Lionfish Blast 2013

Spearfishing lionfish offshore Jacksonville, Florida

[@Skac01]

Great video! Not only does a crap load of lionfish bite the dust, but also has epic cameos from a manta ray and a shark.

[@airraptor]

Yes thank you and Hope you continue to get these little buggers. makes me want to come to florida and hunt these every day. These fish need to be commercialized.

[@Gotafish1]

I would like to personally thank you for your efforts in eradicating the Lionfish . We here in Florida who are native to the state have been over whelmed with invasive fish and reptiles which are not native to our area and are harming our environment greatly. I refer to Lionfish, Burmese Pythons, Iguanas and most recently Tegus Lizards along with many others. Thanks for the video even though it sickens me to see this many Lionfish in one area.

[@TigerShark117]

1. killed lion fish. 2. swam with a sand tiger shark. 3. swam with a freaking manta ray. and 4. was a total bad a$$ do this, i hella like this dude!

[@Godwillsit308]

Thanks Tim. You are doing a valuable service.

[@durtengator4276]

that's a day to mark down on the calender. what a awesome vid. thanks for sharing that experience with all of us

[@65LB]

Thank you aquarium folks. Created a real problem. Imagine a big meat grinder on the boat converting it into fish food!

[@a74785]

Now that was an amazing video! Good job with the Lionfish and wow what a spectacular ending!

[@jackeishalver7197]

those fish are so interested in you getting rid of those lionfish

[@alexbraun2243]

I just keep watching these videos about lionfish being speared and I find them so therapeutic it's unbelievable... I think I'm going to need to go on one of these regarding holidays and have a go at it

[@curtiscoolio]

4:30, six in a row so satisfying

[@hiblackie2340]

Don't know why I enjoy this video so much and especially the ending.

[@mickeylegalhawk6510]

a lot of work. Thanks for saving the environment and making a big difference in our ocean

[@albertj.mendozac.7695]

It's almost as if all those surrounding fish are cheering the kind stranger on!

[@tomharrell1954]

Fantastic video! Super! Great dive. Great job getting rid of those Lion fish. It looked as if the other fish were cheering you on.

[@michaelstone1416]

Awesome dive. What wreck is that? Wife and I tried some lionfish a few weeks ago. Very tasty!!

[@dalelackey226]

Loved this. I hate what Lionfish are doing to our reefs. This is a very satisfying video even more so than pimple popping videos

[@cleanliving2663]

This may sound like dumb question, but why don't they just poke them and leave them there? Wouldn't they be able to kill them much faster that way? I know they do research on them and also eat them, but besides those 2 reasons...

[@dangareau]

I love the Harbor Freight gloves with a Home Depot bucket!

[@rollandriehn6404]

was wondering. you seem to have quite the rapt audience around the bucket. Is it feasible to bring diagonal cutters and snip off the spines then let nature take its course?

[@Jason-px8vq]

Nice work! What kind of shark was that at 8:45?

[@fullcircle1599]

+Jason Wood it's a sand tiger shark

[@lindsaythomas2283]

Why do I find this video so entertaining ?

[@alexbraun2243]

I see people using those little Tuesday I get through that straight away and I'm thinking and eat something bigger. Now that you've got that makes you back it looks quite good but I think the next should be a full barrel size container :)

[@moneywalker55]

That song though. Very nice. Is that Ray Lamontange? Hope I spelled it right.

[@XxXshockXxX100]

7:10 WHAT A FUCKING WARRIOR LOL

[@SubToTripleThreatRC]

That was a spectacular dive, thanks for sharing. Thumbs up!

[@zbrooo]

4:42 PENTUPLE KILL!

[@borderlander2260]

4:50 an enemy has been slain... DOUBLE KILL.... TRIPLE KILL... QUADRA KILL.... PENTA KILL!!!!!!!

[@ciamarrajohn]

Ace

[@ianbohannon4185]

great video! usually i hate it when people spearfish using scuba but this is an accept ion thank you for saving our oceans!

[@martinmaddox5315]

Thanks

[@ronan5342]

That was very satisfying. Good job!

[@kmandiver]

This is an awesome video! Thanks for the ride.

[@d600701]

Good video and music was perfect!

