HUGE Snapper Spearfishing with New Zealand champions Jackson Shields & Sophie Hamilton

[@AquaticApes]

when your gopro freezes, if u hold the side button for 10 seconds and then click it once immediately afterwards it usually resets without having to remove the battery - cool video so far 🤙 will continue watching now 👍👍

[@DanielMann]

Great tip Lenny! I have had some luck in the past holding both buttons in for 10 seconds and then releasing. Only problem this time was I needed to use the touch screen to set the date on it to advance the menus 🤦🏻‍♂️ Been loving seeing you smash some big doggies recently!

[@ExploringwithBug]

@Aquatic Apes and @Daniel Mann. You both are by far my favorite spearfishmen in the world and youtube. If EVER possible, I'd love to see a video of both you on a hunt together.

[@nfragala]

@@ExploringwithBug add Dimos from @Spearfishinglife and that's a video for the ages!

[@TheDadFaxs]

@@ExploringwithBug Daniel & Ryan are my top two. check out Ryan Myers expo. Any of his videos are great. the true video gem's have Justin Lee in them.

[@ExploringwithBug]

@James T ive been following Ryan's channel for awhile now too!! He has a great channel, and his lessons have helped me step up my dive game greatly.

[@diveloco5231]

wahoooooooooo so happy to see the video of the homeland

[@leahnagel2742]

Nice work as always dear brother! Thankyou for making the treck to NZ for me - that snapper was indeed perfect. Took us 3 months to eat through all the fish you caught while here!

[@spearfishinglifegreece]

After the Med Dentex training, those Snappers are no match to you! Great trip man, happy new year full of trips and Spearfishing!!!

[@DanielMann]

Thanks Dimos. I think it was the late Dimitris Kollias that said once you shoot a dentex in the med you can shoot any fish anywhere 🙂

[@spearfishinglifegreece]

@@DanielMann I feel it is true! When we used to dive with Dimitris, our only target was the Dentex! Groupers where always a ''bycatch'' !

[@sporranheid]

Another hugely enjoyable, exemplary video. 👍 The comment section is an added bonus with tips and knowledge and positive community vibe.

[@DanielMann]

Thank you! Glad you’re enjoying the back catalogue.

[@Nicblas]

Awesome stuff! Love Jackson and the company around him. He's definitely the best we've got around in NZ.

[@DanielMann]

Dwayne Herbert is pretty special as well!

[@gamalielcollazo2770]

Again, nice footage. Thank you for sharing.👍

[@chaffnz]

You are making me homesick Dan! Wow amazing to see you shoot all those fish that we just let pass on by! Thanks.

[@DanielMann]

All relative though I guess 🙂

[@crustybear]

NZ was absolutely fantastic diving. I am extremely grateful for the kiwis lovely open attitude, and the opportunity to be spearing in their amazing waters. Now I just have to work on my breath hold ;)

[@GazzaJollyRoger8152]

Awesome, thank you for sharing!

[@DanielMann]

Thanks Gazza!

[@jiepjr3899]

Amazing video again, New zealand looks amazing to go spearfishing !

[@DanielMann]

Great place indeed, would recommend.

[@davegodfrey6428]

Good stuff. Good to see our cousins from across the ditch laid out the welcome mat. Awesome fish

[@DanielMann]

Welcome mat indeed! Everyone was super friendly in NZ.

[@offthehookproductions4481]

As always, this was an excellent watch. I love the fish and the stories that go with them!

[@DanielMann]

Thanks mate!

[@EmilBurganov]

Great video once again.

[@DanielMann]

Thank you!

[@cynide89]

KZbin notification pop up for your latest video just as I'm heading out for a dive in New Zealand. Butter Fish are delicious!

[@DanielMann]

Have a great dive, Dean!

[@liamcannon5667]

back into the southern hemisphere great to see it. merry christmas and a happy new years and congrats to your sister.

[@DanielMann]

Cheers Liam!

[@KerryFlowers]

The king wrasse are so friendly in NZ We often feed them kina and they will come and eat out of our hands, the Red moki are great smoked - an under rated fish I reckon. I would loved to have had a dive with you Dan - maybe next time...Cheers!!!

[@DanielMann]

There will be a next time for sure!

[@RaphaelSerrecombe]

Letsss goooo ! I was waiting for this one ! 🤙🏼

[@DanielMann]

Hope you liked it Raphael!

[@needtosurvive2774]

Thanks! You made my mood better!

[@DivineOneness95]

That was you very interested dive. Cannot wait to see you guys in the meadow Dave good morning and congratulation to your sister.

