Over the last week I made three night dives to capture video for "Stripers Gone Wild 2" utilizing a new camera set up that promises incredibly detailed images, even in low light. In this little episode you'll witness: a large lobster prowling the bottom and reaching out to 'feel' me with one of its long antennae; an eel slithering through the grass and muck (bearing the scars from a striper encounter); dueling spider crabs that have covered themselves in hairy coverings of camo-weed; big tautog awakened by my bright lights and an occasional tickle to get them out of their nighttime hideaways.

As always, I look forward to your input with regard to what YOU want to see in my upcoming DVDs and seminars. I'm in full blown shooting mode right now, so let me know what I should try and focus on.


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Mike

OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

take it off facebook so you can see it. I don't use Facebook. They sell your name and personal information.

i'd love to see a HUGE Goliath lobster crunch a stick in half

take it off facebook so you can see it. I don't use Facebook. They sell your name and personal information.

Please

They sell your name and personal information.


So Lie...they also don't verify Chit

Tog sleeping, guy with bright lights and camera abruptly appears: their worst nightmare?

I second take it off facebook.

Very nice. The video quality is excellent. I have never seen a lobster in combat mode like that.. Great work!!

Here is the YouTube version:

YouTube - Night-Creatures (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZQ7cO6D9zo)

nice video.

awesome its almost as much fun watching fish as it is catching fish

Now THAT was #&*#**# awesome, Mike...:uhuh:

Pretty impressed with the low-light capability of your new rig, too

The only down-side is, now poor old Uncle Crafty finds himself in an extremely agitated state at the sight of that she-blackfish languishing in the weed...:drool:

Very cool, thanks.

Thanks for sharing.

I didnt want that privacy anyways

take it off facebook so you can see it. I don't use Facebook. They sell your name and personal information.

awesome what was that with the grated steel

Mike, great work. My 4 year old made me keep repeating it. He loved the lobster.

Crafty, your tog chowda will have to wait another few weeks...unless the freezer is already full.

Thunder, the grate was part of a derelick lobster pot -- most likely a holden pen...it just settled in the rocks where it's rusting away.

tyan19, nothing gives me greater pleasure than to hear how kids enjoy my work. Hopefully it will give them a respect and love for the sea.

I'm glad you folks enjoyed the video. It goes to show you just how much is going on down there...it's a jungle I tell you. All of the footage was shot within about a three acre area of shoreline. We may not have a rainforest in Rhode Island, but Narragansett Bay is one of the most productive marine ecosystems on the planet. Now go do a little harvesting.







Mike

Crafty, your tog chowda will have to wait another few weeks...unless the freezer is already full.

Mike

Yeah, I've been missing them since the season closed, Mike - but it was a good Spring for light-tackle togging....:)

Gotta respect their privacy and give 'em a little time for honeymooning now

Besides, it's time to shift gears and start chasing the big girls in earnest - when I saw the footage of the eel I could imagine a nice bass sliding up behind it

So many fish, so little time