Spearfishing for Mahi Mahi / Dolphin fish? What you NEED to know!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.ค. 2024
- Hey all! A lot of you guys have been asking for more tutorial and beginner type spearfishing videos so I put this one together on everything you need to know to start getting out there spearfishing for Mahi Mahi. Also known as dolphin fish or dorado. In this video I cover the life cycle of them, where to find them, best practises for landing and a few tips on getting the big ones close to you when hunting on the FAD's. On the East Coast of Australia spring is a great time to go and find yourself a trophy fish so get out there!
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Love your stuff mate. I'm in Queensland hopefully heading out to target dolphin fish for my first time spearfishing with a gun. Can't wait
Cant wait for that vid nick
Whoa! Nick Fry on my channel! Watched heaps of your videos man, even watched your dolphin fish catch and cook last week with the crashed drone. You’ll smash it out there off the wave rider mate 👌
Good luck !
I love your channel
How'd it go?
Found you yesterday and binged watched like crazy, you deserve so many more subs.
Thank you sir!
@@DanielMann you are the best mate cheers
finally a new video I've watched so many of yours over and over such a good chanel
Thanks guys!
You guys are just amazing. i saw all your videos and i learned a lot ! i wish i could Spearfishing 12 months per year ... This is the definition of hapiness for me
Ur mom is happiness for me
As soon as i saw the notification i knew it would be a great video.
amazing video dan, been watching you heaps and you have no idea how excited ive been for this video!! Love these sort of videos talking about species hunting! keep it up🤙🏽
Thanks Lincoln, what other species would you like to see?
Unfortunately never shot one.
If you can kingies would be awesome! Trevally would be also really cool!
A lot of people now i see are hunting after coral trout species as well, that could be interesting, as there are gun techniques like shifting it around and stuff to make the fish turn.
YES a new one! I absolutely froth these dude, amazing content every single time!
Thanks Curtis!
Man I enjoy SO MUCH waching your videos!
Quality 100%
Please naver stop and may you always dive safely!!
oath
MATE. I'm probably never going to have this experience and yet I'd know exactly what to do if I did. This video is so informative, it's better than a professional guide.
Hey Dan, I found your channel today and in total I’ve probably watched around 2-3 hours of you lol. You’ve inspired me to attempt to start spearfishing. It’ll be hard for me though because there aren’t many places around me with clear enough water. I love the channel though man keep up the good work!!
Thanks Payton! Where in the world are you from?
Dan you da man! Been counting down the days
Thanks Daniel, heaps of good advice as always
Some great advice all through this vid,
another great video dude! definitely gonna try and get one of these this summer
Love your work Dan! Especially all the info and tips you pass on to noobs like myself! Thanks for your efforts in your awesome videos! If you ever come visit nz id be honoured if you jumped onboard with us! Much love bro
Yesssss, just in time, i was about to fall asleep when this jewel poped up
Sorry to keep you up!
Awesome to see you again
Such an informative vid mate, i'm from Perth and our FADs open up in November "2 Weeks"
I cant wait to get out and hopefully get one of these bad boys in the boat on film & on my youtube channel too!
you always have great info/ great quality vids and keep it up LEDGE!
YES, new video.. good day
Thanks Clark!
Great vid as usual, thanks Daniel !
i can't even hold my breath for a min
let alone ever been in the open ocean
why do i watch these hehe
awesome content
Thank you thank you thank you thank you love your vids there the best I have been waiting like 3 weeks for this video
Love it Dan, another top vid! 👌🏻
Thanks Matt!
Awesome video mate! I'll see if I can bag me a few of these beauties on my next dive.
Awesome footage, and great tips!!!
this channel deserves way more subscribers, awesome footage and great videos
Thanks man!
FAD-tastic vid dan, loven it
Cheers Liam!
Ahhh, the feel of Summer Dan. Good stuff mate, plus very informative. Thumbs up.
Cheers Gordy, hope you get out and smash some. New mechanism going alright?
Yeah all good mate.
Awesome video, awesome fish, so glad there was finally another one to watch
Always something in the works 👌
Daniel Mann awesome can't wait
It’s good that you’ve got example videos for almost everything you say 👍.
Awesome video mate thinking about going out to the FAD's this summer cheers for the advice
Good luck.
Another amazing video, lesson and a delicious fish! Thanks!!
Cheers Darron!
thats amazing mate thank you for all this help you are legend you channel is the best i hope i can visit Australia
this is so kool..I need u to make a video on tips for deep diving and how you know that u have reach your limits..I have been doing spearfishing for a very long time and am ready to push my self further down in depths like you guys..
