SOLO Night Dive for Crayfish! Camp Catch Cook Spearfishing & Freediving NZ. Sleeping Snapper!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 พ.ค. 2022
- Freediving for Crayfish at night! I go on a Solo adventure up some remote coastline here in New Zealand and find an awesome beach to camp on for the night. I go Spearfishing and spear a fish for dinner, making some nice fish wraps for dinner then go for a Solo Freedive at night where I encounter huge amounts of Crayfish (Spiny Red Rock Lobster) and find Snapper asleep and all sorts of amazing sea life in the Dark Ocean!
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hey mate for future can cut the leather jacket vertically between the head and the fin spike and essentially pull the head and guts out. then pull the skin off like a banana. Sounds weird but you get so much more meat off it. Apologies if you were just filleting it like that for preference. thanks for the vid!
only way to do it then fillet them if you like
I was just about to add that tip in the comments . When I first got in to spear fishing as a young boy we wood harvest quite a few jackets. My favourite ones to eat are the round ones we call them dinner plate leather jacket .
@@emrysplane5763 Over here in South Aus my favourite is one called a horseshoe leather jacket . One of our sweetest and most undervalued fish we have .
Cheers mate
Who else died inside when he filleted the leatherjacket. Really made me realise that he’s a pro at good fish and a Nooby at beginner fish
I want to night dive now.
Scared to before.
What a wonderous thing to do.
Just magic…
You make it so worth while.
That’s a true adventure of the unknown. Way to go Ollie. 👍
Man you are killing it !!. Drone footage. Night dive . Really enjoy your content. It's just like watching a tv programme. Primal pursuit!!!. Thankyou ollie🙂👌
Thanks Michael! Appreciate the feedback bro 🙏
and 4k is just awesome!
Sick drone footage at the start! I've never night dived but after watching this I am putting it on my list!
We on
Thanks Kerry. Yeah, definitely get stuck in! I would go a bit later on though, when they are really out in open. Maybe I will come up and join ya.
Wow, I just had a big dinner and I'm still hungry watching this. Best fish tacos video ever.
Haha 😆
0:55 that lady in the truck started flipping you off,amazing video man thanks for sharing your adventures with us.
Haha Yeah I saw that. Easy man cheers for the comment
Enjoying your videos mate, appreciate the effort!
One of the best diving video's I've watched!
Great to hear you liked it! Thanks for the feedback
That was epic bro! love that you had a thought and went for the night dive. I must admit I'd be a bit nervous myself, but amazing footage and crazy to see how snapper and crays behave when the lights are out! Shot bro!
Cheers mate yeah love a random mission
Loved it Ollie, living the life! As always, thanks for sharing the adventure.
Thanks Matthew!
Another great vid Ollie, love the content you create - keep it up brother! Can't wait for part 2
Cheers Blaine!
Good stuff Ollie, thanks for sharing. Looking forward to the second part. ;)
Cheers mate will be up in a few days
That was fantastic
I'm just getting into spearfishing and you're my inspiration. I will admit that I'm not sure I'll ever want to dive alone at night though, I was nervous just watching you! Thanks for the videos, I'm learning so much thanks to you.
Cheers mate good luck out there !
Great vid, looks like a gem of a place. With those leatherjackets you just do a little cut at the tail end and peel that skin off real easy. Then cut it down in cutlets for easy cooking. Really under rated!
cheers!
Favorite type of videos mate, so cool can't wait for part 2
Cheers mate
Epic mate, looking forward to part 2!
Cheers
Another great epizode ,tnx Ollie👊👍
Thanks mate
Content has come along way bro!😃🤙🤙 awesome footage!! Stay safe out there.
Cheers bro appreciate it!
Love it! Awesome video and epic adventure!
Thanks guys!
Always enjoy your content Ollie ,Keep it coming dude
Thanks Shanon
Awesome vid mate. Loved that night dive footage. Amazing to see how much life comes out at night!
Thanks mate, yes pretty cool
Been so excited for this one! Cheeehooo
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Nice night dive✌🏼🥰🥰🥰
Awsome footage bro..unreal how peaceful it all looks nice clean water 🔥👌
Thanks Dan
Great video, amazing footage on your first night freedive, I know how cold it is in Melbourne in May and you are in the beautiful NZ diving at night, unbelievable commitment to creating great content thanks for sharing mate, from your drone footage, you underwater shots and great narration is so entertaining. Absolutely brilliant production cant wait for more. Crayfish for breakfast now that’s just you kiwis showing off 😀😀😀
Haha thanks mate, surprisingly not too cold yet the water, but won’t be long
Awesome bro 👌 that was great watching happy days
Cheers mate!
