I love watching this channel! Between this one, The Fish Locker, Haze Outdoors, Rokkit Kit, Philosophy D, Outdoor Chef, and Fisherman’s Life it’s hard to have a favorite! Well edited and knowledgeable guys.
Dan did you not think to use your own despatch knife to fillet the Pollock. That was a shitty Air B'n'B if they didn't even have a decent kitchen knife.
Incredible power in these fish. Even more respect for your efforts after this trip Dimos. Yes, lures at the back of the boat. 4 lures with outriggers. Trolling around at 6 knots looking for bait balls and birds.
Yooo sick video man. The song you had on during the spearfishing complimented the spearfishing so much 😂 what song is that? Congrats on working on a TV program btw!
Class Video! Just to be in the water beside one of those fish would be amazing, don't think I'd have the stones to actually stick a spear into one. Whatever about other Europeans catching them ,we unfortunately sold out the fishing industry in favour of supporting the farmers to join the EU, there is also a fleet of Japanese longliners which are allowed fish these North Atlantic Tuna each year. There is currently one 55m Japanese vessel sitting just outside the Irish fishing grounds with more probably joining sooner rather than later.
You normally do quite nice videos, but showing a half dead tuna as saying that you filmed a Giant 500 pound tuna is a false.... I'll go to the local fish market and send you a video.... maybe I will write 1000000 pounds tuna or calamari
I like your videos and find spearfishing ok if not done in an overfished area like the Mediterranean👍. But sportfishing, letting a fish nearly die and then back to the water? No respect for that, kind of PlayStation playing with life creatures👎
In France not everybody is allowed to shoot or to fish bluefin tuna you need to ask for a special permition from the government that allows you to take one bluefin tuna. Not everybody receives the permition only a few people.
just re watched this, thought i would ask what the progress with tuna footage for tv was? i got beyond lucky a few weeks back and had a giant bluefin swim past me whilst spearfishing my local headland in east devon and got it on camera, crazy only 7.5 metres 50 yards from beach lol
Went spearfishing for the first time in months on Friday in Kurnell, and was just so peaceful the fish didn't spool just hung around us saw some sharks a faint stingray size of my ute with 30 metres of vis, got me excited to go again
@@DanielMann Yea went to boat Harbour because it's easy access, and there rocks with coral since I don't know anyone with a boat. Maybe one day when your back in Australia you can spear a vibrant selection of fish
Have you ever had problems with other fish trying to feed on the fish you just bled? I never did anything like this but when you cut that fish it made me jump and think "sharks!" To a layman like me that seemed crazy! Holding that bleeding fish in the open ocean... man! Badass!
And Mr Mann comes up with another great production! I find it amazing how you can adapt so well to different seas, weather, latitudes, etc. and still bring home some feed. Hat's off to you Sir!
Why do you have that o ring holding your flopper closed? I have one on my Salvimar but I’m afraid it won’t slip off the flopper when I hit the fish and the flopper won’t be able to open. Have you ever had that happen or have that fear as well?
The spear travels too fast for it to stay on there. Never had the problem and thousands of people in the Mediterranean use it daily. It’s not super tight anyways, just enough to hold it closed.
Northern bluefin/long tail tuna yes, but not these giants Atlantic bluefin. I’ve had a few mates shoot them off Brisbane and they go hard none the less.
What county is that? Galway? I've caught plenty of pollack on the west coast with my spinning rod, so its nice to see what the underwater terrain looks like. Now I know why I lose so many lures.
Hi dan love the vid is this waterproof housing available for a cannon camera and where would I get one pls uk glad to see jo landed you on fish last visit 👍👍👍
Hi mate, they make Nauticam housings for just about every make of camera and lens combination imaginable. Can get a little overwhelming when looking and not to mention expensive. Lucky my work place has the housing.
Beautiful fish! What is the difference between the Bluefin Tuna and a Yellowfin? The Bluefin also has yellow fins. When I sailed across the Atlantic Ocean we had a 2 meter Tuna swim next to the boat for 10 days (1500 miles). Totally beautiful to watch swimming at 7 knots without even moving it's body!
The yellowfin tuna doesn't handle as cold of water as the Atlantic bluefin tuna. The main difference is the yellowfin tuna have huge yellow sickle like dorsal & anal fins when they get big. Sometimes they go as far back as the caudal fin. Bluefin don't grow this huge fins.
