Aqua-Vu Underwater Video Cameras

Re-Inventing Underwater Cameras:

For over a decade Aqua-Vu underwater video cameras have been the brand trusted by professional and recreational anglers alike. During this time period no other piece of consumer marine electronics has offered watersport enthusiasts more fun and entertainment.

As there are so many competing brands at each price point, it is very difficult to inventory each company’s entire line-up.

We order from each Manufacturer / Distributor weekly and will be happy to order you anything you wish.

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The Original Underwater Camera

The best way to observe a fish is to become a fish.

– Jacques Cousteau

Crosslake, MN (June 20, 2019) – For centuries, anglers and adventurers alike have pondered the fascinating realm below the surface—that vast aquatic expanse enveloping almost three-fourths of planet Earth.

In early efforts to observe the depths, famed underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau invented the “aqualung”—the first apparatus that made sub-surface exploration possible—in 1943.

Yet, while scuba gear allowed adventurous individuals to swim with the fish, the rest of the world remained largely in the dark about the creatures dwelling below.

Leave it to anglers, folks who virtually live on the water, to conceive an idea and a device that facilitated underwater observation without actually getting wet!

In an interesting twist of technology, the original “Aqua-Vu” actually came about before the invention of the video camera itself.

In 1975, Al and Ron Lindner wrote about their vision for an “Underwater Observation Tower” in the very first issue of In-Fishermanmagazine.

Although the physics of water displacement and the immense physical size of such a structure rendered the idea unrealistic, the tantalizing prospect of viewing fish in their natural environment endured.

Initially assigned to build the tower was Jeff Zernov, an expert in marine electronics and video technology. Working with angling industry experts such as the Lindners and Ted Capra, Zernov invented the first Aqua-Vu Underwater Viewing System in 1997.

Bulky, awkward and inconvenient by today’s standards, the original Aqua-Vu systems contained a small black and white CRT monitor housed within an elongated, conical “sunshield.”

The entire contents of the first Aqua-Vu—camera, cable, monitor and battery—all fit into the confines of a large tackle box.