Nature Vision FishTV viewing system

[Paul Welc]

Has anyone used a Nature Vision FishTV underwater viewing system? It says it has infrared lights, so can it be used in deep water (30 - 40 feet)?

I would like to purchase one and use it with my fish finder to find structure and mark it on my GPS, for the main two lakes I fish. Really don't want to spend $$$ on an expensive Aqua-Vu model.

 

[Rusty C.]

I don't see how these will be beneficial as far as locating fish. The camera is connected to a cable that you just lower and feed into the water. How would you know which way the camera is pointing? I have head of some folks taping the camera to a long pole and sticking it down in the water so they know which way the camera is pointing, which would also allow them to manually controll which way to "look." But do you think fish are going to hang around with a big arse pole coming down and poking around. I think you would be just spooking fish and wasting time.



I would be interested in knowing if anyone has had any positive results with these underwater camera systems myself.

 

[Dan Nevill]

I'm interesred too in this. Would like to know what more could the vision system do over a Side Imaging System. I have the Side Imaging and it works great for the structure shots.



Dan

 

[Paul Welc]

Yeah Rusty I don't know how good it would be for fish, but it would be nice if I see on my fish finder something that looked like structure to lower the camera and see what it is, if its good structure then I could mark it on my GPS. Dan I agree Side Imaging would be better, but the fishtv is under $100.



It seems like I read somewhere that you take the depth X 3 to get the area the fish finder is scanning. So 40 feet times 3 is 120' (could be wrong on this). It seems if I'm scanning that big of area for the structure it would be nice to lower a camera and mark it on my GPS for next time.

 

[Aroldo Hernandez]

I just crab my partner from the leggs and lower him into the water to see what's down there. It's alot cheaper and you get to cool off on the summer time.........i'm jujst kitting but that would be alot of wire down there. If fish can see ur fishing line. Imagine a cable with a camera.

 

[Lonnie Conner]

Hey Paul, I have an Aqua View and it works great sometimes you can see fish but more than not it will spook them. But I've had great success in finding structure and edges on grass lines in deep water in the spring.

 

[Steve Rizza]

I have an Aqua-Vu And found it doesn't spook fish at all. You basically have to bump the camera into them before the spook most of the time.

I spent the extra money for the Aqua_vu figuring they have been at it the longest, they know what works and what doesn't. Plus I also wanted the ability to record what I was seeing.

As you would imagine, the clearer the water, the better they work. It's a little hard to understand what is going on at first, but as long as you can keep the bottom is sight untill you get the hang of it, it just takes some practice to control.



Here's a few short videos I took last summer while playing around while fishing was slow. Goes to show that just because they aren't biting, doesn't mean there are no fish there..



I think it was money well spent, if only for the entertainment value when the fishing is slow.



http://youtube.com/watch?v=q6aowSAMfpI



http://youtube.com/watch?v=2eMU9ipYumY



http://youtube.com/watch?v=YOPdHnL9hQA



http://youtube.com/watch?v=3rhGE8h9AZY



http://youtube.com/watch?v=NExpXVVeoEA



http://youtube.com/watch?v=CfxfmLICYnE



http://youtube.com/watch?v=qHkA4o_3FEE



http://youtube.com/watch?v=V33MfrL2Fao



Steve

 

[Aroldo Hernandez]

Awsome links, I like the one where the dog is enjoying the boat ride.

 

[William H. (Bill) Barham]

WoW Steve!!! That's as neat as can be for me to sit here and watch!!!! I have wondered for years about 'spooking' fish especially after I watched a very early Glen Lau video where he was swimming through them. About three years ago my brother and I fished a small lake in Delaware. Fairly late in the day I stood up and not paying attention, knocked over a brand new Billy Westmorland rod and Quantum reel into the water. Neither of those were ever used! The water depth was anywhere from 7' to 11' where we were fishing but not very clear and there were holes that I didn't know how deep they were. The first thing I tried was going over and trying to find them with my feet. I stomped up and down for 1/2 hour or so before pulling myself back into the boat. Dan, my brother, suggested we throw the biggest treble hook baits we had and try to snag it. He used some deep diver and all I had with me was a huge Rattle Trap. After another 1/2 hour we still had nothing so I decided to go over again. Well as I was trying to slide overboard, one of my belt loops got hooked on one of the clete hooks on the boat so I'm kinda floundering there while my brother was laughing himself silly.:lol: The belt loop finally ripped off but I still couldn't find my gear. After a while, my brother snagged something with his deep diver and when he got it up there was a stick and a Billy Westmorland Rod and Reel. Geezz did that make me feel better.

What I want to say about the above paragraph is that during all that time searching for my rod and reel we were making as much noise as we could...Splashing around; casting constantly in a VERY SMALL area of water, Banging around in my tin boat, pulling up from the bottom everything in the world that was ever down there, etc.. BUT, about every 15 to 30 minutes we managed to catch a nice Bass. And that was while we were being as noisy as we could by throwing lures about the size of the Titanic Anchor!

I have always wondered about the noise factor after that and other instances like it earlier in my fishing career. Just a thought and really neat videos Steve.. Thanks..



Uncle Billy