Underwater Photos

[Bobb-o]

I recently purchased an underwater digital camera to take some pics while snorkel fishing. Got to spend a week with it on vacation playing with some different backgrounds and species. By far, the coolest pics ended up being in the lilypads, here are few of my favorites, I will post the report and fish pics from the trip tomorrow as well as a few short videos i got from snorkel fishing:

[JohnMickish]

That is super cool!

[IamZombie]

That is super cool!

I second that.

[mrklean]

sweet pics

[gurkster]

very cool!!!

[Rick]

Nice pics Bobb-o

Looks like you were having a good time.

[goose89]

Bobb-o....very cool!! What kind of camera took those pix??

[pulleye16]

awesome!!!!

[Dark Cloud]

Bobb-o....very cool!! What kind of camera took those pix??

Nice stuff Bobb-O...

Not sure what kind of camera he is running but I have had very good luck with my Olympus 850SW (shockproof/waterproof) They were around 3bills but keep comming down. Looks like the newer version is called a Tough-6000 and is around 200$.

Besides the underwater stuff I am really happy with the Olympus. Great point and shoot with tons of easy setting to take better picts in many situations...

Heres a few I have taken...

[iceman16]

i also LOVE my Olympus 850SW (shockproof/waterproof) great for fishing and hunting pics when its raining.

iceman

[bturck]

This is really cool to see the world below the surface in great detail. Thanks for posting.

[Bobb-o]

I used a Polaroid x-800, runs around $70 at Target and online. With an 8GB memory card and some rechargeable batteries out the door for less then $100.

[goblueM]

yep i got an olympus tough, it is super. 14 megapixels too

[mrklean]

sweet pic of that walleye how deep was he?

[amateurfishing]

we have olympus 560 waterproof camera, absolutely love it for the pool, beach, vacation,etc. just took family up north to tofte this past weekend, stopped @ gooseberry falls and the like, nice thing is that you never have to worry about it with water!

Those pics are great, where were u snorkeling? where was the tout & salmon?

[Dark Cloud]

sweet pic of that walleye how deep was he?

The walleyes was in about 5-6 ft of water in a river that only gets to about 10ft. Looks like he went hunting at night and ended up hanging there...

[Dark Cloud]

where were u snorkeling? where was the tout & salmon?

Both those were fish I took picts of as I released them. The first one was a lake run brown. You can see my wader boot in the backround as my buddy took the pict. The rainbow I held by the tail and took a pict.

The above picture is the below fish being released by my father...

[Bobb-o]

Finally got a couple videos to upload to youtube:

[Aaron Carrell]

Those videos make for a great visual of just how empty it can be underneath lily pads in a lake. I never thought of just how much room is under those pads when I'm fishing a frog and could be trying a worm or jig instead. Pretty neat!

[Dark Cloud]

Nice Vids!

I recently picked up a Kodak Playsport Waterproof. Hopefully I'll get some nice video next week...

[bturck]

Bobbo: Were you in the water taking the pics or holding the camera in the water from your boat? If you were in the water how long did it take for these fish to get back in the area and nosy? Great videos....

[mrklean]

cool videos

[Bobb-o]

Bobbo: Were you in the water taking the pics or holding the camera in the water from your boat? If you were in the water how long did it take for these fish to get back in the area and nosy? Great videos....

I was in the water with snorkeling gear on. The sunfish come in almost immediately, while crappies will only come and investigate if you hold still for awhile. Bass and northerns sorta just freeze and try and hide from you. I will try and get some more video the next time i am up north.

[Wanderer]

Those videos make for a great visual of just how empty it can be underneath lily pads in a lake. I never thought of just how much room is under those pads when I'm fishing a frog and could be trying a worm or jig instead. Pretty neat!

Aaron - try a 1/8 ounce black blue jig with a white trailer. I use one on 20 lb Power Pro with a med/hvy action spinning rod. It works wonders. You'll get at least the same amount of blow ups in the pads but your hooking rate will dramatically increase. You can swim it through the more open pads too. A bullet head jig is required though. The white trailer helps both you and the bass keep track of it.

BTW, keep the pics coming! I love underwater shots.

[Aaron Carrell]

Aaron - try a 1/8 ounce black blue jig with a white trailer. I use one on 20 lb Power Pro with a med/hvy action spinning rod. It works wonders. You'll get at least the same amount of blow ups in the pads but your hooking rate will dramatically increase. You can swim it through the more open pads too. A bullet head jig is required though. The white trailer helps both you and the bass keep track of it.

BTW, keep the pics coming! I love underwater shots.

Thanks for the tip. I actually don't really have an issue with hook-up ratio on frogs (probably 80% of higher), but I just never slow down to think about the fish that might be looking up and saying "I'm hungry, but not for frog today". Lots of territory there that I just never cover by other means. Its given me a new perspective for sure.