@@DanielMann thanks for that info. That confirms what I saw was a Yellowfin. At times on that crossing the Atlantic was so calm that there was not even a ripple on it. I have pics of that Tuna where it's like looking into an aquarium. the whole crew fell in love with that Tuna.
prob won't see this but I have a question - your weight vest - I have to move away from a weight belt due to having back surgery ad I didnt see a link for the weight vest in your description - can you let me know which one you have as there are not a ton of options. Thanks and great videos. Ps. also second question when you are out in the water how do you change your battery or do you just turn it off and on all the time? As go pro batteries dont last for a long long time. cheers
Hey there, I have a Polosub vest but the best one for safety is the sporasub one. I think I’ll get one of those soon actually. I sew my own lead shot pouches instead of hard weights. Much more comfortable. I don’t change my battery in the water, maybe at sea in a boat. I use one button on mode, or rabbit mode so when you press the top button, the camera comes on and starts recording. Press again and it stops recording and turns off. Only way to use one for spearfishing.
@@DanielMann thanks again for taking the time. Been swamped with work so never got around to seeing this until not. Just in time to order a vest for Christmas. Thank you again and im told once you hit Tier 10 Boris comes running after you if you take the rubbish out
Amazing video mate down where I am at univeristy in Falmouth Cornwall I have seen the Blue fins hunting and smashing bait schoals many times. They are abundant down here. I am looking to buy my first spear gun soon and get into the sport i cant wait !!!!!!!!!!!
@@DanielMann amazing creatures and amazing to have them in UK waters. U ever in Falmouth hit me up and if I can be cheeky take a look at my photography page on insta mikejollysphotography_. Thanks 🙏
👍 Dan the Man... (if you allow me to be that familiar...) Cool vid. Reminds me a bit of your past vidéos done on the road in Viking land... Time optimisation!
Perhaps unique vid, but very interesting and I'm sure you learned a bunch with that experience and hope it airs. Glad you took some time to get in and stick a few.., expect nothing less!
@@DanielMann true story is that when dayne shot his barrel at the start of my video, he only had his dive knife to cut it up, which is why i said ‘i’d save him and leave it here’ 😂 took about 40mins to half lop the head off, and we couldnt actually get it off, and then one of our mates pulled into the ramp with bigger knives.
This is exactly why I think spearfishing is the one method to catch fish that I think is all fine. Because you can pick the fish you want and will be able to dispatch it quickly. Instead of fishing with hook and pole, a net, and so on. That too often prolongs the suffering of the fish. And come with the risk of catching fish and other things you don't want.
Daniel, nice pictures. My one and only trip to Auz I went for a 4 day trip from Jervis bay to Carins ( won't get into the sith service from the dive operator ) but the boat skipper was sound. He had worked on the huge live capture boats for tuna...I had seen the doc on UK TV etc....I said about they filmed getting the sharks out the net alive...he laughed as said that was for the TV lol
The find the noise reduction in Da Vinci resolve much better than neat video. Unfortunately with the GoPro the footage is already highly compressed so it doesn’t give you much room to work with. It was a sunset dive after all!
Are you in Donegal? That place was off limits for us. Didn’t see the big surf, it was at the start of last month I was there. Surf sounded heavy though!
You can see a swift slice in the throat section in this video. Very quick and easy to do. You don’t need to hack the gills or totally sever the throat to bleed a fish. Cutting that soft area leads right to the heart and the fish bleeds out very quickly.
Hi Daniel! Congratulations on the channel and the videos. As for Ireland where I have to go to work in a few months I could not find videos where you can see catches of large sea bass. I have seen many fish but never very large. Can you tell me if there are also large sea bass?
Excellent content! I also shoot with a GH5 underwater. I struggle with MF underwater. The outline (highlight) area that shows what is in focus is not easy to see underwater (green, blue, yellow are the color options). Any advice on using MF underwater? Cheers!
I tend to put the focus peaking colour to green for underwater stuff. There is also the focus zoom function before you start rolling which is handy. For filming people I will generally focus on my fins and then keep that distance away from people.
I’m going spearfishing tomorrow for kingfish and I’m getting more exited after watching this.
