PolkaDotPerch

PolkaDotPerch

PolkaDot Perch is all about freshwater!!
Our channel features videos filmed by award-winning underwater cameraman Greg Lashbrook and produced by award-winning journalist and columnist Kathy Johnson.
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Underwater Halloween Horrors

Underwater Halloween Horrors

Fish moves hundreds of rocks

Fish moves hundreds of rocks

Bass Attacks Cameraman!

Bass Attacks Cameraman!

Filming Lake Sturgeon 2.0

Filming Lake Sturgeon 2.0

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  • @RobertDalimonte-ew7rl
    @RobertDalimonte-ew7rl13 сағат бұрын

    Those bass fish protecting their spawning beads are hilarious!

  • @aaronjacq4045
    @aaronjacq40454 күн бұрын

    Cool concept tho btw

  • @aaronjacq4045
    @aaronjacq40454 күн бұрын

    It's crazy to see how much current is down there honestly. Yes I know there would be just being a lake and seeing it are completely different

  • @fromontario6954
    @fromontario69545 күн бұрын

    Guess the bass weren’t hungry.

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch5 күн бұрын

    We see them strike every once in a while and it's always cool to see!

  • @Lecturerlld
    @Lecturerlld15 күн бұрын

    I laughed at the finger wiggle towards the fish at around 3:15, I do exact same thing!

  • @thssportingcenter1
    @thssportingcenter124 күн бұрын

    Cool Beans

  • @adamdomingues5820
    @adamdomingues582026 күн бұрын

    loved the vid cool much love

  • @dukenegju
    @dukenegju28 күн бұрын

    Thank you for showing! Love

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch28 күн бұрын

    Much deserved! We're currently working on a gathering video and a net sinker stone piece...coming soon! Miigwech 🥰

  • @dukenegju
    @dukenegju28 күн бұрын

    @@PolkaDotPerch Great, keep it up! Much love

  • @tony8570
    @tony857029 күн бұрын

    Squash the gobi

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch28 күн бұрын

    lol

  • @morganjones2091
    @morganjones2091Ай бұрын

    “Secret alloy” ?!?!? Nope!

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch28 күн бұрын

    lol...he's definitely the sponge bob of u/w welders

  • @absolutelyunepic3072
    @absolutelyunepic3072Ай бұрын

    I heard bass were really friendly and they will follow you around and claim you, fighting off other bass

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch28 күн бұрын

    It's true that they follow us around! I like to think it's cuz they enjoy our company but really it's because we kick over rocks and other stuff and they are hoping a crayfish or goby will pop out!! Friends with benefits?!

  • @michaelstewart7036
    @michaelstewart7036Ай бұрын

    How can a perch that small possibly break someones line? He must've took them into a snag

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch28 күн бұрын

    It's amazing how strong fish are even the little ones!

  • @UnderwaterFishFilms
    @UnderwaterFishFilmsАй бұрын

    that was really cool, very informative, most underwater videos arent this detailed i love ur passion

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch28 күн бұрын

    Thanks, We do love fish! And we appreciate you watching and commenting!!

  • @waynebrusate8097
    @waynebrusate8097Ай бұрын

    Great Job on this new video. Amazing how many different kinds of fish and creatures pass in front of this camera. What can us viewers do to help spot fishes?

  • @DonFassbender
    @DonFassbenderАй бұрын

    Where exactly is this? I'd like to visit 👍

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch28 күн бұрын

    The upper St. Clair River. If you're not familiar it's a great dive area but, like many great dive sites, there are some significant hazards that need to be acknowledged and respected. Anchor Bay Scuba is the closest dive shop for more info on diving the area.

  • @user-tn1xv1vc2d
    @user-tn1xv1vc2dАй бұрын

    Wow! That is awesome. I'm a Fisherman and my cousin is too. But he also is a Scuba Diver. Now I need to tell him about feeding fish. I think he will just love the idea of feeding fish.

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch28 күн бұрын

    It's one of our favorite things to do underwater! Hope your cousin gives it a try!

