Testing the CanFish Camera: How Handmade Lures Perform Underwater!

[@MrKiar1611]

looks fun! parhaps some extra 3D printed gliding wings can improve its stability tho.

[@EngineeredAngler]

That would be cool!

[@hankvana2149]

Neat toy Franko! 😊 For years I've explored the underwater world with electronics and special camera. The camera was heavy enough to be a "downrigger ball" and I often trolled it along to watch how the fish reacted to the lure. Interesting to see how a change of lure action/color, depth, or speed could convert a follow into a strike. Most of my fishing is for structure oriented fish so I sold the camera (which is best for open water) and bought a Chasing Mini S ROV. Been spending the quiet parts of the day sneaking around and exploring the structures I find on side-scan sonar. Typically, I'm checking to see if there's food present - not surprisingly, a rockpile with lots of crayfish is a bass magnet worthwhile putting a waypoint on! It's interesting that fish (primarily bass and panfish) are curious about the ROV and will hang around it. Frustrating to watch a dozen bass relating to a rockpile totally ignore everything you throw at them 🤬 But then, it's the quiet times when the fish are off the bite when I drive the ROV around. Fun stuff! Cheers!

[@EngineeredAngler]

That sounds like a really neat setup!

[@WilliamM-h9e]

10-4 !!!

[@jurajanal2277]

New camera sure does look good but yeah, stability is a little off. Too bad that not a lot happened but those goofy black bass look like a lot of fun to catch and mess around with.

[@BoZaza]

Good video! Camera would be a good companion to FFS. 😊 Like the new lure testing system.

[@EngineeredAngler]

Thank you

[@magcolor]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@raygissendanner1476]

Great video and have a merry Christmas

[@EngineeredAngler]

Merry Christmas to you too!

[@cyberflexx953]

I heard homemade beef jerky was a good luck charm on fishing days. LOL. I can share my recipe! How about entertaining the idea about expanding your engineering experiments with one of those 3018 hobby CNC machines and cut balsa wood sides or maybe other types of wood or materials. Or use it to cut a mold for soft plastics. Or even your own dive lips with logo engraved in them.

[@EngineeredAngler]

Il be expanding into 3D printing soon

[@pmm422]

Ya, I think you need to incorporate more fishing into your offerings. Trust me I know it's a lot more challenging to deal with the live action filming but it's why we make lures.

[@EngineeredAngler]

I appreciate the feedback, I’ll try to include more fishing footage in the future.

[@secretbassrigs]

where is it made and does it require an App?

[@EngineeredAngler]

Yes it does require an app....video file transfer and live video viewing are all done with the app.

[@striperhunter-ic2wt]

That camera is cool, what is the price for it?

[@EngineeredAngler]

Runs around $170 us . There's a link and a discount code in the description.

[@Hades-Abyss]

Yea i get more upset losing lures I made then the fish or even store bought lures. Haha, go figure they just mean more to me unless the store bought one was a gift, then it's upsetting too. But hey, it's the price we pay for the hobby we love and hate.hahaha Maybe you can make some type of fin that bolts on to the camera that will stabilize it or something if you wanted to play around with that any.

[@EngineeredAngler]

Yeah, I totally get that - I feel the same way about my lures.

[@potatosurfing6779]

cool shit

[@mike1261]

Truth be told, your way of underwater filming the lure's action is much better. This seems to be a fun toy, but the "action" of the camera makes it difficult to see the true action of the lure.

[@thewarpsyrhead]

Agree with this

[@EngineeredAngler]

Right. I plan to use it to capture fishing action. The lure action I will still get my old way.

[@donaldcase2971]

No , they make no difference. Had good days with them in boat .

[@EngineeredAngler]

Im with you on that.

[@secretbassrigs]

honestly. its way to big for what it does.

[@EngineeredAngler]

I disagree, there is a minimum mass and size needed to achieve some dynamic stability. If anything, the camera could use larger fins and a low counterweight for better stability.