reelingMachine Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) Hi,Waited for a better chance to introduce myself with a good report, but nothing special has been on my list recently. Live in south Etobicoke, started fishing about 3 years ago. Mostly targeted species I have never caught before. In the last 12 months got my first (and only) Muskie , Walleye, Steelhead and earlier Atlantic salmon. Brook trout and Splake would be next in the line, and definitely Tiger Muskie Bought a boat last spring, black Legend ultralite-12 with 2.5HP Mercury (you know, environmentally friendly)$30 cameraKnew that a fish camera is not better than a fish finder, but still wanted to see what is going on there when you see fish on fish finder but nothing bites. After I looked at the prices I decided to check if I could buy a monitor and some camera separately and assemble. Fortunately there is a huge selection of rear view cameras and monitors for cars on ebay. Bought them for $31 (10 for the camera and 21 for the monitor). The camera came with a 6m long cable that has an extra wire to suply power. It is waterproof but I still put extra glue with a glue gun around the hole where the cable gets in. Plus sprayed a few times with leak sealant (having the lense protected with a tape).Perhaps should have bought a camera without parking lines Tried this Sunday on Cooks' clear water and got relatively good pictures.The reportHad to make a lot of holes before we found the spot. Were surprised with the number of decent size perch against dinks, took about 25 between two of us. Perhaps threw back 10-15 dinks only. Keswick side, 1.5 km from shore, 18 feet deep, ice around 1 foot, live bait, from 8am to 12pm. Edited January 22, 2015 by reelingMachine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bare foot wader Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 sweet report...nifty work with the fish cam, parking lines are a nice touch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nipfisher Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 That's a good job on the camera. Nice jumbos as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaShag Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 As I had started to type, before my response disappeared................. That is INGENIOUS!!! If you have time to start a thread about how, exactly, a person could replicate your rig, that would be FABULOUS!!!!! I have been wanting an underwater camera for ages but the price has always put me off. Thirty or forty bucks I can handle! Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.brock Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Yes, you are officially addicted to fishing, keep calm and chive on, and good to have you on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookinforwalleye Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Good job with the camera and welcome aboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Kawartha1 Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 KCCO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Welcome to OFC!!! Nice haul and good work on the red green thinger mer bobber? Thats pretty awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky or Specks Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 You really need to make a how to video for youtube on how to set up the camera. Lots of hits for this I bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broker Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Great thinking, sure beats the price of cameras in store! Nice feed of perch as well, great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
can u fish Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Great job with the camera welcome to the OFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepjigging Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 More ducktape! Welcome aboard. Let us persuade you to join a fishing team for the OFC 2015 tournament. The fish you catch will help a team greatly. That camera kicks ass. I made one just like it, but without the lines. The image is actually reversed (like you are actually backing up as seen in the mirror). Can you turn off the infra-red lights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c10 Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Great Idea with the Camera! Some nice Perch as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormdunker Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Auto back up camera - Awesome idea! Please elaborate how you put this unit together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moxie Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Welcome to the board. Great show of ingenuity and nice perch haul. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettiop Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Yupp, i will be making one of those the second you post the materials used lol Good job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reelingMachine Posted January 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) Hi, I am glad to see some of you guys wanna try to make it. I did not make photos of the process. So I've tried to show how I connected cables using Photoshop. The camera and the monitor came with a power cable each. I cut them short and soldered their red wires with the red wire of the RCA video cable. I bent the sides of the mount plate of the camera towards each other that the holes are aligned and put it on a 1/4x1/4" steel bar. Painted the bar with a permanent marker. Use more tape to hold connectors between the RCA cable and the camera together (if you are not going to cut off connectors and solder wires neatly) as if it becomes loose, your camera will stay on the bottom. Edited January 22, 2015 by reelingMachine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reelingMachine Posted January 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 More ducktape! Welcome aboard. Let us persuade you to join a fishing team for the OFC 2015 tournament. The fish you catch will help a team greatly. That camera kicks ass. I made one just like it, but without the lines. The image is actually reversed (like you are actually backing up as seen in the mirror). Can you turn off the infra-red lights? Thanks for inviting Sleepjigging, I'll read about OFC 2015 tournament to see if can be of some help. My camera does not have infra-red lights, but, yes, the picture is mirrored so chasing fish is a bit tricky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormdunker Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 I still have the same opinion as my above post - AWESOME! Welcome to the OFC zoo! Do you have to seal (waterproof) the rca plugs? I'll be working on this project soon. No time right now - I "have" to go fishing today & tomorrow. I'm heading to Caseys huts in Port Bolster! WOO HOO!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aplumma Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Welcome aboard glad to have you here. Nice job on the camera rig it looks like you got a following of builders ready to make a go at it. Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reelingMachine Posted January 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 I still have the same opinion as my above post - AWESOME! Welcome to the OFC zoo! Do you have to seal (waterproof) the rca plugs? I'll be working on this project soon. No time right now - I "have" to go fishing today & tomorrow. I'm heading to Caseys huts in Port Bolster! WOO HOO!! I did. Taped RCA, taped power. Put both together and taped again. Sprayed with leak sealant few times including the piece down to the camera where both cables get in. It gets almost hot when the camera is on, perhaps there are some resistors in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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