My favourite video you've done! I've been FLOUNDERing a bit over lockdown looking for a good PLAICE I COD spear. Always good to get back to BASSics ❤️ Coronavirus is POLLOCKS and I hope you can go out again soon!
Cheers mate. Just watched your crustacean cook up this morning. Got me sad and happy at the same time 🤣 Thumbnail is actually a 4K screen grab from my GH5, not even an actual photo.
@Daniel Mann It was mothers birthday and she was very chuffed with the seafood platter. Just finished watching this video, very professional production mate, not only that it's very informative and people will learn so much from this. Well done👍
I didn't know until quite recently that a ballan wrasse of 6 to 7 lb is probably about 25 to 30 years old, I use to keep the odd 1 or 2 to roast whole over a driftwood fire on the beach and just pick the meat off the fish and I thought they're very tasty but since finding out about how long it takes b4 they hit breeding age etc I'll be catching and returning in future but that being said if people are taking them for the table and not just for pot bait then that's fine with me as they're certainly not over fished in the UK. Great underwater footage btw, and very informative.
Having been a sport diver and spear fishing nut for 25 years I can tell ya being along on your dives is like being in the water again.... Thank You for posting and if you ever get to dive the USA dive the Channel Islands off California for Big Sheepshead's... meat is like lobster... ugly fish but the BUT factor is delicious...... call 'em by smashing urchin's and tapping on rocks..... fun as can be.
Fantastic video! Could you do a very similar video for reef fish (like Trevally, Grouper, Jacks, Trigger, Wahoo, etc.)? Great job again on all your videos!
I wanted to find a good practical fish identification resource for the UK and your video popped up on TH-cam. Really good content. I look forward to your videos. Thanks again.
Thank you! I want to begin spearfishing and I was looking forward for information on which fish I could take into atlantic waters. Really good video, I have everything that I wanted. Cheers from France! :D
Hey Daniel, I’ve watched many of your videos and really appreciate how you’ve shared your experiences in such a high quality cinematic way. Coming from the warmer, fish abundant and generally clear waters of Australia, how come you’ve chosen to live in the UK? I live in New Zealand and dream of free diving places where the water is clear and temperatures tropical. Keen to hear the attraction of the UK.
Do one about the Mediterranean species (+Spain and Portugal if you could)! Great video, optimal for lockdown. In the future maybe do something on how to find your own great fishing spots and what to look for underwater ;)
Can you do a Video in wich countries spearfishing is legal and wich laws exist (Especially for Europe Countries like Germany,French,Sweden...)? Sometimes its hard to know where I can go spearfishing etc.
Hard to do a video like that as laws are constantly changing and always local by-laws that need adhering to. I would never want to give someone misinformation leading them to do something illegal. I do know that spearfishing is prohibited in Germany & Sweden.
Yo pollock have a lateral line too, this isnt exclusive to coalfish. However, the coalfish's is a bit more pronounced as you say. The main difference is that the pollock has a lateral line that very clearly curves upwards about halfway along, whereas the coalfish's is completly straight. Great vid though
It is indeed curved but when looking at them underwater the coal fish has a white lateral line that stands out a lot. The lateral line on the pollack isn’t white.
@@DanielMann ah fair enough mate I forgot that you're looking at it from the perspecive of being underwater. I'm a fisherman so only really see them above water and close up where the shape of the lateral line is in my experience a bit more distinctive than its colour. Love your vids keep it up
Nice video bro plz do more videos about all types of fish species that we can eat in all types of seas i wanna see all fish species in the mediterranean sea and the best tasty one videos.
Ho, those afternoons with my grandpa, in the Mediterranean see near Gruissan, fishing 200m from the shore on thin white sand, bringing home a dozen soles and turbots with the shortest and cheapest spear gun available at Decathlon. Stopping on some rocky formations on the way home to get some fresh wild oysters. Those were the good times.
Yo, i spearfish mostley in turkey and norway, love your vids btw.. in Turkey we call the mulets for Kefal, a bit easier.. bot biglip or small lip, they are all just Kefal😂 i wanna give you a gift, and that is the name of a knife Salvimar st-atlantis, since your knife from the divebag video sucked balls😝 and the salvimar sapiens metal speargun.. thank me later😄
I have watched not a small amount of spearo vids. Mr. Byø has never appeared on my feed. Thanks for referencing him. Please list out others you might know? I’m already subscribed to Ryan and have seen all his stuff. I’m completely lost with the “Devonian Devil” reference. Is that a Pike fish? I hear they are a nasty trash fish.
