Spearfishing for Mulloway / Jew fish on offshore reefs and pinnacles

The second instalment in a two part series I produced for Spearfishing Downunder Magazine in 2014. This episode focuses on hunting mulloway or jewfish on offshore reefs and pinnacles.
Filmed by Tim McDonald, Joshua Ball, Bryson Sheehy & Daniel Mann on the east coast of Australia.
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[@the_mad_spearodivingdeeper1514]

That part at the end had me dead 🤣

[@billgardyne7328]

These videos are now getting to be oldies, but they are still goodies. Thanks for sharing.

[@eddyballester8990]

Really enjoyed your show! I was expecting to see a species of grouper, but found the show extremely interesting and impressive. Thanks

[@slow_diver]

Some of the best silver Jew footage on KZbin. Right up there with Michael Takach's stuff. Mesmerising

[@leftymadrid]

Daniel, these look very close to the Corvinas we have here in Mazagon beach coasts, they ARE fantastic to eat for sure! My uncle has the all time record, an unbelievable 190kilos!! I have a poster of him standing with it while it hung by a steel cable at the entrance of the restaurant that took it off his hands!! The two ivory skull pieces where huge!!!

[@7madZz]

thank you so much for sharing, very informative and the footage is amazing. would love to hunt these fish one day.

[@bpsmash]

Man, I have never seen these amounts of fish let alone sized like that over here in Europe. Better take care of that environment or you'll end up diving 65m to look for the needle in the haystack haha

[@mrPloopy107]

Spear fishing is Actually one of my life long dreams!

[@DanielMann]

Get out there and give it a go!

[@mwe1174]

4.21 yellowtail king fish top left

[@mohammedalmatary380]

top right x)

[@novizadventures]

@@cooperstannard9504 Jewish are much rarer in Queensland than kingies

[@wazeFPS]

Man I’ve been stuck just watching your videos. The commentating sounds very good and is really clear! You seem to be experienced but you do not seem too cocky about it and you seem like you are open to learn new things that’s really refreshing to see! The only constructive criticism That I would have would be that you could have some b roll footage in between, you have a little bit but a bit more would be really cool to see. Ofc this is my opinion and shouldn’t be taken to seriously. Keep the good work up!

[@DanielMann]

Thanks WaZe, this is a video I produced in 2014 so the B roll is probably a bit lacking for sure. Look at my more recent stuff. I have been diving for about 14 years but every time I get in the water I learn something new and I have plenty of failures. A fact I am not afraid to share with the world to show I am human, like everyone else. So many spearfishing videos are like a fantasy because it is only success which in my experience couldn’t be further from the truth 😂

[@scotthopgood8317]

Will there be a part 3 !?? awesome vid mate ! It's really great that you share this knowledge as it can take years to hone the skills required to target certain fish species - thank you for sharing . I can't wait to get out and find my 1st Jew now ..

[@DanielMann]

No part 3 in the works sorry Scott, have plenty more footage to do it though.

[@thomasmanders255]

You got them on tap bro, I wish I had the bollocks to do this 🦈🦈🦈

[@ryanhartwell6972]

Looks like a white sea bass👌

[@garywilkes421]

Awesome vids Dan. I am a brand new spearo and am soaking in your very informative vids. Keep them coming

[@DanielMann]

Cheers Gary!

[@solidwill3134]

great work, awsome series on mulloway by far the best on you tube. can you do a series on snapper

[@DanielMann]

I don't have enough footage of snapper nor am I any sort of master at shooting them unfortunately. I have footage of 3 over 5kg but not much else of them. My dive mate Tim has around 52 getting shot on film last time we counted.

[@jackholley2993]

Your channel growth rate it gone up a good bit. I subbed at about 85k and have been hooked since. I once recommended a 100k speicial, well I’m sayin it again! I hope to get my first gun for my birthday, my dad is also a spearo

[@dsliving-dejansverko4516]

Insane!!!!!!

[@JubaAdhiNugroho]

Nice shooting dude...I love it. In Indonesia, we use modified air rifle to shoot fish.

[@simonpatrick180]

Omg its Gee Banger on the boat.

[@DanielMann]

Dart in mouth as per usual 😂

[@chaseanderle6330]

Epic vid bro👌

[@carlosmartinez5068]

Waaaaaaoooo k lugar más hermoso y plagado de buenas piezas muy buena pesca k. Dios los siga bendiciendo y guardando de todo mal a todos los pescasub del mundo incluyendo me a mi buenas suerte a todos

[@jonnywaselectric]

Yewwwww Ballo

[@isaganihernandezchannel1790]

very video idol.

[@fordleg]

hey mate how long do you lads hold your breath under water for? also do you semi decompress on the way back up?

[@DanielMann]

Most dives are around 1:30 depending on what you’re chasing and how deep. Sometimes 30 seconds, sometimes 2:30. No decompression needed as its freediving and not breathing compressed air. You don’t get the bends unless in extreme conditions diving really deep continuously all day.

[@declanmartin6174]

Love ur vids

[@DanielMann]

Thanks for watching Declan!

[@drewkaluskimanalive.7057]

The last piece of footage is amazing, how deep were u guys?

[@DanielMann]

All under 30m I think.

[@Orcida_1968]

Daniel do you hunt Redsnapper's ??

