Great job man, I think I'll head down to Weller in a few weeks and hit the deep water! Would like to boat a few spring chinnies before they move up and around to the north shore.
Nice!!! I haven't caught a single one below a float this year either. tiny ice jigs tipped with a tube = deadly. I even troll them behind the boat at 1-2mph. Works awesome and you cover lots of water.
With the T5i you get 18MP vs 12 on the T3.. 1080p video vs 720p on the T3, bigger rear screen + swivel (2.7 vs 3in)... They are both entry level DSLR's so the image quality itself will be almost identical.
Yup.... If you've got 6ft of water fleas on your line, you're definitely not checking your rig enough, lol! At most I'll see a foot or so... I'm checking them every 20-30mins when they are thick.