wdberkley Posted April 15, 2014 Author Posted April 15, 2014 wd: Thanks for the gopro info. I have had mine since Christmas, but haven't decided on the right mounts for the boat. Are there other locations to place the suction cup mount other than the top of the outboard? Although the ouboard field of view is a good position to capture lots of area. Possibly the wind shield, or on the top cap of the boat? I am thinking also about the clamp mount with the flexible arm. Have you had any experience with this one? The camera could be placed anywhere you had somewhere to place the clamp. Also are you getting enough run time with the standard battery? I do have two battery's that will provide additional run time. think there are other options for direct connection to an alternative battery source. Any feed back would be helpful. Thanks. fish - from my brief experience messin' with it: I used the suction cup to mount it to the windshields, the motor, the side of the boat, the top cap of the gunnel, right in front next to the troller. I was a little hesitant about using a suction cup to hold a $400 camera in some of these places when they boat was on plane, but it's a pretty serious mount and it never gave me any problems. I ended up sticking it on the motor a lot because it gives a very broad view of whats going on in the boat. I also used the clamp to put it on the troller shaft underwater, as well as on the net, and had no issues. I didn't use any of the sticky mounts, the flexible arm that comes with the clamp, or the post mount, but I'm sure I will sooner or later. As far as battery goes, I have 2 and a 2 bank charger and was able to charge one while one was in the camera via USB on the radio in the boat. Depending on where you mount it, and what kind of charging options you've got onboard, it doesn't take much to keep a battery in it. I did plug it directly into the USB a few times when I had it on the windshield, that seems to be the way to go. If you've got a 12v cigarette plug on your rig you can get a pretty cheap 12v to USB plug and a longer cable, and you're all set. **I do use the remote/app on my phone a lot, and shut it down when it wasn't needed. That seemed to conserve a lot of battery power.** The other concern you'll have is storage. We fished 12+ hours a day, I probably ran the camera a total of 2 hours a day and filled 2 64GB Micro SD cards after 6 days on the water. Also recommend getting the GoPro App on your phone or tablet. It's pretty helpful.
fishingaddiction Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 Great information. Hopefully this will be helpful to all who are considering purchasing a gopro or already have one. In my opinion they are worth the investment, you just have to use your imagination some to get the most use out of it. Appreciate the great info! Born to Fish. Forced to Work.
wdberkley Posted April 15, 2014 Author Posted April 15, 2014 Great information. Hopefully this will be helpful to all who are considering purchasing a gopro or already have one. In my opinion they are worth the investment, you just have to use your imagination some to get the most use out of it. Appreciate the great info! Thanks! I hope you get some time to toy with it. It's an awesome tool, just takes some learning. Grab the editing software that GoPro offers too, it's pretty user friendly.
abkeenan Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 Great report, info and pics. I have a go pro and am just messing around with it now. Will be using it next time I head to the Rock which will be for the OBBT in mid May.
wdberkley Posted April 15, 2014 Author Posted April 15, 2014 Great report, info and pics. I have a go pro and am just messing around with it now. Will be using it next time I head to the Rock which will be for the OBBT in mid May. Thanks! I've always been told if you're going to report what you did, have some pics to go with it. That GoPro makes it pretty easy. Good luck with yours, they're fun little gadgets.
dtrs5kprs Posted April 16, 2014 Posted April 16, 2014 Should turn this into the official gopro thread. Neat stuff.
wdberkley Posted May 28, 2014 Author Posted May 28, 2014 Only took me 2 months to get around to this, sorry for the late post. Took about 12 hours of footage and crammed it into a 3:40 video. Still learning, but as you can see, these cameras are pretty sweet. http://youtu.be/cJOFplmCF6c Tight lines fellas, WDB
willyfish Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 That is awesome and the version of that song rocks, who is it?
dtrs5kprs Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 Only took me 2 months to get around to this, sorry for the late post. Took about 12 hours of footage and crammed it into a 3:40 video. Still learning, but as you can see, these cameras are pretty sweet. http://youtu.be/cJOFplmCF6c Tight lines fellas, WDB Nicely done. Hard to believe it turned as cold as it did just after you were down.
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