Underwater Cameras

[Northdrifter]

I'm looking at purchasing an underwater camera (end of season specials)... and wanted to know what to look for? Do you really have to spend a lot of money to get a decent one? What about the Fish TV at a price of $100? or how about Cabelas one for $30 more? How about ease of use in summer compared to winter?

Any suggestions or tips appreciated prior to purchase..

[squeedunk]

I have the Cabela's VS 350 and it is fantastic. I don't have experience with many other cameras but I like the 350 for both open water and ice fishing. The 7" screen is very nice and I can run it for a long time before a charge is needed. I have also heard some decent stuff about the fish TV camera...but also a few negatives.

~Dan

[Huntin&Fishin]

I second on the cabelas cam. Over all great camera.

[evinrude19]

i have had the cabelas camera for a while now and it is a decent camera for the money

[broman]

I bought the Cabelas 9" one this weekend from the Bargain Cave in the Rogers store. They were $99 for the 9" and $79 for the 5". They had about a dozen left. It worked well enough until the sun came up and it became too bright to see the monitor. But that would probaly be true of most systems.

[landscaper]

any good Aqua-vu.??....looking to up grade also

[Rippinlip]

I purchased the FishTV at a "Show Special" and it works fine, the picture is clear. Only thing is I had to purchase a rechageable battery at Fleet Farm for about $20 or suffer buying 10 "C" batteries about every time out.

[broman]

 Originally Posted By: landscaper

any good Aqua-vu.??....looking to up grade also

They had two Aqua-Vu's. One was the wind up cord one, yellow, not sure of the model and the other was the MC (multi-color). Both were over $250.