Marcum VS825SD Underwater Camera with 8 inch screen

[agelesssone]

Just got a Marcum 825 SD and can't wait to try it out.

8" screen, black and white and color, directional arrow onscreen to show you, in relation to the screen, which way the camera is looking, temperature, and depth readouts, all onscreen. A detachable tail fin stabilizer for slow trolling to keep the camera facing forward, or for any current conditions.

Should be a fun toy to use and see what structure is under the boat and to keep my 4 year old daughter occupied.

Once I get out and use it, I'll post some stuff about it.
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[Travis C.]

That will be neat to see. I have thought about getting one but since I fish OH and its version of clear water figured I'd have to pretty much run into it to see it.

How deep can it go? Is there a light?

My first stops with one of those would be the old locks at 218 and 237. They hold fish year round all species.

[Alphahawk]

Congrats.....I've thought about getting a small version.



Regards

[MNfisher]

Used to have one for Icefishing! So fun to use!!

[agelesssone]

Here is a video shot with the 825SD. If it can "see" this good in the Mississippi, it should be able see in OH. We'll find out this week!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEsvuWeiy5A&feature=share&list=PLI6YahSgl6Z3zKOaiFfjdddI6Gdi-4Js3

[TNtransplant08]

Here is a video shot with the 825SD. If it can "see" this good in the Mississippi, it should be able see in OH. We'll find out this week!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEsvuWeiy5A&feature=share&list=PLI6YahSgl6Z3zKOaiFfjdddI6Gdi-4Js3

Awesome video! Goes to show you how sauger stay close to the bottom! I could be wrong, but almost looked like there were some Ciscos in there with them? Don't know if they're in the upper Mississippi. I'll bet MNfisher will know...

[Travis C.]

That was an awesome video and shows exactly how you can miss fish on your sonar in the sonar's blind spot by laying on the bottom.

[MNfisher]

Awesome video! Goes to show you how sauger stay close to the bottom! I could be wrong, but almost looked like there were some Ciscos in there with them? Don't know if they're in the upper Mississippi. I'll bet MNfisher will know...

Since it says it is in pool 4, i can guarantee that is in the hole right below the dam in RedWing, MN. Not many areas of the Mississippi in the upper pools reach over 60 feet of water. In feb--late march you can jig in that hole and it isn't uncommon to catch over a hundred sauger in a day, but you will struggle your butt off to get one over 14". As far as ciscos, i have no idea, all i know is we would catch several species of suckers/quillback/whotheheckknows every year from the Mississippi.

And Agelesssone, as far as comparing the clarity to Old Hickory. In the winter when there is no runoff, which is when the video was filmed since the water temp was at 38 degrees, the clarity of the Mississippi in Pool 4 is very clear. I have seen it around 12-15 ft of clarity. Probably around 8-12 ft clarity all winter.

[Fish Whisperer]

That could be one heckuva tool on Center Hill and Dale Hollow.... It should work well on the upper end of Old Hickory too..

[Alphahawk]

That could be one heckuva tool on Center Hill and Dale Hollow.... It should work well on the upper end of Old Hickory too..

Would work great at Nickajack.



Regards

[Reel Tune]

That's really neat, but would probably fustrate me. I would be watching all these fish and would be like "I know there's fish here and can't catch them". I think I feel better just thinking to myself "there are no fish here" if I'm not catching.

I was thinking Dale Hollow or Center Hill would be great. Find a big Musky, or where the smallmouth are and hopefully spot some pigs.

Jeremy

[MNfisher]

That's really neat, but would probably fustrate me. I would be watching all these fish and would be like "I know there's fish here and can't catch them". I think I feel better just thinking to myself "there are no fish here" if I'm not catching.

I was thinking Dale Hollow or Center Hill would be great. Find a big Musky, or where the smallmouth are and hopefully spot some pigs.

Jeremy

Jeremy, Icefishing with those things, while are a blast, can be soooooo frustrating, watching huge walleyes, gills, and crappies just staring at ur jig and never getting one to commit!

[agelesssone]

Used the camera very little in the river yesterday just to see what it was like.
Had fun playing with it, but it got in the way of fishing!
We could see very well in the murky depths (13-17 ft) of the Cumberland river. The bottom where we were looking was very up and down and had to constantly lift and drop the camera. I can see it is going to be fun in a more stable bottom and clearer water. Gonna be good for checking out deeper structure to see what is there.

Also, got schooled on river fishing by aquaholic. The man is a fishing machine and he knows the Cumberland river better than I know my backyard.

We caught a lot of fish yesterday in cold front conditions. White bass, crappie, largemouth, Kentuckys, GAR! I hadn't caught a gar in years and yesterday I caught two in successive casts, missed on the third cast and caught another on the next cast. Time to reposition the boat.

