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| Here's my system after 10+ years....
I'm a CPRer who doesn't remove the fish from the water until I'm ready to take a pic or two. (The fish stays in the big Frabill net basket in the water at boatside while unhooking, prepping camera, etc.) Once the fish is unhooked and I've placed my 35mm on the boat seat in front, I set the camera for a 3 sec delay, I pull the fish, hit the camera button, wait for the flash and then release the fish.
Per Jason Smith rules, the fish is never out of the water any longer than I can hold my own breath.
Edited by Ranger 4/27/2007 5:51 PM
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Location: Ogden, Ut | I use a method very similar to that of Ranger with one exception. My camera has a 10 second timer, so I hit the shutter first, grab the fish and then let the camera do it's thing. I can usually get the deal done in the allotted 10 seconds. The main thing is knowing where the camera frames the shot and getting in that spot before the autofocus commences it's duty.
I forgot to mention that some of my favorite pictures of my fish don't have me in them at all. Snapping a few random shots of the fish in the net or as you release it (sometimes even underwater)  You never really know what kind of magic can happen as long as you keep snapping.
Edited by sorenson 4/27/2007 7:01 PM
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| I use my timer all the time,I fish alone also..I posted some Lake trout on the Salmonfirst..page...No skeez yet...... |
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Location: St. Louis, MO., Marco Is., FL, Nestor Falls, ON | After 50 years of muskie fishing, I finally decided to only take pictures of fish over 50" when fishing by myself. Then only if the fish's condition will warrant it. I use a digital camera set on the console or back buttseat, the timer function and quick release. I like that idea of not having the fish out of water any longer than I can hold my own breath. Good rule. |
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| My camera has a remote control, so if I'm lucky enough to catch a fish worthy of a photo this year, I'll use that. I could also use the self-timer, but since I have the remote anyway, I don't bother. If the water temp is high, I won't bother with a photo either. |
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | I will always seem to have someone in the boat for a picture if needed. The times I am alone and score I already have a system. I place my digital camera on the dash or but seat and set the timer for a double picture. Then I grab the fish and hit the button. Back up to where the prearanged shot will be taken and the camera will take one, then a few seconds later another. Place the fish back in the water and reach up for the camera to see the pictures while I hold the tail of the fish. Usually the fish will be ready by the time I see the pics and I can get a release shot. All this can happen in minutes so you better have this down. I practiced this a bunch so it always is quick and easy going. The double picture is very cool, it lets you adjust to another angle for the second pic. 1 to 2 minutes max from the net to swimming away. Most times under a minute. |
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | I keep my camera with a delay always attached to the tripod and away in storage. When a fish is caught, I leave in net, set up camera, push 1/2 down to get proper focus, then go grab the fish, push the shutter and head to the back for the big smile.
Works pretty well for me. |
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Location: Hayward, WI | I made a stand out of PVC for my digital camera. I had PVC laying around that was just a little smaller than the holes in my seat bases. I wrapped one end with just enough duct tape to fit in the seat base snugly. Then I took a cap, put a bolt through it that will thread into the bottom of the camera (where you would screw a tripod on), and put it on the other end of the PVC pipe.
At the beginning of the day, I put the camera on my "stand" and put the whole deal in my rod locker. When I catch a fish, it stays in the water while I pull the camera out, put it in the seat base, and turn it on. My camera has a ten second delay, takes a picture, then takes another one about 5 seconds later. Fish is out of the water about 20 seconds or so.
curleytail
Edited by curleytail 4/28/2007 9:15 AM
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Location: Minneapolis | System I use as read on a previous post some time ago:
Bought a gorillapod at REI: http://www.rei.com/product/742238
Attaches nicely to steering wheel (if you're not fishing from a tiller) or pretty much anything else you can find in the boat (handle to bait box, boat cleat, etc).
When camera is ready, hit timer, pull fish, back in the water in a few short seconds.
