Underwater camera question

[Moosedog]

I'm really wanting a camera for ice fishing. I also would love to be able to look at lake trout. I wonder if there is enough light to even see at 75 to 100 feet. I cant find any you tube of macs, thinking it must not work very good. Does anybody have any experience or wisdom on deep water viewing?[crazy]
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[k2muskie]

Unless you have great lights on the camera highly doubtful you'll be able to see at that depth maybe with IR you'll be able to but only a few feet if that.

[url "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater[/url]
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[RockyRaab]

The Aqua-Vu Mini I had came with only a 50' cord. But the camera had IR lights that came on automatically whenever there wasn't enough ambient light. They worked great.
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[Tarponjim]

Cameras with IR, plus additional IR light housings, STILL don't work too well that deep. It "sees" a few feet at best. I once had a high-dollar camera with lights, (Not Aqua View, but industrial-grade) and added external lights, to try it. 50 and down got pretty black. Camera spooked the lakers.
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[Duckbutter]

Not only is visibility poor, but the chance of a laker getting wrapped around the camera line and making a mess of things on the way up is really high.
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[Moosedog]

Thanks for the info guys and for saving me time and money.

I guess the mystery of the lake trout is part of the reason I like trying to catch them so much. They make me crazy!!!
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[RockyRaab]

Cameras can be very useful. I used one to tell what kind of fish I was seeing on my fishfinder, for example. Sitting over a layer of suspended fish, I lowered the camera and saw clearly that the school below me wasn't bass or crappie, but smallish carp. No need to expend effort or time there, so I moved on.
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[Moosedog]

I can think of lots of great uses for a camera especially for ice fishing. I like the idea of the Fishphone under 200 bucks but only comes with 50 ft. Sounds like that might be plenty. I really like watching the underwater cameras on you tube. How deep can you see in Pineveiw?
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[Iceman88]

I just got the aquaview fishtv 7 from basspro and I love it. It wasn't expensive and has built in uv light on the camera that work great! And it comes with 100 ft cord so you could get down there, I haven't used it deeper than 30 ft but I love it.
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