Spearfishing Rhodes Greece - Dream fish is giving me Nightmares...
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- The Mediterranean has always been the place I struggle the most to spear fish and this trip was no exception. The one fish I am always after here is the Dentex. This trip I came face to face with my dream fish. I also encounter gold blotched grouper and the mysterious white grouper. What fish do you find most difficult to shoot?
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I work and live in Corfu during the summer, and the past 5 years i have been spearfishing allmost every day for two to three hours. In the 250 days of spearfishing for the past 5 years i have cought maby 10 nice peaces of fish 😅
But for me it's a hobby like a 2-3 hour meditation, pure enjoyment and bliss. Enything more from that and its a massive win!!
It certainly is a difficult place to dive but like you say, a relief from the world.
The good fish are there, but they are deep and you really need to know the hidden spots, and have perfect technique.. If you know Chris (the owner of the spearfishing shop Ocean in the Old Port) he's catching some amazing fish in Corfu, and the small islands around (eg. Othoni), just check if facebook.. But he's crazy good and experienced. That's pretty much a requirement to consistently get trophy fish in the Med.
Where are all the fish!?
The fish of dreams and nightmares!!!
Great footage mate and a step closer to the holy grail!!!
Really enjoyed watching!!! 😎🤙
Thanks Dimos, one day I’ll get my Queen!
Γεια σας κυριε Δημο!!!
What's the point in posting footage when you dont spear anything. Go to a dive location with health stocks like New new Zealand or australia. You will then get more views and interest. Cedric
Because this is the reality of spearfishing.
@@cedriccarter8538 What's the point in posting a comment when you don't say anything that equates to reality? Mark
First of all - respect to the Wife for supporting all of this dentex pursuit, having this support is precious and I can relate! Secondly, I enjoy your masterful videos - cinematic footage, thought out narration and incredible sound (not sure what kind of sorcery is happening there!), well done on all fronts and thanks for sharing the story!
Thanks Ivan, appreciate that 🙌
I’m happy that Daniel posted I’ve been waiting 😩😩❤️
Enjoy!
You give a lot of information in your dives and rests, as a beginner this is all much appreciated. I try to soak up as much as I can from watching everyone who has experience hunting and diving. The fact you include when things don't go exactly according to is not lost on me and I very much appreciate you showing these as well!
Glad you find it all helpful!
Oh man was this fun, I could watch an entire series of just diving here, even without any big fish shots, bit of a change from the oceans and seas where you can usually always get a catch, the terrain is just so fun to watch and explore! Hope you go to the Mediterranean again this summer, most rewarding place when you actually do shoot a big fish, or any fish of that kind!
Love the videos and reallly enjoyed watching it !! Epicc
Thanks Bartul, I've got loads of plans for next year and of course, some diving in the Mediterranean.
As a Med spearo I've learned the best way to shoot a desent fish is ambushing while grunting.if you were grunting and hiding when you saw those blue runners they would have got closer for sure!great editing mate!
I really enjoy looking at the Sony footage. As always: Great color grading, too! unnecessary to say, but: Great dives as well, of course :D But your cinematography is just a pleasure to watch in particular.
Thank you sir! Loving the a7s3 👌
In about an hour in the water on my last trip, don't think the safety ever came off. Sometimes you have those days, but never will I regret the days were you find time to get away from the worries of the world, even for a little bit. Great video.
Bruh this dude deserves way more subs.
Too kind Josh 🙏🏻
No he kild small fish
After all my days of every kind of fishing, I have come to the conclusion that it is of great benefit to fish in places which have fish.
Profound to say the least Toby! The Mediterranean is a great challenge and one that always teaches me something.
Catching a fish in greece or croatia have MUCH more value than catching it in australia that you just dive, pick one and shoot. Here you actualy need skill. Especialy dentex, that is also a fish that i just cant put on my list.
Depends on the fish Tin. Certain fish at certain sizes in Australia are difficult to capture.
