Inshore w/ Jared, Underwater Cam Debut 5/11

[jrodda]

Go ahead and open this up in a new tab...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E7Pdb1Lkao

Went out with Jared this morning with a plan to find rockfish then go shallow. Was supposed to be pristine conditions with basically no wind all day, but that was out the window from the start. 5-8 W in the morning is not conducive to drifts in 900', so gave up on that tack quickly. Then realized my oil pressure might be a bit low on the way out, so decided 300' was too far and stayed close to home inshore.

I got my underwater camera last week and was itching to use it. Dropped it on the 3 way rig at Izor's to start. Terribly sticky bottom but potentially great footage. Camera was essentially attached to 50# while sinker and lure were on 30# so hoped that would keep me out of trouble. First drops were tangles with so many weighted things swinging around, so had to cut down the leaders a bit and slow my drop to the bottom and retrieve back up.

We weren't getting bites at Izor's so we headed to a bunch of stones nearby, gradually going shallower. Was still slow but Jared broke skunk first with a small calico.

Then we got into a section where they seemed to be on. Started as a slow pick for Jared while I only got pecked, but eventually hooked up. From there it was doubles every couple minutes. Managed at least 20 between us before we felt we had abused the sandie population enough and left to get our asses kicked through the chop back to the harbor.











Footage turned out pretty good. The bottom structure was about what I expected. Thought there would be more fish around, but enough showed up on camera to keep it interesting. I will probably adjust the rig a bit in the future to avoid tangles, and hopefully get sunnier days with a little clearer water. Also hope to use it on particularly interesting marks and potentially confirm the presence of exotics when they do appear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E7Pdb1Lkao

[Latimeria]

That video was REALLY cool , Jeremy!  I'm excited to see what you capture on future videos!  I'll revisit this later tonight or tomorrow.  Super cool.

[vdisney]

The video is awesome Jeremy, very cool indeed

[Dark_Knight_9C1]

Really cool video.
It's amazing how they can hammer the swim bait and not end up hooking themselves.

-Keith

[Chris]

That looked like a solid goat at 1:50

[jrodda]

That looked like a solid goat at 1:50

I need a little whiteboard to ID the spots before I drop it in. Those sheeps got me excited but it might be one of two spots and I'm not sure. Also got excited to see shiner perch there instead of the usual blacksmith. It's the little things.

[KogaHead]

Not much talent you have to get so many bites and land very few fish.

Put a stinger hook in the tail, that will fix those short biting SOBs.

[Latimeria]

Not much talent you have to get so many bites and land very few fish.

Damn, Arizona coming in HOT!

[jrodda]

Not much talent you have to get so many bites and land very few fish.

Put a stinger hook in the tail, that will fix those short biting SOBs.

I was pulling stingers a couple months ago and I got fed up with the short bass.

I was actually pretty stoked while watching all the short biters on the rod tip, knowing I was getting a ton of bite footage without having to take time to unhook fish. I was thinking about just running a teaser on the camera rod next time but would hate to see the playback of a trophy fish destroying the teaser. Still a toss up whether I do that or not.

[Tim524]

 Cool footage, takes me back to my SCUBA days in the 80's. Nice work on them Sandies !