underwater footage of red emperor and trout

 

Here's a little clip I took dropping a gopro in 60 metres off Cairns.  You see a nice Coral trout take the bait and spit it out, then a Red Emperor around 8kg get hooked and come to the boat.  Interesting to watch the shark hanging around too.  Must have been just not confident enough on the day...

 

https://youtu.be/2a5VGm0K9PE?si=HBEbdHJMT3bbIJ0u


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That wasn't bad clarity down

Thu, 2024-12-26 19:26

That wasn't bad clarity down there. I gather it was a nice chunk of occy on the hook. Certainly lucky the shark wasn't hungry

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Cool

Fri, 2024-12-27 19:05

 Very interesting.

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 Thanks guys bait was just

Sat, 2024-12-28 18:42

 Thanks guys bait was just some chopped up fish, can't remember what type.  Would have been mainly skin by the time the red got hold of it..

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 Interesting to watch the

Mon, 2025-01-06 11:05

 Interesting to watch the trout only nibbling at the bait. Very surprised that shark didn't tax the red!

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