Lionfish Blast 2016

Lionfish Blast 2016 Jacksonville, FL April 14 to May 14

[@KrazyKoto]

Why is watching Lionfish hunting so relaxing? Maybe I am just marveled by the shear number of lionfish and then relieved at how easily a crowd can be dispatched?

[@Cole-zg4mo]

Right? I've been watching these videos for an hour now. It's like watching high quality cleaning

[@timjarred5192]

KrazyKoto ASMR

[@antonioaguilar3257]

they totally are! i love watching these too... and i just got my open water cert in hawaii last month, definitely set this as a goal for nest year!

[@patrickm6500]

No sharks were harmed during the production of this video...

[@imranzaki3687]

😂😂😂😂

[@KimbArrleyy]

From 11:00 , most satisfying thing to watch!!

[@angelsanchez3074]

Good job guys keep up the good work. This will give the reef baby's a chance to grow and bring the reef back to life for all to enjoy.

[@jeremysnow8255]

I live in New Zealand and I am a keen diver/fisherman. So glad we don't have loin fish here. But wish I could come there and help slay them.

[@booksskoob]

Very nice! You should teach your dive buddy to keep his feet/knees off the fragile reef...

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

Cut it out

[@tropickman]

awesome. we need more!

[@johnscharr2875]

This is great. Florida needs more of this.

[@chelseafcrocks82]

11:00 this is awful to see...thank you for clearing them up!

[@3471robert]

I am going to start the “Save Our Lionfish” SOL campaign!

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

Change my donation: negative million dollars

[@wmoy8507]

Great job guys and thanks.

[@metallicbladez3119]

You're a hero to the reef!! :)

[@sherrytrujilloboyer9011]

Just moved to Puerto Rico and after a year of living here our little snorkeling reef now has lionfish. After watching several removal videos, I like your setup the most. (side handle on your containment bucket! Perfect distance on the spear length) . Can you share with the class what equipment you use? A video with your gear would be greatly appreciated.

[@prg_dylan2081]

Sherry Trujillo Boyer i am from PUERTO RICO too

[@Taqruinnius]

Go to www.zkstore.com/ there you can buy lion fish removal gear.

[@mikedeangelo2664]

For $11, you can make your own with Home Depot supplies

[@johnthomas9143]

hey Patrick.Looks like i snagged one or two from u from under that ledge.Nice video.Thats a great area for lionfish and for lobster.Really sharky tho.Im definitely going back during lobster season.I seen u pointing the cobs out but i really wanted to put up a few more numbers for the tourney.I like the bucket u made for the lionfish.

[@brianfairhurst742]

I bet the other fish are so happy and thankful afterwards!! The second five was like a jackpot

[@Sooner1947]

Have you participated in a Blast 2017, please keep posting. Thanks.

[@pedrobarquin5179]

Great job...! Question: how did you made the top lid of the bucket?, how many feet where you at?, thanks, keep up the good job

[@patrickm6500]

the bucket is a 7 gallon food grade bucket that has a screw on lid which was too stiff so i cut out the top and replaced it with the top of a home depot bucket lid which was more flexible.

[@echopeus22]

i live in Jax and didn't know we were so inundated with these guys... I need to get back into diving its been years since last dive

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

Do you know of any restaurants that sell lionfish?

[@echopeus22]

@@TruckTaxiMoveIt yes sir :) North Beach Fish Camp had em - They Cook em whole :D

[@northerntier87]

keep up the good work. Fish look happy as well.

[@annakeye]

Resting your bucket and other equipment on the reef can do damage to it. Also touching the reef or leaning on it.

[@jeffreybrewer8649]

When the lionfish are shoved in the buckets -- I keep thinking they are poking each other with their spines. Just because they produce the venom doesn't necessarily mean they are immune to the venom.

[@matalvis]

Sharks (Perception Check) "I know there is food here, and I know you are stabbing stuff!" Bucket (Deception Check) "Hi, I'm a bucket!"

[@brettsears33]

What depth were you at during the 2 dives?

[@johncgibson4720]

Great work.

[@Titus-as-the-Roman]

Cool long video, only thing I wish you would have done was slow down a minute or two and pan the camera around slowly so to show the variety of other species swimming around you, it's interesting to see the different kind of fish. I'm not a diver but every once and a while I'll catch something I don't know what it is (and I've been salt water fishing my whole life, at least 50 years), for every one I catch there must be a hundred different ones I don't know about.

[@floridahuntsman7915]

Where do I get that bucket?