[@marcolattanzi4728]

Literally a theme park for spearfishers! Congrats daniel, you are living a real dream ! More of these videos 🙏🙏🙏

[@DanielMann]

More to come Marco 👌

[@honeybadger7002]

Great to see ya made it this far south big fella 😉😉 Don't feel bad, my first time spearfishing....... I smashed everything!!! 🤣🤣

[@andrewoats3620]

What an epic trip! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@andrewsmedley5913]

Another great episode. Photography is always quality, and it’s good to see content with family and friends.

[@johnholding5982]

Been waiting for this one to drop!! So stoked to see you in Aotearoa

[@Aimrite]

Bloody awesome Dan! Makes me keen to get back to NZ

[@vladimirtolstov2502]

Hey! Always a pleasure watching your updates! Please give us some tips on training the breath hold while away from the sea. Thank in advance!

[@kadenrowley7950]

you have gotta come to wa and do some spear fishing around exmouth and kalbarri

[@joachimklawe8639]

I really can't believe the quality of Daniel Mann's videos! Great travel and spearfishing stories! I even put up with the annoying advertising for products I don't need! 🙂

[@DanielMann]

Thanks Joachim 🤣 Skip the ads and enjoy the video, it’s all good 💪

[@mrpulpol]

Once again, fantastic video. A pleasure to observe the amount of life in those waters.

[@ethanmadden8281]

yeaaa bro ! been waiting for you to do a video in the best country on earth

[@DanielMann]

I’ll let you know when I visit the best country on earth, got about 160 more to check out before making an accurate assessment 🤣

[@ethanmadden8281]

@@DanielMann no need to waste ya time fella

[@DanielMann]

Beautiful country indeed and lots of fantastic seafood on offer that’s for sure.

[@KevinDaly]

Lovely big snapper Daniel. 👌👌 They look like such a nice fish to shoot.

[@DanielMann]

Closely related to the urta, you’d love rolling them over. Why can’t our kelp have fun fish to shoot 😭

[@KevinDaly]

@@DanielMann yes, wish we had a chance at finding a big slab like that 😁

[@phillspearsfish]

There are levels too this game for sure. Ive been spearing a few years in Nz and bareley see snapper, when I do have not been able to execute that quick, awesome work bro and love your channel!

[@OmniAtlantic]

Man there is no better place than New Zealand crayfishing and snapper, and of course Yellowtail. Thanks again.

[@DanielMann]

It’s up there for sure!

[@yogevreboh4260]

As always great video, thank you for sharing.

[@sol_diver]

Awesome video, Nice Snapper Daniel 🙌

[@DanielMann]

Thank you!

[@frankschellekens5868]

Awesome vid Daniel

[@DanielMann]

Cheers Frank!

[@carlhescornish]

Great video.. Looking forward to the other instalments.. Get stuck into some of that Kina if its the right time of year, loved that when I dived Nz 😉😁

[@DanielMann]

I started eating them while swimming at one stage, lovely.

[@who-mperg4683]

Good Job hitting 200 Thousand subscribers man!! itll be 300k soon

[@DanielMann]

Cheers!

[@cdogm1]

Hey Daniel, How do you keep your GoPro housing from fogging up?

[@DanielMann]

I used to use the anti fog inserts but always just insert the camera in the housing while blasting cold air conditioning from the car on the way to the dive.

[@UKSpearo]

Epic video yet again Dan! It looks incredible over there, so much life 😍

[@DanielMann]

Almost too easy to get a feed!

[@kobi.w2263]

Huge fan Daniel looking forward to more videos in 2023 🤙🤙

[@DanielMann]

Cheers Kobi!

[@dantrailwilliams8801]

D Mann's is always bigger lol. That king Rass has to absolutely be good eating mate. I have never heard of a butter fish, but I'm definitely going to do some research on it. Happy New years to you and your family, and tell the brother, he's got some catching up to do lol

[@benmorgan7016]

Loved this video! NZ looks super diverse! Awesome snapper to start off with 😄

[@DanielMann]

Loads of species in NZ for sure but where I’m from in Australia there are much more.

[@benmorgan7016]

@@DanielMann hmmm that sounds a little bias to me! 😉

[@DanielMann]

Just facts 😉

[@hannahmann4215]

Salivating 🤤 - where's my snapper now Dan Mann?!