[@leinaddf]

Nice vid mate and great lionfish kills

[@ron1613]

Merci parce que tus as fait une service publique

[@jimjustice581]

I applaud you!!! I hope they don’t evolve into a fish that scatters upon seeing a diver.

[@walksaselk40]

Black sea bass seem pretty welcoming to the human intruders

[@wernerziemerink]

Song = Xavier Rudd - G B A

[@boysponge705]

What song is that?

[@joehentalack2443]

When it is possible,try to feed them to large Groupers,Cuddas,and Black-tips or other Sharks.....They eat them like pop-corn...!!!...But predators do not see them as fish,but more like a "floating-sea plant",I had two Cuddas once next to me,on a dive,and every time,I shot one of these suckers I fed them(kept the large ones for me)and they loved it,I felt like I had my two dogs with me.......They knew,I was feeding them/no charge...!!!!!.....Most predators do not recognize Lion-fish as food,the invasion was fast,and they do not look like fish really,so we got to teach them.......For a large Grouper or Cudda,their spikes are like tooth-picks......!!!!!!!!...And the meat for us is fantastic..........

[@collieboyzcollieboys7097]

what song is that?

[@SeventhSamurai72]

That's so cool, thank you for sharing!

[@chaseborchers]

seems like an underwater vacuum would work better

[@mercedesgulley355]

6:52 What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!

[@Matson20]

can you catch us some?

[@cosmicmuffin322]

Terrific video!

[@DinoNoobzTMZ]

The fish at 2:06 is wondering wtf is happening xD

[@werideplaces3675]

This song....

[@murrayer5426]

Why were you killing flounder

[@dr.eusebioluis7583]

Excellent

[@monikanegron8766]

Yeah I also think your doing a great job, but not so much with the other fish you got a few of them, sure those are tasty (lenguado) and OMG the MantaRay and the shark, great diving day. Totally jelouse.

[@jamescullen6973]

Keep up the good job Tim 😎

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

Hard to believe that we could overfish the ocean

[@neettim]

lion fish are so op

[@wesleyagrela6449]

R they poisonous

[@budalmancingbm9480]

Nice blash bro

[@ssdrmstre]

why does he spear the flatfish too?

[@kieberg]

+ssdrmstre they are delicious.

[@timnjenn100]

good job

[@MrCBMax06]

I'm looking to get into spear fishing around Jax. Where are some decent places to go? All offshore I am assuming?

[@joehentalack2443]

WHEN FUCKING UP LION FISH FEED SOME TO THE BIG BOYS AROUND,LIKE THAT SHARK THAT CAME SWIMMING AROUND.TEACH THEM....!!!!!!

[@johnechterhoff4791]

Good Vid. Thanks

[@v.e.7236]

Holy crap, they're everywhere!!! Kill 'em all!!! Great job! Those Bull sharks are no joke. Had two show up while spear fishing near the Lakeworth pier and I just gave up my goodie bag and got he hell out of Dodge. No arguing w/ those guys, I'll spear some more, later. lol

[@serfranklin6022]

That was a Sand Tiger Shark, not a Bull

[@v.e.7236]

@@serfranklin6022 OK, thanks.

[@yarinakayo7188]

isnt the lionfish part of aquatic ecosystem?

[@ITUMBLE4U]

YariNaKayo It is a native fish from half way around the globe, introduced into the Florida ecosystem, unfortunately, some think in the late 90s. It has no natural predators in this part of the world and is a voracious eater, wiping out naturally occurring bait fish on the reefs.

[@robschumann9665]

Every lionfish that has been wild caught in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico can be traced back to 1 of 8 original fish believed to have been set loose from an aquarium around the Miami area some time in the late 80’s. They have no natural predators and can lay up to 30,000 eggs at a time. They also have been found at depths below 1000 ft. 1 person who cared more about his “pets” than the possible damage that can be done single handedly released the poster species for invasive animals. They will never be eradicated and if they are not somehow brought under control soon they will be the only reef fish Caribbean snorkelers and divers ever get to see. The local fishing economy will be destroyed and who knows how many native fish will go extinct. People please think about the environment before doing anything that could effect it. No matter how small of an effect you think you will have.

[@ariboats]

Nice Job!!!!

[@estebahng5964]

so fish can populate the area again. Divers might have to cover assign grid to effectively destroy them. Just like laying a battle map in the ground and going Alpha team your going to cover this 1000 meter grid and Bravo team right next to them is this reef . If you run into thousands of the terrorist them come up and will call for paradrop if another team for insertition .

