Tuna speared from dock in harbor

A man speared, and successfully landed a free-swimming yellowfin tuna in the Dana Point Harbor on Sunday, June 14th. Video submitted by Derek Marso of Valley Farm Market, whose sister shot the video after returning from Catalina Island on the ferry. More at sdfish.com/news...
Disclaimer: Shooting a finfish without being in the water and swimming is illegal. We do not condone illegal activity. This was posted not to celebrate the catch, but to show the unusual event of a yellowfin tuna in the Dana Point Harbor.

[@kemolowlow]

4.3K are against fishing but will buy tuna in a can.

[@kennethlukes1897]

4.3k are dummies

[@willfishing5605]

the odds of seeing that fish in the harbor, let alone seeing it and having a spear gun handy... 1 in a million.

[@DerrickVan]

That guy should buy the Powerball

[@tee4946]

Key West Harbors are loaded with fish.

[@Liyate2]

@@tee4946 not large fish or tuna for that matter

[@spencerwells1328]

@@Liyate2 have you not been to key west? Because I have multiple time and there are always large (depending how picky you want to be) sized fish in the harbor areas. Same with key largo, which is where I lived.

[@bryandiaz1806]

@@spencerwells1328 not tuna but some massive tarpon

[@SvTrilogyDoug]

I saw a kid at the dock in the bahamas hit a fish with a rock. Pull it out of the water and walk away with it.

[@JBproductions152]

Lmfaooo

[@shanethornton486]

Lmao

[@justincruz8352]

I caught a trout with my hands once. fish seemed a little retarded though.

[@shanethornton486]

@@justincruz8352 😂

[@tomjones7853]

Bullshit

[@johnganshow5536]

And all the people on the dock had Tuna sandwiches for the rest of the week...

[@rickreich5520]

I asked a guy in Culebra Island off Puerto Rico if there were big lobsters. The guy literally said if I bring one bag for you you own me a bottle of rum and $10. I said no problem. He ran off the dock and came back with a fricking monster Lob. Chowed it on a grill right in front of the bar! Priceless

[@tempuramonster]

Awesome story!

[@thejam7129]

Culebra island was my favorite place ever... paradise

[@GeraldPUR]

Sounds legit

[@colevickery9758]

This is what youtube was intended for

[@Redneck557]

Yes

[@kennethlukes1897]

Yes 100%!

[@joeholloway3526]

For all you do gooders I just want to confirm your suspicions! Yes that tuna he speared was auditioning for the next finding nemo!

[@GM-fx2jo]

you're probably dumb enough to watch that movie....lol

[@birbins]

I'm hypocritically outraged as I sit here enjoying my delicious breaded deep fried flounder filet.

[@kelvingillett5331]

One of the best things I've seen on youtube for about two days .

[@Sammywstewart]

At the end of the day - This fella is eating fresh tuna steaks and you're eating what??? Maccas you fat blobs. Thumbs up bra

[@lightswillguideyouhome6087]

SWS fresh tuna full of worm parasites

[@stevel7192]

commercial fishing is what is decimating fish stocks. Not one guy spearing a tuna.

[@freetrailer4poor]

It all adds up, some of the salmon rivers up north can be decimated by sport fishing alone.

[@buddyparrot1]

It's easy to go after the guy on the dock spearing a tuna, rather that the floating slaughter houses of the commercial fishery.

[@freetrailer4poor]

Leo, It is an illegal kill, he did nothing special. Why not let the public on the pier and let them do the same thing? An interesting video but if he did it often I would label him a yahoo.

[@0Turbox]

Wrong. Newest studies showing, that sport fishing take as much fish out of the water, like commercial fishing.

[@jamesarterburn4128]

not the point,is illegal to spear a fish on the dock that's what we are trying to get you fucking morons to understand

[@TubeBoobforyou]

Its probably a small bluefin that escaped from the tuna pens. If they get out of the pens, they will swim in a circle until they beach themselves.

[@The93ssfd]

tuna can be farm raised?

[@TubeBoobforyou]

@@The93ssfd Yes Bluefin are being farmed raised in several countries now. I have seen the operation in Mexico and it is massive...

[@The93ssfd]

@@TubeBoobforyou oh. i did not know that. thanks for the insight.

[@TimothyGGuth]

It was an albacore.

[@TubeBoobforyou]

@@TimothyGGuth Actually I think you're right. Hard to tell from the clip but the pectoral fin does look a bit longer

[@joewhite2484]

The empty beer bottle falling made me laugh.

