Fish Pics?? AOTY and others.

Whatever camera you get, attach a small float to it or leash it.  Trust me on this one.

I still have an old Olympus - emergency camera now. 

I've had a few of the Fuji's from Costco more recently - they're $139.99 last I looked - 14 megapixels, waterproof to 33', HD video.  I've sent a couple in for repair/replacement with no probs.  This stuff has gotten much more affordable - especially when I think of how much I used to spend on film and developing.   

Whatever camera you get, attach a small float to it or leash it.  Trust me on this one.

Leashed from the beginning.  Once leashed, I can just drop the camera between my PFD and chest.
Very easy to get to.

I keep a couple of loops of line on the carry handles on my Outback. I just make a loop to loop connection to attach it to my yak.  Then I just let it sit in the built in tray all day while I fish.

I'm supprised that no one had mentioned this one.   It does a great job!  Uses SD cards as well.

I just saw this "deal" and thought some of you may be interested.
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The Panasonic Lumix is a great camera.  They are so nice I felt it appropriate to give one to my favorite river.  The Willamette is a high maintenance mistress. 

One thing that is nice about the video function of most of these digital HD cameras is that if you are having an overly active fish that you are trying to measure and not injure prior to releasing, or weather conditions make it difficult to snap a photo, you can place the fish on your measuring board and film the fish.   Quicktime allows you to pull still photos from the video by clicking with your mouse on the video and hitting the ctrl and c keys simultaneously. AT 30-60 frames/second, you can usually find a good one where you can accurately measure the fish.

That is what I did at the ORC because the weather, lack of Hawg Trough, and feistyness of this greenling made it very difficult to photograph.  I could have done it with the trough, but the tape measure made it difficult.  It was pulled from video from a Kodak Playsport Z3. 

GoPro hero has been working well for me.  Set it up to take stills every two seconds while mounted over your fish measuring devise. It allows you to take photos while using your hands to control the fish.