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| I fish by myself often and I was wondering if anyone out there has mounted a camera somewhere in there boat so they can get a good picture when they catch a big fish. If anyone has a system like this could you provide some details of how you did it.
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Location: Kodiak, AK | I've got a set up on a RAM mount on my boat. I'll get a pic of it tomorrow and post a pic of the set up itself.
Works pretty well-
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| A picture would be great.
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Location: Kodiak, AK | I'm headed out the door right now (5:30) be back this afternoon, but then head straight to work from there and work until wee hours of the morning, so it'll be late tonight before I have a chance to get it off my camera, so.....tomorrow morning I'll have a pic posted here for you. |
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Location: Racine, Wi | I just set mine on the front butt seat. It actually takes some pretty good pics this way as it is at a perfect height for snapping shots.
Take a quick look to make sure you can see what is in the picture, hit the timer, grab fish, smile, put fish back.  |
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| I have used a few different set ups over the years. Here are two that have worked well for me.
For a long time I used a mini tri-pod and would set the camera on top of my tackle box placed on the front casting deck. As long as it was placed in the same spot all the time I knew if I sat on the chair I would be in the right position. Practice a few times and you will know where to put the camera and where to sit or stand.
A few years ago I found a digital camera that would allow me to turn the LCD screen and point it the same direction as the camera. Now I am able to see myself in the screen and get different angles and positions while fishing alone. I am also now able to use a remote control as well. The Canon Power Shot G5 is the model I am using right now. |
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Location: Hugo, MN | I just set the camera up on top of a lakewoods monster box with a plano 3700 underneath it to give me the right angle. Just hit the timer and neal down by the rear pedestal and it turns out almost every time. I'm working on a way to mount the camera more rigidly, like a ram mount, but I haven't played with it much. If I caught a fish once in awhile I guess it would matter. |
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Location: Loves Park, IL | I used to use a standard small tripod for the solo camera shots, but I recently found a tripod at WalMart that has rubber flexible adjustable legs that you can wrap around just about anything to mount a camera to.....I have mounted to seat pedestal, steering wheel, rod holders, trolling motor head, etc. So far it is the best solution I have found. It also will hold a small video camera. I use it all the time with great results. Just set the timer, pose with your fish, wait.......release and then admire your photo. With a little practice, it works out everytime.
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Location: Kodiak, AK | I got pics for ya on my RAM set up. The site has been way slow for me all weekend, so I've not loaded them, and now it's midnight, so I PROMISE I'll get them up tomorrow. Sorry for the delay.... |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | ck this camera out, it has a screen in front and in the back,
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Location: Kodiak, AK | Here ya go-
Basically took a RAM rail mount for an HF antenna, cut off the threads and epoxied the thread post from a cheap tripod into the spot. Camera always points at the same spot. I even leave the camera mounted (waterproof Stylus) all day while I'm in the boat. It's light enough to not hurt the mount or fall off in rough seas and it's water proof and shock proof so even if it does get soaked or dropped, it's OK.
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| Thanks to everybody for taking the time to respond.
A lot of good ideas to contemplate. |
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| i also use the flexable one from walmart .keep it wraped around my front pedistal it really works good when i mount my camera on it i take a few pictures just to make sure ill be in the picture if i need it. it stays put and dosent move around |
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| I use a tall tripod. I set the angle before I go on the water. I mark where the tripod legs go with 3 small dots on bottom of boat with indelible marker. Set angle so the camera points down, so backround is not that obvious. Make sure camera is attached to tripod before you start fishing. I use downeaster rod holder for the frabill net. I put 30lb weight in net to determine the angle of downeaster,so if fish thrashes,it won't jump out. If you set it all up right, once you get hooks out, camera on auto, it should take less than a minute to take fish out of net,measure,take pic and release. |
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