Which camera is the best for under water at the downriggers

[hookedagain55]

Wanting to buy a camera that i can mount with my downriggers , to get some pictures/movie at the depth i am fishing at . any infor on which one is the best and where to buy would be great. 

would like one that uses a card and not a cable to the surface .

thx

[Meals-On-Reels]

I'm in the process of setting up the same thing. The GoPro HD Hero 3 has shown some good rigger footage but the unit it really chunky and seems like it would create a ton of drag. It's also expensive and there is a company that makes a housing for it (trollpro) and I think that's like $140 too. So figure you might me in at least $350 with the camera.

There is good rigger footage (I'd say on-par with the GoPro Hero3) from the Contour Roam camera. Reviews say the first version has identical video capture as the newer Roam2. The Roam is only like $110 from Amazon and the waterproof case is like $30. It's a much slimmer profile so I'm figuring less drag. You'd just have to fashion your own rigger mount to your ball/cable.

[Big Water]

I bought a GoPro Hero 3 but haven't hooked it up yet.  It's staying above the water because I'm sure I'd just get disgusted on how many fish looked then turned away.

Edited May 14, 2013 by Big Water