Spearfishing Bluefin tuna 282kg (621.7pounds)

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  • Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
  • Gunther stones a 282kg bluefin tuna spearfishing off New Zealand..

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  • @gregbraddon8073
    @gregbraddon8073 6 лет назад +36

    These guys were out in the Ocean all day to get this fish. This fish was speared on the last run of the day. They got two for the day. Obviously this was the biggest one. They were given to the Locals in NZ to eat. It was not sold for Profit or even to recoup costs. A whole village ate fish for a week. A true Legend. Thanks Butch for the Video. And thanks Gunther for a once in a lifetime shot. All caught on Vid.

    • @steveotene8137
      @steveotene8137 5 лет назад +2

      #Greg Braddon at least those locals would have had the meanest feed of tuna for awhile... I watch these north American bluefin tuna vids and they ain't got nothing on our waters for giant bluefin tuna. I'm so lucky to be a kiwi and one day I'll be in there to catch me one🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🐟🐟🐟

    • @yourdadsotherfamily3530
      @yourdadsotherfamily3530 5 лет назад

      this video was so intense and badass you can’t help but entirely respect the sportsman like this compared to long liners and commercial vessels this is truly a nice thing to do for the community of the surrounding waters and for ethical hunters alike

    • @phi1968
      @phi1968 4 года назад

      Did the village know they were eating a freakin $100k+ fish? LOL. (And a great stoned first shot. Music gave me a headache.)

    • @yafreisirijomedrano671
      @yafreisirijomedrano671 2 года назад

      Very interesting, if we can help, we can reach mire!

  • @lknanml
    @lknanml 4 года назад +29

    When a single fish outweighs all the people in the boat you know you had a good day...

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  • @kiwishuffler
    @kiwishuffler 15 лет назад +9

    "There are ambitious spear fisherman, and then there are mad spear fisherman."

  • @breadscout
    @breadscout 3 года назад +11

    the bird at 2:03 must've been like WTF?!

  • @Colemode
    @Colemode 10 лет назад +113

    +Alex Ross If you're so concerned about the Bluefin preservation then go lobby against commercial fishing like net draggers and long liners. Spearfishing and Sportfishing literally make no dent on their population.

    • @hamdanmuhairbi9369
      @hamdanmuhairbi9369 10 лет назад

      ***** No. Just no.

    • @robbieatvic
      @robbieatvic 10 лет назад +9

      ***** totally true, at any stage you could become part of the food chain by a shark. Long liners should be banned if you ask me.

    • @ttterence_
      @ttterence_ 10 лет назад +14

      that's right. go lobby against'em commercial fisherman -cough- japanese- cough-

  • @SonOroSound
    @SonOroSound 3 года назад +1

    Video: Fishing in a calmed ocean
    Music: LET'S FKING ROCK!!!!

  • @Pensacola-Handyman
    @Pensacola-Handyman 10 лет назад +25

    F****** great job mate. Excellent watch. Gave me a woody.

    • @benzarocs7274
      @benzarocs7274 5 лет назад

      Fuck you

    • @fiziflake4415
      @fiziflake4415 4 года назад +1

      Fuck you too

    • @sim392
      @sim392 4 года назад

      @@benzarocs7274 why "fuck you" lol?

    • @ayla5094
      @ayla5094 4 года назад

      @@sim392 Guess Benz got excited about Tobin’s woody and asked directly 😂

    • @shanethornton486
      @shanethornton486 3 года назад

      Is that like an Australian name for boner?

  • @KR7PT
    @KR7PT 12 лет назад +4

    Freakin' amazing!! That thing is HUGE!
    I agree that spearfishing is the most sustainable, because you pick your fish, it's not a game of chance like net fishing or line fishing.

  • @crabchronic
    @crabchronic 11 лет назад +1

    congrats boys... ive watched this vid time and time again, and i still dont get sick of it.
    id love to achieve what you have accomplished, it is a life long dream.'
    chur!!!

  • @gonedeepseafishing
    @gonedeepseafishing 13 лет назад +5

    First shot was great! I was waiting for him to wake up!!

