Spearfishing NZ | Big Fish & Lobster | Swimming with Dolphins!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ส.ค. 2019
- Spearfishing New Zealand. Snapper, Yellowtail Kingfish, Crayfish/Lobster.
Diving/swimming with dolphins, spearing different species with some big fish all over New Zealand's north island. Coromandel peninsula, Northland, 90 mile beach, Freediving and gathering seafood. Learning to spearfish. Auckland and surrounding areas. More Below:
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The amount of adrenaline pumping through me while you guys were in that big school of kings is insane!! Amazing video bro!!!
Broooooooo. The paitiance to watch that snap cruise around and wait for the shot.....sets us apart haha i really admire you experienced spearos taking the time to create this sort of footage!!!! thanks brother inspiring work!
It doesn't always pay off! luckily it did that time!
Awesome vid bro
Love the way u edit it too!!! Straight to the point!! No mucking round, gud variety of spots!!!! True blue kiwi styles!!! Well done bro
Cheers!
Awsome vid! enjoy watching i hope 4 more...cheers
Amazing footage! and some BIG fish in this vid, congrats!
Thnaks for the feedback
This is probably one my favorite vids bro, oldie but a goodie, that snapper at the start 👌🏽👌🏽
Cheers bro yeah good dive that
Awesome vid. Love the presentation/mindset thing....not blasting shit out of everything you see...And cool choice of tunes. Flows with the visuals and doesn't "box" my ears to death. Looking to view more :):) Cheers mate. Trev
Always love watching other Adventurous people doing what we love , you’ve earned my sub from across the ocean in Queensland Aus 👊
Cheers mate!
Right back at you!
mean video bro. Wouldn't mind seeing a video of how you set up an area if you are going to set up a burley eg. what areas are good to do it, what bait to use,,Kina etc and what to look for. Chur
Good watch awesome footage 👍🏼
Well done on the fish. Good to see South African products performing well. Safe diving!
Cheers Mark! Yep, this South Africans make great gear!
Dang drop me on one of those rocks haha awesome vid matey
Haha thanks bro
Liked it' cos ya dont take to much an love bein out there, cheers !
Thanks mate
Aint gonna lie...mine was a moki haha also my mrs is a way quicker shot than me and has smashed plenty of kahawai that have passed us by while ive ive come out empty handed. Really love your authentic videos and cant wait to improve and get to that level. Thanks for sharing brother!!!!
Cheers mate, My first fish may also have been a Moki! can't quite remember!! haha
Great video with excellent advice, cheers.
Thnaks for the feedback mate 🤙
Primo video bro, some great footage there 👍 Cheers
Cheers mate. Glad you enjoyed
Awesome vid bro! Bring on 2020 summer🤙
Can't wait man, itching to for summer!
Haha let's hope we don't get caged up hahaa
Great watch mate, really enjoy the video structure you went for. Talking over the footage gives it good context. We are hoping to do some diving over in NZ eventually, looks unreal! Be cool to see an episode explaining what you do to bring kingies in (Burley, flasher etc..)
Thanks mate will do 👍
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I really enjoy your diving/spearfishing videos. Keep up the good work. Great footage. Coming into winter now, what month is best for winter crays. Im a bit longer in the tooth, so now use a lung. Im in Whangarei, any good spots you can recommend
Cheer mate. Mid winter to autumn seems to be the goods. Up where you live I don't think it really matters plenty of critters year round up north!
Really cool
....very good job : immagines, spots, fishes and catches. Congratulations for editing too.... Ciao.
Thank You! Appreciate the feedback!
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Great stuff, I don't know how the music helps. Really like the sound of diving.
Great vid!
Thanks John, Cheers for watching!
love your stuff just keep it up
Thanks mate 🤙
Epic bro
Mean vids man keep em up!
Thanks!
Awesome💥 vid mate. Good content and I look forward to the next one. Subscribing now.
Thanks mate appreciate your comment! working on the next one now
Nice Tamure 🤙🏾
Great work. Have you tried a small o-ring to hold down the barb? It will push back as soo as its fired.
Only use that on the drop barb for big Pelagics. It’s too time consuming and unnecessary for around the reef.
Awesome video!
Thanks bro!
