I Dropped my Camera 100 FEET DEEP into the Ocean for Rockfish.. THIS is What I Saw! 

Charter I went on in fort Bragg did

What I learned is that I had to pay a fine because I used it

That fish is dangerous if you touch it?. Thanks.

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Hey Nic, thanks for the constructive feedback. I could reel up all the way to the boat but at that point, it's a gamble if the ling decides to let go instead of piggybacking. If I try to set the hook, it's also a gamble if the ling isn't right over the hook. For the flies, I intentionally used larger 7/0 hooks because I don't want to keep smaller rockfish. We could've easily limited if we wanted to, but we targeted bigger rockfish and we let go ~15 rockfish together and didn't keep the ones on the larger end. Most of the rockfish that nipped at the bait and didn't get hooked are the smaller fish which I didn't want to keep

Philosophy D understood on the bigger hooks - those smaller rockfish did look thick! In terms of the ling hook set, I wasn’t suggesting you reel it up as if it was piggy backing. As you see from your footage and other underwater footage, lings will often t-bone their prey and sit there for a few seconds, if you set the hook at this point you’ll very likely yank it out of its mouth unless you’re lucky, IMO this is a 50% hook up rate at best. If you give it a few seconds to start eating the bait, wait for the rod to load up and then start reeling, you will hook the fish and it won’t be piggybacking. Just don’t stop reeling. Your hook up rate will improve considerably. Same principle with big swimbaits - do not set the hook and just start cranking when the rod starts loading up. From looking at the action of your rod you might also want something a little stiffer and more backbone.

Right on. I'll try that next time. It's just a reaction when your rod loads up - it could be bottom and ya don't wanna get snagged! Appreciate the comments 👍🏽👍🏽

Great ideas. Your suggestions are evident by just watching the camera video. You could also leave your offering on the hook, if its not to big and leave it down on the bottom and you could get a large ling attached when you pull it up, and the ling wont even be hooked, just hanging on to the fish, but you cannot let the ling break the surface bc it will just let go and swim back down. Been there, done that!

HI Susan, hope ya having a great Independence Day weekend!

Same to you Gregor Miller! Isn’t this the best?!!

Nice gc8

Thanks Carlos! I believe the max is 500 feet for the cam - and the clarity shouldn't be an issue since there's a light on the camera itself. Battery lasts about an hr or maybe slightly less with the light on, shooting at 1080p 60fps