  • @mickeyh1961
    @mickeyh1961 15 лет назад +1

    amazing to see such a huge fish caught so easy and stoned with first strike no struggle just hauled to the surface like a spider with a fly in its web you know it cannot get away. These guys are amazing hunters.

  • @josesosa91
    @josesosa91 10 лет назад

    Congratulations Mr.Gunther what a fine catch,your shot was perfect because the tuna didn´t swon away fighting,I read the comments below I must say most are negative I think that´s envy from loosers.My dad once caught a giant 300 kg grouper in Los Roques Venezuela back in 1978 I have pictures of it,thank you.

  • @MrCk1234567890
    @MrCk1234567890 2 года назад +1

    Imagine you stone a 600 lb fish and it just immediately starts sinking

  • @icimblind
    @icimblind 15 лет назад +1

    Unlike the harpoon people, these guys earned this fish. This is what I call a true sport! That's 620.40 lbs fish and it took only 2 guys to pull it in!

  • @gnarcore88
    @gnarcore88 14 лет назад

    i agree with the the conservation aspect of what some people are saying and agree that tuna in general are an overfished group of fish but you have to realize spearfishing is not the problem. when spearfishing there is no by-catch, no waste, and honestly look these guys took one fish. even if they had taken five thats extremely responsible especially when compared to the thousands taken by commercial fisherman.
    awesome video and great catch, only problem is youll never out do yourself now!

  • @superdonyoungy
    @superdonyoungy 15 лет назад

    Willownss,
    I love spearing, it's a a wonderful feeling as a person that eats fish to be able to go into the ocean and catch your meal.
    I don't appreciate the industrial methods employed to catch fish but that in a way is also necessary.
    The saddest thing is that nobody is regulating themselves, that and the by product of fishing with nets make fishing sad.
    A few guys that grouped together and caught 1 fish which they are likely to eat isn't that bad compared to the souless commercial trawling.

  • @kurojin97
    @kurojin97 14 лет назад

    nice!!! very good editing, song, and probably a breath taking experience to catch something that big in its own environment...that quickly....

  • @aburgheim
    @aburgheim 15 лет назад

    Hey Megalops
    You almost had it, the tubing is electrical cable!
    I dont know how high the voltage is but it kills the tuna on the spot.
    The meat is then unspoiled and of high value.
    These guys are making money in a very interesting way ( selling to japan probably)
    Sadly these large tuna are on the decline worldwide.
    Great vid.

  • @armensg
    @armensg 14 лет назад

    One of the best videos on youtube.

  • @gaunhlet
    @gaunhlet 12 лет назад +1

    Love this vid.. love this song.. 10/10 1 of best video on youtube !

  • @sergiomorenorodriguez1881
    @sergiomorenorodriguez1881 5 лет назад +8

    2:02 SUP bro 😂😂😂

  • @WeBeYachting
    @WeBeYachting 8 лет назад

    Nice video, thumbs up from us and cheers from sunny IGY Simpson Bay Marina, Sint Maarten in the Caribbean.

  • @PH020
    @PH020 14 лет назад

    THIS VIDEO IS SOOO AWESOME!!
    The music got that ocean melody vibe xP
    i love it
    Two Thumbs way up

  • @240SSONLY
    @240SSONLY 14 лет назад

    NOW THATS A PIG... wow... serious monster...
    NEW FAV video... EPIC music... great content, awesome ship... youtube needs move vids like this...
    good fellas..
    Thumbs up...

  • @acordmasters
    @acordmasters 14 лет назад

    I just wish there was no music in the background, just the natural sound and excitement of the crew would have been fantastic. Great video, though

  • @jaym3503
    @jaym3503 11 лет назад

    thats how you catch a big fish dive till u can see one u want. awsome video man

  • @sZeRo0Xx
    @sZeRo0Xx 14 лет назад

    beautiful! im a spearfisher myself i live in spain, and overfishing is not done by spearfishers, when i go on a dive i get 3 or 4 good pieces to eat em, sometime i even dive just for fun without my gun cause i love the sea. its all about respect to the sea.