  • @FrostyBytes
    @FrostyBytes2 ай бұрын

    Absolutely insane. Why is lake michigans water so clear compared to lake erie. Is this the real reason for ohio v michigans fued?

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerchАй бұрын

    Could be! It's certainly another way Michigan excels, lol

  • @robnamowicz8073
    @robnamowicz80732 ай бұрын

    Lovely video, ugly fish.

  • @waynebrusate8097
    @waynebrusate80972 ай бұрын

    1,000 Subscribers Yahooo. Thank you to all you fish watchers. The fish activityhas been picking up real fast this spring as the water warms up. Has anybody counted how many different kinds of fish and birds and creatures that have been seen on camera?🎥🐟

  • @Smalliesontheyough
    @Smalliesontheyough2 ай бұрын

    Awesome video thank you for doing this.

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch28 күн бұрын

    Our pleasure! Thanks for watching and commenting!

  • @SonoftheAmericanRevolution
    @SonoftheAmericanRevolution2 ай бұрын

    Nice video! I've only fished Huron (Drummond Island) once in my life, and the walleye bite was excellent. Great underwater video!

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch2 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much! We appreciate you taking the time to comment!! Good luck out there.

  • @richardstratford9419
    @richardstratford94192 ай бұрын

    Great vid. Dig the underwater footage

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch2 ай бұрын

    Thanks 👍Appreciate you watching and commenting!!

  • @ThelemicPotter
    @ThelemicPotter3 ай бұрын

    How many identifiable individual fish, if any, do you see? Can a cormorant digest a whole corn cob?

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch3 ай бұрын

    So far we've seen 28 different species!! We'll be posting a video shortly with a shot of most (there's a couple we saw but didn't record!) As for the corn cob 🤷‍♂ Cormorants swallow fish whole so the size and shape shouldn't be a problem. They also digest the whole fish bones and all so perhaps they could break down a corn cob. We asked two biologists and neither had a clue since it's not something they had ever heard of happening!?! Thanks for commenting!

  • @thenatureoffishing7591
    @thenatureoffishing75913 ай бұрын

    Very nice!

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch2 ай бұрын

    Thanks! We love seeing our native fish owning the invasives!

  • @TMPKNSS
    @TMPKNSS3 ай бұрын

    Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing...😢

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch3 ай бұрын

    Right?! We're sooooo looking forward to the return of the FISH!!!! Should be starting to see more action in the next few weeks 👍

  • @Oscar11060
    @Oscar110603 ай бұрын

    2 fish at 3:31:39 as well

  • @Oscar11060
    @Oscar110603 ай бұрын

    At 0:00:10 a shad swims by and at 9:04:11 another shad swims by

  • @markschwartz3535
    @markschwartz35353 ай бұрын

    Under the bridge?

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch3 ай бұрын

    Just downstream of the Blue Water Bridges

  • @inkedskindeep9941
    @inkedskindeep99413 ай бұрын

    how dare you sir! didnt your mother raise you with any manners? thats not how you treat a guest. shame on you.

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch3 ай бұрын

    Lol, he must have missed that etiquette lesson 😂

  • @weshardman2883
    @weshardman28833 ай бұрын

    Now I know how to fish the gobbie lures😮

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch2 ай бұрын

    LOL, glad we could help!

  • @michaelmarriott3123
    @michaelmarriott31234 ай бұрын

    What happened to the live stream?

  • @ledraps22
    @ledraps224 ай бұрын

    really cool! just learned there are jellyfish in the great lakes. I should peak this channel more often. thanks for posting

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch3 ай бұрын

    Thanks! It's been kinda slow since the fish (like birds) leave for the winter!! There will be a lot more excitement starting in the next month!!!

  • @januszcan-pol6067
    @januszcan-pol60674 ай бұрын

    I love Yous chanel

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch3 ай бұрын

    Thanks!!!! We're trying to share all the amazing things we see under the Great Lakes with everyone 😄

  • @michaela.herbertz4092
    @michaela.herbertz40924 ай бұрын

    Fantastic video. Give nature time and it figures it out in this case. Thanks so much for this great news

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch2 ай бұрын

    Thanks! Nature is amazing!! It's so good to see our native species rebounding!!