Way too many species to cover in Australia unfortunately. Out of Brisbane I’ve shot 14 different species in a competition in a day. I’ve got some single species target videos on the channel and plan to do a few more.
I moved from Sardinia to Northern Germany and I decided to keep spearfishing, but in Denmark (Since in Germany it is illegal). I've been researching a lot about species I could encounter, but this video was the best sum up! Great video like always man! Thanks!
that beard is starting to be serious now. Do you shave before diving? I got a full beard so it makes my wetsuit leak a bit so water dripple inside. Feels good inn the Norwegian winter XD. Also mask leaks some times. If i remember I remove top of mustache before diving. It looks stupid, but I really think that if I do not mention it then people wont even notice. Any tips for use bearded divers that refuse to shave? =P
I only shave the top 5mm of my moustache under my nose. I also shave a little bit on my cheeks to make it neat and it also helps with the seal. Can’t do anything about the water leaking unfortunately.
I did have to laugh when Brisbane had a three day lockdown. Welcome to the party haha. I haven’t legally been allowed to meet anyone outside of my household indoors since October!
Hey Daniel. Lovely video! Ever had the chance to go trout-hunting in Denmark? Lovely fish and a great hunt. One of the highest rated fish in Danish water. Cheers!
With the ban on night spearfishing in Denmark it is very difficult to find them during the daytime. But I would certainly love to look for them none the less.
Don't call mullets "humble"...They are tasty and very good! Your explanation to differentiate them is great! As a Mediterranean spearfisher I have trouble differentiating them...and we have got a 4th one here😬. Awesome vid, as always
A lot of people turn their nose up at them in the U.K. and they are quite prolific and easy to shoot, hence the humble mullet. The red mullet is also in the U.K. but not very common during the day. It’s not a true mullet either.
@@DanielMann yeah, nothing to do with the red mullet. It's called "Mugil cephalus". If you are curious, you can see one in my "catch and cook" thumbnail vid. Definitely the tastiest of them all!
Where do you stop on a species video though? Only things extra I’d include would be all the skates and rays, trigger fish, gurnard, monkfish/anglerfish, fingers, gilthead bream and White Sea bream. Then again where does one stop 🤷♂️
Hi mate loved the vid as always, i was wondering where your based as I'm a marine biologist and keen spearo, just moved back to the uk from Vanuatu due to covid and now based in surrey and always up for a dive especially once this good weather comes in again. Let me know if you'd fancy a dive buddy at some point and keep up the great videos!
I’m english but in norway, I suppose those fish are very actual here also... but lockdown doesn’t stop a person spearfishing, I mean, what’s risk ? I think drowning is more of a risk than covid whilst at sea...🤦🏻♂️
@@DanielMann I feel for you... it’s a good job I can’t add pictures.... then I’d have really rubbed it in... my daughters in cambs... same $&@& different pile I guess... hope it gets better for you ASAP... 🙏 Also a little note... upon traveling to norway there is a free diving hunting shop I know who does blogs everything, if you could ever imagine yourself in the company of good guys, you couldn’t find better, access to boats gear and locations to die for... frivannsliv.no is the site, maybe an end of lockdown escape ? 🧐 anyway I sympathize totally and wish you all the best... you keep a lot of people heads above water in these tough times..... “no pun intended” 🥸
i worked in DC's best sea food place for over 2 years and cooked many of these fish but it was so cool to see them in the water and all the info you gave. earned a sub from me!
My favourite video you've done!
I've been FLOUNDERing a bit over lockdown looking for a good PLAICE I COD spear. Always good to get back to BASSics ❤️
Coronavirus is POLLOCKS and I hope you can go out again soon!
No.... Please no
@@drafttheraft5499 why are you saying no no
Are you dumb or something
@@farahannous5536 bet you’re fun at parties aha
You should come Spearfishing in jamaica 🇯🇲
That thumbnail is something else. Amazing picture there. Looking forward to watching this one later
Cheers mate. Just watched your crustacean cook up this morning. Got me sad and happy at the same time 🤣 Thumbnail is actually a 4K screen grab from my GH5, not even an actual photo.
@Daniel Mann It was mothers birthday and she was very chuffed with the seafood platter. Just finished watching this video, very professional production mate, not only that it's very informative and people will learn so much from this. Well done👍
9:00 Or you can go to Daniels videos and listen to them scream “HALIBUT HALIBUT”
Either works for me 🙃
@@DanielMann hi Daniel can you suggest me a good flashlight for spear fishing ?
I just got an orca torch. It’s built like a tank and bright as bright can be.
It’s the new D710. I got it sent to me as a tester model. Literally showed up on Saturday. Looks the bollocks!