It's a different world under water at night, aye. You can relate to the fact that everything needs to sleep, even though the nocturnal order is reversed. Seeing the crays doing their thing must have been a real buzz. And yes, everything tastes better with butter. I think only aliens eat margarine. Keep up the vids Ollie, I really look forward to them.
Haha thanks Ed
Great video!
Awesome bro appreciate that man so cool !!
No problem 👍 Cheers
That was amazing, and nice crayfish enjoy 👍
Thanks Andrew
Awesome bro, loving the content 👌🏾
Cheers Stevie 👍
Ahh, nothing wrong with the humble Leather Jacket. Best way is to de-glove skin by ripping down from the head... saves ya knife blade too. What an awesome episode tho Ollie, cheers mate 👍
Sweet mate I knew it was something like that, will try next time!
Meeeean Ollie - Always a pleasure to be watching your content bro 🙌🔥
Thanks Vaughan
Mean video bro, that night dive was epic! , u just convinced me to subscribe...... hurry with part 2 🙏
Haha thanks mate! Part two up Thursday night
Great episode.
Cheers David
Loved those T.C road drone shots at the start. When I'm driving up there on a Friday night I know it's gonna be a good weekend! Another awesome video mate keep it up!
Thanks mate, always a good place to be heading alright
Gotta be one of your best trips. Mean.
Sure was bro
Incredible how good was the night footage. Love your trips mate, that is the good life. I've been getting seabuck gear, and I can't complain so far, plus they have the fastest delivery on these crazy times.
Thanks mate. Good to hear!
Awesome. Makes me want to get out there
Cheers, go get it!
Awesome video as always brother💪🏽🔨
Thanks bro
Awesome vid bro, that nest looked epic. 👍
Thanks John! Yeah was pretty neat
Well done Ollie, I couldn't of. Yes, I would eat the cray you catch. 😆 🤣
Haha fair enough
Hey buddy from aus here.. leather jacket are beautiful. Chop head straight off then you can skin the jacket off in one. Perfect wrapped in foil with photos lemon onions salt pepper straight in the open fire. Nice vid man keep it up
Sweet cheers Bobby
I did a night snorkel in Hawaii once and it was very calming somehow. How do you only have 22k subs with this quality content?! Hopefully the comment helps the algorithms.
Awesome! Hawaii dive would be awesome . Thanks for the comment mate 🤙
Hit those caves in the cliff face for crays. Awesome night dive, definitely a bucket list thing to do.
Cheers mate
Nice work Ollie, might have to give the night mission a nudge...
Def recommend!
Don’t plan on traveling over that terrain with my Range Rover SVR! Well done!
Another dope vid bro... 👌
Thanks!
Awesome bro. I just back to Australia after coming home and spending 2 weeks visiting friends and family all around the north island. I went fishing and hunting and are now more home sick than ever. Keep it up live your dreams .
Cheers mate! Glad you got a good dose in
Nighttime is the right time 🤙 awesome
Also a little tip to filleting that leather jacket, turn your knife upsidedown and poke it into the fish and cut the skin from the inside out across the top of the fish. Then u can knock the sides off like normal without ruining your knife. They look like the Tigger fish we have here they are my favorite fish to eat
Cheers!
Sure is
I’ve speared leatherjackets when no snappers were around and needed dinner. I found if you cut from the horn down towards the spine, you can then rip the head off and guts all together. This exposes the skin off the flesh so grab the skin nice and firm and peel it off. It makes a sound like you’re ripping paper but all good easier than using a nice 🤙
Thanks Simon for the tip 👍
There really is something truly exhilarating swimming at night in the ocean!
😀👍💙💛
Sure is! Can’t wait to do it again
I hear its most exhilarating when a 10ft bull drags you out to the deep end at night🦈🦈
@@Williamswartz
Dar dum, Dar dum, Dar dum
Many years ago I bought a 10"/3.2m sailing dinghy in Paeroa and sailed it down the river to Thames fitted it out and spent the next month sailing up to the top of the Coromandel.
