Do you use a camera on suspended fish?

[cylegreen]

I haven't tired it much because it seems I can never see much of anything, but do you use your camera on suspended fish, like a school of crappies?  I only use mine when fishing near the bottom.  I have a Marcum VS825C. 

I believe I've seen videos on YouTube/Facebook of a school of suspended crappies on camera, so it must be possible.

What do you guys do?

[prestonc]

I've done it before.  I use a tripod to maintain depth and direction (cheap $15 unit that if you lose the ball that holds the cord in place you can use a potato chip clip on the cord).  If you wanted you could use a vexilar to set your depth.

[gearheart]

I use my camera in the "down viewing" mode. I set it up about 5' above where the fish are cruising and I can see all the fish that are within about 3 feet of the jig. Watch them approach. Watch them suck it in. Watch them spit it out and leave.  Not a quiver on the strike indicator. However if you set the hook while it is in their mouth, you got 'em. I LOVE my camera.

[nitram]

Only if they smile.

[bobberbill]

fished with my cam this afternoon in my shanty. Saw lot's of perch, but NO biters. They'd take a look and leave. Tried gulp mousie's, gulp spikes, waxie, live minnow, fish head on a jig, nuthin..22 fow, sparse weeds.

[maniac]

When I c them on vexilar, I move camera to them, love it, never tried the down view, but would love to, heard good things boutthem, but goin with color aqua vu next season, cant wait

[cylegreen]

I use my camera in the "down viewing" mode. I set it up about 5' above where the fish are cruising and I can see all the fish that are within about 3 feet of the jig. Watch them approach. Watch them suck it in. Watch them spit it out and leave.  Not a quiver on the strike indicator. However if you set the hook while it is in their mouth, you got 'em. I LOVE my camera.

You set it up in a different hole than what you're fishing in, correct? 

[Fat Boy]

I use my camera in the "down viewing" mode. I set it up about 5' above where the fish are cruising and I can see all the fish that are within about 3 feet of the jig. Watch them approach. Watch them suck it in. Watch them spit it out and leave.  Not a quiver on the strike indicator. However if you set the hook while it is in their mouth, you got 'em. I LOVE my camera.

I do the same thing.  Fished suspended crappie and bluegill that way last weekend with less than 2' of visibility.  They came out of nowhere...very cool.

You set it up in a different hole than what you're fishing in, correct?

Yes.  Crappie sometimes wrap around the cable, but bluegills are the worst at doing that.  My favorite time to fish this way, for suspended fish or on the bottom is when the water is gin clear over 15' or less depth.  It is so much fun.  You can put the camera just at the hole so no fish wrap up in the cable.

I use one of the discs over the hole and built a long handle on it.  But I'm thinking the tripod method might be easier.