Upper Meramec Invitational Video

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7 minutes ago, ColdWaterFshr said:

Man . . . I was so proud.  No pictures unfortunately, but it did happen.  Caught it in the creek right by the old swimming pool down near Soapstone cave.  I shimmied out onto a limb and dangled a big white marabou jig in front of that nest guarding fish until she attacked it in anger.  Same year I got chigger infestation on my junk and had to go see the camp nurse and show her my terrible affliction.  Ahh . . . .the triumphs and humiliations one can suffer during 1 brutal week of summer camp.

 

I’m assuming the triumph was with the nurse  👍

[Seth]

3 hours ago, ColdWaterFshr said:

Did you speed the video up?  Or is your net partner just that agile?  I would've tripped over rods and fallen on my face or out of the boat completely if I tried to move that fast.😂  And I sure as hell ain't going to come to the aid of my fishing partner that quick . . . . I'm going to finish my cast at the very least, and maybe my beer too, before I get the darn net for everyone of his 14 inchers that he mistakes for the next state record.  I guess I don't have that level of servitude in me.

And 40 minutes harassing a bedding fish?  Ehh . . . . . You might want to edit that part out.  I was 12 years old when I won the big fish trophy at Camp Arrowhead years ago, employing the exact same tactic, and I still carry the guilt. 😂

 

We don't mess around in tournaments and that 40 minutes was worth $725 so the guilt didn't last long. 😄

I'm not well versed in fishing for bed fish so it took a while to figure out how to get her to eat. I'm typically chasing crappie or turkeys when bass are spawning. This year is just weird and they are spawning later than usual. First bedding smalmouth I've ever caught in my life.

[ColdWaterFshr]

10 hours ago, Seth said:

We don't mess around in tournaments and that 40 minutes was worth $725 so the guilt didn't last long. 😄

I'm not well versed in fishing for bed fish so it took a while to figure out how to get her to eat. I'm typically chasing crappie or turkeys when bass are spawning. This year is just weird and they are spawning later than usual. First bedding smalmouth I've ever caught in my life.

Okay, Paul Dallas will give you a pass this time around since cash was on the line . . . . . but in the future, try not to film that crap.  And for gods sakes, what is with all the cameras?  One on your chest, and one mounted on the cowling of the Evinrude too?  Serenity now!

[Seth]

11 minutes ago, ColdWaterFshr said:

Okay, Paul Dallas will give you a pass this time around since cash was on the line . . . . . but in the future, try not to film that crap.  And for gods sakes, what is with all the cameras?  One on your chest, and one mounted on the cowling of the Evinrude too?  Serenity now!

I always ran a single camera in the past, but I missed a lot of my buddies catches and fish action off to the side of the boat. Having a first person view allows me to catch a lot of that. As long as I have the cameras synced up in my editing program, I can seamlessly transition between the two cameras to get the best shots when we hook up. People always thought I caught all the fish and that's far from true! My buddy caught some awesome fish in the back that I never got on film during the past couple of years. Another plus about running two cameras is that I can get much better quality audio from the one that I wear. If I had a mic setup, it wouldn't matter, but I don't currently have that.

I wore the camera on my hat this past weekend and it was better than the chest mount. My arms and hands blocked too much with the chesty mount for my liking. The only issue with the head mount is that I got my line caught in it a few times and knocked it off my hat and it almost went in to the Gasconade River.😲

[liphunter]

Enjoyed the video Seth. Great job and congrats...

[JestersHK]

Nice vid as usual buddy.  Very cool footage, and congrats again on the win.  I have a boat load of footage I'll get edited someday... Maybe...

 

[Smalliebigs]

22 hours ago, Seth said:

We don't mess around in tournaments and that 40 minutes was worth $725 so the guilt didn't last long. 😄

I'm not well versed in fishing for bed fish so it took a while to figure out how to get her to eat. I'm typically chasing crappie or turkeys when bass are spawning. This year is just weird and they are spawning later than usual. First bedding smalmouth I've ever caught in my life.

sweet...and I had to give you sh$T about it hahahaha  honestly great job you guys out fished a tough field river fisherman......nice pay out dang!!!

[Cwallis]

Great vid!  Solid work!