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Underwater Striper Action!

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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!

Underwater Shad Bite Video

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I finally got a chance to play around with my new Okuma [easyazon_link identifier=”B00PJ27DRC” locale=”US” tag=”fiwijd-20″]Water Wolf[/easyazon_link] Underwater Video camera the other day while out on a shad trip. I ran the thing back a few times on my line and did manage to catch a shad eating my mini jig.

I’d never seen video before of a shad bite, so it was pretty cool. At least with this fish, there was no doubt that he wanted to inhale my lure

I’ll try to get the Water Wolf into the water more this week!

Check out my UNDERWATER PIX & VIDEO section for more

Underwater View: Braided line vs. Monofilament

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Here are a couple underwater self portraits of me and a buddy fishing to try to prove a point. A guy I know swears that the fish don’t care if you tie your lure direct to brightly colored braid. I, on the other hand, always run at least 10 feet of mono (or better yet, fluorocarbon) leader material between my lure and mainline when using braid.

Speaking of monofilament, check out my top gear picks.

Take a look at the following two pix and come to your own conclusions…we begin with yellow braid tied directly to the hook.

Is that a laser beam??

Is that a laser beam??

In this shot, I switched to mono. Seems like a lot more fish around. Just saying…

Hey, the great yellow line from the sky went away and the fish came back!

Hey, the great yellow line from the sky went away and the fish came back!

A Dolly Varden Feeding Frenzy!

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This a fun little sequence I shot a couple weeks back in Alaska. Here’s a little insight into how a fish can get others into a frenzy just by biting your bait…

A dolly Varden has grabbed a glob of eggs intended for salmon…Apparently, his little buddy wants in on the action!

A dolly Varden has grabbed a glob of eggs intended for salmon…Apparently, his little buddy wants in on the action!

Junior makes his move...

Junior makes his move…

Going in for the kill!

Going in for the kill!

Hey, wait a second…that's not real!

Hey, wait a second…that’s not real!