  • @MichaelDildo
    @MichaelDildo 14 лет назад

    That was the first shot placed on the Bluefin Tuna. You can tell this by
    a) the single spear holding onto the fish
    b) no other lines/guns floating above the tuna that would show its being held on already
    Great shot and great footage.

  • @HassanIngram
    @HassanIngram 13 лет назад

    Great catch guys! bet you were knackerd after hauling that beast up!

  • @sooboo26
    @sooboo26 13 лет назад

    this is the real hunter .. . these guys is legend

  • @Jeepula
    @Jeepula 14 лет назад

    great song, great choice

  • @MacBeamish
    @MacBeamish 13 лет назад

    mint bluefin bro. great condition. good effort boys. that is why new zealand is the greatest country in the world!

  • @chronistas
    @chronistas 15 лет назад

    they are snorkelling!!!! great job

  • @scoliva
    @scoliva 13 лет назад

    If you knew what you were talking about, you would've noticed the factory ship that accidentally catches tonnes of tuna every single day.

  • @bluesirsanchez
    @bluesirsanchez 13 лет назад

    Was that seriously a kill shot on the tuna or was the chase not recorded? Absolutely incredible! Ive been spearfishing for 12 years and have finally got a camera hooked up to my gun....great showing others a glimpse of the underwater world and spearfishing within it.

  • @SausalitoChi
    @SausalitoChi 11 лет назад

    Nice shot. Nice fish. Kiwis, wow!

  • @Blackfish46
    @Blackfish46 16 лет назад

    Great work there Gunther, fantastic fish.
    G.B.

  • @devine57
    @devine57 4 года назад

    Monogatos funky greens. Dirty dust. I love it!

  • @Sunnsurf
    @Sunnsurf 15 лет назад

    Were you guys running electricity through the cable? If so, what equipment do u use?
    Monster of a Tuna!! Great vid,

  • @kimbojanbranyan6352
    @kimbojanbranyan6352 6 лет назад +1

    Love the Tunes

  • @hallerbakk
    @hallerbakk 15 лет назад

    I doubt it. The famous $100,000 tuna you're probably thinking of was bought for many times it's normal value by a couple of crazy sushi chefs. A google search tells me that the average price per kilo for bluefin tuna in Japan is 8000 yen. Which means this tuna is probably worth about 22,000 dollars.

  • @richarri
    @richarri 11 лет назад +5

    @ Taylor Dawson: I've done both, trust me this is much harder than bagging a buck. Shooting a big fish like this requires expert level skills. You have to 1) be comfortable diving 10, 15, 20m+ and stay steady comfortably down there as you scope and zero in 2) unlike the buck you have to be able to get close to the fish, which is not easy for big open water fish like tuna, marlin and trevally 3) only a headshot will do, if you don't kill the fish i.e. headshot bye bye speargun. It'll drag you like a horse if you don't let the spear gun go.

  • @garbias65
    @garbias65 12 лет назад +2

    the best video! Congratulations to all!

  • @eezerik
    @eezerik 16 лет назад

    that is the sickest shot. on the sickest fish.
    Well done.
    What was your rig?

  • @TheRealNoway
    @TheRealNoway 14 лет назад

    WWF is encouraging restaurants, chefs, retailers, and consumers to stop serving, buying, selling, and eating endangered bluefin tuna until this amazing species shows signs of recovery.

  • @pwrplnt1975
    @pwrplnt1975 14 лет назад

    Damn the comm. vessals there stealing from us all! Awesome shot and beautiful fish! I hope the Tuna are around for us all to enjoy. With the way they are being fished it won't be long and you will have to go to a fish farm to see one!!

  • @SingleBreath
    @SingleBreath 16 лет назад

    Great Shot..
    How deep did you dive to plant the second shot..?
    It looked close to 25 meters..

  • @iceman8881
    @iceman8881 15 лет назад

    that was just incredible! so how much would a tuna that size be worth?? are we talking in the region of $35000 if u sell it to japan or am i just totally wrong? ive heard that massive tuna fetch tens of thousands of dollars out there, because of the sushi.

