Salmon Strikes! - Downrigger Footage

[TheFishFinders.TV]

Hi everyone,

The following is a sample of downrigger footage we have taken during this salmon season on Lake Ontario. Most of the footage was shot down 80 to 110 feet which challenges the smaller sensor camera but we're happy with some of the results.

Hope you enjoy!

Alan

[bandrus1]

awesome !

[Missdemeanor]

Bad ass.......

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[momay4000]

I really enjoyed this! Thanks for sharing.

- Chris

[bandrus1]

these vids always surprise me how many swing and misses we have and never know it

[Rippin'Line]

That us the sweetest video I have EVER seen. Loved it. I wanna go fishing so bad right now!!!

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[Missdemeanor]

I'm with ya rippin line.....stuck on the couch for a while due to foot surgery.....uuugh

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[TheFishFinders.TV]

these vids always surprise me how many swing and misses we have and never know it

Many more misses that we recorded that weren't included in this video. Also many long follows. Interestingly enough the only day we were skunked this season was the day we had the most activity underwater. Constant followers and near misses with a couple of knock-offs.

[BALLS DEEP]

Awesome video!

[HomeOffice]

Very nice, Was that a strike vision camera setup? if not then who's camera systems was that recorded on?

[johnsch]

Love the spoon hit!

[TheFishFinders.TV]

Very nice, Was that a strike vision camera setup? if not then who's camera systems was that recorded on?

Thanks HomeOffice. This was captured on 4 GoPro 2's running blind off the cannonballs. We didn't know what was down there until reviewing the footage the next day!

[HomeOffice]

So you where useing thoes new undwatet housings they make? When you say 2, are you referring to the 3D case they make?

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[tcon]

Very cool video!

Tom

[Claude]

Great shot!

Thanks for showing us...

Respect

Claude

[TheFishFinders.TV]

So you where useing thoes new undwatet housings they make? When you say 2, are you referring to the 3D case they make?

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Yes HomeOffice, we were using GoPro 2's in the new GoPro dive housings. The '2' just refers to the second edition of the camera not the housing.

[HomeOffice]

Thanks for responding!

I was looking to get one of those housings but wasn't sure how it would track on the rigger weight, I run 15# sharks, can you please tell me how you configured this to track straight in order to catch the video. All so, how far off the ball was your tackle 5,10,15,20 ft back? and how deep was that video taken? I really want to get one, but have to justified the expense, if you had to spend hours of testing and different ways to configure in order to capture this, I just might have to pass. Any and all hep would really be appreciated. I also noticed that you took some still photos, how was that done?

Thanks again for responding.

[143447]

man this is awesome

[BAZOOKAJOE]

Sweet!!

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[TheFishFinders.TV]

Thanks for responding!

I was looking to get one of those housings but wasn't sure how it would track on the rigger weight, I run 15# sharks, can you please tell me how you configured this to track straight in order to catch the video. All so, how far off the ball was your tackle 5,10,15,20 ft back? and how deep was that video taken? I really want to get one, but have to justified the expense, if you had to spend hours of testing and different ways to configure in order to capture this, I just might have to pass. Any and all hep would really be appreciated. I also noticed that you took some still photos, how was that done?

Thanks again for responding.

Hi HomeOffice - we had the cameras mounted on 9 pound hammered balls (fish shaped, silver). It took quite a bit of adjustment to get the angle of the camera right to catch the bait and it took a bit of editing to get some of the deeper images cleaned up afterwards. The footage was taken between 80 and 110 feet and the baits had to be within 3 feet of the ball to catch them and the followers on on video.

Any more questions, feel free to ask!

Alan

[HomeOffice]

I thought that was the case. Thanks so much for responding, maybe next yr.

[FX]

Very cool - thanks for sharing Just curious - were you picking any of the "streakers" up on your fishfinder?

Shawn

[orangediablo]

love these videos!!

[Jetsled]

Awesome Video!

[shadster]

I am surprised there was enough light at those depths to get an image with a go pro. Great video.