Dan's just such a nice guy, he's so nice to watch
Much love from Philippines! 🇵🇭❤️
I’m Pinoy too but from California 😊😊 Do you watch Fisherman’s Life or Rokkit Kit?
@@agiantcub8it542 rokkit kit seen some of his videos. 😅
Title hooked me instantly! Can’t wait until we can see you spearing some mighty fishes on film.
I love watching this channel! Between this one, The Fish Locker, Haze Outdoors, Rokkit Kit, Philosophy D, Outdoor Chef, and Fisherman’s Life it’s hard to have a favorite! Well edited and knowledgeable guys.
Jump onto Joe PK as well mate, he’s got great UK diving content.
@@DanielMann already done it
I would think you'd want to get your catch out of the water before you bleed it out, so you don't attract sharks!!!😬
One of them passed through me a couple months ago when i was diving and i was shocked such a astonishing creature
That would have been an amazing sight.
Just found your channel and holy shit this is dope you rock
Amazing vid Daniel! Any sharks you should be aware of in this area?
Mako would be the ones I wouldn’t want to run into.
And to think the Chinese wouldn’t give a damn about any regulations and just exploit the population of tuna till it’s endangered.
Ik it's horrible
When i see this i wanna fucking dive haha
Nice videos daniel
Dan did you not think to use your own despatch knife to fillet the Pollock. That was a shitty Air B'n'B if they didn't even have a decent kitchen knife.
Been waiting to see you go at it again (spearfishing). Just hope one day I can spearfish with the mann himself. Good video bro
Title should have been “Spearing Irish pollock and filming giant bluefin tuna”
Amazing fish!
True live torpedos of the deep with huge power!
Was it caught while trawling Daniel?
Incredible power in these fish. Even more respect for your efforts after this trip Dimos. Yes, lures at the back of the boat. 4 lures with outriggers. Trolling around at 6 knots looking for bait balls and birds.
Yooo sick video man. The song you had on during the spearfishing complimented the spearfishing so much 😂 what song is that? Congrats on working on a TV program btw!
Class Video!
Just to be in the water beside one of those fish would be amazing, don't think I'd have the stones to actually stick a spear into one.
Whatever about other Europeans catching them ,we unfortunately sold out the fishing industry in favour of supporting the farmers to join the EU, there is also a fleet of Japanese longliners which are allowed fish these North Atlantic Tuna each year. There is currently one 55m Japanese vessel sitting just outside the Irish fishing grounds with more probably joining sooner rather than later.
Wishing you all the success with your Bluefin Docu🐟🐟🐟🐟
You normally do quite nice videos, but showing a half dead tuna as saying that you filmed a Giant 500 pound tuna is a false.... I'll go to the local fish market and send you a video.... maybe I will write 1000000 pounds tuna or calamari
I like your videos and find spearfishing ok if not done in an overfished area like the Mediterranean👍. But sportfishing, letting a fish nearly die and then back to the water? No respect for that, kind of PlayStation playing with life creatures👎
I think another TH-cam channel suggested sharpening shitty Airbnb knives with the base of a ceramic cup. Decent 💡
In France not everybody is allowed to shoot or to fish bluefin tuna you need to ask for a special permition from the government that allows you to take one bluefin tuna.
Not everybody receives the permition only a few people.
I like the name of the boat "kiwi Girl" great vid
Was the “cool,cool,cool” a community reference? Hope so, good fun as ever Dan.
Brooklyn nine nine 👌
Ireland is Ireland, Daniel. No need to say Republic or whatever.
just re watched this, thought i would ask what the progress with tuna footage for tv was? i got beyond lucky a few weeks back and had a giant bluefin swim past me whilst spearfishing my local headland in east devon and got it on camera, crazy only 7.5 metres 50 yards from beach lol
Pilot episode is all done but not sure if anything further has been done from there. They are showing up in big numbers now, would love to spear one.
Yeeew keep it up buddy
The real reason I clicked on this video was to see you fillet the pollack with the serrated knife 😉
There I was trying to impress people with my hunting skills. Then to be rendered useless with a serrated knife 🤦♂️
Went spearfishing for the first time in months on Friday in Kurnell, and was just so peaceful the fish didn't spool just hung around us saw some sharks a faint stingray size of my ute with 30 metres of vis, got me excited to go again
It’s been over 13 years since I’ve dived Kurnell. Lovely place.
