Underwater Drone Footage to the Bottom of Sebago Lake

@MFEGoingDeep today marks 1 year since the start of this channel and I’m proud to have this be the video to celebrate that occasion. So some things to note here; the deepest spot when this lake was surveyed was 316’. The area of 300’ + water is quite large (1 1/2 x 1/2 mile approx.) so once I had a consistent reading on my depth finder over 300’ of depth I decided to make the dive. As you see in the video the depth finder shows 309’ while the drone showed approximately 290’. Not sure what the discrepancy is there, I know there’s fine silt on the bottom so not sure if the sonar penetrates that before bouncing back for a reading or just an anomaly with the drone’s ability to determine its depth. Regardless it’s the deepest dive we’ve done on the channel! It was neat to see some life down there! I believe those small fish are sculpins similar to what I’ve seen on the bottom in other deep cold water lakes we’ve searched. Maybe slightly different color variations.
Thank you everyone for joining me on this journey so far! I’ve enjoyed exploring this different side of Maine and having a look in places that can’t readily be seen. We’ve seen some cool stuff and no doubt lots more to discover and find!
If you haven’t subscribed to the channel yet I would greatly appreciate your support and as always thanks for watching! 👍🐟

[@DKeef]

The sculpins are pretty cool. I did not realize how teeny they were until you captured a sculpin next to what looks like an oak leaf.

[@genericalfishtycoon3853]

I've caught some in the Bear river over in Newry that were pushing 4 inches, but they're definitely tiny guys.

[@MFEGoingDeep]

I think they’re neat, just a small baitfish but cool to find them in these deepest places in some of these lakes

[@phillipyannone3195]

Remarkably clear and clean.😊

[@ChuckD59]

Thanks! I grew up on an Adirondack Lake and was obsessed with skin diving (mask and snorkel). Brings me back.

[@markblain8438]

Sebago has its own lake effect weather

[@dennisburt4614]

I live half a mile threw the woods from sebago in standish my childhood was spent on that water thanks for showing a side never woulda seen

[@MFEGoingDeep]

Awesome! Hopefully will have some more cool stuff to check out from there!

[@madmartigan8305]

@@dennisburt4614 My mom taught at St. Jospeh’s College in the summers, spent many summers up in Standish and went to the lobster pound like every other day lol 😂

[@ts109]

Who doesnt like to explore? Thanks for this, very cool.

[@ShaighJosephson]

I grew up on Sebago Lake... Suggest searching for the WWII planes that were never recovered...

[@pepperroni4016]

I didn't know anyone was looking for them. I know where they are

[@madmartigan8305]

That’s Awesome!! Dove around St Joseph’s College beach in Sebago and heard all the locals talk about the WW2 planes suppose to be in there!

[@madmartigan8305]

If you want any golf balls just dive around that beach they are everywhere there lol

[@johnGabryowicz-ev7mz]

Wow! That's a lot of mud!

[@madmartigan8305]

Awesome Video!! Thank you very much! This lake was a lot of fun to dive in by the shore lots of fish in the shallows 👍👍we bought a canoe from Old Town and paddled it out there during vacation 🤗

[@jeffreyduus5440]

Very exciting!

[@Glostahdude]

Used to camp here as a kid! Beautiful area!

[@pepperroni4016]

I remember you! You helped me start a campfire one night and shared your marshmallow stick with me. How are you?! Been wondering what happened to you!

[@MichaelMiller-ny3rr]

Nice post... thank you! 🙏😇❤️😇🙏

[@Oldjohn52]

Like most lakes, there's not much down there. Mud, a few fish, some sunk trees. Been to the bottom of a couple lakes. It's cold and not much at all there.

[@wintergreentheme]

Thats a good thing...so much better than seeing any man made stuff.

[@87jeep-yj67]

So my wife and I used to fish this lake all the time, loved it. We always caught and released and she got me into fishing barbless hooks. We actually found a spot 334 ft, absolutely crazy. You should try to find the sunken planes in there from 1944 I don’t think they ever recovered them.

