 For
a short rundown on the differences between Strike Vision™ and
all other underwater video camera systems, it’s
important to look at how the systems are designed and
function in the hands of a consumer. To date, the caption
underwater video cameras brings to mind a fuzzy notion,
not much more than a concept really, regarding the
potential to see things under water. Most of the angling
public has read about or seen various companies offering
such products for sale.
All of the other companies
that we’ve seen have taken an off-the-shelf,
charged couples device (ccd) camera and installed
it into a waterproof housing, in one shape or another.
Permanently attached to the camera is a regular co-axial
cable (thin ones are about .25 in diameter). Some
offer an infrared sensor or auxiliary lighting and
some even offer a cheap TV set to view the picture.
That’s basically it.
It sounds like an underwater
video camera system until you try to use it. They may
work fine if you are stationary as in ice fishing,
but in a boat? What happens if you want to troll and
watch your lure as well as the fish that attack it?
If your fish finder shows fish at 120 feet, how could
you go about viewing them as you troll?
SOUNDS SIMPLE ENOUGH
 Our
Strike Vision™ camera systems are designed to
accomplish this task with ease, because we have incorporated
the following very important standard features into
our design that NO OTHER COMPANY OFFERS.
Strike View™ Cable provides
the world's only single cable downrigger video trolling
system. We have developed this marvelous breakthrough
just for the purpose of providing Strike Vision™ camera
signals. This stranded stainless steel cable provides
power to the camera, video signal back to the surface,
has 380 lb tensile strength, has a small 0.055 diameter
and functions perfectly on our Walker 12V electric
downrigger (which is supplied). It also detaches nicely
from our camera, so storage is a snap. Strike View™ cable
drags only a few degrees farther back than regular
downrigger cable. With a rubber coated co-ax cable
camera, you would have to attach a heavy weight to
the camera and lower the cable hand over hand to the
guessed depth, then somehow tie it off at the surface
before attaching it to the monitor. Of course the camera
would probably spin or wobble unless a fin of some
kind is attached to it. With co-ax cable, you would
also have to let out about 250’ to 300’
of cable (which no current company provides) to achieve
120’ depths because of the huge drag factor associated
with the cable. Or, the camera company may suggest you
use a regular downrigger to lower their camera and cable
into the water. This would require that the camera be
attached in some way at or near the downrigger ball.
Co-ax cable would still have to be lowered by hand and
tied off when the depth is achieved. Of course, with
the co-ax and a downrigger cable in the water, the drag
would be even worse.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THE DOWNRIGGER
BALL SNAGS ON THE BOTTOM WHILE YOU ARE TROLLING?
Strike Vision™ has
two features to protect the camera and
fittings from damage should this occur.
First is our slip jack connection to
the downrigger which automatically disconnects
when the ball snags up, allowing more
cable to come off the downrigger pulley
spool. If the ball does not release by
the time the cable gets to the end, the
breakaway lead that fastens the downrigger
weight to the camera will break. You
lose only the weight but save the camera.
The co-ax cameras provide no such features.
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU CAN’T
FIND YOUR LURE ON THE CAMERA?
With Strike Vision™,
you simply disconnect the slip jack,
flip the toggle switch into the up position
and reposition the release on our cable
to a preferred position and lower by
toggle switch again. With co-ax cameras,
you’d have to hand over hand the
co-ax cable all over the floor of the
boat, etc., and bring up the downrigger.
WHAT HAPPENS IF A FISH HITS THE
LURE AND YOU WANT TO CLEAR THE EQUIPMENT OUT OF THE
WATER?
With Strike Vision™ you
can disconnect the slip jack and hit
the up switch in only 2 or 3 seconds,
leaving you free to fight the fish. All
of the other camera systems will take
from 10 to 200 times longer to clear
from the water. If there’s only
two people in the boat, one to steer,
one to fight the fish, who looks after
the co-ax cables?
WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEONE ACCIDENTALLY
FLIPS THE DOWNRIGGER INTO THE UP POSITION WHILE FISHING?
Strike Vision™ uses
a relay on the switch so nothing will
retrieve until the slip jack is disconnected.
On a co-axed camera with regular downrigger
retrieval set up, co-ax cable would billow
out behind the boat, possibly fouling
the fishing lines.
NOW FOR THE BEST PART!
A Strike Vision™ system
including the 12v downrigger, actually costs less
than many other simple cameras alone. Strike Vision™
is quite simply the only system to buy if you wish
to use it from a boat. |