[@amandosea2912]

Can we all stop crying about whether or not it's legal or illegal to spear it and focus more on the fact that's there's a fucking tuna in the habor!? Lol, El Niño here we come

[@williamdavids2620]

El Niño got everything f'd up

[@kaihoalekillertako9782]

+William Davids I think he's taking about how good the fishing was

[@sheilapulga2459]

Amando Sea are you dum of course theres tuna in the harbor. theres even a mermaid spotted in the harbor.

[@josecorujo4148]

yea but thats something you never see being it was in the florida keys people say it was a sick tuna yummy.

[@Corey7ization]

😂😂

[@jarrodchambers8185]

Dang- I should have released this fish further out

[@weidow1]

I was waiting for a huge tuna with all that splashing and 3 guys landing it.....End result, a baby tuna lol

[@GreenTekHaus]

Probably an Albacore Tuna, if that's San Diego.

[@herrtrigger7220]

the guy would have been snatched off the pier if it had been even a little bigger

[@DivinusXII]

Spearfishing is a way many people live. I live on Maui, Hawaii and over here a main source of food for lower and medium class people comes from spearfishing. You aren't technically suppose to shoot from shore because it's really hard to tell where something is when you're looking from the top of the water but there is nothing against it. It is just hard to do that's why no one does it.

[@brenttaylordotus]

Beanie Howden In this case spearfishing from the harbor is prohibited by Dana point Harbor rules www.danapointmarina.com/rules.php

[@thenerdnetwork]

I went to that site, and did a search for "spear" and it returned no results... Way to make yourself look like a moron LOL

[@user-yj6bi1fq1u]

its also because its not legal to hunt with a spear gun and if you accidentally shot it in the air, the spear can fly like 200 feet and kill someone. there is no law saying you have to fire it under water, manufactures do that for liablity and legal purposes.

[@Its_Shaun_the_Sheep]

At least get in the water!

[@m.domingo9686]

È vietato fare pescasub nei porti!

[@jeffcalidrone5931]

Wow one in a million chance of having tuna in the harbor here like that. Cool af tho

[@LJ.]

Super crazy

[@dwaynekoblitz6032]

Well, that was convenient. Dinner is served! 🐟

[@publicroyalty760]

As soon as someone said something about “LEGAL” the video ended lol 😂

[@MegaYangman]

Who needs to go deep sea fishing for tuna when ya can spear one right from the dock!!!!

[@clearedhot7030]

What is a tuna doing swimming around in that nasty harbor water?

[@gg.3812]

Probably was following some prey fish that went in the dock

[@magico5314]

They get fed when charters come in and gut fish. How it got there is another story!

[@waltershumate5777]

I once was tied to a breakwater dock, and thought i saw the dorsal fin of a shark! Upon closer inspection, it was the nose of a skate. I jumped aboard and grabbed a gaff hook.. with a short wait, it came within reach, and i let 'im have it. It was then I discovered that skates and rays have the aquatic equivilent to All Wheel Drive. He stuck it in reverse, and the dock i was standing on started to torque! Standing on 1 dock cleat and holding to the other sides dock cleat with my free hand, i finaly wrenched it from the water. Proud of my teenage self, i measured it (6 1/2 feet tip of the nose to tail tip, 6 feet even accross the wings) andstarted to walk it down the dock to show my fishing buddies.... It never made it there... Some Koreans saw me comming, and I heard the universal "Nice Catch" sound..." WaAAAHh!! " Then started the money.. 20 and digging...60... more digging, and A 50 too!??! . SOLD!!

[@Realist656]

Haha that guy must be excited as hell. He did not know what to do. He runs towards it, away from it, he pulls, he lets go, goes home, then back again.

[@MikeCrawch]

Tuna come that close to the shores? Did not know that. Nice catch.

[@HeadHoncho727]

That's at least 25feet deep there tho. No shallow by any means

[@kennethlukes1897]

They chased in red crabs that year. Very unusual for S. Cal.

[@ryeckley7267]

Now that’s living! Sucks we have to work

[@dinodemario4255]

I was with a buddy fishing off the jetty by the harbor in Dana Point and he nailed a sailfish on a top water plug back in the 80’s during an ElNino year.. Some pockets of deep water there...

[@amandochavez9120]

That’s awesome

[@markcrume]

"This was posted not to celebrate the catch, but to show the unusual event of a yellowfin tuna in the Dana Point Harbor." SO WE KILLED IT!

[@djbobbywip3901]

that tuna had one night left theres 1000 seals int hat harbor

[@falkpatt]

Wow I attempted the same thing when I had a large yellowfin free-swimming alongside my sailboat during a passage from Zihuatanejo to Acapulco, Mexico. It didn't work for me, I missed, but it was odd to see Tuna swimming alongside my boat like a porpoise would. I'm sure that's way more likely, however, than seeing a Tuna free-swimming inside a marina in California. That's gotta be a once in a lifetime thing.