Hey Bud, great stuff and videos well done..bring back lots of memories...I did a heap of spearfishing from late 70's- early 90's , use to make dive suits back in those days (Mitchells..US Divers) My Buds and i generally favoured a spronger as the head on our guns.....Are they not around any more as they could really take down a Kingi ?
Hi Vaughn, Awesome to hear, I would love to go back in time and have a spear in the 70's!! by spronger, do you mean like a very traditional spear head with 3-5 prongs/barbs? They seem only to be around on pole spears. the new setup with a 'flopper' on the end of the spear is much more successful in landing big fish as its very difficult for them to wriggle off.
I've never used a pronger head on a kingi, Im sure if you aimed in the head region and were close enough it would do the damage, just seems a bit risky, and I don't like the idea of a fish swimming off with big chunks, holes in it missing. BUt if you say it works I should try it out!
@@olliecraig-primalpursuit Yup..6 Barbs, you hit a Kingi along that spine line (Green/Silver line..or behind the eye you had a real good chance of taking out a piece of spine or vital piece. It would stop a 60-80 pounder dead in its tracks. I dived alot with a guy called Alan Langton (Google him) he worked at mitchell dive suits with me along with Daren Shields and a Spronger is all we used. Gosh after watching your videos i really miss it...wish Go pros where around then. Alan got his world record Kingi at the three Kings with a Spronger.
@@olliecraig-primalpursuit We used them in guns, end of our shafts had a thread so we could screw on or off different heads, we found the head such as you use punches through the fish and had a good range, however unless the shot was spot on it had no killing power, spronger on other hand lost power through water alittle quicker, so range had to be closer...but our guns i suspect may have had a bit more power than what you are using, they werent as easy to load to what yours seem to..however once the sponger hit the fish the Barbs would spread like a shot gun. Unless you got a gut shot the Kingi was buggered.None of that going to the bottom trying to knock your spear out..it was over pretty quick.
Mean vid and footage bro, subscribing to your channel, keep it up!! Why is shooting red Moki frowned upon? They're called banded morwong in tasmania and i target them frequently. I reckon it is a very underrated fish. Nice and firm white flesh, no fishy taste and versatile to cook with.
Cheers
Red Moki here are frowned upon as they are long living fish who only supposedly only have one mating partner for life. I've had it smoked once, was beautiful. I just leave them alone, are slimy and a prick to fillet etc also
Loving ya edits Ollie, u mentioned having bad sinuses, do you do anything to try and avoid that diet wise? Ive seen other guys mention no diary products etc..any tips there? cheers MB
Yep I've heard cutting dairy. Staying hydrated is the main thing, other than that I can't pin point what will and what won't work for you just try things out (meals) before dives and find what works for your body as everyone is made differently. Again, hydration is massive
well done guys
Thanks mate
Loving your videos bro!! Keep it up (and take me next time 😁)
Haha cheers mate!
Excellent 👌
Cheers!
Was that rangiputa where you jumped in by the channel marker? Just went up there for a week and unfortunately the weather wasn’t playing ball, couldn’t get out of the harbour so we paddled out to what I’m sure was the same marker, and the current gave us a bit of a fright haha
Haha yeah mate. Bloody strong current of water pushing though there. Maybe slack tide would be good
Awesome videos bro
Thanks James, appreciate the feedback
good video
Choice one!
Beautiful waters you have there, are your kingfish downunder like those here in North American kingfish are members of the mackerel family? They look a lot different from yours down there.
Not sure, same as yellow tail off California Mexico etc, just grow much larger here in NZ
Awesome vid bro, It was my birthday a few days ago and I got new diving flippers, 2 peace wet suit, and weight belt all from ocean hunters, can’t wait for summer to go up north and do some spearing👍🏼✌️1 more thing have you got any tips for spearing Snapper.
Thanks
Awesome mate sounds like you are set up with some great gear! For snapper, dusk or Dawn, smack up a pile of Kina off a ledge. Keep trying new spots until you figure out their habitat. Also, travel to find good spots, go coromandel or northland away from the crowds to see more fish!
@@olliecraig-primalpursuit thanks so much
You should go shore diving in taupriri bay.
Always wanted to!
top notch content
Dude that storage float is so good! Where can I grab one?
Ocean Hunter bro. There's a few models. Check out my shore dive video for another model. All avaliable at Ocean Hunter. Co. Nz
Hi Ollie,
Just loved your videos. Any chance you can show and give me some pointers on spear fishing. I
I just bought my gears and hoping to learn from expert. I got a senator 380 with 30 hp we can take out to hauraki gulf. Cheers mate.
