Gopro Flasher
I made up this flasher last week to have a Gopro mounted on it to see what sort of ground i was fishing on. The idea being i could bring it back up to the surface, use the wifi to view the footage on an ipad and pretty much get a live feed on what sort of ground i was fishing on and what was around. I took it out on Friday and trialled it out on the blades off of Bunbury and was pretty pleased in how it went. I made a few modifications to it on Saturday and took it back out on Sunday at a different spot and seemed to perform really well. We actually caught 3 Sambos within 10m of the flasher, so that side of things seemed to work spot on. I havent gone through all the footage from Sundays fish yet but from the first quick look i have had i saw King George and Pinkies swimming around, along with the sambos circling it.
I'll put some photos up of the flasher (before i made the mods to it) and some snaps from out on the blades, if anyone is interested.
sunshine
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Get a programme to adjust RGB
And the pictures will be much clearer, nice Harly in the first pic
beau
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I'd be running some wire from
I'd be running some wire from that, mackies go snip snip snip!
top notch
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Ive got it on a 200lb
Ive got it on a 200lb handline so should be right in most cases but you are right if something came along and showed some interest it maybe in some trouble.
meglodon
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Great
looking forward to some more of this sort of stuff. Thanks for posting it so we can all enjoy, at what depth were the pics taken if I may ask.
top notch
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They were taken in 32m
They were taken in 32m
crano
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I'd be carefull using it
I'd be carefull using it around coral like that as when we dive on country like that we have found it's not uncommon to find sinkers that have been cut off.
I have got a drop camera and I hang the weight about a metre below the camera on a light piece of mono so hopefully I only lose the sinker if things go wrong.
I have got a red filter for Gopro you can have for free if interested.
top notch
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I actually did have a weight
I actually did have a weight connected about 1500mm below the flasher on 5kg line for that exact reason as we dive it as well and have found a fair bit of lead left behind. The problem I had was with the swell that was running the weight I had below the flasher wasn't heavy enough so I couldn't feel it hit the bottom before the flasher did (Hence why the shots are near the bottom) I have rectified by adding some floatation above the flasher to help with buoyancy and of course a slightly heavier weight, seemed to work much better.
roberta
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Just watched the guy
that invented the go-pro on Ch7 morning show, lovely chap. The photos are lovely.
Ginger Tablets Rock
top notch
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Quick Video
I just put together a quick video of the footage from the second time i took the flasher out after a few modifications. The water isnt as clear as it was when i took it to the blades but all in all i am pretty happy with the result. I have tweaked it a little more and might try the red lense on it and take it out again on the weekend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&persist_app=1&v=fukDAoK56J4
top notch
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MKIII completed
I have completed my modifications to the gopro flasher and put some photos of it up above at the start of the thread. I have tested the bouyancy in a rainwater tank and looks spot on (will change once it goes in the ocean but should only make it better)
Just have to get out and put it into practice now
sunshine
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Would like to see a burley bomb
hanging off the bottom beneath the pro......?
GGs
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Looking good gaz! You going
Looking good gaz!
You going for a fish on the weekend?
Me and the old man are heading out to the blades tomorrow to try find some new ground and if the weather plays ball hopefully head to naturalist for a bit.
Its Kyle Mincham by the way...
top notch
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Kyle, hopefully going to get
Kyle, hopefully going to get out tomorrow if not Sunday and have a look. Might end up just inside the blades i think but see what this weather is doing. Want to send this back down and see how it works with the adjustments. Let me know how you end up mate and i'll do the same.
meglodon
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As has been said
If you hang a burly bomb of the bottom of the camera at your favourite fishing place it might have some very interesting video for you to analyse.
robby4675
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This is cool!!! I have been
This is cool!!! I have been thinking of sending my gopro down but trying to weigh up the risk and come up with something where I almost definitely won't loose it. Look forward to more posts mate, thanks
born to fish, forced to work
top notch
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Latest footage
I have put together some footage from the newest design of the Gopro Flasher.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdj1aG9pO5Q
crano
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That is great footage.I am
That is great footage.I am surprised at the water clarity as it wasn't that clean on the surface on the weekend.Did you drop a line and catch a few of them.
meglodon
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Thank you
Thanks for posting the vid a few surprises with what showed up. I presume that the bit of polly pipe had some burly in it a bit surprised that no rays showed up for a feed.
top notch
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The water was actually very
The water was actually very clear. It was very interesting watching all the footage because as you would have seen the water was clear and not much movement but as soon as the wind swung from E/SE to N/NE the water changed instantly and got very ground swelly and dirty with little bits of broken weed and silt. As soon as this happened the fish disappeared, almost as if a light switch was flicked. I am going to look at the tides for the day as well and see if there is a correlation with that as well, but it was a distinct change with the water conditions under the surface and a distinct chnage in fish behaviour.
top notch
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The polly pipe had some diced
The polly pipe had some diced mulies in it along with my weight to hold the flasher. Unfortunately the occy at the end thought he would like it more than i would and walked it across the ocean floor back to his home. It was a fairly decent effort because not only did it carry the weighted burley bucket and flasher with camera - it is also attached to a marker bouy on the surface that it would have had to tow as well. I only had 8kg line on that section incase something was to happen with it getting stuck - luckliy. I got my camera back with some awesome footage and he got my burley bucket - i guess win/win some would say ha ha