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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 Flipping the video is pretty

Wed, 2012-03-07 23:24

 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.

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 not bad at all. i expected

Wed, 2012-03-07 23:27

 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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Nice vid Marc.  Surprised

Wed, 2012-03-07 23:54

Nice vid Marc.  Surprised there were no corpses down there.

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nice vid mate,thanks for

Thu, 2012-03-08 00:04

nice vid mate,

thanks for sharing!

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nice video

Thu, 2012-03-08 07:10

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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 Always wondered what was

Thu, 2012-03-08 20:42

 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.

 

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Cheers guys, yeah the

Thu, 2012-03-08 21:39

Cheers guys, yeah the spinning is annoying but on the plus side it also gives you a 360 degrie view.

 

 

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Here is the capsule i made,

Thu, 2012-03-08 21:41

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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Good work again Marc. Swear I

Thu, 2012-03-08 22:24

Good work again Marc. Swear I spotted one of my old rigs down there ;)

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hahaha me to!!!!! Goung to

Fri, 2012-03-09 23:03

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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 a bait bag would get the

Fri, 2012-03-09 23:05

 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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Great Video mate, Thanks for

Sat, 2012-03-10 12:22

Great Video mate,

 

Thanks for sharing it.........i just recently recieve a GOPRO HD Hero2 and look forward to experimenting.

 

Cheers

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 That's awesome. Im going to

Sun, 2012-03-11 06:11

 That's awesome. 

Im going to get one of those cameras.

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top vid, how many people

Thu, 2012-03-22 12:47

top vid, how many people asked what you were after with the big hand line :-)

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