Dan you dropped down in the middle of a scamp meeting. If you had thirty minutes of bottom time you would have needed a crane to get them on the deck. Great video brother I enjoyed the heck out of it
@@anthonynewton289 you do like to argue. I don’t. Since we can’t meet face to face and discuss this the way grown men do this is done. Assuming you are a grown man
Worked in a Friends Shop in the 80's ...Ultimate Spearguns ..He had an over under "double barrel" and my favorite ...the "light gun" with a custom made light built in to the nose of the gun ..A magnetic switch just where your thumb could turn on the momentary switch...and rechargeable ..closest thing to a laser sight I ever saw ... He also had "bullpup" guns with the sears made way back allowing a 60 inch shaft gun to be much shorter ... We also made "disposable" powerheads by the 1000's .. Wish he hadn't gone out of business ... He is a genius ..
Why, because most of them are Freedivers that don't use scuba tanks and complain commenting "In my state Scuba tanks are illegal, scuba tanks makes everything easy or even say "Thats not a sport".
@@pajino7116 Back at 2013, Hawaii (Honolulu) banned scuba diving in the west because of exploit marine resources using scuba diving equipment. This was a long time ago though.
"...Hey what's going on over there, ...don't know. Let's go check it out"! Nice eye-ball release at 8:10! If you ever need a chef on-board to keep you nourished, let me know!
Your taking it to a new level with spearing and filming. Thanks for allowing us to dive with you. Im a free diver and speared all over the wourld but you can out shoot me any day at any depth.... spay safe brother......... Live free or die
Not hard to out do someone spearing when you got an air tank on your back , my grandma could do that with a tank too, free dive and do it that’s a game changer
You get better with practice but most Free divers do not concentrate on killing the fish outright because of the line attached . Dan has to either kill the fish outright or damage it enough so that it will not get away with your spear . Having a line attached is troublesome when you are spearing around wreckage because of wires and doors that a fish can go thru , and you have to untangle that to get your spear free to get the fish .
Time is money and money is pounds of fish. Just think of the tangled up mess you would have with a tethered spear. Of course stoning fish with head shots is the secret to success. Great video Dan!
Is there a difference in market price between reds, blacks, gags and scamp? I can only sell lionfish but I'm curious on the economics of the decision to stay in the one spot on this dive.
I commercial fished for 30+ years. Traditional ly prices are low to high, red, gag, then scamp. Dan, I am 67 and have dove since I was 12. Your equipment and skills are impressive.
Completely agree. I work for an automotive OEM that prides itself on process Developement and Dan’s process optimization is exemplary. “Stringer Filler”!
That was kind of like a slot machine…Lol Really enjoyed the video! If you don’t mind, could you explain the commercial values of the fish you shoot. Which is most valuable and such? Thanks!
Since Dan is fishing under a Commercial License what he chooses to take is mostly determined by his supplier . HE takes Gags first because they will scoot off and leave quickly when the shooting starts . Many other types will stick around , and so he can get some of those if time still allows . The Gags pay around $5 - $6 a pound , and he can take as many as he can find because the Commercial guidelines are done on a total weight for the season . The AJ's are required to be at least 3 feet long to be legal for Commercial fishing , and so they are between 40 - 70 pounds each mostly ( he normally lets the bigger ones go for breeders ) and only sell for $1.50 a pound or so . The AJ's have a 1,000 pound limit for the trip on the water , and they try to get close to that 1,000 before they go back in .
@@briananderson1141 Try free diving spearfishing, as all of us do. We care for the future, we don't wipe out all the fish in one dive so. We do sustainable hunting. Scuba gear during spearfishing doesn't conclude to anything sustainable.
@@Spyros_Mazarakis Who is "all of us"? Have you ever been on a dive with me spearfishing? Where did you get the data that SCUBA Spearfishers kill everything in sight? Do you realize that there are bag limits on sport fish for a reason? If those bag limits are met by every person with a license, the fish as a whole will still survive. Did you know that we humans are a part of the ecosystem. Does your country even have a wildlife conservation program? Here in the states, the hunting type are typically not savages as you have in some 3rd world countries. Get over yourself, you're not better than anyone and you have no idea what you're talking about. Have a wonderfully miserable remainder of your short life.