@@DanielMann Yea went to boat Harbour because it's easy access, and there rocks with coral since I don't know anyone with a boat. Maybe one day when your back in Australia you can spear a vibrant selection of fish
We don’t say Republic of Ireland, just Ireland
Awesome video, how did the fish taste? job and knock 👌👍
The pollack are tasty as usual. Did them in a cider batter which was perfect.
Have you ever had problems with other fish trying to feed on the fish you just bled? I never did anything like this but when you cut that fish it made me jump and think "sharks!" To a layman like me that seemed crazy! Holding that bleeding fish in the open ocean... man! Badass!
Never too many problems. It’s not blood so much that attracts sharks in water, rather the vibrations of struggling fish and sounds.
And Mr Mann comes up with another great production! I find it amazing how you can adapt so well to different seas, weather, latitudes, etc. and still bring home some feed. Hat's off to you Sir!
Thanks André!
I want to make a homemade speargun and a fins but i dont have money hahaha lol
Cool vid Dan the Mann!
I like how Dan kills the fish quickly. Lessens its suffering.
Why do you have that o ring holding your flopper closed? I have one on my Salvimar but I’m afraid it won’t slip off the flopper when I hit the fish and the flopper won’t be able to open. Have you ever had that happen or have that fear as well?
The spear travels too fast for it to stay on there. Never had the problem and thousands of people in the Mediterranean use it daily. It’s not super tight anyways, just enough to hold it closed.
You should spear one in Brisbane there are still some spots
Northern bluefin/long tail tuna yes, but not these giants Atlantic bluefin. I’ve had a few mates shoot them off Brisbane and they go hard none the less.
@@DanielMann when you did the video I am spear fishing in my home town Brisbane where did you do it was it in redland bay where????
I launched from Scarborough.
@@DanielMann thanks
What county is that? Galway? I've caught plenty of pollack on the west coast with my spinning rod, so its nice to see what the underwater terrain looks like. Now I know why I lose so many lures.
Up in Sligo.
The beginning video style spoke Casey Neistat! Solid Work Daniel!
Never thought I’d be mentioned in the same sentence but stoked on that 💪
menakjubkan sekali master,salam dari indonesia,saya juga suka spearfishing
Me encanta el buceo, pero no tengo un arma, ¿puedes darme una por favor?
Good job sir...so informative about the atlantic blue fin tuna..keep it up
How long can you hold your breath? A minute or more?
Most dives I do in the U.K. are around 1-1:30.
Maximum depth you dive sir? In meters
You should go to Florida in the mangroves or something
Noticed you shaved the stache just before you got in the water. I can never get as good a seal with facial hair. Same for you?
Never works well for me after 3 days of clean shaving!
Hi dan love the vid is this waterproof housing available for a cannon camera and where would I get one pls uk glad to see jo landed you on fish last visit 👍👍👍
Hi mate, they make Nauticam housings for just about every make of camera and lens combination imaginable. Can get a little overwhelming when looking and not to mention expensive. Lucky my work place has the housing.
Should have told us you were comin to Ireland... I could've gotten an autograph😂
It was very last minute dot com this world trip with the weather window.
Beautiful fish! What is the difference between the Bluefin Tuna and a Yellowfin? The Bluefin also has yellow fins. When I sailed across the Atlantic Ocean we had a 2 meter Tuna swim next to the boat for 10 days (1500 miles). Totally beautiful to watch swimming at 7 knots without even moving it's body!
The yellowfin tuna doesn't handle as cold of water as the Atlantic bluefin tuna. The main difference is the yellowfin tuna have huge yellow sickle like dorsal & anal fins when they get big. Sometimes they go as far back as the caudal fin. Bluefin don't grow this huge fins.
@@DanielMann thanks for that info. That confirms what I saw was a Yellowfin. At times on that crossing the Atlantic was so calm that there was not even a ripple on it. I have pics of that Tuna where it's like looking into an aquarium. the whole crew fell in love with that Tuna.
