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Awesome Underwater Salmon Bites!

August 4, 2016 By JD 2 Comments

Check out this rad footage of salmon and char chasing and biting my spinners. I recently trolled No. 7 spinners downstream with an Okuma Waterwolf camera rigged in-line and there’s definitely some cool stuff to be learned by seeing what’s going on down there!

Filed Under: Pure Entertainment, Underwater Photos/Video Tagged With: alaska, chum salmon, dolly varden, king salmon, underwater, Video, waterwolf

Underwater Video: Lake Tahoe Mackinaw 200 Feet Deep!

July 27, 2015 By JD Leave a Comment

We just never know exactly what’s happening under the surface do we? I was over a big school of mackinaw on Lake Tahoe the other day and they didn’t want to bite. It seemed as if they had no interest whatsoever in our gear.

Boy was I wrong! I dropped my trusty [easyazon_link identifier=”B00R8I6W5O” locale=”US” tag=”fiwijd-20″]Okuma WaterWolf[/easyazon_link] camera down there and found that the curious little buggers were, indeed, very interested in my gear…more specifically my sinker! Check it out!

Filed Under: Underwater Photos/Video Tagged With: lake tahoe, mackinaw, okuma, underwater video, waterwolf

Underwater Stripers: The Rejection!

May 19, 2015 By JD 2 Comments

The Rejection

Denied! Here’s an underwater pic shot on my [easyazon_link identifier=”B00PJ27DRC” locale=”US” tag=”fiwijd-20″]Okuma Water Wolf Camera[/easyazon_link] today of a striped bass giving my lure the equivalent of the middle finger.

He followed for about 10 feet and then decided something just didn’t look right. The interesting part of this shot is the fact that my lure has flipped upside-down…right at the same time the fish rejected it. In previous frames, he was right on the plug’s tail…and the lure was running true.

I had no idea the plug had any roll to it, even after tuning it next to the boat…and yet here it is “flying inverted.”

To see the two pics of what occurred just before the rejection, read on…Click here to read more…

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

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!

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

Underwater Striper Action!

May 8, 2015 By JD Leave a Comment

In the clear water with a bright sun, the bass were more into chasing than biting

In the clear water with a bright sun, the bass were more into chasing than biting

So, what do striped bass look like underwater as they are chasing a plug? Well, today I busted out the Okuma Water Wolf HD underwater camera again and tried to find out.

I had a short window…and it was in the middle of the day, buT i found a few pods of stripers and got some to react to my lure. They would’t eat it, so next time out, I’m going to try dropping the lure back on a longer leader. Still, so cool stuff…

This guy got right up close and personal but didn't commit  Again, I think the fact that I had about a 6-inch leader between the lure and camera may have been part of the issue.

This guy got right up close and personal but didn’t commit Again, I think the fact that I had about a 6-inch leader between the lure and camera may have been part of the issue.

This one's kinda cool in that the fish appears to be zeroing in on the Water Wolf instead of the bait!

This one’s kinda cool in that the fish appears to be zeroing in on the Water Wolf instead of the bait!

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

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