Come with me beneath the surface and see how coho salmon, dolly varden and rainbow trout react to the Yakima Bait 3.0 MagLip!
Underwater Salmon Bite: Egg Attack!
Ever wondered what it looks like underwater when a king salmon bites a glob of roe? Wonder no more! Here’s another round of pix I shot in Alaska this summer…
Locked on…
The Moment of Truth
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Underwater Photos: Dolly Varden attacks a glob of eggs
Okay, more from my Alaska files…Here’s a cluster of roe drifted down a run on the Togiak River loaded with Dolly Varden (some rainbows and jacks were in there too). I always cut the points off the hooks while filming (if a fish got hooked, it caused too much camera shake). This sequence is cool as one dolly rejects the bait and another comes out of the pack to eat it!
A dolly varden lines up on the scent trail of the bait…
At the last minute, he rejects the bait…perhaps the camera scares him off.
Check this guy out, though…coming out of the pack to attack
No turning back now!
Going in for the kill!
Tastes good!
Full commitment!
Underwater Photos: King Salmon eats a Glo Bug
More cool underwater stuff from my travels in Alaska in July: Here’s a king salmon attacking a Yarnie or Glo Bug (no eggs or scent). Though I clipped off the hook point while filming, it’s interesting to see how he would never have been hooked anyway — because the fish bites away from the hook!
Yarn and eggs…yum!
Yep, I gotta eat that! (Although notice how he bites the yarn ball but completely misses the hook!)
No change for a hook-up here…the hook is still outside his mouth. In a nano-second he spit it out (off camera) but look at that other little Chinook in the background moving in for a bite!
Underwater Video: When Humpies Attack!
Here’s a fun one outta the video vault that I shot during my most recent trip to Kodiak, Alaska.