I own Radio Shack on a sled. Believe me. I have as many wires and battery snaps laying around as I do lines
and lures. After I started using electronics, I could not imagine fishing without them. I generally use my
Vexilar when fishing deep water for perch and walleyes. The camera is reserved mainly for bluegills.
Big bluegills can be a challenge to catch without the aid of a viewing device. The favorite tactic of a large
bluegill when taking a bait is to grab the tail, hold it in their mouth for a couple seconds, and then suck
the rest in. This is why so many people miss them who do not use the aid of a camera. They will always say,
"must have been a little one." Most of the time they are big ones that have just grabbed the tail and do
not have the hook in their mouth.
Big blugills also need plenty of coaxing. Usually they will not come right in and slam. You have to play the
game of raising your bait to get them to finally take it take it. Letting your bait sit right in front of their
face will often lead to a stare down that the angler is going to use.
Spinning jigs are a bad thing unless the fish are really agressive. Spinning jigs are doom on most days.
Being able to see your bait on the camera tells you if your jig is spinning and how to get it to stop spinning.
Sometimes it is the way you have the bait on the hook. Other times it is line memory that can be taken care of by
tightly pinching the line about 3 feet above the jig and sliding your fingers down it or lightly jigging your bait
when a fish appears. One way or another, you need to get rid of the spins.
That leads me to my next point. Jigging panfish jigs without the aid of a camera is usually a process where
you jig the bait and stop. As you will see on a camera, when you stop jigging the bait you will often lose
interest of the fish. When jigging for bluedogs without the use of a camera, you have to stop unless the fish
are extremely agressive.
Then there are small bluegills and bass that are not desired fish in my book. You do not have to waste time
with these fish because you can simply pull the bait away from them. This saves a lot of time per day as
big gills will often be mixed in with little ones. You have to try and steer your bait around the small ones
to have the best chance at getting the big ones. Without a camera, you won't know.
The underwater camera market has become diversified in recent years. You can find models that cost far less
than the name-makers. However, nothing beats an Aqua-Vu. It is late in the season and you may find many
stores have them marked down. Be ahead of the game for next season and add a HUGE boost to your bluegill take.
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