Hey daniel, just wanted to say the link to your spearguns doesnt work for me for some reason :/
Old links and they are out of production!
prob won't see this but I have a question - your weight vest - I have to move away from a weight belt due to having back surgery ad I didnt see a link for the weight vest in your description - can you let me know which one you have as there are not a ton of options. Thanks and great videos. Ps. also second question when you are out in the water how do you change your battery or do you just turn it off and on all the time? As go pro batteries dont last for a long long time. cheers
Hey there, I have a Polosub vest but the best one for safety is the sporasub one. I think I’ll get one of those soon actually. I sew my own lead shot pouches instead of hard weights. Much more comfortable.
I don’t change my battery in the water, maybe at sea in a boat. I use one button on mode, or rabbit mode so when you press the top button, the camera comes on and starts recording. Press again and it stops recording and turns off. Only way to use one for spearfishing.
@@DanielMann thanks again for taking the time. Been swamped with work so never got around to seeing this until not. Just in time to order a vest for Christmas. Thank you again and im told once you hit Tier 10 Boris comes running after you if you take the rubbish out
One day you need to come to galicia, its northwest o spain and we have a lot of biodiversity!!, i will love to see you speardfishing in our waters
One day I hope to get to Spain for some diving. The license acquisition puts me off but I’m sure I’ll manage somehow.
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Amazing video mate down where I am at univeristy in Falmouth Cornwall I have seen the Blue fins hunting and smashing bait schoals many times. They are abundant down here. I am looking to buy my first spear gun soon and get into the sport i cant wait !!!!!!!!!!!
There has been loads of sightings all along the south coast. I saw one last month clear six feet out of the water.
@@DanielMann amazing creatures and amazing to have them in UK waters. U ever in Falmouth hit me up and if I can be cheeky take a look at my photography page on insta mikejollysphotography_.
Thanks 🙏
oh wow you are so good at the video in the water wow great job wow owo
Minute 4:27 bottom end of the screen, did anyone see that?
I'm very jealous watching you wearing different wet suit because i dont have any wet suit.
I hope someday i can afford buying wet suit.
Luckly no Great White came here to see you and the dead tuna , hehehe
I’m sure there are whites out there but none of the tuna are dead. All released.
@@DanielMann Ahhh ok so less danger, i didnt noticed. Great footage however
👍 Dan the Man... (if you allow me to be that familiar...)
Cool vid. Reminds me a bit of your past vidéos done on the road in Viking land... Time optimisation!
Do you have an actual job/career? How do you find the time and funds to travel so much?
Of course I do, this was my regular day job.
Where were you diving? West coast, Galway??
Sligo & Cork.
Nice video ciao Daniel.
Perhaps unique vid, but very interesting and I'm sure you learned a bunch with that experience and hope it airs. Glad you took some time to get in and stick a few.., expect nothing less!
In the spring of 2021 dan travels to melbourne and shoots a bluefin and only has a serrated paring knife, found in an airbnb, to fillet the beast.
Pleasure & pain 🤪
@@DanielMann true story is that when dayne shot his barrel at the start of my video, he only had his dive knife to cut it up, which is why i said ‘i’d save him and leave it here’ 😂 took about 40mins to half lop the head off, and we couldnt actually get it off, and then one of our mates pulled into the ramp with bigger knives.
My worst nightmare!
This is exactly why I think spearfishing is the one method to catch fish that I think is all fine. Because you can pick the fish you want and will be able to dispatch it quickly. Instead of fishing with hook and pole, a net, and so on. That too often prolongs the suffering of the fish. And come with the risk of catching fish and other things you don't want.
Daniel, nice pictures. My one and only trip to Auz I went for a 4 day trip from Jervis bay to Carins
( won't get into the sith service from the dive operator ) but the boat skipper was sound. He had worked on the huge live capture boats for tuna...I had seen the doc on UK TV etc....I said about they filmed getting the sharks out the net alive...he laughed as said that was for the TV lol
love catching those big tuna
Hey Daniel, quick question if you don’t mind, how do you wash your speargun especially the reel and lines with it ?
Just fresh water.
@@DanielMann cheers 🍻
Yes Ireland have good fish
You can sell the 500 pounds bluefin tuna to Japan, which would make you a millionaire, no joking.
Apart from the fact it is illegal to take them here... I’d struggle to sell a bluefin. I’d eat it all myself!
