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Those bass fish protecting their spawning beads are hilarious!
Cool concept tho btw
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
Guess the bass weren’t hungry.
We see them strike every once in a while and it's always cool to see!
I laughed at the finger wiggle towards the fish at around 3:15, I do exact same thing!
Cool Beans
loved the vid cool much love
Thank you for showing! Love
Much deserved! We're currently working on a gathering video and a net sinker stone piece...coming soon! Miigwech 🥰
@@PolkaDotPerch Great, keep it up! Much love
Squash the gobi
lol
“Secret alloy” ?!?!? Nope!
lol...he's definitely the sponge bob of u/w welders
I heard bass were really friendly and they will follow you around and claim you, fighting off other bass
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?!
How can a perch that small possibly break someones line? He must've took them into a snag
It's amazing how strong fish are even the little ones!
that was really cool, very informative, most underwater videos arent this detailed i love ur passion
Thanks, We do love fish! And we appreciate you watching and commenting!!
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?
Where exactly is this? I'd like to visit 👍
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.
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.
It's one of our favorite things to do underwater! Hope your cousin gives it a try!
Absolutely insane. Why is lake michigans water so clear compared to lake erie. Is this the real reason for ohio v michigans fued?
Could be! It's certainly another way Michigan excels, lol
Lovely video, ugly fish.
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?🎥🐟
Awesome video thank you for doing this.
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Nice video! I've only fished Huron (Drummond Island) once in my life, and the walleye bite was excellent. Great underwater video!
Thanks so much! We appreciate you taking the time to comment!! Good luck out there.
Great vid. Dig the underwater footage
Thanks 👍Appreciate you watching and commenting!!
How many identifiable individual fish, if any, do you see? Can a cormorant digest a whole corn cob?
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!
Very nice!
Thanks! We love seeing our native fish owning the invasives!
Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing...😢
Right?! We're sooooo looking forward to the return of the FISH!!!! Should be starting to see more action in the next few weeks 👍
2 fish at 3:31:39 as well
At 0:00:10 a shad swims by and at 9:04:11 another shad swims by
Under the bridge?
Just downstream of the Blue Water Bridges
how dare you sir! didnt your mother raise you with any manners? thats not how you treat a guest. shame on you.
Lol, he must have missed that etiquette lesson 😂
Now I know how to fish the gobbie lures😮
LOL, glad we could help!
What happened to the live stream?
really cool! just learned there are jellyfish in the great lakes. I should peak this channel more often. thanks for posting
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!!!
I love Yous chanel
Thanks!!!! We're trying to share all the amazing things we see under the Great Lakes with everyone 😄
Fantastic video. Give nature time and it figures it out in this case. Thanks so much for this great news
Thanks! Nature is amazing!! It's so good to see our native species rebounding!!
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.
You're right that the loss of forage species is very concerning and does not get enough attention!
Great video. Makes me think I need to move my goby baits much quicker. Thanks for the fantastic video
The wonderful thing about the Great Lakes is you can feed the fish without any worry of sharks getting interested.
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…
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!
Wow!!!! What camera are you guys using?
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!
Can’t believe people eat Drum?!? Lol. Poor Bob.
Right?! 🤢 Poor Bob indeed!!
Great video
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
Great vid from Buffalo.
Awesome thank you!
Beautiful fish, used to be my fav hunt in fresh water. Super healthy.
We know they only follow us around for a shot at an easy dinner. But it still makes us feel special, lol
Cool video
Thanks for watching and commenting!
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' 👍
That is what I love to see 🎯🎯🎯
Thanks, Johnny is one of the best!
Hello from Roseville Michigan near Lake Saint Clair,13 Gratiot, I'm a new subscriber 🎯
Welcome and thanks for subscribing we really appreciate it!