30-lbs salmon releases into the rapids of The Byske River. Do you dare follow? The original fight goes on for 35 minutes in cold water through 1100yd of fierce rapids. Full story and more information available at www.byskan.se.
As this salmon decided to take off into the rapids I had but two choices. Block the reel and loose it, or try to catch up. With two cameras running I couldn't resist, and I love the thrill! As long as the salmon feels the drag from upstream and doesn't find a good resting spot, it will just keep going. So I had to keep following without putting too much pressure on the fish until entering calm water.
Good question. I did stand and fight for some time, trying to lure the salmon upstream several times. That part of the play didn't offer much entertainment though so I cut it out. When forcing a salmon to move it often wants to run the other way. It's tricky. Salmon in the Byske River often run downstream at some point, and the current is mostly very powerful. Small or medium salmon can sometimes be forced ashore.
WOW!!! this Dirt Bike rider is very impressed. It would be like being the only rider that cleared the most difficult hill climb or winning a world title. Amazing.
Hi, thanx for watching and commenting. Looking closer at the salmon's eyes and mouth, it is obvious that it has been killed. This is also stated on the web site. I welcome reactions to this decision. In June 2012 more than 100 large salmon (20 lbs+) were caught and killed by "sport fishermen" on The Byske River. Some anglers keep everything within their bag limit. Most beeks limit their kill. A few fellows play 100% C&R.
Your video title says it all.. Amazing that you had your GoPro´s charged and ready to go to get that catch! :) Do you reload em´ on the trip or you have several backup batteries? Oh, and the fish is also awesome, grats for the catch! :)
Thanks for the reply, having watched it again i'm getting used to it and it does fit rather well if i'm totally honest :) If I were you I'd be sending a copy of this to Guideline and Gopro and negociating some freebies for you for giving their products such a thorough testing, congratulations sir.
Thanks! Two Hero2 cameras were mounted to below my chest and on my left wrist. There are pros/cons for any placement. I'd say use a head strap mount if you have only one camera. I did write a post about this some time ago called "GoPro Hero". I see now that this is the only post that has not been translated to English. I'll fix it tonight.
I could also have recorded new sounds to replace the original. Actually I did record the river at various locations to try this but then I just decided not to waste any more time on this. Just now I noticed that you can add more than one soundtrack to a video, so I might just add another track without the music in it.
Another issue is that the sound of the river is constantly changing pitch between cuts. Personally I find this a bit annoying. I like building my movies around music and I understand that far from everyone will appreciate this. Anyway, I'll see what I can do. :)
The GoPro doesn't record sound very well from within its waterproof casing. I could amplify that sound but there is a problem with that. In this case there is a lot of noise all the time from clothing and hitting stuff. That sound is peaking way higher than the ambient sound. Sure removing all that noise is not hard but very time-consuming if you want to retain ambient sound quality.
Yes there are risks. The camera positions and scene cutting make it look even more risky. Many times I had to stop and think twice. You need experience, awareness and a bit of luck. There are quite a few people swimming for salmon through white waters in this river. I guess you could say it's a life style and nothing sensational. ;-)
