Post 2. Best Go Pro filming setup for fishing
A common question I get asked is how I film my fishing expeditions when I’m out on the boat or shore. So in this post, I’m going to give you all the dets. Here we go…
The cameras I use when fishing
I use two GoPros and, to be honest, the model doesn’t really matter. I modified the cases on them and drilled a hole in the side of the case so I can run a constant changing cable through them in order to secure them to my boat. I’m sure you could probably buy a case with a hole in it, but a drill works just as good! Save that money for those expensive swimbaits.
I also installed a USB plug in my boat so I can just run the cameras to that and (BAM) constant power, no more dead cameras! You can also run it to a power bank that you can pick up on Amazon or at a local store. I do this when I’m filming from shore.
Where to rig the cameras on your boat
I always have one on the back light pole, so I can get a good view of the whole boat. The other I keep up front next to the fish-finder or trolling motor. I put a permanent mount on the deck with screws so it’s easy on, easy off.
How to make sure your cameras don’t run out of memory – Go Pro Loop Setting
“JUSTIN… how do you not run out of space on your camera?” Glad you asked. We all know that when filming while fishing, you might go eight hours with no fish and a bunch of useless footage or full memory cards. You don’t want to miss the moment when that monster bass shows up.
There is a setting on all GoPros for this problem! It’s called the loop setting, and here’s how to set it up:
Turn your camera on
Go to “Settings”
Go to “Capture settings”
Keep clicking through that until you see a circle arrow with a camera in it (it should say “off”) underneath it
Select “Turn on”
Click through until you see the 20 min and select that
And you’re done! Easy huh? Now your camera will loop. So what looping is going to do is film four five-minute videos = 20 minutes all together. After 20 minutes, if you don’t stop the camera, it will take off the first 5 mins and record over it and continue this loop until you stop the camera. So you set it to run and, when something happens (like you get a fish/see an alien land on the water/hot babes on shore etc...), you are going to hit the “record” button to stop the camera. It will save the past 20 mins of film in a bank. Then go ahead and hit the record button again and it will start this looping process on the new bank of videos until you stop it again. So you can film all day and stop the camera one time and only have one 20-minute bank of film split between five-minute videos.