Dan McMahon ! I just can't help but respond to those haters... nothing but paperweights those ( probably the same folks behind lab-grown meat 😂 )...My hat is totally off to you and your crew ! You guys make a living in a way that any REAL man would would proud of !! I've busted my ass (in a different industry) all my life to earn my take. You guys risk your lives to put a meal in front of someone whose only real concern is how much to tip the waitstaff or if they're gonna get laid for buying their significant other an expensive meal. In my book, you and the guys you work with have balls of titanium ! Get a huge kick outta your vids !!! Be safe out there 👍
Really enjoying the vids!! Any chance you could explain some of the gauge readings? I'm not a scuba diver but 199 seems to mean you're ready to get back in the boat. A little bit of text on the vids if you've got the time would really help people like me
That 199 you saw is how much time you could stay at that depth according to the computer , and the 199 is MAX . The lower left number on same screen is the depth you are at now . He keeps checking that number so he knows when to take his next decompression stop .
Where in the world can you spear fish with air tanks on. Its just a slaughter. It was banned 30yrs ago in Australia. Also Grouper are a protected species here because they are to easy to catch with a spear gun.
They’re 200+ feet down and commercial fishing, go ahead and try that free diving. They’re fishing for a living, not for sport. Australia is a communist country, their laws are awful. I’d rather burn alive than live in such a shit country, where you can have the police bash down your door for posting about a party during covid.
Beautiful video makes me want to and try my own hand at it. The vibes, wakes my instinct I wanna go, setup a playlist with *Metallica* One and *Delta Parole* Wasted and go off into my own world right this moment.
lol i know the feeling bro.... they come up with a nice stringer full of fish like yeah theres more there man hit it.... but in the back of your head youre like yeah but they bagged all the good ones hahaha.... but ya never know til ya make the dive. turns out these are scamp infested waters lol good stuff as always man thanks for sharing
He also stayed in the one small spot , and when his Buddy ? came by you could see there were still a bunch of Scamp down there in that one small spot . Makes you wonder how many other places down there you could find concentrations of mostly not bothered fish .
Hello friend, very good fishing, excellent, I like them a lot and your videos are very good. Please could you tell me what make and model your rubber harpoon is, I really like that multi-arrow system you have. greetings and a big hug from Venezuela.
Those scamps are BEAUTIFUL!!! I would have done the same exact thing. I need ALL those scamps. That first big gag you commented on, was he moving too fast and you figured you couldn't catch him?
Dan you always seem to have it going on. Nice haul!! I have to say too in other videos I definitely respect your commitment in finding fish you shot but got off somehow and just staying with it and finally finding them. Stay safe👍🏻👍🏻
This is the best spear-fisherman in the world no doubt about it! Wouldn’t be surprised if he was a military diver… never misses a shot, always comes up with at least 7 fish at crazy depths, and is super religious about his air times. Dan was definitely born to to do this and for anyone trying to be remotely close to this good has to follow the same steps and procedures he does as he sets the professional limitations that one could just never exceed. Sick videos Dan, love the set up on the gun super smart and efficient would be cool to dive down and watch personally but i could just keep watching it on the box while i eat dinner. My dad and I really wanna meet you in person just to meet the best. 🤙🏼
Love the old video. I'm just now starting to use a GoPro on my hunts and have not perfected the art of filming or editing. Wish I had video of my last dive a week ago when the bull shark ate 3 grouper and a fish ring in one gulp. I hope he choked on it 🤣
Someone put a Thumbs Down for this video 🤔🙄. Not sure what their problem was with the video but Dan is a Machine when he hits the water. Cool, Calm, Professional. Maybe this person dosen't understand what Dan and the crew do for a living. These guys live to Dive and put food in customers stomachs, very dangerous at those depths. DAN God Bless you and the Crew, Families. Keep these videos coming brother.