[@MFEGoingDeep]

That’s cool! Definitely plan on searching some more deep water there and also hopefully have some footage of the planes as well. They weren’t recovered, weren’t allowed to be they’re protected.

[@terrypikaart4394]

Gobies!!.. There everywhere..

[@jdsmith5060]

Sebago lake is part of the ice age impact event that brought the younger dryas, yes an impact crater!

[@joewhite4970]

The worst Smallmouth Bass fishing I ever did was on Sebago Lake. I will Never go back Ever.

[@KegstandOG]

Pretty cool man! Get with me someday, on schoodic there is a set of jeans with about 500 bucks in it and I think a fleece with about 300 in it, on the bottom off the lake if you want to do a bit of treasure hunting lol.

[@MFEGoingDeep]

Always up for some treasure hunting! 👍

[@a.m.v.6938]

Damn I wish it could have gone on longer, great video.

[@3172bees]

I use to take flying lessons nearby there. Flying over that lake the instructor told me about a British fighter plane at the bottom of that lake. He crashed during flight training there during WW2

[@MFEGoingDeep]

Yes the ww2 planes definitely seem to be something a lot of people have mentioned and have some interest in

[@randymiller1604]

Awesome video

[@SharkyMcSharkenstien]

Gotta get up to moosehead and Winnipesaukee in NH thats a deap lake . I've done some snorkeling up in Lake kakajo so many old logs that sank.. (Edit and then I checked out your video of Moosehead 😂)

[@scotsmanofnewengland7713]

Would love to see you guys explore Lake Willoughby in Vermont. Supposedly it close to 285’ deep and rumor has it, it’s connected to Island Pond. Another rumor was that a farmer in Island Pond lost some cows in the lake and their bodies ended up in Lake Willoughby. Big Lake Trout in Lake Willoughby also. Thanks for the sights.

[@rickkearn7100]

Just stumbled upon this channel. Great concept! I subscribed. Cheers.

[@MFEGoingDeep]

Awesome! Thanks for subscribing 👍

[@pepperroni4016]

Can you do NH Lake Winnipesake

[@MFEGoingDeep]

You never know, there may be times I take a field trip out of Maine to go somewhere like that.

[@vaughn6122]

You should try to find the crashed F4U Corsair at the bottom of sebago

[@MFEGoingDeep]

Absolutely!

[@guyletourneau6167]

I remember hearing as a teen that the rock craft lodge had a fairly large yacht that was at the bottom somewhere near the mansion on Sebago Lake.

[@MFEGoingDeep]

I had heard of something like that as well just wasn’t sure where in the lake it was. Interesting!

[@curtismarean6963]

You should try moosehead, I hear there is an old steamer wreck up there.

[@MFEGoingDeep]

There is actually a bunch there, I have video of 3 different ones. Been to Moosehead quite a lot!

[@williamarmstrong1017]

Couple of still operational Engines down in Salem that ran that line. Hauled the rich people up there. Sportsmen. Ho scale.

[@Captkman]

Someone else mentioned the lost world War II fighter planes. It would be cool if you could find the British F4U Corsair. It crashed in 1944.

[@MFEGoingDeep]

That is definitely something I’m wanting to get some video of! Hoping someone out there would be willing to share the location with me if they had it, or once I can get outfitted with some better sonar for searching larger areas I could put some time in and locate myself. Big area out there!

[@mattj6676]

@@MFEGoingDeep I'm not sure if it's a protected area or not, I recall when I used to live there that it's considered a protected war grave as the pilots were British and they prefer to leave the remains where they are instead of bringing them home like we tend to do in the US. I'm sure there are lots of boats and things down there to look at, I was surprised to see how sandy the bottom is, I assumed it would have rocks like everywhere else in Maine.

[@lstlaurent554]

Backside of Mt Kineo, deep hole, deeper than the chart reports. Great view of the cliffs as well.

[@MFEGoingDeep]

I have done videos there! Just further back in the library 😊

[@stratdemakis1115]

There’s a sunken boat somewhere in the 300ft area as well

[@markblain8438]

300 ft is good for a submersible

[@ZippyTripped]

Two weeks ago and no captions. So much for making your content accessible. Boooooooo!