@@DanielMann would you reccommend it?
I didn't know until quite recently that a ballan wrasse of 6 to 7 lb is probably about 25 to 30 years old, I use to keep the odd 1 or 2 to roast whole over a driftwood fire on the beach and just pick the meat off the fish and I thought they're very tasty but since finding out about how long it takes b4 they hit breeding age etc I'll be catching and returning in future but that being said if people are taking them for the table and not just for pot bait then that's fine with me as they're certainly not over fished in the UK.
Great underwater footage btw, and very informative.
I don't even spearfish and I found this video very interesting. Well done
Glad to hear that Michael!
Having been a sport diver and spear fishing nut for 25 years I can tell ya being along on your dives is like being in the water again.... Thank You for posting and if you ever
get to dive the USA dive the Channel Islands off California for Big Sheepshead's... meat is like lobster... ugly fish but the BUT factor is delicious...... call 'em by smashing
urchin's and tapping on rocks..... fun as can be.
Cheers Robert!
Fantastic video! Could you do a very similar video for reef fish (like Trevally, Grouper, Jacks, Trigger, Wahoo, etc.)? Great job again on all your videos!
another way to tell a Halibut is that once your close to the fish you will hear a voice in side you screaming "HHAAAAAALLIIIIBUUTTT".
Very true!
Daniel, Just watched this....really good content. Learned lots. Many thanks
Glad it has helped!
I wanted to find a good practical fish identification resource for the UK and your video popped up on TH-cam. Really good content. I look forward to your videos. Thanks again.
Brilliant video. ive learnt more from this than i have in 40 years going to the beach and trying to fish...
Glad you enjoyed it Phill!
Pollack kinda reminds me of the snook we have here in Florida bucket mouth and big powerful tail and easily distinguishable
Compliments for your video ciao Daniel.
Grazie Mario
Great vid and editing Dan!
Thanks mate!
Thank you! I want to begin spearfishing and I was looking forward for information on which fish I could take into atlantic waters. Really good video, I have everything that I wanted. Cheers from France! :D
Glad I could help. Very similar fish in France but you get a lot more White Sea bream and gilthead sea bream 🙂
Love the vid I keep watching it over and over again, love the beard man
we call turbot KALKAN which means shield
because the shape is very similar to the Ottoman shields
Great video as always!!
Hey Daniel, I’ve watched many of your videos and really appreciate how you’ve shared your experiences in such a high quality cinematic way.
Coming from the warmer, fish abundant and generally clear waters of Australia, how come you’ve chosen to live in the UK?
I live in New Zealand and dream of free diving places where the water is clear and temperatures tropical.
Keen to hear the attraction of the UK.
I wanted a video like this so bad when I first started spearing thank you so much for doing this and helping out the new spearos
when I tell you I jumped onto this video, I did
Amazing video and amazing content.
Make more when spearfishing goes wrong videos
Cant wait til we get to watch you catch and cook a turbot.
It will be done whole over a fire that’s for sure.
great video very helpfull
like the mustache! great video.
Do one about the Mediterranean species (+Spain and Portugal if you could)!
Great video, optimal for lockdown.
In the future maybe do something on how to find your own great fishing spots and what to look for underwater ;)
Great video Danny cheers from galicia
Outstanding vid 🤙🏻
You know what's amazing? Over 1500 views by now and not a single dislike!!! It's so rare nowadays to don't have haters eager to well...hate 😁
They will be here soon 🤣
Nah... They are never this late! 😁
7:43 Church Ope Cove! Love that place Portland is so beautiful
Pouting aka stink fish, goes off faster than a mother in laws temper
Can you do a Video in wich countries spearfishing is legal and wich laws exist (Especially for Europe Countries like Germany,French,Sweden...)? Sometimes its hard to know where I can go spearfishing etc.
Hard to do a video like that as laws are constantly changing and always local by-laws that need adhering to. I would never want to give someone misinformation leading them to do something illegal. I do know that spearfishing is prohibited in Germany & Sweden.
Good video bro, I surely learnt a lot. Thank you
My pleasure
Always good job 🧜🏼♂️🎥🎞️
Brazil 🇧🇷 here again 🤙🏼
Love the video Dan!
Quick question, have you done one of these for Australia? If not, you think you could or is there too many fish to go through? 😂
Too many fish! Literally hundreds and hundreds just off my hometown.
Yo pollock have a lateral line too, this isnt exclusive to coalfish. However, the coalfish's is a bit more pronounced as you say. The main difference is that the pollock has a lateral line that very clearly curves upwards about halfway along, whereas the coalfish's is completly straight. Great vid though
It is indeed curved but when looking at them underwater the coal fish has a white lateral line that stands out a lot. The lateral line on the pollack isn’t white.