By my count....7 Scamp and a nice Gag.....It appeared to me that those Scamp had no clue as to the danger they were in.....It also looked to me like you didn't have to move 10 feet...I'd say you "waxed " them pretty thoroughly....I kept waiting for the Jewfish who never showed....Great precision shooting....Stay safe...WT
Great content but honestly don’t like to see that many grouper taken off of 1 reef especially after you said it was a high pressured spot (even within daily bag limit). Not hating, just think conservation is the mark of a great sportsman instead of having to “wax them” but I digress. If y’all have an overabundance of them in that area I take it all back!
Be awesome if you did dive breakdowns during the vid. Like depth an gas for the dive. When you switch to the pony bottle on the way up. How you use helium/oxygen. I never see Nitrox stickers on the tanks.
Awesome vid like usual Dan!!! You are truly a fish slayer bro!!! I’m glad you only have a LIMITED amount of oxygen or else you’d be able to wipe out a whole colony of fish. LOL. Be safe out there brother.
Dan you dropped down in the middle of a scamp meeting. If you had thirty minutes of bottom time you would have needed a crane to get them on the deck. Great video brother I enjoyed the heck out of it
Scamp just made the endangered list
If you think this is sport than your a bigger fw than Dan.
@@anthonynewton289 this is commercial not sport don’t mix the two up.
why create a fish habitat just to destroy the breeders? commercial or not.
@@anthonynewton289 you do like to argue. I don’t. Since we can’t meet face to face and discuss this the way grown men do this is done. Assuming you are a grown man
Worked in a Friends Shop in the 80's ...Ultimate Spearguns ..He had an over under "double barrel" and my favorite ...the "light gun" with a custom made light built in to the nose of the gun ..A magnetic switch just where your thumb could turn on the momentary switch...and rechargeable ..closest thing to a laser sight I ever saw ... He also had "bullpup" guns with the sears made way back allowing a 60 inch shaft gun to be much shorter ... We also made "disposable" powerheads by the 1000's .. Wish he hadn't gone out of business ... He is a genius ..
Can’t get enough of this stuff, great diving men.
Used to have a Pipes off the Waianae Coast of Oahu but the hurricanes took them away. Nice!
Robin Hood of the Sea.
Great shots, awesome visibility on our perspective.
Why the thumbs down ? This diver has always been a professional ... keep up the videos Dan and keep them coming.
Agreed😎🤘
Agree 👍👍 the best soo far
Why, because most of them are Freedivers that don't use scuba tanks and complain commenting "In my state Scuba tanks are illegal, scuba tanks makes everything easy or even say "Thats not a sport".
@@NaelRamos01 what state is that & Y is it illegal?
@@pajino7116 Back at 2013, Hawaii (Honolulu) banned scuba diving in the west because of exploit marine resources using scuba diving equipment. This was a long time ago though.
Wow nice video vlog.
More power to u.
Enjoy and be safe.
Thank you for allowing all of us to live vicariously through your videos when we can't make it offshore. Be well and God bless.
"...Hey what's going on over there, ...don't know. Let's go check it out"! Nice eye-ball release at 8:10! If you ever need a chef on-board to keep you nourished, let me know!
the more you shoot, the more they come out lol !
great dive
Nice fishing watching from philippines keefsafe
Wow, what patience you have. I would have shot too early on the one scamp at 6:34. Good job!
I hope soon i can received from you a diving equipment even old but good condition,.
Thanks bro, God bless you always
Another awesome video dan...couldnt wait to see pipes again
Great video Dan!!! You the man!!! Be safe God bless
like shooting fish in a barrel. A grouper is a grouper, they all weigh and they all pay! Looked like you were having fun.great dive and great video.
Great Dive Dan. Thanks for sharing
Keep safe bro..wow amazing so many big fish..
