What Lives Below This Dam?? | UNEXPECTED CREATURES (Underwater Footage)

Avid bank and boat anglers alike have long known that dam tailraces are excellent fishing spots. Wired2fish staffers McKeon "Keys" Roberts and Kyle Peterson take us on an intriguing underwater tour of a dam spillway (tailrace area), showing why angler efforts are well-spent. The camera reveals a wide variety of life ranging from popular gamefish and rough fish species, baitfish, aquatic invertebrates, and even reptiles looking to get in on the action.
If you like fishing or are interested in getting into it, chances are you're not too far from a dam that offers quality fishing opportunities. So why are these excellent places to fish? Aside from the obvious obstruction that stops or limits upstream fish migration (thus concentrating fish), the waters in tailraces are often cool, well-oxygenated, and loaded with fish-holding structure and cover (think rip rap, natural rock, and various manmade structures).
Dams usually congregate a mix of fish species so they're excellent places to become a well-rounded multi-species angler, and most often, don't require a boat to be successful. In fact, shore fishing is sometimes the best method for targeting fishing stacked in specific spots such as current seams and eddies. Grab a rod, some tackle, and head to a river near you. It just might provide some of the best fishing around.
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[@Blue_Collar_Hunter]

What an interesting ecosystem. The crawfish 🦞 chillin with the smallies at the end was a trip.

[@Wired2Fish]

Yeah, interesting relationship! Wonder when a smallmouth just decides to let loose and gobble one from time to time.

[@raydalton1110]

@@Wired2Fish if a crawfish is missing one or even both of its claws that triggers a strike, i remove 1 of my plastic claws from my plastics i think it works, same thing triggers a largemouth if a bluegill is swimming sideways like sick and induces a bite

[@timhall4154]

what camera setup you using for that footage ...??????

[@erichthompson1194]

This is so cool! Awesome work guys! It was crazy to see that Rock Bass going into that little crack in the wall

[@Wired2Fish]

You saw that?! Good eye. We thought that was cool too. Slid right in there!

[@CountryRacing186]

Bowfin are so fun to catch 🎣

[@EdwardClarkIII]

Very cool video. Do you mind sharing what you're taking the video with?

[@Jon_boat_adventures]

That was interesting and informative. Thanks for shooting this.

[@1treyton1]

Such an awesome video with great footage. Thanks for sharing that with us!

[@Wired2Fish]

We loved filming it. Thanks for watching!

[@davidsagastume3700]

Dope video

[@DONT.BUY.MAJOR.CRAFT-BAD.RODS.]

There is a lot of kind of fish!!!! Beautifull video.

[@Wired2Fish]

Thanks its mesmerizing!

[@firstlightangler6049]

Epic video, amazing footage, awesome camera control. I love mckeon’s videos. Always great content.

[@paulyang8276]

Minnesota is very underrated as a fishing destination.

[@aaronalto3034]

Didn't see the Prairie R part before I commented on FB. I thought it would be too dark, but snorkeling and cam footage are different. Must have been a variety of wildlife feating on those sucker fry? The way fish get whipped in the current seems it would be exhausting, but they manage and flourish in crazy places. Is the current why the walleyes at Blandin are skinny; living in current burns more calories? The ones we snorkel spearfish in Manitoba are skinnier fish (never big and chunky) and we hunt bottoms of falls, rapids, and bottlenecks. Nice work!

[@bassmedic]

Some really awesome footage.

[@Wired2Fish]

Thanks Dennis!

[@Henryjholmesjr]

What kind of camera are you using I was wondering

[@erfrench87]

This was awesome!

[@youtubzkoz]

Awesome underwater work, always a good video with underwater footage

[@pescandoconroger3562]

Awesome 🤩 👍

[@shorethingfishingshorethin6649]

Love fishing that stretch of river

[@alanreyes29]

Awesome video

[@bluegrassbassing3790]

Great video

[@ralo4265]

Good stuff guys! Awesome footage! 👀 👊🏼💯🇺🇸 Thanks for sharing!

[@Wired2Fish]

We love doing this so much. Thanks for watching Ra Lo-

[@InTheWoodsToday]

This content is wonderful, please do more like this!

[@Wired2Fish]

Hope to and will! Thanks!

[@fishinBrad]

Dude that underwater video is about the best I've ever seen.. how Awesome I got to know how u did that .. it was so cool

[@Wired2Fish]

Thanks man! So fun to film. Thanks again for watching.

[@johnjohnson1657]

Well that was an awesome video...kudos.

[@Wired2Fish]

Thank you!

[@vire559]

This is interesting

[@richardblake4777]

Great video, always wanted to know whats below at Lock #1 at the White and Arkansas Rivers. One of my favorite bass fishing locations that look very similar to yours. Thanks.

[@Mr.Higgs.]

That snapping turtle made this video into everything. What a dinosaur

[@Wired2Fish]

Truly wild lookin dino. The way that thing crawls across the bottom😳

[@richardsousa2625]

Gahd damn Gojira livin down there what the hell

[@dant8213]

Is that just a camera on a stick or like a remote control kinda setup? That was sick footage either way guys! Thanks for that

[@Jose-wq9nv]

It was a camera on a long yellow stick.

[@gmanadventurer8892]

Looked like a Bowfin at the 4:42 mark

[@natedogg1116]

Should show yourself catching some. Cool video though

[@firstlightangler6049]

You guys saw the bowfin right? You didn’t mention the bowfin when you mentioned the bonus soft shell turtle.

[@Wired2Fish]

Wouldn’t call the bowfin a bonus but it was there!

[@janosczovek8524]

Excellent video what brand hat are you wearing ? Thanks 👌

[@Wired2Fish]

Stormy Kromer💪🏼

[@nline2blast722]

10:13 crappie swimming sideways?!?!?!

[@Wired2Fish]

Rock bass! Isn’t that wild??

[@nline2blast722]

@@Wired2Fish are you sure??? Not a black crappie?

[@Shane_89]

I thought this was a 618 fishing video at first lol see ya later buddy.

[@neolancer005]

Man I wish I could fish more spillways. A lot of them are hard to access or fenced off

[@Wired2Fish]

That’s true. They are fish magnets but a lot of times you can’t access them. Safety first!

[@bass_in_south_florida4205]

Bowfin

[@jimwarden9617]

Crayfish?

[@Wired2Fish]

Bunches

[@bass_in_south_florida4205]

Bowfin @4:42?***

[@Wired2Fish]

Yup! Snakey shadowy figure

[@eaqx]

Ik what lives below my spillway All my lures.

[@Wired2Fish]

True that!