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

Does anyone know where I can get lionfish to eat in Jacksonville Florida?

[@coreyhopkins4960]

how big was the cobia @15:55 ? 60lbs?

[@rainbow6177]

Great videos! Just one question; Are the fish being sold to local restaurants or something like that?

[@pbfiend1]

If I could sell lionfish directly to restaurants... I would, but here in FL you are prohibited from doing so. You can only sell to a distributor who then sells to the restaurants. We eat the ones over 10".

[@theholytoast]

If you get a 50$ saltwater products license and bring them to his restaurant, he'll buy them straight from you. no distributor needed. www.grillsseafood.com/lionfish-invasion/

[@Tom-io5os]

What depth are you finding these lionfish? Doesn't look to bee too deep .

[@pbfiend1]

We typically find them off NE FL in 90+ feet. These dives were 90 - 105.

[@rushencole9902]

Great job guys

[@madmedic366]

So awesome. I want to do that so bad

[@Tom-io5os]

That's great to remove 300 plus lionfish. But to think that one female can lay 10,000 eggs that float on the current until they settle on the reef to hatch. It's an up hill battle. But, I'm glad to see divers helping out before they destroy the reef eco. Looks like you guys had a great day and that's what counts. Friend diving and pure fun doing it. Not to say that the meal was worth the whole trip. Great job and very good video.

[@TheYavy]

Tom actually its a good business now.. 5 bucks per pound

[@thegoodfriendsnetwork]

how much do you get per fish?

[@BigCheezy7]

Great Job. keep it up

[@floridahuntsman7915]

Omg ! We're infested. Nice cobia. Thank you , you showed them who's boss.

[@fishingforlife4126]

That is really good your killing all of them keep it up

[@guzziman96]

after this green video, i see everithing violet

[@JP-st2mk]

Well done guys!

[@savannah505]

MMMMMHHHH fish and chips.......drool

[@nathanielsorensen9038]

Crap that's a lot of lions.. On the east coast the numbers are lower but the fish are usually pretty big. Great job!!

[@Agirmetal]

The dudes were just chilling there

[@williewill413]

How deep are these dives?

[@patrickm6500]

100'

[@RikkiTikkiTavi290]

Nice reaction on that Cobia

[@a.wilson1979]

Cheers! But it may get more efficient if you use a spear without barbs or rubber bands and transfix them quickly in line, only descarting them off the spear after catching six or more using a long knife to get sure they are died and don't loose time in store all of it , becsuse they are trash.

[@dallastaylor5479]

Yay!, only 7,698,369 to go.

[@jeffreybrewer8649]

Your gonna need a bigger bucket ...

[@SandraLThomas64]

Seem like quite a bit of coral damages. Or many just the sounds

[@chicotaco88]

So transfixed on watching i got dizzy.

[@jasondelaney527]

Holy sheep shit that's a lot of fish!!!

[@peterhaustein]

keep it up take all out

[@ron1613]

job well done!

[@quercus4730]

People have been killing invasive species ( except for horses ) for years yet the numbers and areas you can find lion fish,snake head fish, bighead carp,silver carp,common carp,boas, wild pigs and numerous others just keeps growing. The world is changing we all see it but we seem to be having a hard time accepting it.

[@quercus4730]

So you figure you are winning?

[@blackw369]

did anyone else get motion sick when they speed this thing up?

[@dutchbird100]

Why the shark?!?

[@youthinky0uknowme]

it’s a big fish that taste good apparently

[@nobodysecret8632]

Bro... try to not touch the corals next time, you damaged them and this might be even worse than leaving out one lionfish...

[@justinpham6527]

It like picking up trash. And looks dangerous too...Good job!

[@mrflask5415]

Why did you kill the shark?

[@patrickm6500]

not a shark

[@mrflask5415]

uhm ok, what was it then?

[@patrickm6500]

Cobia

[@swift--toxic5690]

Its a cobia jesus christ

[@jackriley5974]

Like pissing in the ocean to raise the tide??

[@CrimpyGummybear]

Pickin up the trash

[@user-es7cw1xu5d]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@debbieeeCo]

Oh my goodness how are you guys not afraid of getting stung by a lion fish or afraid of the sharks swimming in the area? I get nervous just watching! Lol

[@metallicbladez3119]

DebbieeeCo You are most likely to be born with a conjoined twin then get attacked by a shark. Sharks are just interested in what you are doing but when they see a vulnerable fish at the tip of your spear they will go for it. Lion fish just like any other fish, if they see you then they'll swim away but lion fish are more cocky due to not having any natural predators

[@antizionist3125]

16:20 why shoot the shark?

