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You are here: Home / Photos and Video / Underwater Photos/Video / Underwater Striper Bite Caught on Camera

Underwater Striper Bite Caught on Camera

May 14, 2015 By JD 9 Comments

Striper Bite 1
This afternoon, I had yet another chance to play around with my [easyazon_link identifier=”B00PJ27DRC” locale=”US” tag=”fiwijd-20″]Okuma Water Wolf[/easyazon_link] underwater camera and caught a striper bite on film!

In the shot above, you can see the lure working its way downstream and then it is intercepted head on by a 5-pound striper…

Striper Bite 2

In the video, it appears that the fish bites the lure head first but when you slow it down and watch it frame by frame, you can see that he actually spins on a dime in a nano-second and comes up behind the lure…

Striper Bite 3

The speed at which the fish spins on the bait and inhales it is amazing…

Striper Bite 4

At this point he’s hooked…

Striper Bite 5

And then turns downstream. Notice how the back hook is still hanging free…

Striper Bite 6

The fish seemed to instinctively know to get in the fast water and actually burned some drag. Part of the camera is now in view too…

Striper Bite 7

During the fight, another striper came over to see what was happening…

Striper Bite 8

Is this stuff as fascinating to you as it is me? Man, I just find the underwater view so dang cool! There’s a lot to learn by looking at videos and stills…and you can rest assured you’ll see a lot more of this stuff here soon!

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Filed Under: Underwater Photos/Video Tagged With: striped bass, underwater, water wolf

Comments

  1. rivershoes says

    September 2, 2016 at 7:54 am

    all thanks, just cooool

    Reply
    • Pete Rosko says

      September 22, 2016 at 5:36 am

      Classic example of why I design all of my metal jigs (Crippled Herring, Kandlefish & Sonic BaitFish) with a single tail hook and no nose-attached “assist ” hooks. Also, I can very effectively troll that same metal jig because the tail hook results in better action and hook-ups.

      Reply
  2. idahomike says

    May 29, 2016 at 5:47 am

    Hard to comprehend the speed of the fish. I guess we learn something new everyday. Really enjoyed your narrative and pictures.

    Reply
    • JD says

      June 2, 2016 at 6:02 am

      Thanks, Mike!

      Reply
  3. Larry Cook says

    September 15, 2015 at 7:06 am

    Gr8 shot! Wish it was me doing the fishing.

    Reply
  4. twain says

    May 19, 2015 at 9:01 pm

    Where is that? Amazingly clear water

    Reply
    • JD says

      May 21, 2015 at 8:44 pm

      American River

      Reply
  5. KP says

    May 15, 2015 at 1:23 pm

    Great shot JD.

    Reply
    • JD says

      May 15, 2015 at 1:27 pm

      Thanks, Kev!

      Reply

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