The most common use of a Go pro when fishing
Great for Point of View shots but a film entirely of ten minutes PoV video gets tedious to watch
I read a post of a friend on facebook who received a GoPro for Christmas, asking for tips and on the back of that I thought I would write a wee post. I don’t claim to be an expert but I do have a few years with my own filming under my belt and have learned quite a bit. So thought ( in the current absence of fishing given the weather) I would write this up. I hope you find it useful and if you have any tips to share, feel free to comment.
First off, many will question the whole concept of filming your fishing outings. For me, as with my blog its about memories. While I am not in a wheel chair yet, and hope that time ideally never comes and maybe the clever people at the drug companies come up with a cure for my particular affliction, I do have to accept things aren’t getting easier over time and I do find my limitations get more and more. I therefore accept each outing might be the last- or the last for a while. I can’t tell from day to day how the next will be- it’s all very unpredictable. But filming and photography has given me an additional avenue to explore in my fishing outings. I now probably carry more camera’s and associated bits and pieces when I go out than actual fishing tackle but as I can’t fish hard all day, I get a huge amount of pleasure photographing or filming whats going on. I was given Matt Hayes book Fisheye: A Guide to Angling Photography
last year and it been a boon to opening this whole aspect of the crossover between fishing and photography to me.
Unlike more static forms of fishing like coarse fishing, fly fishing and its variants involves a lot of movement and it’s quite a challenge to fish and get imagery whether stills or video, but the necessary pauses I am obliged to take through my day actually give me the breathing space to take a few shots and also the photography or filming gives me something to do while I rest from the casting or wading.
Lots of good info their Kenny, although i am not into filming i am sure it will be very helpful to lots of folk and easy to understand without much technical jargon.