No fish, but I still like your videos a lot! Keep it going man!
Have you ever tried spear in the canarian islands?
Never been there but would love to.
Daniel, you are so good at sharing your spearfishing experience. Congratulations. 2 comments on this one: you would need a flashlight to hunt in these locations, just forget the big caves - no grouper will stand here. You should try Corsica in June-July. Some fish restrictions there but definitely more to see and catch. Cheers
Thanks Iris but using a torch in Greece is forbidden. I hope to get to Corsica next year with some Italian friends.
@@DanielMann OK, I didn't know. Sorry for the stupid advise. Lot of greek spearos are using torch in their video, don't they ? Regarding Corsica, you will enjoy, for sure. I do live here on Western coast.
Hey man! Great footage! This is how things are here in Greece! If you dive often here you will get used to it and get more sneaky! The bad visibility (when it is not so bad that you cannot even see your tip of the speargun) some times helps because it gives you a little more cover. I Hope you had a great time here and I hope you will visit Greece again in the future! Have fun and always dive safe!
Thank you Andrian, I’m sure I will be back soon!
@@DanielMann Great! I have also sent you an email! Bye!
These video are amazing. The immages, the narrative and the tips... Awesome. Keep posting, please!
🙏🏻 thank you!
I literally live for these videos! Can’t think of a better way to start the day then with this video! Awesome dives too, cinematography on point :)
Cheers Ben!
Awesome production. I thoroughly enjoy the experience, it’s almost as if I am there. I also want to point out that your music/audio edits are BOMB. They blend in perfectly creating anticipation and adds emotion to the video itself. Kudos to you Mann. Looking forward to your next trip. Maybe you can come to Trinidad sometime, the game here is next level.
Thank you Uzair 🙏🏻
Such an inspiration and informative vid. Your videos Are one of the reasons we do what we do. Dive catch and explore. Thank you Dan!
maybe you should try shallow spearfishing next time I think they are better than boat dives most of the time
I missed a Gilthead bream this summer but in only 3 meters of water! I usually hide in seaweed and make throat sounds? or hit my gun on rocks. Maybe try that and it should attract mullet, bass, and more!
always love your videos!
You need to try around 5 o'clock in the morning. It's the best moment because there are no boats around and it's not noisy underwater, you'll find plenty of fishes.
Hey Daniel! Lovely video. I like how selective, respectful and appreciative you are of the sea. Great stuff. I live on the island of Samos, so if you guys are ever interested in coming here, I'd love to show you around and go for a dive. I also make my own beers, so we could have a drink or two! :D Thanks for the content!
Thanks Dimivam!
From one of the channel's biggest fans, I love that you are sharing that trip, however it wasn't one the most spearfishing successful trips. Keep it up mate ✌🏻
Thank you Mohamed!
The Mediterranean is definitely very difficult. I've had success in the shallows mostly. I've also noticed that early morning or late afternoon is best time of day. Bagged my 1st and only dentex 2 years ago. Keep up the good work! You WILL get that dentex! Dive safe! Great video as always!
As a Spearo in the Mediterranean , many years ago when I used to see videos of other spearos in different seas, with the easy to shoot fish, I thought it was their technique, later I realized that it was our fish in the Mediterranean that was very smart and too cautious.
I shot most of the common fish here, except the dentex, I only had a chance once after aspetto to shoot at one, and missed, all other times they launch like a rocket before they come into range.
Great quality vid mate!! I don’t spear but love watching these vids to help with free/fun diving as well as seeing the beautiful underwater world that you capture. As a vegan I’m never disappointed when you don’t get the fish😁 cheers mate!
Bought some gear recently from Adreno Brisbane, talked to Wayne Judge about you haha you've been a big inspiration!! Anyway super stoked to get in the water and make some brilliant content like yourself!
Awesome! Thank you!
Hey Man, your is amazing and Nice video always good Job
Hello fron Brazil 🇧🇷🤙🏼
Just the amazing video I needed before going to school
Love the cinematic feel you give these videos.