[@lachlanoneil8938]

That's not a shark.

[@bondpit8750]

Cobia, great tasting fish.

[@swift--toxic5690]

Cobiaaaaa

[@frankum1821]

All I can say is. Wow! Keep slaughtering them!

[@polarspirit]

Aren't you scared of the sharks? Damn if it was me I'd shit bricks

[@lachlanoneil8938]

Lucky it's not you Or me.

[@Atravieso123]

Great job. Thank you so much we need to control them

[@nobodysecret8632]

Atravieso123 but not like them, the coral damage might be even worse

[@altinezmtz5222]

4:35 I thought for sure you were dead.

[@warlord8954]

That bucket is going to get filled up fast. Then you'll have to surface and dump and go back down. Get a larger fish keeper. Something akin to a small duffle bag.

[@Luciusaurelius]

why'd he shit the fish?

[@petertrout8140]

It’s extermination, those things are EVERYWHERE.

[@thehumuyopi76]

Why did you kill those sharks?

[@TheYavy]

thehumuyopi76 they werent sharks

[@antizionist3125]

what is it?

[@wilfish247]

Cobia

[@mazenabiazar9844]

thehumuyopi76 So why did you kill them anyway?

[@swift--toxic5690]

@@mazenabiazar9844 for food?

[@ps3301]

So many lionfish. Government must mandate all american eat lionfish at least once a week!!

[@TheDarkd3ath]

Why are you harpooning sharks lol

[@lachlanoneil8938]

It wasn't a shark

[@bondpit8750]

Cobia look similar

[@imranzaki3687]

Why do you not feed the Lion Fish to the Sharks and train Sharks to take the Lion Fish as prey?

[@debbieeeCo]

Lol looks like you're just walking your pet fish on a leash like it's no big deal!

[@1Eagler]

I wonder why you collect the little ones and not just kill them

[@wasteman6069]

Decaying fish will leave ammonia in the waters and also attract sharks

[@wirelessone2986]

They even sell and eat the small ones

[@sdHansy]

8:20 Double kill

[@Chakeeper]

why would you kill that pup right in front of its mother ...

[@Chakeeper]

it doesn't matter what fish it is, it's wrong to shoot young offspring in front of its mother. if the juvenile is on its own, that's fair. but when its still with its mother ... that is stupid.

[@deannelson9565]

@@Chakeeper f****** Christ you snowflakes are stupid! Fish don't care for their young for more than a day or two then they're set off to do their own thing! It's not like mama shark goes out and gathers up food and brings it back to her babies so it makes no difference cuz that's shark is very likely not is Mother!

[@bondpit8750]

Chakeeper & dean Nelson, that wasn’t a shark pup. That was a Cobia, a great tasting sport fish. That fish provided a good number of meals. Cobia are sometimes mistaken for small sharks by people not familiar with the differences.

[@mono891031]

Nooooo sharks noooooo!!!!!-🙈🙈🙈🙈

[@yoyoav29]

...hmmm good job but why shoot the shark

[@TheYavy]

יואב שיינמן wasnt a shark

[@yoyoav29]

my bad ,you are right

[@bondpit8750]

Good on killing lion fish but poor techniques by the divers are rough in the coral

[@billsmith-rq7ki]

Why not just pop the little ones and leave them for the lobsters? Give the biomass back to the reef.

[@lachlanoneil8938]

I was thinking the same but maybe it's because the remains might not be eaten and then algae might become an issue.

[@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

[@fredflintstone2234]

Why are you spearing the sharks?

[@3471robert]

And what about all the damage to this reef?

[@dougk2932]

Pistolero.....

[@andrewvillanueva4222]

why don't you kill the lion fish and let the sharks eat them. just my thoughts

[@julianspeckner]

they will think a diver around means food.. wich can get annoying and dangerous

[@iHitchiti]

They need to start hunting them themselves and not just rely on us.

[@TheYavy]

Andrew Villanueva because why would they throw away cash?

[@johnjanaan3486]

For a momenth i thought u doing a good job killing invasive fish but after you killed the shark i see you just enjoy the thrill of killing.

[@swift--toxic5690]

Its not a shark dumbfuck it was a cobia know what your talking about before you talk shit

[@bruceli853]

Can you just kill them n leave it in there ? Maybe, other fishs will eat n save u times.

[@ianhood8081]

Don't get paid if you don't bring fish back...

[@bruceli853]

@@ianhood8081 right