Conservative estimate....70-90 fish, with Harry catching the majority. He probably outfished me 5-1 but the education I got on current affecting the fish, locations, presentations, baits....outstanding! Would have paid him a guide fee if he wanted. As it was, I had to hide gas money in one of his little tackle packs cause he didn't want any.

Looking forward to getting out and doing it again! Thanks H!

[Aquaholic6801]

Yeah fishing was a little tougher than usual with the bluebird sky, cold front conditions and the water level dropping and rising most of the day.. 3 generators , then 2 then down to 1 then back to 2.it was about an average day for this time of year....most of the time the fish in the River dont care what the water level is, they just like it to be consistent ....

Any day on the River is a good day.......:cool:

[MPD816]

[QUOTE=agelesssone;30154]Would have paid him a guide fee if he wanted. As it was, I had to hide gas money in one of his little tackle packs cause he didn't want any.


Pot meet Kettle. LOL Sounds like somebody I fished with once also. Sounds like you guys had a great time.

[agelesssone]

Hey MPD, this is pot! When we gonna do it again?

[Travis C.]

Hey MPD, this is pot! When we gonna do it again?

Better take it Colorado or else not get caught. :D

[MNfisher]

Better take it Colorado or else not get caught. :D

HA! well played!

[MPD816]

Hey MPD, this is pot! When we gonna do it again?


When ever you would like. I feel a cough coming on so may have to call in sick at work. You know, the kind that a fishing trip will cure. Only problem is, I won't be able to be sick between Mar. 11-22, I have a training class I can't miss. Just let me know and I'm there. How's the wife and little one doing?

[agelesssone]

They just got back from their five week visit in Germany. They`ll have jet lag for a few days, then they` ll be back to normal.
This Thursday loks like a good day, call it Thursday or FRIDAY.

[Transplanted Sportsman]

That was an awesome video and shows exactly how you can miss fish on your sonar in the sonar's blind spot by laying on the bottom.

Hey Travis, can you (or any body else for that matter) elaborate on this, I'm fairly new to fishing with electronics and this is something I never heard of, "the sonar blind spot" I just bought a Hummingbird 798 with side imaging and I' still trying to figure out some or a lot of it's features, it would be nice to be able to use it at it's full capacity, these units are pretty neat tool but can become a distraction.
Merv, that is one cool toy!!! maybe one day, I also have a 6 year old young'n that some times gets bored, this would be a good "show" to entretain her!!

[Travis C.]

Hey Travis, can you (or any body else for that matter) elaborate on this, I'm fairly new to fishing with electronics and this is something I never heard of, "the sonar blind spot" I just bought a Hummingbird 798 with side imaging and I' still trying to figure out some or a lot of it's features, it would be nice to be able to use it at it's full capacity, these units are pretty neat tool but can become a distraction.
Merv, that is one cool toy!!! maybe one day, I also have a 6 year old young'n that some times gets bored, this would be a good "show" to entretain her!!


This was my response to it on a previous thread:

They could have been laying on the bottom in the "dead zone" of the fishfinder.

"DEAD ZONE - Dead Zone is the area within the transducers cone of sound that is blind to you. The wider the beam angle the greater the possible dead zone. The sonar will mark bottom as the nearest distance it sees. If you are fishing over a slope it may see the high side of the slope, at the edge of the cone, and mark that as bottom. The fish that are hanging on the bottom in the center of the cone will be invisible to you because they are actually within the bottom signal on your depth finder. A narrower beam angle will reduce this effect."

This may not be the best example but there's good info about it on the web. You can take a jig big enough to show up on your depthfinder and drop it all the way down by the transducer. Before it hits bottom on your graph it will disappear. How much further until you hit actual bottom is how big your blind spot is.

[Transplanted Sportsman]

This was my response to it on a previous thread:

They could have been laying on the bottom in the "dead zone" of the fishfinder.

"DEAD ZONE - Dead Zone is the area within the transducers cone of sound that is blind to you. The wider the beam angle the greater the possible dead zone. The sonar will mark bottom as the nearest distance it sees. If you are fishing over a slope it may see the high side of the slope, at the edge of the cone, and mark that as bottom. The fish that are hanging on the bottom in the center of the cone will be invisible to you because they are actually within the bottom signal on your depth finder. A narrower beam angle will reduce this effect."

This may not be the best example but there's good info about it on the web. You can take a jig big enough to show up on your depthfinder and drop it all the way down by the transducer. Before it hits bottom on your graph it will disappear. How much further until you hit actual bottom is how big your blind spot is.

Thanks for the reply Sir!!, my unit has the dual beam, narrow and wide at the same time, but like I said I'm still trying to figure out a lot of the things it can do, I will try the jig thing next time out to compare real bottom depth with what the unit is showing on the display, I have a line counter reel that may aid me in the process, thanks again!!