The most common appoach to using an underwater ice fishing camera is to cut a second hole a couple feet away from the hole you are planning to fish, lower your camera down to the depth you are fishing and point it in the direction of your bait. Once you have done this you will have a view of your bait as it moves up and down and can easily see how the fish are relating to your bait. At times they will want a lot of motion, at times they want it dead still and often they want something in between. Your camera is a great way to see the attitude of the fish that day and make sure that there are actually fish below the hole you are fishing.

As can be seen in this video, not every fish will bite your bait. Some will appear interested and then just pass on by. But once you have a fish that is interested, it is easy to go through the array of motions triggering a strike. And once you catch one you can likely catch others as they loiter around your bait. It also displays the fact that you can see the different types of fish that happen upon your bait. In this clip we see both sunfish and largemouth bass.