[@DanielMann]

Hi Silvano, we hunt these fish a lot which we call pink snapper. Pagrus auratus is the scientific name for you to look it up.

[@Orcida_1968]

Ty bro

[@nicksmith3746]

Watch out for sharks!!

[@dougbourdo2589]

What ?! Too funny.

[@ahmedaizi1477]

What did you do with the damn 30 mulloway you caught?

[@DanielMann]

Over the course of 6 divers and 5 years worth of footage? Ate them of course.

[@jasonmccauley3463]

Exactly...should be a one fish bag limit for spearfishermen...

[@mossmyd8378]

Ahmed Aizi you are a fuck wit

[@elwoodgraymusic9083]

Thanks for not putting as much Doof music behind this video. I’ve found some of the other videos harder to watch because of this.

[@peteheigelfishing]

whats that black and white fish at 5:25?

[@DanielMann]

That is a red morwong.

[@peteheigelfishing]

@@DanielMann thanks, very interesting looking fish:)

[@77easy77]

how deep do you roughly dive for these?

[@DanielMann]

Between 15m and 25m.

[@zaneforsyth667]

hey man, im from north nsw too and was just wondering where some good spots for jews might be

[@julianweise497]

A church

[@peopleneedtosticktogethera1479]

@@julianweise497 lmfao

[@Jay-en7bw]

Bondi in Sydney is a great spot tie a 5 cent coin onto your rod and you will get a school of them take the bait in true jew aggressive maner

[@ashkglyan5163]

What kinda belt reel u using?

[@DanielMann]

I used to have a Rabitech enclosed one that was fantastic because other weight belts wouldn’t break it when dropped on top. They stopped making them unfortunately and I lose that weight belt. Now been using one from Aussie reels the past 5 years and no problems at all and works great.

[@tohairylittlewomen]

How do mulloway cheeks for table fair?

[@DanielMann]

Never tried them.

[@tohairylittlewomen]

Daniel Mann always impressed by the cinematography level you bring to your videos. The hard work you put into each video shows.

[@DanielMann]

Thanks heaps, I appreciate that 👌

[@JackBultitude]

Fibreshopboyz

[@cptpharket9701]

urunga ??? nice work

[@DanielMann]

Never been to Urunga in my life.

[@cptpharket9701]

thats bad luck good diving off there

[@CoşanGülaçar]

dude not safe at all when the other diver shot upwards in your direction??!1 would expect more from your experience

[@Akhilesh.masala420]

What gun do you use in you're videos

[@DanielMann]

Anything with a black carbon looking gun is one I've made myself. Basically a 120, 1600 x 7.5mm spear and two 16mm bands.

[@jacksonfletcher124]

Daniel Mann is a rob Allen sparid 110 with a single 16mm rubber good enough or should I be looking for the 2nd rubber

[@zoobru]

the best tasting Mulloway are the smallest ones!

[@benchasinghorizons9428]

God dam poachers...lol

[@mysterieusemoi5479]

😂😂😂🤣 what?

[@jinyaqua1427]

hillarious

[@angelomanuel6828]

He's targeting jews 😳

[@Sune5129]

Smaller ones are much better to eat 😂

[@lyntonhowes5154]

As a spearo I feel very, very uncomfortable with the quantity of fish taken in this video. Imagine if each viewer emulates. Take what you need, don't fill the ice box, or the fishery will end up totally barren like in many parts of the world.

[@DanielMann]

Hi Lynton, this video was complied over three years worth of filming so not in one day at all. Rarely do we take more than one mulloway per person and in NSW you can only take one anyways. However this was filmed long before those bag limits. Between 2010 & 2014.

[@Completeangler2]

Hook stopping it from eating...what a load of rubbish.

[@slyarsenal]

Spearfishing jewfish is sacrilege in the fishing community. As a landbased mulloway fisherman of 24yrs I believe these fish deserve more respect than just lazily shooting a spear gun. This method of fishing isn't sustainable nor does it require much skill, knowledge or practice. And yes I dive too so let's not even go there.

[@markskewes7407]

i don't think a few speared jew will hurt the population

[@johnnyderpp5925]

Such a lazy sport to train to dive, stalk, and shoot a fish hey mate

[@orionthomasgaming236]

Mate it must be hard sitting on your arse on the fucken rocks waiting for a fish to come past and bite your bait. Additionally, I fish as well as dive so don't even go there, also you shouldn't start you're sentences with "and". regards, Tom

[@danielvodo1]

Lol lazily shooting. I struggle to get up to them enough to take a shot in most shallow spots in South Australia. It is much easier to hook one when you know where to find them. There have been days I've spent 6 hours stalking a school in 3m visibility and only being able to shoot one. While the boats around me have caught a good 5-10 fish. I doubt you have ever even had a chance at shooting a mulloway hence the saltiness

[@Rb30ify]

Terrible terrible terrible......Goner be just like blue groper one day.....BANNED FROM SPEARING.......

[@Fluid36]

Spearfishing isn't the issue for Jews buddy, commercial and line fishing much worse.

[@ashleybarratt1672]

true MM... prawn trawling brings in a lot of juvenile jewfish by-catch, I've heard. Responsible take is ok... nobody want to denude the oceans. Trawler by-catch is indiscriminate.