  • @DarkSparkCannabis
    @DarkSparkCannabis 14 лет назад

    cant believe you guys managed to haul that thing over the transom... strong.

  • @agustingiampaoli
    @agustingiampaoli 16 лет назад

    Dude, amazing fish!!!! It surprises me it doesn't figth a lot, well that's what it seems in the video. Very nice catch.

  • @strikenetter
    @strikenetter 14 лет назад

    Some interesting comments !! I commercial fish for a living and this type of fishing is awesome ! Very safe means of taking a fish !!!! Great job guys !

    • @AnecdotalPoet
      @AnecdotalPoet 2 года назад

      I’m a spearfisher, theoretically I guess you could say it’s a safe means, but in reality it’s the most dangerous means, but the most sustainable. And least damaging

  • @LUCYLANDY
    @LUCYLANDY 11 лет назад

    Nice minow,bit sad and happy,mixted emotions,rod and line more fun...or maybe not! 90lb tarpon was fun in cuba!

  • @TheConormac1
    @TheConormac1 13 лет назад

    @scoliva I am actually a fisherman. A sustainable fisherman. The statistics of catch and release fishing could be argued all day; deep water fish have a 60% mortality rate while shallow water fish (such as rockfish) have less than a 10% mortality. Properly handling fish and using the proper equipment greatly increases their chances of survival. The fact that you are purposely avoiding is the status of the bluefin tuna...

  • @pinkduffle
    @pinkduffle 14 лет назад

    wow that is a monster, good work mate

  • @SingleBreath
    @SingleBreath 16 лет назад

    Great Fish..
    How deep did you have to dive to place the second shot..? 30m..?

  • @Bluewatertravler
    @Bluewatertravler 16 лет назад

    Put another shrimp on the Barby I got a whopper!! Awsome shot man and Spear fishing is way cool!! I bow fish alot its similar but not near as difficult

  • @fuckinglesbians85
    @fuckinglesbians85 15 лет назад

    good fish good shoot and good music....

  • @steventually
    @steventually 14 лет назад

    DAMN! I MUST HAVE THE NAME OF THIS TRACK!! PLEASE GIVE ME THE ARTIST-TITLE-(MIX IF ANY) Its my kinda music, very progressive trancey, tech housy, great melody n vocals. But that is one awesome tuna hunt let alone the great camera filming! I live in California and I am pretty sure there are very few if any bluefin or anyfin tuna that big ~! NICE CATCH ~ How many did that beast of a fish feed? like 20... 20 families that is!! LOL :D Keep the Videos Coming, Love it

  • @steventually
    @steventually 14 лет назад

    DAMN! I MUST HAVE THE NAME OF THIS TRACK!! PLEASE GIVE ME THE ARTIST-TITLE-(MIX IF ANY) Its my kinda music, very progressive trancey, tech housy, great melody n vocals. But that is one awesome tuna hunt let alone the great camera filming! I live in California and I am pretty sure there are very few if any bluefin or anyfin tuna that big ~! NICE CATCH ~ How many did that beast of a fish feed? like 20... 20 families that is!! LOL :D Keep the Videos Coming, Love it

  • @peanutmaster1231
    @peanutmaster1231 14 лет назад

    THAT FISH IS FREAKIN HUGE!!!! it looks yummy.

  • @Zachry86
    @Zachry86 16 лет назад +2

    Amazing fish!!! breathtaking!

  • @tentoesover456
    @tentoesover456 15 лет назад

    Those aren't cables. They're bungees to absorb the shock and prevent the shaft from ripping out of the fish.

  • @liltwang
    @liltwang 13 лет назад

    correct me if im wrong but i dont think that trawler was fishing for the bluefin? I have a dvd where they go out off new zealand and look for these trawlers that catch Hokey? whatever they're called, and the tuna feed off the scrap the trawler throws out

  • @RTDLIFE
    @RTDLIFE 13 лет назад

    Good choice of music. I got some tunas.