I like your videos ,good catch
Keep your video coming bro…u r the best Of the best out there.🙏
Thank you HYC, glad you're enjoying the videos! Best, Dan
Wow… going to town at pipes. Fun to watch Again
Always safe brother, and enjoy ❤
Heck of a stringer Dan. Great use of bottom time
Shooting gallery with them Scamps. I could see some shafts and fish getting lost shooting big gags in that stuff. Nice job .👍
Nice catch n also good show brother.
Shooting fish in a barrel or pipe in this case!😂 Great adventure to watch! Thanks Dan!
Your taking it to a new level with spearing and filming. Thanks for allowing us to dive with you. Im a free diver and speared all over the wourld but you can out shoot me any day at any depth....
spay safe brother.........
Live free or die
Not hard to out do someone spearing when you got an air tank on your back , my grandma could do that with a tank too, free dive and do it that’s a game changer
You get better with practice but most Free divers do not concentrate on killing the fish outright because of the line attached . Dan has to either kill the fish outright or damage it enough so that it will not get away with your spear . Having a line attached is troublesome when you are spearing around wreckage because of wires and doors that a fish can go thru , and you have to untangle that to get your spear free to get the fish .
Time is money and money is pounds of fish. Just think of the tangled up mess you would have with a tethered spear. Of course stoning fish with head shots is the secret to success. Great video Dan!
Nice video Dan by the way,that little fish wasn't afraid of you 😂😂 sims he was saying ,bring it on
Awesome job brother!! One hell of a workout
Great video!
Damn it scamp is my favorite eating grouper. Them suckers were everywhere! Nice job 👏!
Is there a difference in market price between reds, blacks, gags and scamp? I can only sell lionfish but I'm curious on the economics of the decision to stay in the one spot on this dive.
I commercial fished for 30+ years. Traditional ly prices are low to high, red, gag, then scamp. Dan, I am 67 and have dove since I was 12. Your equipment and skills are impressive.
Completely agree. I work for an automotive OEM that prides itself on process Developement and Dan’s process optimization is exemplary. “Stringer Filler”!
Bro! That’s a stringer 🤙🏽
That was kind of like a slot machine…Lol
Really enjoyed the video!
If you don’t mind, could you explain the commercial values of the fish you shoot.
Which is most valuable and such? Thanks!
Since Dan is fishing under a Commercial License what he chooses to take is mostly determined by his supplier . HE takes Gags first because they will scoot off and leave quickly when the shooting starts . Many other types will stick around , and so he can get some of those if time still allows . The Gags pay around $5 - $6 a pound , and he can take as many as he can find because the Commercial guidelines are done on a total weight for the season . The AJ's are required to be at least 3 feet long to be legal for Commercial fishing , and so they are between 40 - 70 pounds each mostly ( he normally lets the bigger ones go for breeders ) and only sell for $1.50 a pound or so . The AJ's have a 1,000 pound limit for the trip on the water , and they try to get close to that 1,000 before they go back in .
I am a simple man. I see oxygen devices while spearfishing, I dislike
Yes you are simple, SCUBA tanks are filled with air during normal diving, O2 is DEADLY at 30+ feet!
You probably chase down animals you hunt on foot and beat them to death with rocks too. How dare people use the tools we've created to our advantage.
@@briananderson1141 Try free diving spearfishing, as all of us do. We care for the future, we don't wipe out all the fish in one dive so. We do sustainable hunting. Scuba gear during spearfishing doesn't conclude to anything sustainable.
@@Spyros_Mazarakis
Who is "all of us"?
Have you ever been on a dive with me spearfishing?
Where did you get the data that SCUBA Spearfishers kill everything in sight?
Do you realize that there are bag limits on sport fish for a reason?
If those bag limits are met by every person with a license, the fish as a whole will still survive.
Did you know that we humans are a part of the ecosystem.
Does your country even have a wildlife conservation program?
Here in the states, the hunting type are typically not savages as you have in some 3rd world countries.
Get over yourself, you're not better than anyone and you have no idea what you're talking about.
Have a wonderfully miserable remainder of your short life.
