wow, you really covered a lot of species there......sea lamprey, sturgeons, perch, walleye, brown trout, lake trout, steelhead, white bass, rock bass, flathead catfish, freshwater drum, burbot, barred muskellunge, spotted muskellunge, smallmouth bass, carp, crayfish, shad, shiners, snapping turtle, even a mud puppy, and I thought I saw a sauger in there as well. Excellent video of St Clair River
@@Hooknlook I’ve gotten dives in the lower, middle and upper river. The upper river is truly a league of its own that requires a large amount of intimate knowledge of wherever you intend to go to visit safely. Sometimes the difference between a relaxing uneventful dive and an escape on the skin of your teeth is only a few yards apart. I always recommend tagging along with someone who knows that particular area well for first time exploration.
They are a really rare critter where I normally dive in the upper part of the river, in fact NOBODY else I know has ever seen one diving. HOWEVER this year very soon I’m going to start exploring more swamps, rivers and Lake St Clair itself, there should be more turtles hopefully!
I really enjoyed that! I have sailed most of my life on Lake Huron and in the St Clair river. I grew up living on Lake Huron, the sand and water was my backyard. I swam and snorkelled every day as a child and teen. I’m amazed at all of the fish. I had no clue we had such beautiful fish. I loved the rainbow darter. I have seen a dead lamprey eel before that washed up one morning. I had no clue as a kid we had eels in the lake lol
At 4:55...Lampreys are nasty creatures and probably shouldn't be there. But it was interesting to see that one suck onto a rock to hold himself in the current. The first lamprey to figure out that little trick must have thought he was pretty clever.
That’s actually a native species of lamprey, we have 5 total including the infamous invasive sea lamprey, of our native species 2 don’t even feed on fish, the other 2 rarely kill native fish. Certainly nasty but certainly supposed to be there
@@Belowbluewaterdiver Thanks! I'd always thought all lampreys in the Great Lakes region were invasive. I guess now I feel a bit guilty for my anti-lamprey bigotry.
Great video. Wild under the waters.
Amazing video! You did a great job on this video.
Fantastic! The Sturgeons must have been exciting to see like that. Thank you.
wow, you really covered a lot of species there......sea lamprey, sturgeons, perch, walleye, brown trout, lake trout, steelhead, white bass, rock bass, flathead catfish, freshwater drum, burbot, barred muskellunge, spotted muskellunge, smallmouth bass, carp, crayfish, shad, shiners, snapping turtle, even a mud puppy, and I thought I saw a sauger in there as well. Excellent video of St Clair River
@@jamesparker9043 fish is what I do best and I certainly tried to cover a wide variety of them!
Awesome video!
You are awesome ❤
Good stuff! I need to get up there and dive that area. We have filmed underwater down near middle grounds.
@@Hooknlook I’ve gotten dives in the lower, middle and upper river. The upper river is truly a league of its own that requires a large amount of intimate knowledge of wherever you intend to go to visit safely. Sometimes the difference between a relaxing uneventful dive and an escape on the skin of your teeth is only a few yards apart. I always recommend tagging along with someone who knows that particular area well for first time exploration.
Awesome video, loved the massive schools of fish. 🐟
Glad you enjoyed! There will be more school videos this year, I’ve gotten considerably better filming large schools
WOW! Awesome video!!
amazing work
Great footage , and the reptile enthusiast will be happy to see that soft shell turtle still in our area !
They are a really rare critter where I normally dive in the upper part of the river, in fact NOBODY else I know has ever seen one diving. HOWEVER this year very soon I’m going to start exploring more swamps, rivers and Lake St Clair itself, there should be more turtles hopefully!
@@zed9955 I will have to check that out!
Absolutely!
Wohow, very worthy diving!
Have you seen any smelt lately???🐟🐟
Great video🍻
Just one back on April 8th
@@Belowbluewaterdiver 🤣🤣🤣
Very cool
Love the muskie and the salmon - was that a native lamprey you show at 4:50?
Yes that’s a native lamprey, the majority of lampries I see are native, we thankfully have very few invasive sea lamprey here
Curious what that very colorful fish was?
Male rainbow darter
@@Belowbluewaterdiver Cool. I live on SwanRiver in Fairhaven probably more types of fish in there than I think.
@@GARRY3754 they almost certainly live in the swan creek. They are found pretty much everywhere that has clear moving water with rocky bottoms
I really enjoyed that! I have sailed most of my life on Lake Huron and in the St Clair river. I grew up living on Lake Huron, the sand and water was my backyard. I swam and snorkelled every day as a child and teen. I’m amazed at all of the fish. I had no clue we had such beautiful fish. I loved the rainbow darter. I have seen a dead lamprey eel before that washed up one morning. I had no clue as a kid we had eels in the lake lol
At 4:55...Lampreys are nasty creatures and probably shouldn't be there. But it was interesting to see that one suck onto a rock to hold himself in the current. The first lamprey to figure out that little trick must have thought he was pretty clever.
That’s actually a native species of lamprey, we have 5 total including the infamous invasive sea lamprey, of our native species 2 don’t even feed on fish, the other 2 rarely kill native fish. Certainly nasty but certainly supposed to be there
@@Belowbluewaterdiver Thanks! I'd always thought all lampreys in the Great Lakes region were invasive. I guess now I feel a bit guilty for my anti-lamprey bigotry.
@@rickb1973 ironically, when I find a sea lamprey I’ll make a video on our local lampreys.
Awesome video! Species ID would be appreciated.
No problem!
0:05 emerald shiners
0:27 walleye
0:43 rainbow trout
0:48 Atlantic salmon
0:51 Muskie
0:56 smallmouth bass
1:04 emerald shiners
1:09 rainbow smelt
1:13 shorthead redhorse
1:19 rainbow smelt
1:29 round goby
1:32 emerald shiners
2:55 lake sturgeon
3:22 rainbow darter
3:32 northern Clearwater crayfish
3:36 rainbow trout
3:34 rainbow darter
3:54 yellow perch
4:01 rainbow darter
4:07 burbot
4:11 longnose gar
4:21 channel catfish
4:28 mudpuppy
4:39 spiny soft shell turtle
4:51 native lamprey unknown species
5:06 freshwater drum
5:12 rock bass
5:24 yellow perch
5:28 mixed school of white bass and gizzard shad
5:36 emerald shiners
5:51 rainbow smelt
5:58 Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout
6:09 northern Clearwater crayfish
6:10 rock bass
6:27 tiger Muskie
6:33 northern Clearwater crayfish
6:42 walleye
6:58 silver bass
7:30 shorthead redhorse
7:33 burbot
7:41 emerald shiners
7:47 brown trout
7:52 tiger Muskie
7:57 Atlantic salmon
8:16 walleye and smallmouth bass
8:18 European carp
8:22 Muskie
8:28 smallmouth bass
8:37 emerald shiners
8:47 Atlantic salmon
Hope that clears some of that up for you!
Where is the shark bite video homie?
When I get it edited together