  • @bkomak1
    @bkomak1 10 лет назад +1

    Great catch and awesome vid

  • @CapitanPR
    @CapitanPR 12 лет назад

    Awesome shot to the spinal chord, if not that fish would have dragged the man into an abyss, it has happened to me before, Not easy to do.
    Hope you had a lot of sushi for a great party

  • @mat56123456
    @mat56123456 11 лет назад

    good to see that there was only one in the boat oh and nice catch boys.

  • @picsordidnthappen
    @picsordidnthappen 12 лет назад

    That sounds scary, man. What did you do when that happened? Did you let the fish go along with your speargun?

  • @TheRealNoway
    @TheRealNoway 14 лет назад

    "We're encouraging more and more people to eat fish. When in fact, the problem is that we're running out of fish and the oceans are dying. There's simply not enough fish in the oceans to continue to feed the ever expanding population of human beings. And what that means is that if the fish disappear the oceans die and when the oceans die civilization collapses and we all die. " - Paul Watson (Sea Shepherd)

  • @gourbi
    @gourbi 15 лет назад

    this is the most impressif fishing ever seen !! great job and thoses guys dive 20-to 30m !!!

  • @thatguy556x45
    @thatguy556x45 12 лет назад

    what a badass!!! nice shot man!

  • @TheRealNoway
    @TheRealNoway 14 лет назад

    The Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is a large migratory fish found in the western and eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. Bluefin tuna is the source of highest grade sushi. Bluefin tuna fisheries are near collapse and the species at serious risk of extinction if unsustainable fishing practices in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean are not stopped. A temporary ban on the global trade of bluefin tuna would allow the overexploited species to recover.

  • @joshfoster9832
    @joshfoster9832 6 лет назад

    That Tuna would've made you a millionaire in Japan

  • @runoyd
    @runoyd 16 лет назад

    DAMN. thats sick.. that was a really nice cath. I'm a novise free diver. Last summer i cought my first fish in Norway. I don't know if you know this fish. It's very similar to horngjel. (you can search for it on google.)
    oh, btw do you have any tips on how I can hold my breath longer? on dry land I can hold it for like 2 min. but in the water I can only hold it for like almost 1min.

  • @dumb7890
    @dumb7890 14 лет назад

    birds were waiting for the feild dress

  • @gyotakuboy
    @gyotakuboy 15 лет назад

    totally depends on the quality of the meat. but i suspect with a instant kill like that, there is no stress to the fish (no burn to the meat) and since its speared in the head, none of the eatable parts are disturbed. Then it would depend on how they handled and stored it from that point on. Cut the gills to bleed it out and ice it as soon as possible. Even with proper handling, it depends on the fish itself, diet, fat content, water conditions, where its caught.

  • @Bichoicho
    @Bichoicho 15 лет назад

    If you go by the same streets everyday you can set 2 fixed reference points(for instance the corners of a building) then you can check on your progress, knowing how far have you gone.
    It's a great exercice for those stinking streets. lol
    I sometimes go to public toilets on a single breath just for fun. ;)
    Cheers.

  • @Waterman_mike
    @Waterman_mike 7 лет назад +2

    epic tuna! thats the fish of a lifetime

  • @kaluevue
    @kaluevue 13 лет назад +1

    Nothing like fishing & Trance music, I love it.

  • @Mikalas193
    @Mikalas193 15 лет назад

    what a shot mate!!!!!

  • @Dstick1Spearfishing
    @Dstick1Spearfishing 12 лет назад

    Cracking good shot! Well done on the video mate!

  • @gthreesix
    @gthreesix 16 лет назад

    I don't know anything about spear fishing so
    Do such big fish really swim so close to the surface, or did you have to drop chum constantly to lure it to the surface?
    Does it not swim away when it sees divers in the water?
    How many guys were on the boat? or was there a second boat? (it looked like 5 guys during the video)

  • @Dominificator
    @Dominificator 13 лет назад

    I guess u guys used electricity. Wires on your guns were electrified. Otherwise, this tuna would drown you. Electrified gun, just a bit more powerful can kill great white in the same way. Tuna was paralyzed. But why did u make several more shots? 2 headshots would b enough to take it off. And body shots just spoil a few kg of meat. Still, very nice catch. What guns did u use? Was it RA Railgun?