Ever been to Krk, Croatia? Been there when I was younger and I remember there was a lot of fish around.
I have spent hours of my life snorkelling around Greek Islands and to a one they are all dead zones. Its horrific what we have done to the seas.
allways watching your videos..begginer vlogger here from the philipines
I enjoy watching you discover Greece by spearfishing and I like that you are selective of the species and size of they prey!! I wish i could take you to a couple of interesting places around Evia island or the the south of Lakonia bay. Next time you come here make sure to have a simple 82 on you , even a pathos alma 82 will get you more fish than a 115... Dive safe and enjoy!!
Awesome video, i always enjoy your video's, the water looked so nice! Those spear guns looked really nice! Be safe, SEMPER Fi 🐾🐾🐾🔱☠️
It’s funny how hard aussies find to fish in the Mediterranean. Took a freediving instructor fishing with me in Montenegro last summer and assured him there were fish to catch. 10 minites in he was shocked to see how overfished this sea is compared to where he’d usually spearfish in Australia.
The Mediterranean makes us work harder for the fish and definitely prepared me for better seas 😃
Absolutely, totally different diving. I find the same thing when Med divers come to Australia. Sharks, currents, big swell and big fish - the learning curve can be steep!
Welcome to The Med Dman !!
I felt the pain of you loosing that Dentex! I've been following the quest for you to get one for so long now, next time for sure!
I can’t leave Europe until I do!
nice video mate
havent been watching anything for a while
But loved all your AUS EDITS... when you coming home
This is home for now 👌
I know the Canary Islands are a lot more promising, you just have to keep an eye out for the wind. Great vid by the way, really enjoyed it!
Canary islands are in the Atlantic, but the species are similar to the ones in the Mediterranean
The world needs more Daniel Mann content!
I agree!
I was born in greece and spearfish there for a long time since i was younger and i thought it was always this difficult because i never dove somewhere else in my life
Another great video. Really enjoy the narration as you are so informative. Thanks 👍🏼
Absolutely fantastic video Mann. Can't wait for the next one
finally a new daniel mann video, welcome back G!
I love the pictures and cinematography! Thanks for the great video Mr Mann and welcome to the Mediterranean where fish are small, clever, deep and far between. 😔
Nice video as always :) As a Mediterranean spearfisher I'd say that clear waters+summer = extremely hard to fish a dentex! BUT, definitely you have a dentex with your name in this waters.
@@huudinii123 for my side of the Mediterranean (South of Spain) that is extremely clear. Anyway, the water is always clearer in islands...
What a ripper video keep up the good work
Nice speargun 😍 I wish a have a speargun even if a simple speargun 😁 nice video bro🤙🏽 dive safe 🤙🏽
Better luck for next time Daniel, thanks for sharing, regards from England 👍👍
The Med is a badass
17:40 that RA timber gun looks to shoot like a dream
You can’t leave Europe until you have landed one! Whilst I feel for you I just got out of an incredible dive with 2 large hoodlums reefing me 🤒 so watching your pain has helped mitigate mine. Great video Dan the Mann 😎
I won’t be leaving here until I get one! I said halibut & dentex when I moved here. Shame about the kingfish, must be heating up in Sydney now.
we missed you man ... upload for us more often ;)
I feel your Mediterranean Pain Daniel, I've speared around the world and I'm convinced that spearfishing the Med is really something for the locals : you have to know which spots and when to visit them, the right time of day, wind directions and oh yes diving to 30+ meters helps a lot. They say the south Med is good, Morocco (I can confirm), Algeria, Libya...
I’ll keep on trying regardless 😊
@@DanielMann me too.
Great video Fan - I’m sure off Kos for my first spearfishing experience….looks like I need to take a boat!!!
