Dandy cat! When we used to wade fish the Potomac in the 70's, we'd catch as many channel cats as bass on Mepps spinners just below Harper's Ferry. Fun video👍
That is a GREAT area for Cats. I did a vid a while back and got into two big channels and another great Flathead. That flat near 340 can be pretty epic.
Thank you, DD! I have two GoPro 12s, which have HDR. I TRY to keep them in 4k/30 HDR (dummy-proof and most manual settings are locked out), and have the cams in Hindsight mode all the time, so no hookset is missed. I set Hindsight to 30 seconds. HDR really penetrates the shadows well, which is a huge factor when fishing small rivers. The problem is, the cams overheat pretty quickly with that setup. I can only reliably use it all day (set and forget) in early Spring and late Fall. During the summer, these are the settings I use and tend to keep the cameras up and running in Hindsight without any overheat issues, and is what was used in this vid: - 1080p/30fps If anything needs to be slowed down, I do so with Premier's "optical flow" setting. That allows for about 40% slowdown without things getting jittery. It's a little taxing on weaker computers, but renders very well. - Shutter : 1/60 You always want to keep the shutter speed at exactly double the framerate. Weird lighting stuff occurs otherwise. So if you shoot in 60fps, set the shutter to 1/120, etc. - EV Comp: 0 with the GoPro 12, -0.5 with anything older. - White Balance: 5000. Stick to this, regardless of other settings on the 12. Older versions, you might want to experiment and may be happy with 5500 on the GoPro 9, 10 or 11. - ISO Minimum: Always 100 - ISO Maximum: 800 seems to be a pretty happy place in both sunny and cloudy conditions. It tends to reduce the effect of major light changes as the yak turns when you have a good fish on the line. It reacts quickly enough that there are no major light shifts when the cam suddenly sees shadows. - Color: Natural (If I remember correctly, Natural exists in all GoPro versions 10 and above). I never need to color grade anything. I think that's it for the video side. If you are not using external mics, switch the audio to "wind only" as opposed to the "auto" setting. The "auto" setting is what made Ron's audio sound so weird. The gain will be lower, but you can adjust that in whatever editing software you use. If you have any other questions, I'd be more than happy to help.
@@BarryP Awesome! Thank you so much! That is really helpful information. I will definitely try those settings out and see how they work. Thank you for your help!
@@DoubleDFishingAdventures No problem! Also, keep the Sharpness Setting at Medium regardless of shooting mode. When set to HIgh, it will be way oversharpened.
Brut and a beaut. Nice catch Barry. He was pulling so hard, you looked like you had a motor on kayak. Fantastic video.
Thanks man! That's the easiest edit I've done in years, too! LOL
Dandy cat! When we used to wade fish the Potomac in the 70's, we'd catch as many channel cats as bass on Mepps spinners just below Harper's Ferry. Fun video👍
That is a GREAT area for Cats. I did a vid a while back and got into two big channels and another great Flathead. That flat near 340 can be pretty epic.
Yeah, we get it, boxer.
I would've released that thing into lake crisco. Good fight!
😂 That was a ton of fun on light gear.
Monster cat!
Definitely, for that river!
I'm hoping somebody eventually understands the title of this vid.
At least it wasn’t a full moon.😅
@@bassinbaskie 🤣
I love the quality of your videos. What settings do you use for your camera?
Thank you, DD!
I have two GoPro 12s, which have HDR. I TRY to keep them in 4k/30 HDR (dummy-proof and most manual settings are locked out), and have the cams in Hindsight mode all the time, so no hookset is missed. I set Hindsight to 30 seconds. HDR really penetrates the shadows well, which is a huge factor when fishing small rivers. The problem is, the cams overheat pretty quickly with that setup. I can only reliably use it all day (set and forget) in early Spring and late Fall. During the summer, these are the settings I use and tend to keep the cameras up and running in Hindsight without any overheat issues, and is what was used in this vid:
- 1080p/30fps If anything needs to be slowed down, I do so with Premier's "optical flow" setting. That allows for about 40% slowdown without things getting jittery. It's a little taxing on weaker computers, but renders very well.
- Shutter : 1/60 You always want to keep the shutter speed at exactly double the framerate. Weird lighting stuff occurs otherwise. So if you shoot in 60fps, set the shutter to 1/120, etc.
- EV Comp: 0 with the GoPro 12, -0.5 with anything older.
- White Balance: 5000. Stick to this, regardless of other settings on the 12. Older versions, you might want to experiment and may be happy with 5500 on the GoPro 9, 10 or 11.
- ISO Minimum: Always 100
- ISO Maximum: 800 seems to be a pretty happy place in both sunny and cloudy conditions. It tends to reduce the effect of major light changes as the yak turns when you have a good fish on the line. It reacts quickly enough that there are no major light shifts when the cam suddenly sees shadows.
- Color: Natural (If I remember correctly, Natural exists in all GoPro versions 10 and above). I never need to color grade anything.
I think that's it for the video side. If you are not using external mics, switch the audio to "wind only" as opposed to the "auto" setting. The "auto" setting is what made Ron's audio sound so weird. The gain will be lower, but you can adjust that in whatever editing software you use.
If you have any other questions, I'd be more than happy to help.
@@BarryP Awesome! Thank you so much! That is really helpful information. I will definitely try those settings out and see how they work. Thank you for your help!
@@DoubleDFishingAdventures No problem! Also, keep the Sharpness Setting at Medium regardless of shooting mode. When set to HIgh, it will be way oversharpened.
@@BarryP ok. Will do. Thank you very much!
@@DoubleDFishingAdventures No problem, DD.