What Lies Beneath : Fremantle Wharf (Gopro HD Video)
Hi Guys this is the first in the series. I have fished fremantle wharf since i was a little tacker. 30yrs plus on average almost once a week no joke. I have allways wonderd "What lies Beneath" Whats the bottom like, what fish are around etc.
Not long ago i bought the gopro HD hero and wasnt happy with the standard housing quality underwater so i bought the eye of mine Flat housing and the difference is amazingly sharp and mint. I tied a sinker to the go pro and lowered it to the bottom. Yes i got good clear footage but the footage wasnt level. It was upside down. I then sat down and designed up a capsule that would hold my gopro level, weighted in the bottom and bought a massive handline spool . Then went to bunnings and bought 30mtrs of clothes line cord ( wire inside insulated outer ).
Spent an hour down eshed filming under the wharf. The bottom wasnt what i expected at all. Massive drop off from the pylons. Few snags. On my videos to come you can see massive silver bream under the leeuwin II during the day. I will post pictures very soon of the capsule i made . Stay tuned for more vids and different locations like Palm beach jetty , Rocko etc. ******
Ps click it to at least 480p **** Enjoy.... http://youtu.be/pRSRVEILtB0
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hlokk
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Flipping the video is pretty
Flipping the video is pretty easy on the gopro ;) won't fix other problems though.
Cool video. Surprised at the water clarity there considering the location and what the river can be like to dive in.
Faulkner Family
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not bad at all. i expected
not bad at all. i expected it to be all muddy down there.just need to set up a small motor to cruise it around while its down there. bet you would find a few lost rods if you looked around enough. pity there isnt a way to stop the spinning. was getting dizzy
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Ben Derecki
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Nice vid Marc. Surprised
Nice vid Marc. Surprised there were no corpses down there.
adam87
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nice vid mate,thanks for
nice vid mate,
thanks for sharing!
snappermiles
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nice video
have you tried running two cables to the unit one on each side?? may help stop the spinning effect! i done this on one of the cheap ebay underwater cameras and it helped alot! had one wire front and one back! still spun but did help
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Pob
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Always wondered what was
Always wondered what was down there. Would you be able to attach it to a sort of break away sliding rig to send it down after a bait, might be interesting to see what happens.
tailor marc
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Cheers guys, yeah the
Cheers guys, yeah the spinning is annoying but on the plus side it also gives you a 360 degrie view.
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tailor marc
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Here is the capsule i made,
Here is the capsule i made, Not anything fantastic but works well
IMG_2597 by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr
IMG_2598 by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr
IMG_2601 by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr
IMG_2602 by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr
IMG_2606 by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr
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sea-kem
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Good work again Marc. Swear I
Good work again Marc. Swear I spotted one of my old rigs down there ;)
Love the West!
tailor marc
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hahaha me to!!!!! Goung to
hahaha me to!!!!!
Goung to rig a bait bag to sit if front of the camera this week!!! Sharkys here we come lol!!!
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Faulkner Family
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a bait bag would get the
a bait bag would get the fish going. mash up some mulies and just watch the fish chow down, maybe bring in some bigguns as well
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Emric1
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Great Video mate, Thanks for
Great Video mate,
Thanks for sharing it.........i just recently recieve a GOPRO HD Hero2 and look forward to experimenting.
Cheers
Emric1
Simo_
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That's awesome. Im going to
That's awesome.
Im going to get one of those cameras.
Bring on April
richo72
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top vid, how many people
top vid, how many people asked what you were after with the big hand line :-)
I fish therfore i exaggerate