My Biggest Red Crayfish (Spiny Lobster) | Freediving New Zealand

This is another mission from the summer holidays where I ended up catching my biggest red crayfish. What a buzz!!
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[@haydencoe6136]

That’s sea horse like thing is actually a pipe fish

[@gpfishingadventures7834]

Thank you Hayden!! Have been wondering about this for ages.

[@bringthefresh4094]

12 meters shallow? My goodness, 6 meters is a struggle for me. I don't know how some of you guys dive so deep!

[@gpfishingadventures7834]

Nah definitely deep for me too! I tend to dive 8m and under when solo. Don't do much over 10 - it's a struggle 😂

[@KerryFlowers]

Nice bug! Jan is not the best month for shallow water crayfish on the east coast of Northland, from March on things get much better...

[@gpfishingadventures7834]

Good to know, thanks Kerry! Definitely looking forward to when things start to cool down.

[@Swandivein]

nice brother! the old @olliecraig kayak set up👌 weve been getting some BIg Boys last few weeks over in Aus, best numbers ive seen for many years! especially the baby ones! great signs for the future. great vid!

[@gpfishingadventures7834]

@@Swandivein cheers man! Good to hear they're thriving

[@kaidownunder7870]

Awesome adventure bro, I really need to get a Yak! That float line around the tail trick is brilliant, definitely a trick that will come in handy for me one day. Thank you bro

[@gpfishingadventures7834]

Thank you brother 🙌🏼 I love going on the yak eh. Can get to some mean spots really easy. Float line trick is good, but sometimes they slip out 😂 I just made some nooses from mono instead

[@seawolf1330]

Enjoyed your videos I dive for Lobster‘s Huron California coast You just got a new subscriber

[@gpfishingadventures7834]

Awesome! Looking forward to watching your videos too

[@gpfishingadventures7834]

Actually I just realised I've already seen your channel. I watched your taxidermy videos. Really helpful

[@paulcardone481]

Awesome video, it’s my dream to catch crayfish in Australia.

[@KukisOutdoors-gk2rf]

Awesome work bro. Perfect weather.. dead calm👌 good haul! Good work

[@roncooke3964]

Nice catch mate 👌 👍 ❤

[@benhillier5949]

Awsome cray did you weigh it?

[@gpfishingadventures7834]

Nah! I'd say somewhere between 2 and 3kg. I got a 3.6kg packie earlier in the year and that was way bigger

[@loveiskey7833]

Awesome

[@harryseagar]

Wow, what a beautiful beast.

[@gpfishingadventures7834]

Majestic alright!

[@drewkaluskimanalive.7057]

Awsome PB cray mate😎

[@gpfishingadventures7834]

Thanks Drew!

[@Bthom999]

Beauty of a Cray!!

[@gpfishingadventures7834]

Thanks Bryn!!

[@njall7515]

What a good catch man! Well done.

[@gpfishingadventures7834]

cheers!

[@GoldenKea]

this video is epic! awesome bro! I love it! cheers

[@gpfishingadventures7834]

Thank you!!

[@NewZealandOceanArt]

Pipe fish bro

[@gpfishingadventures7834]

Thanks man!

[@harryseagar]

That late save was unreal mate!

[@johnboy5167]

Cleaning your fish in the water while diving is a good way to get eaten by a white pointer

[@gpfishingadventures7834]

Can't wait 😂

[@johnboy5167]

@@gpfishingadventures7834 l don't think it will be very enjoyable 😄

[@gpfishingadventures7834]

@@johnboy5167 speaking from experience??

[@johnboy5167]

@@gpfishingadventures7834 l have been free diving for 50 years and have not seen a pointer but I am careful and don't advertise my presence however I have seen some huge white pointers while offshore fishing in my boat some of them very close to shore 👍

[@gpfishingadventures7834]

@@johnboy5167 That's epic you have been free diving for so long! Are you NZ based? I'm still waiting for the day I encounter my first white...

[@4amwaj]

subbed for the Lyre Bird

[@gpfishingadventures7834]

Thanks mate! It's a Tui - native New Zealand bird 😊

[@williamhoskins2300]

no crocks or shark ?

[@gpfishingadventures7834]

No Crocs down here in New Zealand, and not many sharks either...

[@fishingwithscott1968]

How much times do you need to say butterfish ffs

[@gpfishingadventures7834]

😂😂😂

[@HDLogging1]

Henderson bay dude?

[@gpfishingadventures7834]

Nah man! Never been there, but I'm sure one of these days I will 🤙🏽