I was thinking about the camera idea. Seems there are a zillion offerings these days. I was pondering perhaps mounting something like a GoPro (type) covering the back section and let it rip while we are fishing. I kind of like that idea. Neither my wife nor I are big must-have-it-at-all-times phone people so worrying about having it on our body is not at all important. I won't get started on cell phones.
I have been experimenting with GoPro's to capture the fishing action. You need external power to the GoPro to get the runtime. Also a 400GB micro-SD card. Problem is reviewing 8 hours of video and editing out the dead time. I'm using the "Hindsight" feature that will save the last 15 seconds of video before you hit the record button. The camera is always running but overwriting everything before the last 15-seconds. You can miss some action but if you didn't see it happen you wouldn't know to look for it anyway! Also using the Max lens. Video editing with iMovie. Have a second handheld GoPro camera.
That sounds like what I want to do. I guess I need to do some research as to the most usable device and what features might or might not be available.
I've got an older GoPro with both a chest as well as a head strap that I can use when recording. The battery life lasts almost 2 hours per battery of which I bought a second one just in case, and the new ones last supposedly just as long or longer. I'm of the opinion that if I haven't limited out while fishing for 4+ hours then the fish either aren't there, they aren't biting, I need to change my setup or go in for a break and then come back out. Either way, 2 batteries along with bringing the battery charger with you should give you as much time as you'd ever likely need. And I like using either the chest or head strap because you can leave the GoPro on and hit the record button whenever you've got a bite. That way you aren't recording hours and hours of nothing and draining your battery even faster for no reason. You could even leave your camera off until you get a bite, turn it on quickly and then hit record in a matter of only a few seconds as well. You can also use the GoPro application on your smartphone and record it that way if you really want to mount the camera to the roof or somewhere else. Or they even make a remote that you can use to hit record for a mounted camera as well. There are a multitude of options out there at different price points, but I don't think you need a dedicated or external power source just for your GoPro.
Continuous power is easy and cheap. Are you actually doing your recording this way?
We started using this setup last summer for the MidAtlantic and White Marlin Open on the big rig. Don't want to make things complicated. Camera over the cockpit seating "runs" all day in "hindsight" mode with a 15 second pre-record. Camera is always "on" but not saving all the footage. When an event occurs all you have to do is touch the "record" button. When the action done someone touched the "record" button again to stop recording and reset the "hindsight" mode. A handheld camera is available to capture other views. I'll see what I can do to put a video up somewhere.
Yes I am, as stated above in my previous post a couple different times. Around here, if you start out fishing at around 5:30-6:30 in the morning you can oftentimes limit out within an hour or two, depending on the tide as well as how many people are out fishing with you. I'm one of those guys where if I don't get my limit within 4-5 hours then I'll maybe try fishing somewhere else instead, but more often than not I'll go back in to the cabin for a break and to make up a late breakfast or lunch. After 4-5 hours of fishing you've missed the tide, of which the best fishing is typically around the tide change, and if no one else around me is catching anything then it's pretty indicative that the fish either aren't there and/or aren't biting. As much as I love being out on my boat fishing, or just being out on the water in general, I'm not going to spend the entire day out there if nothing is biting. Also, around here if you miss the tide or the "bite" then the next tide change can and more than likely isn't going to happen for another 7-8 hours. If the morning tide is at say 6:30 am then I try to be out there and ready to fish an hour before at 5:30 am as the saying goes that the best fishing generally occurs between "an hour before to an hour after the tide change." If I'm out fishing at 5:30 am and haven't limited out by 7:30, or an hour after the tide, then the next tide change will likely be around 2:30 pm. If I were to fish an hour before and an hour after the afternoon tide then I'd be done fishing around 3:30 pm and that would be 10 hours of fishing. Which I don't have any desire to do, especially if nothing is being caught.