Daniel all fish in Greece, especially sea bream, mullet, sargo, sea bass, grouper and golden grouper and even dentex can be encountered at the very entrance to the water where the water debth goes from 0 to 4-8 meters as a sheer drop. Just drag yourself on the surface by grabing the rock without moving the flippers, only diving when you have seen something shining and you can use a rock formation to come around next to it. Thats where you ll see the most fish in the 0-35 meters range. I am being honest. Next time hit me up for spot suggestions in the Peloponese (south and west end of the mainland). You will need a lot of weights (though you are skinny so meh) and can use some back vest wight to reduce strain to your lower back. Finally I sould add that I am not a fan of searching holes (partially because where I grew up they are dozens of meteres deep so its kind of pointless) but those who do like doing this in Greece all, invariably, use a handheld torchlight. It is illegal and still universally adopted by all. That's Greece for you...
macario here...so nice bro...love it
The explanation is just so great
Very nice videos Daniel, high quality i enjoy watching them! keep up
Thank you!
Ha ha Mate! I think you shouldnhave retitled your video called "Dentex. The fish nightmares are made of."Lol
Not a bad suggestion!
Ho Daniele,
I’m use to fish in Sardinia but I think it’s pretty much similar in Greece,
I can suggest you some trick
1 buy a torch to look under the rocks
2 call the fish (with the throat or with the knocking the spear on the rocks)
3 knows the area to spot the fish
Good video though👍🏻
Hi Francesco, a torch would be great but they are prohibited in Greece. I did try some fish calling but not much luck. Thank you!
Now I wanna know how the guns went during gun testing!!! Guessing you took the roller out more due to the range on it vs the orca?
Only because it’s a longer gun. I prefer the handling & balance of the orca.
I believe i stayed at the first hotel you were at. Atlantica Aegean Blue? The watersport guys there rent boats and it literally gave me chills to think about how easy it would be for some drunk tourist to not recognise the buoy you use and drive near to you
The first hotel was Casa Cook so very close by. I should have rented a boat I think!
Nice video but for that dentex you should have gone to the bottom behing the rock he was sleeping, crawl a little bit until you can see him and just take the shot somewhere it would'nt tear off. Making that kind of shots is not easy. That fish was there just sleepling, begging to be shot, he would not hear you if you arrive to the bottom a little far away and if you were stealth. Him laying in the sand like that, reminds me of the red mullets and what I do to catch them, is exactly that. I would have only taken that shot if there was not any structure around.
Hope this helps for the next time
So weird not seeing any bigger fish there. Almost like a desert.
Good footage mate the key is to never give up
Great way to start the day before heading to work. Cheers, mate.
Cheers Adam!
Fantastic video and magnific trip. Congrats and thanks for sharing.
Gracias José 🙏🏻
Nice video Daniel !... and yep that's the reality of everyday spearfishing in Greece... drop a message next time... maybe i will show some spots 15min away from Athens airport 😁😉😉
Thank you!
Like always best videos and best footage keep up mann❤❤❤❤
Oh noooo. Thats really hard to swallow. But as always, even without a Dentex, very good video and fun to watch!
It still pains me watching it! Thanks for watching 💪
@@DanielMann Yeah thats the good thing when you record it, you can torture you multiple times :D
Hence the "Dead Med". Look at all that barren seascape. Is there any living coral there anywhere?
Welcome to Greece
My third time visiting!
EPIC VIDEO BRO
Great video as always Daniel.
This sleepyhead Dentex will wait for you next time passing by.
And yeah ,the best way to shoot fish in Greece is with a Greek speargun 😉.
And again, great video as always Daniel 👍
Great video as always, Daniel!
Cheers Anon!
Hi Daniel . It is very important to know the good fishing spots . Rhodes is a magnificent place but has been overfished the past 2 decades . Next time you are here let me know . If you are familiar with deep fishing the something good will hapen
Thanks Alexandros, like always I’m going in to these places blind and following my nose around. I can fish deep enough but not without a boat. Swimming a long way and then trying to dive deep isn’t much fun!
