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Thornback video, Donegal Bay

PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 12:30 am
by johnwest
Here is some video taken underwater on one of my recent days out showing thornies, sometimes taking more interest in leads than baits!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... TPgKiS1VC8
I'm still working on how best to set up the camera so have patience.

Re: Thornback video, Donegal Bay

PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 12:42 am
by rushnaldo
Wow. That is class. Fantastic footage really enjoyed viewing that. Always found the moving bait on the drift great for rays. Amazing how long they were following it before taking and often when other rays moved in beside them they swallowed it down before others got it, also a few made a go at the lead and boom. Brilliant to watch

Re: Thornback video, Donegal Bay

PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 2:33 am
by lucky13
Cool vidjo sir... :wink:

Re: Thornback video, Donegal Bay

PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 10:24 am
by Determined Dan
Very good. John. Camera was spot on , looks a lovely mark. Is it all ray "? On that sandy ground.

Re: Thornback video, Donegal Bay

PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 11:34 am
by chuckaroo
Very good JW, really clear picture.
i guess that the movement of the lead/trace along the bottom is purely a result of the drift of the boat..
interesting to see them diving for the bottom and trying to bury themselves once hooked.
stunning looking fish under the water too
keep em coming. looking forward to many more of these vids. :)

Re: Thornback video, Donegal Bay

PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 12:50 pm
by nicefish
cracking video John.

Re: Thornback video, Donegal Bay

PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 11:25 pm
by Derek M
good footage enjoyed viewing it
Thanks

Re: Thornback video, Donegal Bay

PostPosted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:36 am
by SeanA101080
Great vid!

Re: Thornback video, Donegal Bay

PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 4:01 pm
by johnwest
rushnaldo wrote:Wow. That is class. Fantastic footage really enjoyed viewing that. Always found the moving bait on the drift great for rays. Amazing how long they were following it before taking and often when other rays moved in beside them they swallowed it down before others got it, also a few made a go at the lead and boom. Brilliant to watch

Thanks rushnaldo, other footage shows them following for up to 12 mins before taking, or swimming off! The lead and boom is a big attraction, sometimes greater than the bait. I wonder is it visual or does the lead/steel swivel/saltwater have some electro-galvanic effect; sharks and rays can sense minute electric currents from prey buried under the sand.

Determined Dan wrote:Very good. John. Camera was spot on , looks a lovely mark. Is it all ray "? On that sandy ground.

Sometimes it holds dabs and occasional turbot as well as dogfish though none on this occasion.

chuckaroo wrote:Very good JW, really clear picture.
i guess that the movement of the lead/trace along the bottom is purely a result of the drift of the boat..
interesting to see them diving for the bottom and trying to bury themselves once hooked.
stunning looking fish under the water too
keep em coming. looking forward to many more of these vids. :)

Yep, I think the lead kicking up sand and possibly the noise of the bumping lead are powerful attractions.

Thanks everyone else for your comments.

Re: Thornback video, Donegal Bay

PostPosted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 4:23 pm
by nemo2
Brilliant mate enjoyed that could I ask which kind of camera you were useing was it a go pro or the wolf camera.

Re: Thornback video, Donegal Bay

PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 5:25 pm
by Marco
Awesome vid. watched a few more last night and what they all had in common was the amount of times the lead got hit by the fish instead of the bait.

Re: Thornback video, Donegal Bay

PostPosted: Sat Nov 07, 2015 3:34 pm
by johnwest
nemo2 wrote:Brilliant mate enjoyed that could I ask which kind of camera you were useing was it a go pro or the wolf camera.

Thanks nemo2, it was a WaterWolf.