Thank you for sharing your advices are precious and really clear ! The best !!
Thanks man!
Thank you Daniel!!! Great video
Excellent tutorial. Thank You.
Love your vids mate you deserve more than 55k subs
Fantastic Video! Informativ, great footage, awesome! Looking always forward to see the newest🤙
Thanks Peter!
Good diving guy's fantastic shots
Unreal video like usually, keep up the good work 🤙
Thanks Harrison!
In the Mediterranean, these Mahi Mahi will actually come really near the shore. Usually chasing some schools of smaller fish.
Fantastic video with great tips! Thanks for the great content!
Cheers Keaton, glad you enjoyed it.
You're welcome as I'm a spearo too I love to see spearfishing video. And I like yours ciao ciao 👍it's a pleasure
This is a good breakfast... With a video from Daniel!!!😍
Why thank you sir!
hi daniel its charlie again i love your videos so much they bring the determination and bring out the depretion i have thank you so so so so much again
Solid info and a great video once again!
Thanks man!
Wonderful video! If you're ever in Hawaii.. thank you for all the tips. Been freediving here the past 2 years & am hopeful to start spearing! Great respects for our ocean waters. Aloha
Thanks man, good luck finding yourself a Mahi!
Awesome vid from start to end! These look like a good fish to target when jump from reefies onto something a bit bigger!
Awesome video Dan!
Thanks guys!
Wow, as always an amazing video. Everytime I watch your videos I get inspired to get into spearfishing when I get older. Maybe you could do some collaborations with other youtuber in the future. Like blacktip, Jifgi'n with Jordin and others.
Great vid Mann👊
Thanks Kevin!
Excellent video and good tips! Thanks!
Cheers!
New video yeah hey 😍
Bro super helpful for a beginner like me look forward to watching more of your videos
Cheers Liam, what else would you like to see?
@@DanielMann cheers for getting back to me man.. I would love to see some coral trout and maybe some kingfish if you ever target either species?. Cher man liam
@@DanielMann cheers for getting back to me man.. I would love to see some coral trout and maybe some kingfish if you ever target either species?. Cher man liam
absolutely stunning... we don't have FADs here but i guess a bamboo floating balsa will do the trick as well. will try that next month...
100% that will attract them after a week!
Great tips
Love your vids bro, very informative and full of inspiration.
I'm from Barbados the Caribbean, you have to take down here sometime.
Cheers Stephen!
Another bloody great video
Thanks Bill!
Nice video and cool scenes! Love hunting mahi mahi, too - but over here we find them deeper and not to much on the surface. Maybe the water is way to hot in the Emirates in summer. Partially we find them below bait fish shoals and around 20 meters of depth, where the water is much colder.
It is very true that if one does not shoot when going down for some dives, after, the larger ones finally appear seeing the smaller ones cruising peacefully close to the spearo :)
We mostly use reelguns with reels but without floats (less entangling of lines).
A little tip: The first spearo shooting a mahi should not pull him up immediately. Leave them around 5 meters or a bit more and all the other mahis will come in to check whats up. Doing so each of us can shoot one in the same encounter.
Hey how are you I am actually subscribed to you and watched all your videos 😂I live in Dubai and I wanted to ask you if you know any good spear fishing spots around Dubai ?😁
mahi mahi/dolphin fish are 1 of my top 3 fish i wanna catch and one day in couple years time hopefully it'll happen
Nice catch
I’ve only been spearfishing for a bit over a year and will have the opportunity to head out to a FAD this summer to look for some mahi. This video was very helpful but I was wondering what type of float will I need. Thanks mann can’t wait till your next video
Any float will do the job on the Mahi Mahi if you have a 30m rig line. I’d suggest one of those 8L Rob Allen floats or similar. 8-11L is a good size.
Straight from Italy. Well done very nice video :fantastic 👍😃👋👏
Grazie Mario!
Another good watch mate cheers
Thanks guys! Got to say your batter tips from your last video were game changers for me. Mine always ended up really soggy. Looking forward to the next one.
Daniel Mann cheers mate, glad to have helped. Early flouring and overcrowded pan, the killer of a crispy batter!
Excellent video!
Nice shooting ,with the spear and the cam👍👍
Thanks a lot!
Great footage.
Cheers Gonzalo!
