April 4 - Water Wolf Underwater SD Card

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So once again while the rest of the fishermen today caught multiple citations, I decided to buck the trend and do my own thing. Yesterday I learned a few things about my fish cam so today was a day for me to optimize.

My first goal...clearer water in the sun and away from humans! And I found the perfect spot.

However, no fish cooperated (WT = 50) until I decided to take down my Grundens for a quick pee. And don't you know it...BAMMM...   and it was on my board with the camera.

A nice 4 pound bass surprise! Should be neat to see how bass attack 13 inch mongos! The black cylinder right above the bass is the camera! WOOHOO!



After that, I decided to travel on up into the 4 foot seas and do some exploring. Amazing how many idiots were out fishing today. I thought I would be the only one! What is wrong with you people? That wind was dangerous!

Anyway...I had to find some peace and quiet.. so I found a spot that looked horrible for fishing but looked great for clear water, no humans and most importantly, lighter winds! My goal was then to just film my biggest mongo (14 inches) and see how he responded to various speeds and whatever! You know... bopp him off rocks and docks and stuff!

I had a freaking blast!

And as I was smoothly pulling my little buddy and REALLY feeling a sense of oneness with nature, I then texted (HOW NATURAL!) my buddy and wrote, "I just love to film bait...stripers would screw this up!"

And of course as soon as I hit send, my planer took off into never never land. OH MY GOD!!! If you think I am funny when birds CAWWWW you should have seen me here!!  EVERYTHING was perfect: clear gin water, a monster mongo and a BIG FAT FISH!

What a fight as my heart pounded and I thought of the glory this video would bring. And after a few minutes fighting this 32.5", 16 Pound FAT HOG that I hooked in the gut with my J hook, I am proud to say I landed him with a camera right above his face!




And after I finally got him to swim away with a mighty splash, I let out a yell you could hear for miles. 

I couldn't contain myself. I so badly wanted to see this video..maybe fish some more, watch the video...fish...WHICH one?

Uhhh...I can do BOTH!

My computer was down so I came up with a genius idea. I could put the SD card in my GoPro and use the GoPro app to watch my video...I thought and still think you can do.

So as I fished and watched my mongos surface and twitch as my heart went up and down. I then reached my beaten up, slime-caked hand into my little black cylinder and pushed ever so slightly on the SD card to remove it.

What I was not aware of was that this memory card was spring loaded and this spring had enough force to send the card airborne as a nice gust of wind then took it for a sail into the clear water. I say clear...because I got to watch it sink about three feet before it and all my dreams of glory vanished to the bottom!

And I didn't catch one more fish the rest of the evening. It seems my earlier loud scream of joy attracted this freaking heron that followed my ass all the way into the evening. And each time a shad would surface, he would fly over it and kill the action!



So congratulations to all my friends who caught so many BIG fish the last few days! REALLY! THIS IS AWESOME FOR ALL OF US AND OUR FUTURE!

I so just wanted to bring a different element to our shared passion. And I do have some decent video...just not as good as that gorgeous 16 pound fish.

What doesn't kill us makes us stronger!

[BentRod]

Yam, the bigger the houses you see, the clearer the water will be just so you know. I don't see any houses. There won't be any fish there because the water is clear but then again there aren't any fish on Blackwater either!

Cool shots!

[seajay]

Oh my gosh , lol, I am reading your post and getting more and more excited thinking about the footage we will all get to see soon and then I am laughing my arse off uncontrollably !!! . My son was like , what's so funny dad? Yam , you crack me up man . But in all seriousness that really sucks , I can just imagine that little sd card slowly going out of sight (I watched my phone do the same once). I must say I am shocked you didn't dive in after it !!

[mwardncsu]

I can totally see that playing out..... I'm surprised we didn't get a super-slo-mo GoPro video of that SD Card flying out of your WaterWolf, catching a gust, you attempting three or four times to grab it as it heads over the gunnel, hits the water and slowly, slowly, slowly sinks. Shame LiveBaitJunkEE wasn't with you - he knows how to roll over the gunnel to dive for your things

Next time... May is coming and the fish will be headed to those clearer water in numbers......



I am curious on the rigging for the WaterWolf. What setup are you using re: mono / lb test/ leader, etc..... I guess you're taking care to keep that one away from blow-downs? Or just running lighter leaders downstream of the camera to hopefully have that break vs above the camera?

[mwardncsu]

Oh - and I love the crossed-arms, disgusted look that you are giving George (the heron....)

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Apr 5, 2015 10:45:20 GMT -5 mwardncsu said:

I can totally see that playing out..... I'm surprised we didn't get a super-slo-mo GoPro video of that SD Card flying out of your WaterWolf, catching a gust, you attempting three or four times to grab it as it heads over the gunnel, hits the water and slowly, slowly, slowly sinks. Shame LiveBaitJunkEE wasn't with you - he knows how to roll over the gunnel to dive for your things

Next time... May is coming and the fish will be headed to those clearer water in numbers......



I am curious on the rigging for the WaterWolf. What setup are you using re: mono / lb test/ leader, etc..... I guess you're taking care to keep that one away from blow-downs? Or just running lighter leaders downstream of the camera to hopefully have that break vs above the camera?