@@DanielMann ah fair enough mate I forgot that you're looking at it from the perspecive of being underwater. I'm a fisherman so only really see them above water and close up where the shape of the lateral line is in my experience a bit more distinctive than its colour. Love your vids keep it up
Cool.
Nice video bro plz do more videos about all types of fish species that we can eat in all types of seas i wanna see all fish species in the mediterranean sea and the best tasty one videos.
Ho, those afternoons with my grandpa, in the Mediterranean see near Gruissan, fishing 200m from the shore on thin white sand, bringing home a dozen soles and turbots with the shortest and cheapest spear gun available at Decathlon. Stopping on some rocky formations on the way home to get some fresh wild oysters. Those were the good times.
Amazing video as usual! You should do the same for Mediterranean species
If only I could manage to get close enough to any of them to make such a video...
Yo, i spearfish mostley in turkey and norway, love your vids btw.. in Turkey we call the mulets for Kefal, a bit easier.. bot biglip or small lip, they are all just Kefal😂 i wanna give you a gift, and that is the name of a knife Salvimar st-atlantis, since your knife from the divebag video sucked balls😝 and the salvimar sapiens metal speargun.. thank me later😄
Good stuff! You could make it into a series, fish in different areas etc. Hope to convince make one for Mediterranean areas too! Keep it up!
I have watched not a small amount of spearo vids. Mr. Byø has never appeared on my feed. Thanks for referencing him. Please list out others you might know? I’m already subscribed to Ryan and have seen all his stuff. I’m completely lost with the “Devonian Devil” reference. Is that a Pike fish? I hear they are a nasty trash fish.
Great to see some amazing fish we just don't see in Australia. I wish our flounder were as common!
After watching this video I have come to the conclusion that most fish species were named by 2 year olds.
I'm looking into starting spearfishing and your videos help a lot! Cheers from Denmark!
Are they ill tempered?
Finally someone talked about ballan wrasse. In my opinion its the most underaded fish in norway where Iive.
Hey Dan, you reckon you could do this video for Australia?
Way too many species to cover in Australia unfortunately. Out of Brisbane I’ve shot 14 different species in a competition in a day. I’ve got some single species target videos on the channel and plan to do a few more.
@@DanielMann Ok, I’ll have to check those out, keep up the good content 👍
Aw man, good video
Thanks Travis
Hey dan loved the video do you reckon you could do this sort of video but for aus
Too many species to cover. It would take a full time job to be able to film everything!
@@DanielMann hahaha fair enough
Best way to prepare those is while they still alive, deep fry in butter or lard with lots garlic fish seasoning and little lemon juice 💕
Plaice great eating
Except in spring when they are thin. They aren’t much of a meal then.
Duuude wtf is that stach.. do you plan to make a tutorial on how to wear a mask with an 18 century stach?
i dont know why but your spearguns make the most satisfying sound when they discharge
pls do an australia version
Too may fish and areas to cover. Would be 100 species along off Brisbane that you would commonly see. If I lived there maybe I could try.
Hi
I moved from Sardinia to Northern Germany and I decided to keep spearfishing, but in Denmark (Since in Germany it is illegal). I've been researching a lot about species I could encounter, but this video was the best sum up!
Great video like always man!
Thanks!
Go to Norway or Sweden for amazing fishing. But maybe not spear fishing.
Why is it Illegal. That is so stupid.
Cmon do one on Dentex please! :)
I’ve never shot one
spend all day checking TH-cam for this video
It would have been posted 6hrs ago but I found a spelling error 🤣 Export again, upload again 🤦♂️
that beard is starting to be serious now. Do you shave before diving? I got a full beard so it makes my wetsuit leak a bit so water dripple inside. Feels good inn the Norwegian winter XD. Also mask leaks some times. If i remember I remove top of mustache before diving. It looks stupid, but I really think that if I do not mention it then people wont even notice.
Any tips for use bearded divers that refuse to shave? =P
I only shave the top 5mm of my moustache under my nose. I also shave a little bit on my cheeks to make it neat and it also helps with the seal. Can’t do anything about the water leaking unfortunately.
Thanks Daniel, Hang in there you guys !! Cheers Andrew , Mackay Queensland Australia , Lockdown whats that??
I did have to laugh when Brisbane had a three day lockdown. Welcome to the party haha. I haven’t legally been allowed to meet anyone outside of my household indoors since October!