[@DanielMann]

We’ll have to go travelling again ✈️

[@powerporridge1337]

N1, quality stuff as always! 🤙🤙

[@tomcondon6169]

Nice! You gave me some great advise awhile back. I'm still rehab ing from an injury, and haven't gotten my new gear yet, haven't been out. I wonder if I could impose with another question? I would like to know what you think is an ideal spot to live, reasonably warm, at least part of the year, good spear fishing, inexpensive to live, (no wars...). I would appreciate your input.

[@DanielMann]

Probably somewhere in Indonesia.

[@tomcondon6169]

@@DanielMann Thank you.

[@brendanhuynh7984]

amazing video as always

[@DanielMann]

Cheers Brendan!

[@BrigoAdventures]

Been waiting for this video 😫

[@DanielMann]

Hope you enjoyed?!

[@BrigoAdventures]

@@DanielMann Definitely!

[@BLT1538]

beauty fish Dan! yeww

[@DanielMann]

Cheers!

[@nfragala]

About 7am on the North Shore in New England, USA. About to go diving to test a new 14mm small ID band I rigged for my Rob Allen 90 Roller last night. I now have 3 different bands of different lengths and thickness to power 3 different 6.5, 7, & 7.5mm 1.3m shafts, 2 HeadHunter Pole Spears (NOMAD & Predator), Eddyline Caribean Angler Edition 14' sit on top Kayak, Taho Zephyr SUP (displacement bow/recessed deck, 15lbs- very nice highly recommend!), & a Banks Board II (each rigged to stow all my spearfishing gear), couple low volume dive masks/snorkels, sick pairs of gloves/mitts/socks, bunch of baggage (mesh/dry/other), tons of rope/rigging, and several years worth of memories logged for every dive I've ever been on contained withing now 2 completely filled page to page dive journals complete with little drawings I try to make after each dive. I have never been happier on my life than I am right now and I would not have been able to watch, learn, and believe it was possible without diver/content creators like DMann, Spearfishing life, Aquatic Apes, Ryan Myers, WettieTV, Adreeno, Rob Allen, Rene Potvin, and countless others who made envisioning myself as a Spearo possible and who gave me the knowledge/insight to make it a reality. From the bottom of my heart: Thank you, DMann.

[@DanielMann]

Have a great dive! Thank you.

[@nfragala]

@@DanielMann neck weight. You barely notice it, it helps your form, makes duck dives more efficient, and makes ascents easier with the same weight than keeping it all on your belt. I was skeptical at first, but after yesterday's dive I am sure that a neck weight is the way forward. I use a 4.4lb and it's great. Highly recommend!

[@RaphaelSerrecombe]

After all being used to hunt in New Caledonia, spearfishing in New Zealand looks pretty amazing ! These snappers are massive ! Might give it a try one day !

[@DanielMann]

You’ll find it very easy compared to New Caledonia!

[@EthanYeo1]

Awesome to see you finally getting into some temperate water spearing! Would love to know how you managed to take out your GoPro battery on the water without waterloggjng it 😂

[@DanielMann]

Cheers Ethan! I took my gloves off. Licked my fingers clean of salt water and waited for them to dry in the breeze before opening the housing 🤣

[@paulhutchings3716]

Great video

[@DanielMann]

Cheers Paul!

[@TheDadFaxs]

The nephew knows better Christmas and birthday presents if they hype up the uncle lol. And what a fantastic spread of food the ladies had. That looked like an amazing trip.

[@DanielMann]

The kid is pretty smart that’s for sure!

[@simple_adventures]

Great video, incredible the amount of fish there :0. Honestly I stopped using GoPro because the freezings were constant ...

[@DanielMann]

So many fish! I don’t have freezing often but always annoying when it does. I mean I never have freezing problems with my Sony cameras, just software surely.

[@simple_adventures]

@@DanielMann yeah, the Sony's are great, just bought one. But GoPro (particularly the 8) gave me freezing and batt problems to the point I changed of brand (insta360, bought it cheaper through an @AquaticApes video link) and I'm muuuch happier now. Still use my mighty Hero 3+ thought!

[@DanielMann]

The best camera is the one in your hands that works!

[@louispennings5414]

Nice video, I feel like they should have warned you about the red moki, they look like fish you shoot in so many other places. How was the pigfish?

[@DanielMann]

We get banded morwong in Australia so common to shoot in the southern states. Pigfish was delicious, would 100% shoot again.

[@alexwright6575]

whats the king wrass like to eat?, i see alot of them but don't generally shoot them.

[@DanielMann]

I found it pretty nice actually. Reminded me a bit of cod in the U.K. White flaky meat with a subtle flavour.

