Go pro underwater tow cams.
Submitted by Scotte on Sat, 2015-02-14 10:23
Im looking at making a tow cam to film underwater.
Has anyone made a good camera mount that doesnt spin and stays reasonably level.?
Wont be towing fast just drifting through some fishing ground.
Cheers
psion
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Saw one
Not much help, but I saw one that look like a miniture square shark with fins to keep it stable. the other option may be a down rigger with a go pro mounted on the fin of the weight?
search "gopro mount for down rigger" check out the images
cheers
Silver Fox
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Try this
Eddy from Peak Sportfishing had made a contraption out of a piece of 100/150 mm PVC tubing. had a nose cone on the front with a shitload of ballast ( lead ) up the front. Camera sat in the tube so when towed along you didn't get any interference bubbles etc etc. give that a go cheep n easy . If it doesn't work turn it into a berley bomb... Two uses from one machine!
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fishcrazy
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sea wolf
mate just bought something similar called a water wolf should find with google but avail bcf for 199
MandurahMatt
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seen some very cool videos on
seen some very cool videos on face book from salt water charters where he drops a go pro down on big sambo shcools, not sure how he sets it up but sorry.
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beau
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Shoulda seen the footage he
Shoulda seen the footage he was getting while doing that up at abrolhos, he was screaming at us telling us to lift our game and catch all the fish he was filming. Bloody awesome watching back fish chasing down your jig
ranmar850
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Google it, I saw something
Google it, I saw something like the home-made one mentioned by Silverfox, they reckoned it worked well. It might have been on the Gopro forum, shouldn't be hard to find. It looked quite rugged and cost stuff-all to make.
They reckon the worst thing about towing a cam like that is seeing the number of fish that investigate the trolled lure/bait, then turn away...everyone has their old "tried and true" they swear by, could be quite an eye opener.
I'd give it a go if I had a spare gopro.
T_revz
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http://youtu.be/rRecnC5KM40
http://youtu.be/rRecnC5KM40
Scotte
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thanks guys some good
thanks guys some good ideas.looks fairly easy to make something from pipe. Getting the weight and balance will be the key i guess.
Paul H
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Trollpro3
http://www.bluebottlefishing.com/products/trollpro3-underwater-housing-for-gopro.html
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Banka
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Here is one I made through
Here is one I made through the week if you are interested. I am yet to try it in the ocean but it sits level in my spa and I have made it positively buoyant so the camera wont hit the bottom if I let too much line out
ranmar850
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looks like the go
Reckon it will it get under the worst of the wake? I'd have a little security cord inside, anchoring the camera to the housing, "just in case"
Scotte
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Looks good.i made something
Looks good.i made something similar today with the stabilizers but with a weight at the bottom to keep it from rolling.should work ok and I'll adjust weights to make it flight level
meglodon
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That would be right
The first thing to show up is a bloody shark, a mako I think chew up the teasers and then bugger off.
Silver Fox
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Niiice
nice work.... Needs to have wireless feed back to boat... That way you can see the fucker that eats it whole.....Buuuurp...:)
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Gaffatron
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cobia15
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This might be the go for us
This might be the go for us blokes that have no idea how to read a sounder.... look for a lump and drop one of these muthas down.
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