Hey Daniel. Lovely video! Ever had the chance to go trout-hunting in Denmark? Lovely fish and a great hunt. One of the highest rated fish in Danish water. Cheers!
With the ban on night spearfishing in Denmark it is very difficult to find them during the daytime. But I would certainly love to look for them none the less.
Missed your videos bro
Keep it up
Damnn I need this video for Californian fish.
Never thought I'd be inspired to travel to the UK for spearing though, good job Dan!
My work here is done if I’ve convinced someone to dive here 🤣
Don't call mullets "humble"...They are tasty and very good! Your explanation to differentiate them is great! As a Mediterranean spearfisher I have trouble differentiating them...and we have got a 4th one here😬. Awesome vid, as always
A lot of people turn their nose up at them in the U.K. and they are quite prolific and easy to shoot, hence the humble mullet. The red mullet is also in the U.K. but not very common during the day. It’s not a true mullet either.
@@DanielMann yeah, nothing to do with the red mullet. It's called "Mugil cephalus". If you are curious, you can see one in my "catch and cook" thumbnail vid. Definitely the tastiest of them all!
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing! 👍👍👍
V2 with the rest?
If you can get footage ;)
Where do you stop on a species video though? Only things extra I’d include would be all the skates and rays, trigger fish, gurnard, monkfish/anglerfish, fingers, gilthead bream and White Sea bream. Then again where does one stop 🤷♂️
Awesome 😎👍 Do another species video!
Very informative... appreciate the insight...🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
We are not allowed to spearfish in holland very sad!
I am from Greece I don't think I will ever go spearfishing in England but OK 😂
Many more fish in England and much easier to catch 🙂
Best filleted Battered Fish in the ocean
Finally!😂😁🤗👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I gave it a thumbs up when I saw the mustache on the Mann... No mask will seal on that...its a thing of beauty that will end with the Lock Down
Amen brother!
Put your hand up if you can’t wait to see the back of COVID. Gotta suck being stuck indoors. All the best!!
I'm not a spearo but I fish often from the Yorkshire coast, dab and whiting are probably the most common species up here, along with cod. Great vid!
Hi mate loved the vid as always, i was wondering where your based as I'm a marine biologist and keen spearo, just moved back to the uk from Vanuatu due to covid and now based in surrey and always up for a dive especially once this good weather comes in again. Let me know if you'd fancy a dive buddy at some point and keep up the great videos!
Any chance of a video in locating flat fish in the sand
I've been waiting for this!
Imizinge good luck 👌👍
You are the best this was so helpful keep it up 👍🐟
I’m english but in norway, I suppose those fish are very actual here also...
but lockdown doesn’t stop a person spearfishing, I mean, what’s risk ? I think drowning is more of a risk than covid whilst at sea...🤦🏻♂️
The restrictions prevent travelling outside of your town or city. Being in London, no diving for me.
@@DanielMann I feel for you... it’s a good job I can’t add pictures.... then I’d have really rubbed it in... my daughters in cambs... same $&@& different pile I guess... hope it gets better for you ASAP... 🙏
Also a little note... upon traveling to norway there is a free diving hunting shop I know who does blogs everything, if you could ever imagine yourself in the company of good guys, you couldn’t find better, access to boats gear and locations to die for...
frivannsliv.no is the site, maybe an end of lockdown escape ? 🧐 anyway I sympathize totally and wish you all the best... you keep a lot of people heads above water in these tough times..... “no pun intended” 🥸
Very nice Daniel!
Interesting and enjoying!
Learned so much again from you
Are there any octopuses there?
Thanks for sharing!!!!!
There are some octopuses here but not very commons. More likely to find cuttlefish.
👌🏼
always love to watch
i ve got the had , have you got the dock = haddock
Great video man. This would make a great series, Australian reef species, Australian inshore species etc.
An another nice video Sir Daniel! Thank you so much 👌😊
Could you do one for the Mediterranean covering the Target species?
I haven’t got footage of some of the important ones and don’t know enough about them but maybe in a few years.
i worked in DC's best sea food place for over 2 years and cooked many of these fish but it was so cool to see them in the water and all the info you gave. earned a sub from me!
Excellent video, keep up the good work. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Take of the moustache
You look gorgeous without it😅❤
Off
can you do this for Australia pls it whoud mean alot btw this video is amazing
There are around 150 species of fish just off my hometown you could potentially spear in Australia. No way I could cover it all.
me loves fishing and fish and the water. me who wish that i will someday get enough money for spearfishing equipment.
Love u daniel the best
Let's go
holy shit that mustache
Have you ever dove California?
Never dived the States.
could u do this for australia man