For the GoPro guys. No more attaching it to your ball.
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Fish Assassin
Crew Member
Guess were going to be seeing some more awesome videos soon with that little unit on the market.
GabriolaJohn
Member
They have been around a long time. I have made several for my own use and for friends.I can make them for about 1/3 of the cost. 
Birdsnest
Well-Known Member
Question John,
I want to do this for tuna so my plan is to have it ready and when one fish hooks up put it down asap so see whats going on down there or put it down when passing visible surface schools to see if any come check out the gear. My concern is that the unit will not clear the bubbles from the front of the lens and that I would have to stop the boat, put the unit down and then get going to 6 kn which isnt going to work so well. Does the unit clear the bubbles in in the back currents in front of the lens quickly. Your thoughts?
I want to do this for tuna so my plan is to have it ready and when one fish hooks up put it down asap so see whats going on down there or put it down when passing visible surface schools to see if any come check out the gear. My concern is that the unit will not clear the bubbles from the front of the lens and that I would have to stop the boat, put the unit down and then get going to 6 kn which isnt going to work so well. Does the unit clear the bubbles in in the back currents in front of the lens quickly. Your thoughts?
GabriolaJohn
Member
Have had no problem with bubbles. The tube of my torpedo is filled with sponge and seemed to eliminate the bubbles. I usually put the cam down when we start the troll and have not had a bubble problem. Hope this answers your question.
Charter Tofino
Well-Known Member
Very cool John!
not sure how this would work in a DR setup. it looks like the housing uses an attachment point on the forward end and if you were trolling, as they do on the east coast, this makes perfect sense. but we don't fish that way so how is this going to be worked into a DR environment?
GabriolaJohn
Member
You can troll the camera housing on a separate line like I do or if you are using a DR ball with 2 eyes you can use an attachment I made that will allow you to mount the camera right to the DR ball.
When I troll the cam housing I hook a heavy duty fishing line to the eye and can tow it about 3 feet behind the flasher. It has worked very good for me.
When I troll the cam housing I hook a heavy duty fishing line to the eye and can tow it about 3 feet behind the flasher. It has worked very good for me.