Hey mate send me a private message on instagram
Awesome video! Do you know of any good spots on the south island? Im from germany and ill be doing in internship alater this year near nelson 😃
Get in touch with Sam from @wildfoxproductions
Very good video, what size is your speargun what do you use for kingfish?
Generally, my 120cm Rob Allen. Twin 14mm rubbers with a 7.1mm shaft provides more than enough punch to get through fish. I also have a 100cm roller that will do the same job.
any tips on encounters with sharks while out spearing. had my first encounter just before the new year. have subscribed by the way
Hey Jayde, it won't be your last encounter either. Can still give me a good fright even after having dozens of encounters.. Just learn to ready their behaviour. Most of the time unless you have a bleeding fish nearby in the water with you they will just be curious and checking you out. If you do have a fish on and the sharks come for it just pull it up as fast as you can, and if they are getting aggressive let them have it a d probably a good idea to move spots.. Don't be scared of the Bronzies.
@@olliecraig-primalpursuit appreciate the advice. will keep that in mind when im out next. It was a bronzie that got abit to close for comfort.
Hey Ollie, how long can you hold your breath for in average depths?
up to 1 min 30? hunting..not long, usually around 1 minute max, as often by myself also so don't push the limits
do you often move spots after gutting fish?
Nah, usually the guts bring in more fish then I shoot them also.
Awesome video man, love it, do u have any videos on spearfishing in thailand?
Hey mate thnaks. Nah I don't I've speared there once but didn't make any videos!
I am from thailand and i need to find new locations, ive only been spearfishing in koh samui which is not that good. Would u mind telling me
Where in thailand you went spearfishing?
@@chaochannainoa5178 I can't remember exactly where mate. Somewhere out of Phuket. Heaps of info online search some forums/Facebook groups
Thanks allot ! Ill search up for some spots
Awesome vid mate. How do ya stop your mask from fogging up? Tooth paste?
Hey mate I've got a tutorial for mask anti fog up on my TH-cam check it out!
Ok cool cheers!
Can you do a go pro settings video please
I would but I'm sure there is much better settings and recommendations out there! It's got a bit to do with editing too. There's already a few good gopro vids out there. Main thing is to play around with the iso and light settings as well as sharpness otherwise it can be too dark or light and very grainy looking if sharpness up too high
Loving these videos man, but I think there's something wrong with your insta link
Cheers mate ill look into it
Mean.
What spear gun do you use?
Rob Allen 120cm carbon & Ro Allen 1m Alloy Roller gun
Back where you jumped in and by the time you had loaded your gun you were already passed the marker looked like that was out rangiputa and you cant really dive anywhere out there cause theres always a massive current
You can, just need to time the tides right. Current means fish but that day we got the tides a bit wrong!
Reef Hunter NZ yea i guess aye but I normally just go around a couple corners from their pretty mean diving just haven’t been in ages
how long can u hold your breath for ollie
Long enough to get a feed mate.
Why is red mokie frowned upon bro . They tapu or something?
Have one mate for life and a very long lived fish. Bit silly really, people go and slay Boarfish which only have one mate and snapper which are also long lived..
What speargun do you use? Love your channel!!!!!
Thanks! I use Rob Allen Spearguns. Im using my trusty 120cm Rob Allen Carbon in this video. Usually rigged with 7mm shaft & x2 14mm bands
@@olliecraig-primalpursuit Thanks a lot for the info! I want to start spearfishing here in south Florida and don't know what speargun to buy.....
@@eliohernandez3673 Rob Allen guns are indestructible and accurate. Best gun for money on the planet. Easy to modify and change to roller gun if want too!
Been spearing in any other countries than NZ?
A few.. Fiji, Madagascar, Bali, Thailand, and St Helena Island. Looking to do some cool trips next year.
Sweet edit guys I love spearing NZ! Check out my last spearing video I think you will like it!
Cheers! Will do
wish i could do this 11.58 got them mass kinas booom
who elses first fish was a butter?
One of my favourite fish! Crumbed up are fantastic
Start tagging them instead of killing everything!
I eat everything I shoot...Would love to Tag some kingfish though.
Are u trying to be something u are not?????
No