Curse of the GoPro
Went out today with a workmate, in search of a couple of Dhueys'.
Just invested in a new GoPro Hero3 Black, was hoping to get some good footage today.
Headed west from point peron and found a large school of yellow tail kings on a mark I had! they were everywhere Around the boat from surface to bottom....werent interested in baits, so brought out the 200gm jig and on immediately. Realised they were 55-60cm jobs and not worth our time so moved on. (on video)
Went out to the 40's to the WNW from there, in a recon mission (no marks)....Started out slow, with only a queen snapper and breaksea landed (On video). Not a Dhuey in sight 
Then found them around some more to the south, 4 landed in 4 drifts all between 46-49cm. Then my mate jagged bottom. After losing 4 rigs by this 'early' stage in day to old sunken cray pots and him basically learning the bottom bashing ropes, I wasn't going to lose another. So back around and pull this f'ker out. Out it came, boasting a 55cm somehow connected. Dhuey (NO video!! - curse of the Dhuey arising)
Fluffed around a bit, then mate picked up another u/s Dhuey, and I just turned on the GoPro (so I had thought!) and bam! Big hit, big solid runs....DHU BOY....this dhu I called for 10kg and fought well all the way to the top. Solid Dhuey runs and all......landed the fish and to my amazement the GoPro had missed all the action......
I've been trying to get some good footage of big Dhus and every time it's on, we lose the fish and every time it's off, we land a big dhu.
After that with a full bag, headed in around 130pm.
Turns out the Dhu weighed 9kg. Beautiful specimen and very healthy.
Well, I won't be launching the boat for 3 months, and in 2 it's montes. Until then, tight lines everyone!
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little johnny
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nice fish scotty
gay hat...
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petermac
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question about go pros
can you drop them down and have look around a mate of mine has a camera he can drop that has a surface screen and can check out the bottom and fish
Spence
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Yeh you can, i'm not sure
Yeh you can, i'm not sure what depth they're rated for though.
I've seen people make like 'rudders' for them with a big weight attached to a rope and lower them down to the bottom so the camera points backwards and you can see fish follow your baits as you're drifting etc.
Not seen any footage yet, as i think its in the 'too hard' basket and most people are too busy fishing instead of lowering a dirty great big weight down and up each drift.
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Spence
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This link might help you out
This link might help you out mate: trollpro.com
I've always wanted to get one, but I'm not sure they're practical as I've said above.
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little johnny
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60 meters
scotty...go pros
Paul H
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What curse?? I'd be turning
What curse?? I'd be turning the go pro off and catching the fish
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use the wireless remote...
use the wireless remote...
All men are equal before fish....
Spence
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Lol, already do mate. It's
Lol, already do mate. It's just cursed.
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Shark1
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listen to paulfilmed dhus
listen to paul
filmed dhus dont bite ;p
tim-o
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Yep, my mate pulls gopros
Yep, my mate pulls gopros attached to the downrigger weights, trolling live bait, good research tool, plenty of fish come for a look but dont bite, some great footage tho, watched one the other day, 2 bigsambos following, one nudging the skippy with its nose, playing like a cat with a mouse, the other has a swipe and drops it, so the other grabs it just because his mate had a go at it haha werent hungry, but eat it cos my mate wanted it. Haha, he might get more hook ups with out the cams then, I will have to tell him, hes more into getting fottage than fighting fish tho
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