Good job mate, I have been spearfishing since I was 12. I have neared used a reel gun. My gun just has a a cord collecting the spear gun together My best fish is a 62 lb cobia up at Fraser Island
Fantastic video. Australia looks awesome for fishing. Live in New Zealand but don’t have much luck in my area
NZ is the land of big snapper and kingfish! Where in NZ are you diving?
Daniel Mann not spear fishing. In New Plymouth and fish off land. Would love to go spear fishing over here but haven’t gotten round to it. Caught plenty of snapper up the coast but not too many in my home area. Thanks for replying!
You've got to go and find yourself a snapper on the speargun, it's the mecca for them!
floating aggregational device....sweet little 80 roller....got so used to eating mahi that i'd throw one down the back deck in the sun for a few hours for some extra tatse (crazy days being a tuna fisho) good job mann
Mahi in the sun sounds nasty! Was a nice little gun I made for barramundi a long time ago, now owned by Bryson.
Excellent video. Thanks ;)
Awesome video brother !
Thanks again Rowan!
bravo daniel very nice videos keep going
Cheers Pathos!
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Just recently come across spearfishing after seeing Valentine Thomas on Joe Rogans podcast and quickly came across your channel due to the UK spearfishing videos. I've spent all weekend watching your videos and love the channel and how you compose your videos. I really want to get into spearfishing now and hopefully i'll be somewhere ready for next year. Thank you for the content.
That’s cool man! Valentine Thomas is a great ambassador for the sport. Glad you’re enjoying my channel, where are you based in the world? It’s a great lifestyle to get into.
I'm in the North East of England, close to Bridlington and Scarborough. Not sure what it would be like to spearfish around there, do you?
There was a competition in Redcar last year that yielded loads of pollock,. You’re away from rivers up there so should be quite clean water.
Sweet, that's reassuring. Thanks for the replies and i'll let you know how I get on.
Mahi Mahi!! Man they taste good. HUGE seafood lover although I don't eat many fish however Mahi Mahi and Tuna are amazing! While I never really liked hunting on land I have always wanted to go spearfishing. Sorry fish. Maybe grow fur or something. Thanks for the vid 2 years later!
awesome stuff.
Your videos inspire me tp get out and gp fishing love the tips and tricks you give us but would love for you to show us you gear and what you use fpr say shellow deep water and diffrent fish keep up the good work
Incredible video
Cheers Kayden!
Nice video, good info
hey, its me again. i watched the vid and have decided to try to spear them since i already know where to find them. great vid & helpful tips!!👍👍
Good luck Marley, be sure to let me know if you spear one 👌
@@DanielMann sure thing, i talked with my friends and we've planned to go spearfishing this saturday
Stay safe and good luck!
Great video
Digging your vids, from America. Especially liked the tournament vids... BTW. Your Carbon spear gun is sic!!!
Thanks Karl!
Awesome video 👍
Great 👍 vid
Cheers Modi!
This guy's awesome
U rock! From America.
Nice video mate
You are my favourite spearo TH-camd
Thanks dude
hey dan great vids dude could you do a estuarine or shallows vid that wound be great
great!
Today is a good day
Love these videos, and dolphin fish seemed to be the easiest pelagic to hunt in my opinion
A rock is harder to shoot than a dolphin fish... rocks don’t swim up to you on the surface.
Hey mate love the video! Would you consider doing something similair for kingfish?
I’ll have to see if I have enough footage!
They taste SOOOO good 😁 and the fillets are McMassive 😉
Nice shot bro...😀👍 I like it and subscribed.
Cheers man!
Great video. If you dont have FAD's where you live Mahi also love being under seaweed patches!!
Never dived offshore seaweed patches but I imagine they would love them. Is that a Californian thing?
It could be a California thing, but its definitely a thing in South Florida. They also sometimes school under your boat(not ideal for spearfishing obviously) but they love finding the shade during the hot summers here in Florida, they even sometimes hide under driftwood or debris. Frigate birds are also a possible sign of Dorato as well. None the less seaweed patches is almost a 100% thing here in Florida for Dorato because they crush the little bait fish that sit right under the patch eating the itty bitty things in the seaweed.
Love the videos, Dan. At any point in your years of spearfishing did you do any training outside of the diving itself?
I’ve done a few CO2 tables coming out of winter in the U.K. after not diving for 6 months but other than that not a lot.
Dope
Full power vid Bro ☺ 👍👍👍
Thanks Denzil 🙏🏻
I'll b waiting for your next vid, upload it soon n all the best bro👍👍👍☺☺☺☺