Catching two snapper each day for food, pulling the boat up onto the beach, pitching my tent and lighting a fire.
Then I sailed over to Great Barrier and spent another month sailing the coast over there.
Every now and then when it was just right and pitch black I would swim about 10 minutes out to sea and just float completely still looking up at the stars.
Truly amazing!
It's what I imagine a sensory deprivation tank would be like.
Bloody hell, I nearly killed myself a couple of times on that trip!
Lol
Ahh, to be young again, nowadays I would just sink to the bottom after just 1 minute swimming.......
@@Williamswartz lucky we don’t have bull sharks here then
@@olliecraig-primalpursuit great white then
You are the man bro im keen to come for a dive haha
So good!! Haha any one else notice that person in the White ute pull the fingers at 0:53 ?
Haha yep one other pointed that out funny stuff
Mate, that night dive and those colours on the snapper! Nice video, keep up the good work. Also, great choice on the car!
Cheers mate!
I did some night diving for crays at New Plymouth port some years back, was an amazing experience to dive at night, I will never forget that plus we caught more than enough crays
Nice mate. Yeah plenty around at night!
Awesome.... Here in Hawaii we night dive for lobster alot. Key to have a big, high lumen torch with a wider beam angle for your main light, and at least a nice reliable spot torch for a backup. Its so much more productive if you targeting lobster!
Thanks! Will look into getting another light
Epic to see the snapper at night bro haven't seen that before.. I've done a lot of night dives and the crays are very much out at night.. Even in areas you dived in the daytime and see none.. A big flood light dive torch is bloody awsum too 😎
Yeah bro def have to try again a bit later at night next time give them a chance to come out of the cracks properly. I went the next day an amazing, bugger all crays to be seen in same spot. The video doesn’t show the torch properly but it was much brighter than it looked but will look into a flood torch
chur bro another awesome video thank you
Thanks bro
Omg night diving
Yep 👍
Sick vid bro welldone
Thanks Liam
Wicked guy🔥 you must have loved that dive man becoz i know i enjoyed watching 😂💯
Thanks mate yeah was awesome
That first fish you shot is called a file fish. They will wear a knife out quick.
Cheers
Great film u need to cut behind the spike on the leatherjacket up and down then skin it using your hands then fillet it I nearly died watching u fillet it lol good job
Love your vids keep the. Up
Thanks bro
Chur bratha.sum massive as vidz.🔥💯✌🏽💙
Lol....translate to english on this comment.classic.
Cheers bro 😎
@@surferscollective613it means.hey ya bratha.some awesome as videos you have there.its fire.1 hundred peace and love😅sorry.not sure if u were having me on or serious🤣.blessed love✌🏽
grumpy here , love your format pissed myself laughing when you cleaned the leatherjacket i thought they had told you how to do it when you first started to do it then you went wrong . first you cut down the back of spike just into gut cavity then you rip the head off . most of guts comes out as well you then cut the top spike slot out pick the skin back wifh fingers and then peel of skin off in 1 or 2 pieces finnish cleaning guts then fillet of you want , i cook mine hole been spear fishing over 55 years i use a bazoka speargun and a home made 1 out of bazoka parts and aluminum main shaft .keep you face wet and have a good one grumpy
Cheers Grumpy! Since been informed by many of the east technique! If I’m targeting them again I’ll def give it a go and save my poor knives! Cheers Ollie
25 min in ,life doesn’t get much better than that, I have and still camp central Maine,40+ yrs,just getting into spearfishing and freediving at 64 yrs ,am 100% disabled, I am going till I can’t go anymore. Bearhunter5 thanks
Yep camping is always great!
I've did about 15 night dives all around whangarei/matapouri area scuba diving. Its the best kind of diving ive EVER experienced. Ive did about 12 wreck dives on the Waikato in tutukaka and also the Tui in matapouri. Have been to Poor knights a few times but ive seen so many tank sized crayfish at night time sitting far back in holes under massive boulders. One night I almost wasted air just looking at what was around I was so amazed. Not to mention the first time experiencing Bioluminesence in the water from the torch lighting up the water was amazing. Next time try shining your torch around in front of you in the water for a minute then turn it off and stir the water up in front of you with your hand. I miss night dives💯
Awesome mate. Def want to try again but later at night to try find some big boys. I did see the bioluminescence!! Forgot to mention it in the video it was awesome!