[@MFEGoingDeep]

Not sure why it’s not auto-captioning although I only speak for a few seconds at the beginning and that’s it, maybe that’s why 🤷‍♂️

[@PJRII]

Dat's all ya got to say ziphead? what-r-ya, trippin?

[@georgerebovich3758]

Well, that was exciting.😂

[@markkimball1569]

Always went over there wondering what was down there. Only a scuba diver no extra can’t get down that deep 110 was my deepest. 👨🏻‍🚒 ret rescue diver paramedic ff

[@kenmilne2379]

What a barrin place ! not even a weed !!??😮

[@mmercier0921]

pretty bpeak, unless you are a mud guppy. they seem pretty happy.

[@jdean1851]

THAT WAS KOOL" NEWSUB in IDAHO!

[@MFEGoingDeep]

Nice! Welcome 👍

[@tbutman42]

what a barren silty wasteland... how are fish supposed to thrive without any habitat cover?

[@MFEGoingDeep]

Most of the larger fish are hanging out in the wide open water like 100’ down chasing schools of bait. They’re thriving, they’re just literally swimming around in the vast open water. When they require structure they seek it out. Otherwise they go where their food is, which depends on water temps and plankton type stuff that those eat.

[@philipstreechon4523]

They wanted to put a nuclear waste dump under Sebago Lake.

[@MFEGoingDeep]

I was reading something about that 🤦‍♂️ what a disaster that would’ve been

[@philipstreechon4523]

@@MFEGoingDeep They said they did not know the lake is a water supply for Portland how stupid.

[@nwmi493]

didnt realize sebago was that deep. not much of a bottom. from a meteor??

[@MFEGoingDeep]

The shortest answer I can come up with sounds like mostly glacial movements and natural rock erosions over time carving out the deepest areas as the lake was forming which were then filled with melt and runoff however many years ago. There’s actually a few lengthy explanations I found for it with a quick search online, it’s pretty interesting!

[@JenniferKastelic]

@@MFEGoingDeep Why no plant life? Just sculpin and mud? I'd of figured there'd be more fish.

[@craigverrilli1]

Light doesn't reach that deep. So no photosynthesis

[@JenniferKastelic]

@@craigverrilli1 I wondered if that may be it. Still strange to me that it is so barren. I imagined old trees and boulders. Bones form all the dead bodies. Apparently there are quite a few.

[@davidporcelli6167]

can you find the lost World War 2 fighter planes

[@shawnscribner207]

You should do rivers like man vs river cool video

[@MFEGoingDeep]

Thanks! I do have a few videos from some of the Rivers around as well

[@maine_iacfpv3237]

Is it harder to control the fifish at that depth because you have so much lead cable out?

[@MFEGoingDeep]

I think what happens is when it’s straight up and down in deep water and the drone is parallel with the bottom the tether has some stretch and spring to it and doesn’t spool as freely with a more abrupt angle over the side of the boat and down. Any movement in the boat up and down or movements when piloting the drone that aren’t strong enough to pull more tether off the reel it causes some up and down movement sometimes as it’s attached to the tail end. Usually once I have more of an angle in the line after moving around some I don’t notice it as much.

[@wherezthebeef]

Never seen a sculpin (I'm in Mass...) with that exact pattern, wonder if new species?

[@MFEGoingDeep]

That would be awesome if that was the case! I really don’t know for sure that’s what it is, just what it looked like to me.

[@809FILMS]

from what I can tell you may be right ive never seen one with that patter before. looks diff from the current known species

[@MegaBait1616]

👍👍 ...........

[@steventorigian2990]

Can you do water temp as you descend?

[@MFEGoingDeep]

I have it setup now to do that, you will see it moving forward on the top left hand corner next to the depth.

[@chelseahodnett364]

Why so mean to the fish?

[@barryg.291]

Whole lot of nothing...

[@kennyhdotcom]

Which drone model are you using?

[@MFEGoingDeep]

It’s a fifish v6 expert