I’ve been trying to take advantage of the rising temperatures and get used to my GoPro with decidedly mixed results. I’m trying to catch a big perch on film and have been out for 3-4 short sessions. On Friday I tried a new stretch of canal and as I fished with the Ned rig, saw a shoal of roach explode. I changed over to a roach looking jig and bang, was into a pike with the camera on. After i netted it, a fat Jack of about 5lb, I turned the camera off. I tried to unhook it in the net only for it to do a death roll and cut my finger on its teeth. At the end of that session, when I excitedly opened the footage it started with me shouting “fuck!” And unhooking this pike whilst bleeding like a stuck pig. There was no footage of the fight at al as I’d clearly presses record OFF, not ON at the key moment.
yesterday I had a few hours with the pike lures with no success. Changed to a perch lure and caught a small one. Checked the footage to find an hour of me talking over a close up of my jumper. I’d mounted it back to front.
Hoping for better results this afternoon. It’s lovely and mild which is why I’m focusing on the canals- they’ll be warmed up quicker than the lakes.