Awesome work brah.. your getting pretty sharp with your video production osshh! #byebyetrustysubi
Thanks mate. Still got trusty subi.
It would be too disorientating at night for me. I'd rather come across a big shark in the day time haha!
Awesome vid again Ollie, I hope you enjoyed that lobster!
Haha thanks mate sure did
Excellent drone footage. Liked your music choice. Better than the usual plastic tunes with spearo videos ;0
Thanks Philip!
Awesome video mate! Normally with leatherjacket you don’t fillet it. You rip the skin off and cook whole 👍 get a lot more meat 🤙
Thanks mate
Primo Mish brother love the Zook too!!
Thanks bro
00:54 the guy pointing the finger at the drone
Nice. I recently bought a small cave diving torch, pretty keen to try a night dive but man we get big great whites around here.
Yeah bugger that haha
Chur bro living the dream
🤙🤙
Night diving is amazing and peaceful if you go out later most of those cray would be walking around out if the holes
Yeah will go a bit later next time
Great stuff my friend..wish I could help more...seen any mermaids yet 😀
Haha thanks. Not yet 😂
Very good vid, waiting for the part 2. I mostly dive at night in fresh waters and everything looks totally different than during the sun light. I have few night spearfishing videos, you can check them out. I just started to record my spearfishing.
Cheers!
New vehicle bro? Awesome vid man
Cheers bro
Even Bondi beach in Sydney you can find crays at night, amazing as they get hit hard by all the locals.
Yeah wow
I was keen for a night snorkel while camping at Awhitu on the Manukau. Decided against it and went floundering instead. During which we were chased by a 6 foot shark who came in fast at us. Pleased I didn’t meet it gave to face in the dark underwater. Far too murky anyway.
That’s ballsy, I would never night dive in the manukau !!
Awesome drone footage and video altogether 😍🔥
Do you ever get scared 👀😳?
Thanks Grace. Haha sometimes
Nice one, abou the leather jacket, I just cut in behind the spike at the back at pull the head and gut off, the skin will come off as well..
Cheers 👍
Im still stuck with murky water - enviously watching
Bugger!
awesome video bro didnt u no theres no crayfish around there lol be told that by few people. i dived round there 20 years ago plenty of them and some huge packhorse
Haha will have to do some more scouting!
Great vid Ollie. If I may ask, how do you set up your torch while holding a speargun and keeping a hand free for crays? Cheers
Once I get to a spot with crays I just use my speargun to anchor my float which I store crays on
Try night diving in lake taupo, you end up swarmed by freshwater crays that are attracted to lights, we were covered in them 😂.
Oh wow that sounds epic
Mean footage Ollie your clips and I might use it for my footage cool vision and missions love it make alot of difference using wire up gadgets mean
Ok mate 👍
Gday bro. Leather jacket, hold them upright like they'd swim. Put your knife just behind the barb and cut down til you hit gut cavity. Pull apart and it's an all in one type thing. You can then just pull the skin off and you have the nice flesh on the frame
Right thanks bro
Always remove the head and guts from leather jacket as soon as you catch it. Out the knife behind the spike on the head, cut down until you get through the backbone and rip the head off. The guts will come out with it.
I suggest flour, eggwash, panco crumb then shallow fry
Thanks will try!
For leather jacket, I find it is a lot easier just cut the head slightly off, and the skin can be taken off with the head
Great thanks :)
I want to plan a spearfishing trip to NZ sometime in the future, hope you would not mind showing me around. Very keen on some nice kingies
Sorry mate I don’t do charters but good luck!
@@olliecraig-primalpursuit was not looking for a charter, just a friendly mate to go diving with.
Epic adventure bro 🙌. Loved that night dive. Full of life down under, was good to see.Also that primal pursuit on the side of boat looking good too 😎, looking forward to Part 2 bro 👍
Thanks bro! Part 2 up this Thursday
Treat the leather like a Gurnard bro. Small cut just before the dorsal then snap the head forward and skin and gut it all in one move.
Thanks bro
Hey mate, just wondering what torch you where using? Seems to have a pretty good beam. Cheers mate great footage as usual
Massive mahi bro
Thanks bro