Aside from setting timer to snap still photos, and assuming you have digital with memory capacity, you can take high quality video and print the best freeze frames from that - or so I've read. I have never personally done it, so can't speak from experience. But may be an option and give you several differerent picture choices in the 5-10 seconds you have the fish out of the water. |
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Location: Northern IL | Here's a bracket I bent up that stores in my tool box, it's small, it works great and best of all,, it's cheap!
Jerry Borst
Spoonplugger/ Instructor
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Location: Athens, Ohio | The few times I catch fish by myself, I'm lucky enough to find a by-stander - or, by-boater in one case - who will stop to lend a hand. This weekend, it was a lady and her young daughter watching me fight a fish next to their cabin. I do have a remote clicker for the camera but never had to use it. m |
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Location: Not where I wanna be! | i use the same type method as mentioned......
i do recommend one thing,
know how to use your delay timer on your camera BEFORE you get in this situation. the longer you keep a fish out of water, or captivated in the net, the more chance there is to harm the fish.....
it is a difficult task, so good luck!! |
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| I've been doing it for years by just setting the camera on a tacklebox on the front casting deck and focusing on the Ranger logo on my back seat, and try to hold the fish right over the seat, which is right next to the live well.
A word of caution, even though almost every camera made in the last 20 years has auto-focus, you want to set it on "manual" when you take self-timed pictures. Sometimes the camera will have a hard time focusing on the intended target while you are moving around. Don't try to get too picky with framing either. Do that on the finished product. Most all of my pictures have a lot of background, and then I zoom and crop when I turn them into jpegs.
Don't know if it's been mentioned, but I automatically turn on my aerator when I hook into a good fish. That way the fish has time to rest and regain her composure and get her bearings in a nice, stable, aeroated enclosure instead of being in a net bag. I cut every hook, put her in the well and tidy up and set up the camera while she's waiting. Press the self-timer, head back to the live well and hoist up the fish and say cheese.
Here's one that I shot myself.
Edited by Beaver 4/30/2007 3:54 PM
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| I fish by myself alot and usually use my tripod/self timer on the back deck but got an idea from D Fenner I think from MuskyHunter forum about using a spotting scope window mount and clamp it to the windshield. Good idea. Just need a wide enough lense at that close range. My fish stays in the net also untill completely ready. |
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Location: north central wisconsin | I've always used my trusty Olympus Stylus Epic(Zeiss lens) with a little remote control. Otherwise I have to drag dudes places that I don't want to.... Wish I could find a digital that takes as nice of photos as that rig does. Bought a similarily setup waterproof Olympus 7.2 MP and it doesn't hold a candle to my film setup. |
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Location: Madtown, WI | I know exactly what to avoid. Be extra careful taking a picture with a dog in the boat. One problem that I had a couple of times is only getting a picture of a dog's anus, I can only wonder what the people developing the pictures thought of me. A problem my dad had was the dog actually knocking the entire tripod and a new spendy camera into the lake.... not too many celebrations after the release of that one to say the least. From then on he would only take a picture an arms length away and only got his and the fishes head, which makes for terrible pictures but that camera lasted a bit longer then the previous.
So my only advice is to make sure you have control of your dog before attempting to take a picture yourself.
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Location: Wisconsin | Having the camera set in the same position every time is important, that way you will know where to be to get everything in the picture. I fish by my self alot and use a remote, works great.
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| A cheaper alternative to using a tripod is to get a hand spring clamp. The one I have had a hole in it on the handle area. I put a bolt into it and double nutted it so it will not move. The camera threads right onto the bolt. Find a good spot to secure the clamp to and set the self timer. Then grab the fish and SMILE. The clamp will fit into any storage area on the boat and is easy to use. |
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Location: Wausau | After reading this post, I bought a gorillapod at REI: http://www.rei.com/product/742238.
Looks like a diverse product I could place on the steering wheel, seat post, storage door and/or windshield.
I also appreciate the focus and predetermined shot spot. In the past, I usually set the camera on the boat seat, tried to position to frame, hit the bottom (on a timer), reach and grab the fish, smile and release. Now I hope to learn from others and take better pictures...not ones with my head or part of the fish missing. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I have a video camera set up this year that will be interesting.... |
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