[@atlaslion5128]

I wanna do that :(

[@nuclearthreat545]

is flounder invasive? why are you killing them with the lionfish?

[@romsam4234]

+nuclearthreat545 You can eat the Lion Fish and unless you just landed from Mars you would know that Flounder is very tasty, but then again maybe you can just go to Mc D's and get a processed fish fillet of fried fish...

[@nuclearthreat545]

+Rom Sam I will have to try it out, I'm a fan of salmon

[@romsam4234]

+nuclearthreat545 Flounder and Lion fish have a milder flavor than Salmon, but I'm sure that if you try them out you'll enjoy it, good eating

[@FireoftheGreeks]

+nuclearthreat545 I think that he did it for the "halibut"...

[@sirtraineewhat576]

+FireoftheGreeks boooooo

[@josephcamilleri5605]

Try feeding it to the grouper

[@bloodlucky6152]

5:57 live to see another day

[@JamesWright1955]

good job!

[@yapkian2159]

so many lion~~!!

[@hendriktijdelijk6846]

Dear good divers, I understand why you kill them all, but you need to leave a lot death behind in the water for the other animals to feed on because these lionfish also have eaten a lot of energy out of the habitats so the habitat can get back the energy the lionfish tooke...

[@forestgump18]

No mercy!

[@lwall1445]

Not enough is being done about this ecological disaster and awareness. I think all species of Lionfish automatically should not be allowed to see for aquariums.

[@sandraude1]

you should feed the shark at 7.30

[@jessstark2258]

it is gonna take every diver working hard to control these rascals - here is my contribution to the effort in Cayman - kzbin.info/www/bejne/j32klpiPrMuWopY - feeding snapper and kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJCllaeFe86So8k - Feeding Moray

[@Exploring_Nature]

Why the fuck you kill the flat fish?!

[@user-sz3nn2lb6u]

poor flounders

[@yaskeyhack]

Hope that flounder wasn't thrown in with all the lionfish...

[@exploringmalta3378]

yaskeyhack he eats both lionfish and flounders, u peopls need to understand

[@jatimyw]

Lionfish sate.. :D

[@619mark1]

Please cut the spines off and feed a few to the other fish

[@17nicksmail]

10:20 - So risky, that's how the crocodile guy died.

[@kieberg]

+17nicksmail Manta Ray's do not have a barb. He was fine.

[@17nicksmail]

kieberg Thanks, I did not know that.

[@sergiomarinpetersen6879]

thats a manta ray not a stingray. The mantas dont have a stinger unlike stingray and eagle rays. Mantas are completely harmless to people.

[@angeloc3842]

Fuk um up 💪🏼

[@rangerfitness]

stop going after the little ones!

[@diob1829]

rangerfitness i think theyre obliged by law to kill every lionfish they find.. lionfish are considered as pests in this area.. i think..

[@chadmclain3039]

yeah they're invasive in florida they all taste good and your supposed to kill everyone you see

[@mxmm572]

ye well, here we can see what people do in the name of "ecology" killing other fishes whish are native and beneficial for the ecosystem....

[@jw1289]

Poor flatfish. Bloodlust .

[@dsnicker9719]

Please get rid of that infernal racket!! DISLIKE!!

[@andrewvillanueva4222]

Thank you for killing lionfish

[@jeffmiller3112]

What a waste, glad I fast forwarded through it. Thumbs down and no subscribe for you!

[@jacobhanson9009]

Lol ypu must not know how bad lion fish are, but they are great eating

[@hendriktijdelijk6846]

Dear good divers, I understand why you kill them all, but you need to leave a lot death behind in the water for the other animals to feed on because these lionfish also have eaten a lot of energy out of the habitats so the habitat can get back the energy the lionfish tooke...

[@charlesmartel3425]

How do you know if you killed them? Did you see the one he hit like 5 times and speared 3 times? It was still swimming off despite having multiple spear points thrust through its sides. Lion fish will survive with puncture wounds unless you hit the spine and wreck their swim bladders. The safer bet is to take them to the surface, sell them in markets, and get more people interested in eating them. The best way to get rid of these fish is to create a market for them in individuals who will never strap on a scuba tank.