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Field Notes
Underwater fishing technique, gear reviews, species deep-dives, and what we've learned from thousands of hours on European water. Honest. Plainspoken. Angler-to-angler.
FIELD NOTES
Your First 10 Trips with an Underwater Fishing Camera: A Beginner's Guide
You bought the camera. Now what? This guide walks you through your first 10 outings — from unboxing confusion to the trip where you realise you are fishing differently than you used to.
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FIELD NOTES
Do Underwater Cameras Spook Fish? What the Evidence Says
Every fishing forum has this debate. Some anglers swear cameras spook everything within ten metres. Others drop cameras right next to the...
FIELD NOTES
Ice Fishing Camera Guide for Northern Europe: Finland, Sweden, and the Baltics
Most ice fishing camera content is written for Minnesota and Wisconsin. This guide is for anglers who drill holes in Finnish lakes, Swedi...
SPECIES
Zander on Camera: Underwater Footage Reveals Pike-Perch Behaviour
Zander are Europe's most popular predator target -- and one of the hardest to observe. An underwater camera reveals feeding behaviour, ha...
SPECIES
Underwater Camera for Pike Fishing: What You'll Actually See
Pike are the most dramatic fish to film underwater. Explosive strikes, slow follows, casual refusals -- an inline camera reveals pike beh...
TECHNIQUE
How to Rig an Inline Underwater Camera for Trolling and Casting
A practical, step-by-step guide to rigging an inline underwater camera on your fishing line. Covers trolling, casting, and float setups, ...
TECHNIQUE
Does an Underwater Camera Work in Murky Water? We Tested It on a Baltic Lake
The number one question European anglers ask about underwater cameras: will it work in my water? We took a camera into Baltic lakes with ...
BUYER-GUIDE
Best Underwater Fishing Cameras Shipping to the EU (2026)
Every 'best underwater camera' list is written for Americans with American prices and American shipping. This one's for us. Seven cameras...
GEAR-GUIDE
GoFish Cam Is Gone. Here's What Replaced It in 2026
GoFish Cam is dead — bankrupt, website down, Amazon listings abandoned. If you were a fan or just discovered it via an old YouTube review...
GEAR-GUIDE
Fish Finder vs Underwater Camera: A Plain-English Guide for European Anglers
Sonar and underwater cameras do fundamentally different jobs. One paints blobs on a screen. The other shows you actual fish. Here's an ho...
BUYING GUIDE
Best Underwater Fishing Cameras 2026: Tested and Reviewed in Europe
The 2026 guide from Riga. GoFish Cam is gone, the market has reshuffled, and EU anglers have fewer good options than last year. Here is w...