right at your bait would you pick up your camera or fishing rod?
    Overall bite was slow but definitely the most fun I’ve had watching walleyes that wont bite
    We did get a few, biggest was about 24″

    How close did the walleyes come to the camera, Ive been told walleyes are very camera shy.

    Dream’n
    South St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 371
    January 27, 2011 at 8:25 pm #931137

    I do much better for walleyes without the camera. Perch dont seem to mind!
    Dream’n

    mark_johnson
    St. Croix River
    Posts: 940
    January 27, 2011 at 8:36 pm #931143

    Quote:

    Quote:

    Quote:

    No fish….


    …if you knew a fish was looking right at your bait would you pick up your camera or fishing rod?
    Overall bite was slow but definitely the most fun I’ve had watching walleyes that wont bite
    We did get a few, biggest was about 24″

    How close did the walleyes come to the camera, Ive been told walleyes are very camera shy.


    Bigger walleyes stayed back some, smaller eyes didnt seem to mind and the perch didnt care at all. Being able to set the camera 10+ft back from the bait really helped too. I kept the camera light off most of the time to keep a lower profile down there also.

    Jeff Bennett
    Lake Puckaway Wi.
    Posts: 1180
    January 27, 2011 at 8:49 pm #931150

    Those are better pics. than I would have ever dreamed of ! Keep up the nice repoets on the camera.

    poppy402
    Eagle Point Wisconsin
    Posts: 948
    January 27, 2011 at 11:29 pm #931177

    Awesome pics! those cameras are incredible aren’t they!? Like you mentioned, in a lake trout lake with 20 even 30 feet of visibility, these will be unreal!

    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13394
    January 28, 2011 at 1:41 am #931214

    Mark, What does the arrow on the screen represent? I’m looking at possibly getting the same unit and haven’t found anyone around here with one yet to check out.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    January 28, 2011 at 2:05 am #931224

    Post deleted by Briank

    Denny O
    Central IOWA
    Posts: 5811
    January 28, 2011 at 4:44 am #931266

    Quote:

    I think it’s past Mark’s bedtime Randy.

    The arrow is the direction the camera is pointing.


    The arrow is the direction of the camera in perspective to the screen, as I know it anyway.

    mark_johnson
    St. Croix River
    Posts: 940
    January 28, 2011 at 2:41 pm #931336

    The nice part about this is that the direction indicator gives a true bearing, not just a reference point. There’s a compass in the camera head and the viewing screen so if the camera is pointing north the arrow will point north on the monitor AND if you turn the monitor the arrow will adjust on the screen to keep pointing north. Makes it very easy to find your bait

    sgt._rock
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 2517
    January 28, 2011 at 3:14 pm #931108

    For $10 more per month you can add the fish channel.

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