Dan McMahon ! I just can't help but respond to those haters... nothing but paperweights those ( probably the same folks behind lab-grown meat 😂 )...My hat is totally off to you and your crew ! You guys make a living in a way that any REAL man would would proud of !! I've busted my ass (in a different industry) all my life to earn my take. You guys risk your lives to put a meal in front of someone whose only real concern is how much to tip the waitstaff or if they're gonna get laid for buying their significant other an expensive meal. In my book, you and the guys you work with have balls of titanium ! Get a huge kick outta your vids !!! Be safe out there 👍
Really enjoying the vids!! Any chance you could explain some of the gauge readings? I'm not a scuba diver but 199 seems to mean you're ready to get back in the boat. A little bit of text on the vids if you've got the time would really help people like me
That 199 you saw is how much time you could stay at that depth according to the computer , and the 199 is MAX . The lower left number on same screen is the depth you are at now . He keeps checking that number so he knows when to take his next decompression stop .
@@daveobsoleteammo4547 thanks Dave much appreciated!
Good catch dan you get some lovely once 👍🏿
just finished watching from Phil. thank u.
Dan, you are the MAN!! Another classic video, great work!
Goood brooo
Waooo is Fery good.... 👍👍👍👍
another sick vid, awesome man!
Nice video.....
What pipe doing there, so many catches....nice dive again sir
Like a video game! Thanks, Dan.
Where in the world can you spear fish with air tanks on. Its just a slaughter. It was banned 30yrs ago in Australia. Also Grouper are a protected species here because they are to easy to catch with a spear gun.
America. Few people spear here outside of the keys. Also in the gulf you have to go deep. Deeper = less pressure on the population from spears.
They’re 200+ feet down and commercial fishing, go ahead and try that free diving. They’re fishing for a living, not for sport. Australia is a communist country, their laws are awful. I’d rather burn alive than live in such a shit country, where you can have the police bash down your door for posting about a party during covid.
Great job
Amazing vidio fhising
Thanks Mas...glad you liked it! Best, Dan
Beautiful video makes me want to and try my own hand at it. The vibes, wakes my instinct I wanna go, setup a playlist with *Metallica* One and *Delta Parole* Wasted and go off into my own world right this moment.
I was waiting to see Mario or Luigi popping out of the pipes. 😂
Good catch brother.
Thank you GG, glad you enjoyed the video! Best, Dan
Your the man Dan ! What a lovely haul, just like at the shooting gallery . Great fun watching the video , Cheer's Dan.
love this guys vids
Mais uma vez, tirou onda!!! Sou seu fã!!!
Wow amazing 😲😲😲
Isn't it illegal to use scuba tanks when going underwater fishing?
It's regulated but legal in the US.
Hello Dan, I'm in the market for a new Speargun and was wondering what kind of gun you run in these awesome vids. Keep it up dude!
excellent fishing Dan I congratulate you for all your videos and I watched them all 😁👍👍👍
lol i know the feeling bro.... they come up with a nice stringer full of fish like yeah theres more there man hit it.... but in the back of your head youre like yeah but they bagged all the good ones hahaha.... but ya never know til ya make the dive. turns out these are scamp infested waters lol
good stuff as always man thanks for sharing
He also stayed in the one small spot , and when his Buddy ? came by you could see there were still a bunch of Scamp down there in that one small spot . Makes you wonder how many other places down there you could find concentrations of mostly not bothered fish .
Nice vid. But i would love to know what the numbers mean on the Status 1. Would be much appreciate to know how long you have left or whatsoever... :)
you nailed the hell out of those scamps no worries all need was a bit more time 👍🏿👊🏿
Hello friend, very good fishing, excellent, I like them a lot and your videos are very good. Please could you tell me what make and model your rubber harpoon is, I really like that multi-arrow system you have. greetings and a big hug from Venezuela.
Sauté scampi for everyone, nice stoning dan
Nice work .
Loved this one man! Thanks for showing all the fish at the end. You SLAYED!
