I spent this year running a gopro almost non stop, almost being the keyword here... there was times on a good bite where the battery died and I didnt stop to swap batterys, other times where I hooked gooduns and thought it was rolling but I failed to turn it on... There were times when it still had battery and turned off without intervention from me too. There were also fish I landed from the passenger side of my boat or back deck that persay the landing wasnt on film, but maybe the hookset was... I think the idea of having a cam in place of a marshall is great, but we still got a ways to go before we get there, like gixxer said somebody honest would miss a payday over it catching a cheater probally. I'm a fan of the MLF format of catch weigh/mesure release all in one, thats clearly way better for the bass than getting cruised around the lake and let go somewhere theyre not acclimated too, especially in the dog days of summer... If used right the gopro could cut down on cheaters certainly, but to say opps you didnt film your catch it dont count would cost an honest man before it catches the scum of our sport... Also you need 8-12 batterys to film a full day fishing, and than would need to charge all of them again by the next morning which I always have trouble with on my two day outtings, typically i can only charge half of my day one batterys before i fall asleep for day two... I personally would put up with it given I run the things anyway, and have gotten used to it, but it took me all year of running em to tell u my two cents on what could go wrong with having to use them for certification, I won my first tourney and it was my first event with my new club, I won that one with a five and a half on shasta and certainly had a few guys give me the eye, till I offered them to watch my gopro footage
... so i see how this could work but I also see how it could screw an honest fisherman who just forgot to poke on, or stuck a dead battery back in it or ect... I think the idea is solid but I just wanted to chime in with how hard it would be to put in play. back at the dock the poor t.d. would have to watch hours of film to confirm the winners, its a good idea but just too much to go wrong in an entire field of anglers competeing, thats my two cents on gopros to make teams more fair
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