The reason it is not on GoPro is that I was swapping the SD cards. I didn't dive in because I didn't want to lose my gopro SD Card too that was in my other chapped hand! Trust me...I was close. And I sat there for a good long time considering how to get it back. Magnets...etc...it SUCKED!! I will admit that I threw my 1/2 inch net down a couple of times. Ehhhh....

Setup = 30 lb main tied to a thin bar mount that comes with the camera.  Then I tie about a foot of 20 pound leader that leads to the hook.

The camera attaches to this bar thingy and it was dern close to being gone after that fight with the 16 pounder who was gut hooked. The great thing is that the camera floats...so no worries there.  Hell...I would throw 5 cameras in the ocean with a bag of rocks if I could have that SD card back!! 

[Brian]

Apr 5, 2015 11:40:00 GMT -5 Yam said:

Setup = 30 lb main tied to a thin bar mount that comes with the camera.  Then I tie about a foot of 20 pound leader that leads to the hook.

I think I'd run 50lb braid to that expensive sucker... I've cleated it off when a U-rig hung up and broken the tops off of standing timber with it.

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Apr 5, 2015 6:29:48 GMT -5 BentRod said:

Yam, the bigger the houses you see, the clearer the water will be just so you know. I don't see any houses. There won't be any fish there because the water is clear but then again there aren't any fish on Blackwater either!

Cool shots!

Thanks for the tip! If there aren't any fish maybe I could have a day of peace and not spend the next day buying all the stuff I broke or lost!

But let me tell you... When you finally accept that you are just simply exploring nature and truly don't want to be burdened with stripers that just play. Every turn brings a new scene and yet another useless epiphany that feels so right at the time. A canoe trip with a big motor not being used. Owls, deer, beaver, heron, shallow sun lit banks. At peace!

When you finally reach this... That freaking board will take off and remind you why you are here at this very moment. And this guy goes from a deep thinking poet to a raging psycho maniac!



When I jump out of my cozy chair, my feet do not hit the ground until my pole is behind my head.



And the adrenaline pumps well after the fish has been babied back to health and swims away ready to give the next guy a similar thrill.



What I am saying here is that I find one thrill to be more memorable than many. The longer you have to wait, the better it is.

Please don't warm that water too fast. I just want one more chance before the fall!

[Gator]

I've went through 4 SD cards with my GoPros, recently. DONE with GoPro. Sold my stock. Waiting for Apple to come out with a action camera.

[mwardncsu]

Apr 6, 2015 12:48:20 GMT -5 Gator said:

I've went through 4 SD cards with my GoPros, recently. DONE with GoPro. Sold my stock. Waiting for Apple to come out with a action camera.

What do you mean "done" - did they break/lose them? Not had any issues in the ones I have..... knock on wood......

[johnr]

Apr 6, 2015 12:53:57 GMT -5 mwardncsu said:

Apr 6, 2015 12:48:20 GMT -5 Gator said:

I've went through 4 SD cards with my GoPros, recently. DONE with GoPro. Sold my stock. Waiting for Apple to come out with a action camera.

What do you mean "done" - did they break/lose them? Not had any issues in the ones I have..... knock on wood......

I've had a few cards get toasted by my GoPro, which is what I think Gator is referring to. I've lost hours of great footage because the card gets corrupted and will no longer accept data. Of course, the existing data cannot be retrieved either. This was with Class 10 64gb cards in a Black Edition. I've gone to 32gb cards and not had as many issues, but its still problematic at times, in certain modes.

I've been through a few service tickets with them, and I've all but given up. I won't be investing anymore money into GoPros either. 

[Gator]

Apr 6, 2015 12:53:57 GMT -5 mwardncsu said:

Apr 6, 2015 12:48:20 GMT -5 Gator said:

I've went through 4 SD cards with my GoPros, recently. DONE with GoPro. Sold my stock. Waiting for Apple to come out with a action camera.

What do you mean "done" - did they break/lose them? Not had any issues in the ones I have..... knock on wood......

I have two of the Hero3 Blacks that have been "cooking" the SD cards and the support from GoPro has been terrible. After 3 64 cards and 1 32 card I refuse to put another one in to "try". Pretty much DONE. 

[mwardncsu]

uggh - I remember you saying that now..... sorry to hear about that... its confusing on which SD card you need for the different models as well in terms of speed and all the ratings on the cards.....

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I keep mine on 60 fps and 1080. I know I would be considered a major gopro user. I have never had an issue with my 64 gb SD card from Best Buy. I do know that if you purchase SD cards off of eBay or Amazon, you will probably get a counterfeit one. Could this be the issue? I've been running religiously for 1.5 years now... Not one problem.

Water wolf... Uhhhhh... I'm having tackle direct rush deliver me a replacement. My other one already went bad after one outing. I am praying I did something wrong! Dern thing won't turn on. I feel naked without it!

[Gator]

I use the same settings and my sd cards are scandisk from Best Buy. Hope you don't have the issues I had. Waiting for Apple.