Had me holding my breath on that shot!
oxygen+spearfishing=prison
Maybe in your pond but not in lots of other places. Thanks for watching. Dan
So cool!
Capt. Dan, way to smack’m and stack’m. Good Dive.
what gun are your using? my koah battle axe is not even close to as quick as your free shaft shots
Those scamps are BEAUTIFUL!!! I would have done the same exact thing. I need ALL those scamps.
That first big gag you commented on, was he moving too fast and you figured you couldn't catch him?
Your the man Dan
Nice catch Dan…
That was sweet. Saw your boy move in and take your spot. We have a name for that on the east coast and it ain't teamwork... lmaoooo
Dan you always seem to have it going on. Nice haul!!
I have to say too in other videos I definitely respect your commitment in finding fish you shot but got off somehow and just staying with it and finally finding them. Stay safe👍🏻👍🏻
How meny spear with outrope you´ve been lost?
This is the best spear-fisherman in the world no doubt about it! Wouldn’t be surprised if he was a military diver… never misses a shot, always comes up with at least 7 fish at crazy depths, and is super religious about his air times. Dan was definitely born to to do this and for anyone trying to be remotely close to this good has to follow the same steps and procedures he does as he sets the professional limitations that one could just never exceed. Sick videos Dan, love the set up on the gun super smart and efficient would be cool to dive down and watch personally but i could just keep watching it on the box while i eat dinner. My dad and I really wanna meet you in person just to meet the best. 🤙🏼
Love the old video. I'm just now starting to use a GoPro on my hunts and have not perfected the art of filming or editing. Wish I had video of my last dive a week ago when the bull shark ate 3 grouper and a fish ring in one gulp. I hope he choked on it 🤣
how deep was that?
Are these the pipes off of Jacksonville, FL?
James, no they're in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. Just past the Florida Middle Grounds. Best, Dan
Dan…great video, question for you. What size hose are you using inside the powerheads?
He uses 1/4 inch air pump type hose . That inside .025 diameter is super close to the size of his 7.5 mm ( .027 ) shaft .
Someone put a Thumbs Down for this video 🤔🙄. Not sure what their problem was with the video but Dan is a Machine when he hits the water. Cool, Calm, Professional. Maybe this person dosen't understand what Dan and the crew do for a living. These guys live to Dive and put food in customers stomachs, very dangerous at those depths. DAN God Bless you and the Crew, Families. Keep these videos coming brother.
Eroico pescare con le bombole......questa pesca va fatta solo in apnea!
When you will make a cray fish catch?
Or its ilegal?
Nice 👍👍
1 area amazing
Hey Dan, Layne here! Wish I could go with you guys lol! Been a while!
By my count....7 Scamp and a nice Gag.....It appeared to me that those Scamp had no clue as to the danger they were in.....It also looked to me like you didn't have to move 10 feet...I'd say you "waxed " them pretty thoroughly....I kept waiting for the Jewfish who never showed....Great precision shooting....Stay safe...WT
Great content but honestly don’t like to see that many grouper taken off of 1 reef especially after you said it was a high pressured spot (even within daily bag limit). Not hating, just think conservation is the mark of a great sportsman instead of having to “wax them” but I digress. If y’all have an overabundance of them in that area I take it all back!
Feel envy!
Nice!!!¡
Be awesome if you did dive breakdowns during the vid. Like depth an gas for the dive. When you switch to the pony bottle on the way up. How you use helium/oxygen. I never see Nitrox stickers on the tanks.
Dan that was GREAT! Bravo, my man...... Bravo!
Awesome vid like usual Dan!!! You are truly a fish slayer bro!!! I’m glad you only have a LIMITED amount of oxygen or else you’d be able to wipe out a whole colony of fish. LOL. Be safe out there brother.
Nice jag again
Right at 2:10 you look to the left. It looks like an outline of something big just out of sight!
Panghatag usa isda bai suwa naho panihapon
spearfish using scuba? it is allowed??
What speargun is that?