[@alexwright6575]

@@DanielMann good to know I'll have to give it a try sometime, I usually just give them a pat like a dog 😆 they are super friendly fish

[@johanneshougaard]

what speargun did you use in the video, and what length is it?

[@DanielMann]

It was a 110 carbon from Wettie.

[@coastncountryedits680]

Hi Dan, I'm heading to NZ with all my spearfishing gear from UK soon. Can you reccomend a hassle free airline and possibly connecting airports to avoid? (Using a sportube). Cheers man

[@DanielMann]

I think Singapore is a bit squiffy on spearguns. Never done the trek from U.K. to NZ with spearguns but mates have flown Cathay Pacific no dramas with sportubes.

[@marcsayegh2329]

I have the same issue with my GoPro hero 8 black freezing aswell. To fix I hold 10 or 15 seconds on the left bottom and it should start again normally. To this day, I don't know the reason of this happening, but anyways great video my friend, dive safe and take care

[@DanielMann]

Cheers Marc, unfortunately on this occasion I needed to press the touch screen to set the date before it would start again. So frustrating!

[@JLewis-uk7yp]

hi Daniel Mann, do you mind me asking what you do for work? I see you spearfishing in multiple different countries and wonder how you get these opportunities?

[@DanielMann]

We took a sabbatical last year which is why we got to travel so much. Day job is a cinematographer though :)

[@mariocinque8588]

Snapper in italian language dentice, Nice fishing compliments Daniel, best in new year Auguri.

[@connorhulsbosch2689]

Hey just a reminder, the king wrasse u were talking about. We actually call them Sanddaggers Wrasse😅

[@lomfosh8918]

Nice fish

[@DanielMann]

Cheers!

[@youzhou2946]

if heading down south to wellington, butterfish are super smart here

[@glieseonlife]

I’ve been having the same issue with the GoPro and having to remove the battery to reset it… I am not sure if this a known issue or not, but it is so frustrating when it causes you to lose those crucial moments. Anyways, great video!

[@_mr_tilley]

still producing the goods for both fish and content mate :) more important question.... when are you getting those beanies on sale ??!!

[@DanielMann]

Thanks mate! These are only samples, I might do a limited run soon though.

[@_mr_tilley]

@@DanielMann ok mate awesome - im in for one whenever that happens 👌

[@davejolly9010]

so competitive with your brother lol... great video

[@DanielMann]

Have to be right?

[@davejolly9010]

@Daniel Mann I'm a Twin... ABSOLUTELY 👍🤣🤣🤣

[@benabbott1653]

Hi Dan this video is just as amazing as the rest in this series and i just want to say i really enjoy your videos. Awesome fish but the red moki or banded morwong as you Aussies call them should not be shot and it actually has nothing to do with the eating quality. Red moki are very long lived, slow growing, resident species that mate for life. This means that shooting only one or two can damage the population very easly as they do not reproduce with any fish but there mate and it takes a very long time for the population to bounce back as it takes many years for a moki to grow to sexual maturity. The other reason is they are sacred in maori culture and hold great mana with us New Zealanders. But aside from that awesome video mate and some really quality snapper. Cant wait to see your next adventure.

[@jd2379]

Is there difference in taste comparing snapper and mediterranean dentex? cheers

[@DanielMann]

I’d prefer to eat the snapper in Australia if I’m honest!

[@novizadventures]

Been hanging for this one for ages! Awesome episode! Ps how different looking are the NZ snapper compared to the QLD ones!? They looks so big and fat in NZ, almost part blubberlip

[@DanielMann]

They are crazy different, not quite as bright and red either. Apparently the same species though!

[@Nofishnoclue]

Very dependant on where you collect the snapper from in NZ aswell, depth and bottom material differences will result in massive morphology differences, ones caught over sand bottoms usually are are often bright pink with very proportional bodies and heads, while ones caught from over 30m often are a deeper red sometimes with vibrant blue spots and fins. The ones in these videos are what we would call kelpies, often darker colours with big gnarly mouths and fat powerful bodies, they can be very very dark to the point they almost look black depending on where you get them

[@novizadventures]

@@Nofishnoclue thats an awesome description! Thanks mate. We only seem to get 1 type here - very long red and colorful. Im in South QLD, Aus. They have a lot of competitor species here though.

[@kudrettuncel2859]

Süper daniel👏👏👏🍷🍷❤

[@DanielMann]

Thank you!

[@Echo-416]

Banded, Blue & Red Morwong get a bad wrap in Aus but definitely aren't bad table fish.

[@DanielMann]

They are all decent to eat for sure.

