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Location: Lake St Clair | So since i fish LSC and its so clear all the time and most of my strikes come within a few feet of the boat i wanted to try to film one of these strikes. After pondering the idea for months i came up with this to start. I think the concept will work but i dont feel its strong enough plus it looks like crap.
Im going to add a wire lanyard on the actual camera in case the line gets wrapped around it and the fish takes it for a ride.
As you see in the pictures the whole thing is more or less just wedged under the gunnel of the boat which i think i can improve on.
Should i use 3/4 pvc or something else for strength?
Anything i should do different?
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| pvc is very strong. cement the joints. maybe fill the down tube with sand. |
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| Good rig. I would turn the camera up side down and have it semi aimed towards the surface this will guarentre getting the fish on camera expecially with it being down 3-4 feet. You can flip the footage in the editing program. Make sure after putting the camera down check it to make sure the lens Isent fogged up to bad. I would also make sure it is securely attached to he boat so the footage isn't shakey, I've had that to many times from not having the mount secured, even putting a towel between the PVC and boat can snug it up and cause less rattling on the camera footage. Look forward to seeing the footage. Make sure to film in 60+ frame per second so if you decide to slow down the footage it will be clear. Good luck I look forward to seeing the footage ! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | We've created a mount on the trolling motor for my Aqua-Vu HD camera, so if opportunity presents, the camera can be 'aimed' toward the approaching fish. Your bracket looks great and you should get a couple strikes and follows recorded. |
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Location: Lake St Clair | Thanks guys. Our seasons starts shortly so I'm hoping to get some good footage then. Thanks again |
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Location: Hayward, WI | Cool idea. I've thought about something that would do that too but haven't put any work into making it happen. I 2nd the idea of filling the tubes with sand or something, or at least water. The air space in the PVC makes it very buoyant and the mount, etc. will be fighting that the whole time if not filled with something.
Post some videos you capture on that thing this year! |
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| Hey man ever since u texted me the pics if this I was thinking we could attach my camera facing the other way (pointing under the boat) in case it happens from the other side. The lighting might be messed up though from the boat shadows. I can't wait to fish this year I'm going nuts. |
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Location: Lake St Clair | We can definitely do that. Off to Lowes again to buy some cement. |
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| Id tie a rope to the go pro just incase the pvc breaks you still have the go pro. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | On the bottom T where you have the camera tie strapped you could drill through with a 1/4" bit top to bottom on both sides of the T. Then epoxy in a 1/4" bolt threaded the same as your camera mount into both to mount the camera. You can then secure your camera better and have two directions to face the camera as well. Or, drill only one side and secure the camera as described, leave the joint on the T unglued, and use a bolt and multiple holes to decide on which direction to point the camera. Might make the set-up a little more versatile.
Great bracket idea! |
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Location: Lake St Clair | Good idea Steve. Thanks. |
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