  • @georgepretnick4460
    @georgepretnick44605 ай бұрын

    I've never heard any deep concern for the decline of Lake Erie's formerly peak small forage fish, the Emerald Shiner. Emerald Shiners were , a few decades back, so ubiquitous and plentiful, you could scoop a bucketful right at the shoreline. They fed the once prolific and large yellow perch population, now decimated. Gone are almost all of the Smelt and a few other small forage species that once supported Northern Pike, Blue Pike, Muskellunge, Lake Trout, and way more Smallmouth Bass than the Gobies are currently feeding.

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch2 ай бұрын

    You're right that the loss of forage species is very concerning and does not get enough attention!

  • @kevinclement9147
    @kevinclement91475 ай бұрын

    Great video. Makes me think I need to move my goby baits much quicker. Thanks for the fantastic video

  • @trueshape7306
    @trueshape73065 ай бұрын

    The wonderful thing about the Great Lakes is you can feed the fish without any worry of sharks getting interested.

  • @tommyrq180
    @tommyrq1806 ай бұрын

    In Lake Michigan the lake trout have also adapted to eating gobies. As a result, they are more bottom-oriented and also taste better than when they ate mostly open-water schooling baitfish like alewives. Interestingly, the same has not happened with the salmon, which are still dependent on the cyclical availability of the alewife. We still see the smallmouth eating a lot of alewives, however, and crayfish baits/flies work great. But they are undoubtedly also going after gobies. Lake Michigan smallmouth, carp, and lake trout (and brown water snakes!) are all eating gobies because…nature! Opportunistic predators…😅😊 For what it’s worth, I think the brown water snakes are really cleaning up and proliferating due to gobies…

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch6 ай бұрын

    Good to hear how the Lake Michigan fish are managing. Thanks for sharing! Totally agree with your assessment of the snakes. We've spent many enjoyable hours filming them on the Little Manistee River and we've heard the Lake Erie waters snakes are rebounding (in part) from having an abundant food source with round goby. Really appreciate your feedback!

  • @kevinhinds6850
    @kevinhinds68506 ай бұрын

    Wow!!!! What camera are you guys using?

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch6 ай бұрын

    Thanks! We're using an old DeepSea camera head. It's doing a pretty good job considering it's about a 10 year old model. We're trying to grow our channel, so hopefully we can upgrade next year. Thanks for asking!

  • @shaundiltz5821
    @shaundiltz58216 ай бұрын

    Can’t believe people eat Drum?!? Lol. Poor Bob.

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch6 ай бұрын

    Right?! 🤢 Poor Bob indeed!!

  • @roscopriceathens
    @roscopriceathens6 ай бұрын

    Great video

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch6 ай бұрын

    Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @WNYXeb777
    @WNYXeb7776 ай бұрын

    Great vid from Buffalo.

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch6 ай бұрын

    Awesome thank you!

  • @matthewmercer2477
    @matthewmercer24777 ай бұрын

    Beautiful fish, used to be my fav hunt in fresh water. Super healthy.

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch6 ай бұрын

    We know they only follow us around for a shot at an easy dinner. But it still makes us feel special, lol

  • @fpolkjr
    @fpolkjr7 ай бұрын

    Cool video

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch7 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching and commenting!

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch7 ай бұрын

    Hey Frank, did you know you can use our new livestream to judge the viz in the river? You never have to wonder again if it's 'diveable' 👍

  • @CompetitiveFishingFreak
    @CompetitiveFishingFreak7 ай бұрын

    That is what I love to see 🎯🎯🎯

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch7 ай бұрын

    Thanks, Johnny is one of the best!

  • @CompetitiveFishingFreak
    @CompetitiveFishingFreak7 ай бұрын

    Hello from Roseville Michigan near Lake Saint Clair,13 Gratiot, I'm a new subscriber 🎯

  • @PolkaDotPerch
    @PolkaDotPerch7 ай бұрын

    Welcome and thanks for subscribing we really appreciate it!