  • @stevenmarns4661
    @stevenmarns4661 10 лет назад

    Nice fish. Bet that was better than even a day we had at Dampier reef, home of the tiger sharks.

  • @bastogne315
    @bastogne315 5 лет назад +1

    This is just the Marine version of another sad RUclipsr Tim Wells. "Leave our fish alone"

  • @timtullio1210
    @timtullio1210 9 лет назад

    Nice job! Big tuna with my blue water gun is on my Bucket List.

  • @beyond305
    @beyond305 14 лет назад

    thats smart as fuck to use that boats scraps as a big chum bag! Ive never seen a tuna that big, you new zeland boys are crazy lol good fishin man

  • @TheConormac1
    @TheConormac1 13 лет назад

    @pmtad You are right, it is schools of fish. I am not necessarily against spearfishing; I hope to spearfish invasive lionfish sometime in the future. Spearfishing is sustainable in some cases because you can selectively catch fish. My problem with this video concerns the threatened bluefin tuna displayed in this video. Most people understand that the industrial methods of fishing are more destructive than spearfishing. However, spearfishing amounts for a significant..

  • @dlivino9976
    @dlivino9976 11 лет назад

    The world will not stop fishing m109rocket.

  • @avau77
    @avau77 14 лет назад

    this is my dream hunt!!... massive vid.

  • @imejandiskate
    @imejandiskate 11 лет назад

    great shot mate

  • @akxbr
    @akxbr 15 лет назад +2

    AWESOME! congrats, great job

  • @malikabdul6633
    @malikabdul6633 12 лет назад

    Congratulation on your catch! I am agree with you, spear fising is the most suitable method for fishing because you are only catching selected fish. Commercial trawler are the biggest problem because they are take all kind of species and sizes.

  • @ezcompany
    @ezcompany 15 лет назад

    catch of a lifetime. awesome job bro, great eats!
    for all the ignorant flames and posts, spearfishing is the best and most selective way to catch fish as it results in no bycatch and no harm on marine life other than the intended prey.

  • @timb980
    @timb980 12 лет назад

    WoW, now that is a nice Blue Fin Tuna.... I would love to try that someday but I would be afraid that a big fish like that would take me for a deep swim. I wonder how many spear fisherman have died doing that and had a big fish pull them down and drown them? That had to make for some great fresh tuna steaks...

  • @wildcatbungalo
    @wildcatbungalo 15 лет назад

    the price often fluctuates wildly and can go from more than $400 per kg all the way down to $4 per kg in a season - it's only the first and finest fish of the season that fetch the top end prices and within a couple days the price is down to half that and after a few weeks you're unlikely to get more than tens of dollars per kg - source: my memory of what I heard a bluefin tuna fisherman say (I play hockey with the guy) I'll actually ask him current prices this year when I see him this weekend

  • @ImDBC
    @ImDBC 15 лет назад

    Absolutely insane, nice work boys.

  • @MattyB020
    @MattyB020 14 лет назад

    Haha, Reading the comments is almost as entertaining as watching the video. HIPPIES VS HUNTERS!!! I am both so can say spear fishing is not the problem commercial fishing is!!! Don't think you hippies got a clue on this one!!!
    Sick Shoot!!
    Sick Video!!!
    Sick Tunes!!!
    P.s. also cracked me up how many people have no idea what they are talking about in the comments. Especially whoever came up with an electric spear gun in water!!! Nice!!!!

  • @TheDanielHodges
    @TheDanielHodges 14 лет назад

    thats awesome! lol at 5:05. and wacko, how do you pour a fish?

  • @Cephalopodapus
    @Cephalopodapus 14 лет назад

    @richard2mitchell Actually it would sell for around 11 grand, probably more if you shopped around. You could get a car with that for sure.