@@DanielMann The Japanese people is crazy about this fish, but I like the way you think about and deal with this.Thumbs up!👍🏻
Dan I wish I can have your good lucky speargun rubber :) , joke nice video man ..
Very interesting. You story telling just gets better and better.
With your refined accent-neutral vocal, you might be the next David Attenborough. 😊
Great Vid Daniel. TV Work !! Good Luck. I hope the gig works out for You !
Where you fishing of mullaghmore, county sligo ?👍
Yup.
interesting boat name kingfisher boat ? think there made in tauranga nz ?
Yup, purchased from a New Zealand skipper I believe.
Great vid. You should get NEAT for the under exposed shots. Big difference.
The find the noise reduction in Da Vinci resolve much better than neat video. Unfortunately with the GoPro the footage is already highly compressed so it doesn’t give you much room to work with. It was a sunset dive after all!
@@DanielMann I posted that midway through the watch, clearly you have Devinci Resolve :D
Knew You Would do That
lucky sod. I can't get into the sea because of the 5km travel restriction. Did you get to see the big surf also?
Are you in Donegal? That place was off limits for us. Didn’t see the big surf, it was at the start of last month I was there. Surf sounded heavy though!
@@DanielMann I have mates who are out in Leitrim close to Bundoran and Mullaghmore. I am currently stuck on the east coast unfortunately.
It is really nice content!!!! Keep it Up!! Excellent!!
Where in Ireland did you go? On the west coast you HAVE to dive at Kilkey! Rated as one of the best in Europe I believe
This was all up around county Sligo.
@@DanielMann dope. Hope you enjoyed it!
Any chance to travel at the moment is enjoyable 💪
Man we all love you. Even if we didn’t like it we would still put a thumbs up just bc of how much we respect you! ✊
Hello Daniel, how are you? Wonderful job, good luck to my brother

Awesome video! Makes me want to learn spearfishing
Really amazing video Daniel!Diving in the middle of the Atlantic and trying to get a shot by handling the camera manually, is a really good job mate💪💪
Thank you mate. I’ve been enjoying your videos lately, keep up the good work.
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Awesome video! Nice to see you dive in Ireland and get some Pollock! Can you explain how you bleed a fish underwater?
You can see a swift slice in the throat section in this video. Very quick and easy to do. You don’t need to hack the gills or totally sever the throat to bleed a fish. Cutting that soft area leads right to the heart and the fish bleeds out very quickly.
thanks for the uplaod, didnt think i'd learn so much about a tuna in 3 mins lol,. cheers !
EU all up is a joke.
Thumbs up
Amazing
Hey Daniel, what isnit that you do for work?
I work as a camera operator & editor.
Just realised you left the rubber band around the flopper any reason your you just forget?
I have it there on purpose to keep the flopper shut when diving. Doesn’t spook the fish as much and doesn’t get caught on kelp & weed.
@@DanielMann thanks for the tip
Hi Daniel! Congratulations on the channel and the videos. As for Ireland where I have to go to work in a few months I could not find videos where you can see catches of large sea bass. I have seen many fish but never very large. Can you tell me if there are also large sea bass?
I got a 52?cm one in South donegal, I didn't know they got that far up, decent size pollack and Coleys are also there, OK mullet etc
Cool cool cool cool cool! Love this one insane footage. You should of flimed filleting the pollock with that knife 😂💪
I would have got flagged for too many expletives if I filmed that part 😆
45% of catch and release fish die in 6 days.. studis say
Do you have a link to the paper that shows that study?
Spearfishing or not ...Amazing !!!!!! Need to see and catch ones in my lifetime
Dimos knows where to find them!
I love how you say visibility is great, no it’s not
If you’ve dived in Ireland you’ll know this is good visibility.
you tha mann
Excellent content! I also shoot with a GH5 underwater. I struggle with MF underwater. The outline (highlight) area that shows what is in focus is not easy to see underwater (green, blue, yellow are the color options). Any advice on using MF underwater? Cheers!
I tend to put the focus peaking colour to green for underwater stuff. There is also the focus zoom function before you start rolling which is handy. For filming people I will generally focus on my fins and then keep that distance away from people.
@@DanielMann Thank you for that insight! Cheers!
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Very good job
Thank you!