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07-01-2010, 09:19 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: North Kingstown, RI
Posts: 1,229
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Block is Loaded - Stripers Gone Wild 2 Starts
I love it when shooting an episode goes according to plan. Put bait in water, fight big stripers on light tackle, land fish, retrieve tags, release fish.
A pre-dawn raid on Block Island yielded great striper fishing as well as terrific underwater photo opportunities.
Enjoy seeing a bass-eye view of stripers in available light. These photos provide an intimate look at stripers under the early morning sun. These images and high definition video clips will be featured on a new DVD titled, "Stripers Gone Wild - 2". "Striper Islands" is near completion.
Click on the photo to see a slideshow.
Mike
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07-02-2010, 06:20 AM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
Posts: 6,414
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Fantastic pictures....surreal.
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 Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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07-02-2010, 06:47 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Lakeville,Ma
Posts: 203
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WOW!!!
Thanks for rejuvenating my enthusiasm...it was waning after the last few attempts..
Still watch your first video "STRIPERS GONE WILD" and continue to marvel at your underwater photography.
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07-02-2010, 07:01 AM
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Geezer Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 3,397
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Oh man, my pants are getting tight... 
Great shots, Mike..  |
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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07-02-2010, 07:14 AM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
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Great shots Mike, thanks
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Surfcasting Full Throttle
Don't judge me Monkey 
Recreational Surfcaster 99.9% C&R
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07-02-2010, 07:19 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Gloucester Massachusetts
Posts: 2,678
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Super!
Some nice fish.
You take great pictures.
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07-02-2010, 07:58 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: East Taunton
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Mike,
I always wonder. What happens to the school when a fish is hooked? Do they disperse somewhat, or do they tend not to notice? I know from freshwater fishing that the other fish tend to not move very far.
Great shots.
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Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl. ~Ernest Hemingway
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07-02-2010, 08:05 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Holyoke, Ma
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Awesome shots love waking up to striper slide shows
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07-02-2010, 08:29 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 492
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really beautiful stuff. Thank You!
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07-02-2010, 08:35 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 797
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awesome pictures!!!
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07-02-2010, 08:36 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Springfield, MA
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Some pretty amazing stuff there, thanks.
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07-02-2010, 08:38 AM
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Trophy Hunter Apprentice
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: THE Other Cape
Posts: 2,508
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STRIPER POOOOORN!!!
thanks Mike for your dedication to your amazing talent,
them's sum SWEEEET broomtails,,,,,,,excellent WORK!!!
cain't wait for your next release, and your pix always INSPIRE.
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"The first condition of happiness is that the connection
between man and nature shall not be broken."~~ Leo Tolstoy
Tight Lines, and
Happy Hunting to ALL!
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07-02-2010, 10:31 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
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Awesome shots!
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07-02-2010, 10:41 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2007
Location: South Shore RI
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That is really exciting! Especailly since we are headed out to the Block tonight!!
Thanks for the AWESOME pics - can't wait to get the new video!
Dave
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07-02-2010, 10:41 AM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,543
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You got some great material to work with there, Mike.
I notice the forward dorsals are not extended in those shots... When do the fish use them, extended? Just wondering..... (unless they're just for spining me when I get a feisty one within reach....)
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07-02-2010, 01:26 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pembroke
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Great shots....my work day was just shot to hell!! Every number I look at swims away...three day weekend here I come.
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07-02-2010, 01:38 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: North Kingstown, RI
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I'll be looking for Mass Bass over the next few days....shhhhh, don't tell my wife, she thinks where going on a 'family' vacation....when she sleeps -- I make a run for it.
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07-02-2010, 02:03 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: North Shore
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Awesome, as usual great stuff ... thanks for sharing
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"It was the blackest night! There was no moon in sight! (You know the stars ain't shinnin cause the sky's too tight) "
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07-03-2010, 06:31 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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Mike, you are a true artist.
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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07-03-2010, 10:46 AM
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Red Eye Jedi
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: East Facing
Posts: 4,374
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great shots. really got the blood pumping...
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07-03-2010, 12:46 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 1,008
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loved the underwater shots. I wanna go fishing now
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07-03-2010, 03:36 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: To close to water for my insanity
Posts: 884
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amazing shots
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offthehookfishing.com
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07-05-2010, 09:49 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Lexington, MA
Posts: 1,940
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wonderful images... I want to be on your boat...
Chris
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07-06-2010, 12:24 PM
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time to go
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 2,318
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What do you think?
I enjoy your videos but would like to see plugs or even bait fishing shown from the striper's perspective. For example, the proper way to work different plugs showing how they imitate/mimic the bait fish from underwater (maybe even a side by side showing the bait fish and the plug both in action). I would like to see the fisherman working a plug showing what they do and how it makes the plug act from above and below the water. Bait fishing might be boring to film but seeing what a persons bait is doing might be informative. More of a how it works type of perspective. With the number of plug types available there would be plenty of options to film. I have been thinking about getting a long fish tank and using a power head (for current) to see the action of plugs from the fish's perspective, if I ever get around to it.
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07-07-2010, 09:43 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: North Kingstown, RI
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Thanks for all your kind words regarding my work. Ecduzitgood, you'll be happy to know that I'm chipping away at capturing both bait and plugs in different settings. The same day I shot the photos I found a half dead eel on the bottom and I dropped it into a mess of stripers down below...very revealing footage and the results didn't surprise me at all.
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07-07-2010, 11:42 AM
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Pete K.
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,953
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always wondered how a bass hits and takes an eel... is that intital smack you feel a tail slap, and then it comes back again? We all know the hit, pause, then the actual take... would love to know for sure... and if it is actually a tail slap first, than a take, why dont they do the same thing for plugs? or do they?
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07-08-2010, 07:10 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: On the Island
Posts: 541
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Mike those are fantastic shots. I love the "striper scenes" I sure would like some prints of those or maybe even a screensaver .
I just don't know how you do it. You just keep getting better and better. Thanks for sharing with us and I can't wait for the vid. |
"It's not about the fish, it's about fishing for the fish. The fish is gravy."
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