@@DanielMann The place near Lindos we see in the video use to be a fantastic place . There are many reasons why it s not anymore .By the way have you spoted lots of lion fishes ?
It looks like a fantastic place and I’m sure 20 years ago it probably was like you say. Lots of lion fish everywhere I dived in Rhodes.
@@DanielMann All places you've been are among of my favourites . I 've been diving there since 1995 . The second place you visited has big white groupers at the depth of 32-34 m . Because of the poor visbility you have to dive with a boat over your head and usualy with variable weights . The third place its's calles ' the seals port'' cause of an old seal that it use to be there for years. It s very dangerous there cause of the many fast ribs that pass by and may not see you . Next time allow me to give you some tips were to go for better video shhoting with big fishes . Take care !
Love your patience👍
Thank you Gamaliel!
Great video Daniel! I too find Dentex really hard to catch and I was really sorry for you that it go away... next time come to North of Greece at Halkidiki I will share some good spots!
Next time!
The return!!
can you please show a better view of the band setup of your speargun .. teh rollers / pulleys / strings ?
It's Grouper, not Groper! Great show, dived at Rhodes, Lindos, Kremesti, and Rhodes town, it was barren, but, such is life!
Bravo 😉 champion
Best Spearfishing RUclips channel!
At least you can say you’ve shot a Dentex
Somehow it looked like a zebra sea bream to me.. a dentex is silvery white, a bit like a very fat sea bass...
Definitely not a zebra sea bream. Wrong shaped head. Dentex can change colour and patterns very quickly depending on their mood. www.istockphoto.com/photo/dentex-dentex-gm1061049660-283637824
@@DanielMann way too slender to be a zebra sea bream. Definitely a Dentex
@@DanielMann this one wasn't in a mood to get shot it seems 😆
The Mediterranean is a hard gym, probably the hardest, keep grinding and you will get rewarded for sure💪
Absolutely the most difficult place to spearfish.
Salam Daniel, thanks for sharing with us your lovely diving adventure.
Be safe
Glad you enjoyed it
Awesome video brother, much love
Awesome video! You'll get a Dentex next time! Always painful losing a dream fish
I hope so, it has to happen eventually!
Loved the video again Dan, such a shame about that Dentex but hey as you know you win some you lose some...then cry yourself to sleep over the one that got away 😂
You might find a few fish in a island called koufonisia it’s small and u got decent hotels
know the difference between paragliding and parasailing my man, still love ya.
You need to come to South Florida in the USA. More fish than you can shake a stick at. It comes down to choosing the largest of multiple species.
I hope I can have one of your old speargun... Hehehe merry Christmas
I can hold my breath for 30s but yours is amazing...
Was in Croatia last summer, in almost any spot there were Dentex (they call them Zubatac there) ! Might be something to look into for your next Mediterranean Dentex trip!
I am really glad you came to Greece for spearfishing after Crete it means that you like the hard dives to get a fish specially a dentex. Anyway i really enjoyed the video .👌👌👍
Thanks Sotos, you never learn much when things are easy!
@@DanielMann yea true ,the unknown is always interesting 😉👍
hello Daniel, very beautiful moments.
Great Vid Daniel ❤️
Spearsafe...watching from PH
Being from Rhodes I have to say the last place you dove into was the best of the three it’s a place that experienced people love shore jigging there but for the summer time you went on the wrong side of the island there are places full of fish close to the shore line but you need to know the places and believe me rhodian fishermen tell you nothing but I would suggest you next one you come in Greece visit chalkidiki and some smaller islands of northern Aegean because in Dodecanese we are full of invasive species and without local instructions you are going to fail. Love your videos keep up the good work❤️
Wow I always wait for your videos but
Really difficult island you picked my friend
Next door Simi Island has big Jacks and lots of other fish particularly groupers
The dentex quest continues... 😅 And oh, the RA shot was smooth!
And I'm sure it will continue for a long time yet!