[@jaxoncahill9642]

Awesome job Dan if your interested in trying new recipes you could try pan frying your rock lobster with some butter and garlic it’s absolutely delicious

[@DanielMann]

Would have loved to have gotten a few more to try some different recipes. First one I always like to try natural though. Next time!

[@kongenkristian]

Halibuuuuuuut!!

[@leeuwinprowse9462]

can you do a vid where you teach people how to hold their breath better and the techniques you use other than that your amazing

[@DanielMann]

I have a video about this already 👌

[@adil_mirza_09]

Nice bro 👍

[@svenjaminfranklin471]

Been waiting for this! Jackson is such a gun. I’m sick of my GoPro freezing on me also, I know you’ve switched to the dji are you noticing any of the same issues with that? Had my GoPro do this the other day and missed amazing footage because of it 😢

[@DanielMann]

I haven’t had time to extensively use the DJI but no issues so far. I will say the hero 10 has been mostly good to me though. Always frustrating missing footage when it’s the camera playing up.

[@pharn]

good,,🥰🥰🥰🤙🤙🤙🤙

[@slackstringlvr]

Yeeeeew 🤙

[@jesse58406]

Where I'm from, a great deal of respect is given to a fish that's been shot at, injured, faught for its life, escaped and survived. Very poor sportsmanship. His scars should have earned him the right to live and the choice to spear him says volumes. Daniel, you must try this practice in future, you'll thank me later. Yes it is spiritual.

[@jhanz8379]

❤❤❤

[@jonnywaselectric]

I never thought of drummer in NZ, do you know if they get black drummer too? I have always wondered why luderick or what they call parore isn't so popular over there, they are good fun to catch and great on the chew, not as good a black drummer though

[@DanielMann]

Not sure if they get black drummer but I did see luderick.

[@jonnywaselectric]

@@DanielMann Ive always heard silver drummer are no good, I decided to cook one up one day and they are not bad

[@zenalberga2339]

Can someone explain me how he holds his breath for so long

[@DanielMann]

Nearly 20 years of spearfishing practise.

[@DanielMann]

I also have a video about holding your breath that may help 👌

[@zenalberga2339]

@@DanielMann OMG thank you never would have thought you wheir going to react yourself🤣

[@isaganihernandezchannel1790]

Nice video idol

[@apiadventures3213]

Butterfish!!

[@peterthepakeha2799]

NZ red moki are the best smoked fish you will eat.

[@danielecaracappa8215]

Handsome divers

[@DanielMann]

Thanks

[@334outdoors8]

Just thought oh I havnt seen one of your videos in a while welp was apparently unsubscribed that’s fixed and a back log from this video to present to watch

[@DanielMann]

You’ve got some good videos coming up!

[@petereades310]

Another lot of breeding snapper gone.well done.

[@Andy_M986]

If you want copious amounts of Crays,you need to get permission to dive Doubtful Sound,there are literally thousands in most places there.

[@01theblackknight]

Noooo Daniel not the Red Moki! 😢 (Classic mistake, pretty sure all NZ spearo's have done it.... once)

[@DanielMann]

Tasted fine, would shoot again!

[@01theblackknight]

@@DanielMann Oh yes they taste delicious! But they are very long lived and don't reproduce often, so most spearo's in my part of NZ won't target them due to that. Pretty easy to just wipe a population out, as they tend to hang around the same holes too. (No issue with you shooting it though, like I said I feel like everyone here has shot at least one, and they do taste good :D)

[@dougs_urbanfarm]

Would have heard about it if your brother had caught bigger! I know as I have a brother too.

[@DanielMann]

We’ll never find out what happens if my brother shoots a bigger snapper 😉

[@potatoking6859]

With red moki it’s best not to shoot them as they swim and live with a partner, when one dies so does the other

[@simoneamaro987]

Fish taste good but for me lazy person there are to many thornes

[@isaacwilkinson7349]

8 mins from the boil 10 is abit to long

[@aquamatt4225]

Hey Dan, love the video! If you're keen to dive South Africa next year please check your dms. Keep the video coming!!

[@webbey6479]

Dude your aussie accents almost gone!

[@DanielMann]

8th year living in the U.K. now 🤓

[@webbey6479]

@@DanielMann need to come back home for a reset! Awesome vids as always!

[@DanielMann]

The accent probably swings a little once I get to the Australia vids after these NZ ones 😂

[@fishpants3877]

Beautiful NZ. You guys are awesome! But what about sharks? I kept an eye out behind you the whole time.

[@DanielMann]

I was a little concerned about whites but told they don’t come to the east coast so cracked on 🤣