[@BurninatorTheTrogdor]

It was like watching a cat over a fish tank!

[@gRosh08]

IMHO, that fish is Fukushima Radioactive Tuna and may be easier to see at night when it is glowing! Haha~

[@ViralTuber]

*Oops!* Man I would so love to hear a woman saying "oops" repeatedly, reacting to my every move as I'm doing a high-stress task requiring concentration. Charming habit.

[@overthehills_faraway8320]

Interesting how so many comments about killing a fish is bad wtf is wrong with people?

[@herohour6496]

***** who?

[@herohour6496]

***** they want the world to suffer with them in eating kale 24/7. Misery loves company

[@willwhite007]

eating kale and voting for Hilary

[@m.g.3913]

jimmyfly They think, and justifiably so, that eating animal products isn't necessary. It's not useful at all for your body, in fact it's very unhealthy. Check out studies on it and enlighten yourself.

[@candidogonzalez7342]

M.G. Tell that to our ancestors who thrived on hunting, and because of their success on subsistence, you can come on KZbin to tell me that eating animals is bad for me. I eat what I choose to eat.

[@captainnathan1164]

Ok since everyone commenting only fucking knows what they watch on the discovery channel, this is not just a juvenile tuna it's a different (smaller) species of tuna then what you see on television. Not the kind that get up to a bazillion pounds.

[@Dawson184]

+Captain Nathan its a yellowfin. This is definitely on the small side

[@CrunkAtlantaMag]

In Homer voice “ is that legal...” 👀 click!!

[@eaauctions]

click click boom

[@Lardzor]

Impressive, the yellowfin tuna is among the larger tuna species, commonly reaching weights over 400 lb. Of course babies like this are much smaller. Good though, get them before they can breed so they don't propagate.

[@ethanp4599]

Wow never seen one in a harbour like that

[@yellowhammer4747]

+Ethan P Me either!!

[@muddyhotdog4103]

That looked more like an albacore with it's long side fin

[@taylorfranklin6537]

Yellowfin not albacore, and not yellowtail

[@shibyguy420]

@@taylorfranklin6537 The albacore (Thunnus alalunga), known also as the longfin tuna, is a species of tuna of the order Perciformes.

[@muddyhotdog4103]

@Ramona Rael Yellowtail isn't even a tuna. Maybe youre thinking yellowfin, which albacore have a longer pectoral fin than like I said

[@muddyhotdog4103]

@@taylorfranklin6537 yellowfin and albacore are both a type of tuna. Why do you think it's a yellowfin? I mean it could be, but reason being I say it looks more like albacore is they have a longer pectoral fin and it looked longer like one (ie pic below yellowfin on right, albacore left) images.app.goo.gl/DHkBkhcgbhednrwm9

[@muddyhotdog4103]

@Pinochet's Helicopter ya it could be, it's hard to tell from the video though. Maybe we're all wrong and it's a big eye lol.. I've caught many of both over my life as well and sometimes yellowfin pec fins are really short compared to that one, and other albacore pec fins are about that size.

[@Imwright720]

This is one of those pet fish that comes up to feed at the cleaning station. Just seems wrong. You should definitely give it to me to dispose of it properly. 🤣

[@suxgaming1273]

Am i the only one who is waiting for a huge tuna to appear? lol

[@quintonbolin8496]

I prefer to use dynamite! Good shot man!!

[@topomonkey-monkeyseemonkey565]

😂 Great!👍🏻👍🏻🍺.

[@angelreynoso6723]

😂😂

[@rnelnj44]

Yeah, that's where I want to get my tuna from...Should taste real good with all that Diesel fuel laden water going through it's system! LOL

[@kasperknudsen3168]

like 80% of all the fish people catch like this is used for bait, for bluefin tuna, or sharks.

[@FisherWest]

No... it’s an open water fish 🐠

[@kasperknudsen3168]

@crafty litigator why are you so aggressive? Talking to people like that in a totally neutral comment section? Seek help man. please.

[@diogopferreira]

I once read amyr Klink saying that when he was crossing the Atlantic by rows, lots of fish would follow him because of the life that grows on the bottom of the hull

[@vincentunzueta5916]

I live right around the corner from this harbor (Dana Point Harbor), and never have i ever seen a free swimming yellow fin tuna!!!!!

[@matthewustupski654]

Cali Fishing no way this is Cali

[@bryannonya9769]

wasnt a yellow fin is why you dont see them.

[@andresrubiano3489]

who cares!!! try to do that again and see if that will ever happen.. you guys are missing the point..on this video..

[@gavinmitchell6379]

heck if i had my speargun and i saw a free swimming yellowfin, id shoot it in a HEARTBEAT

[@bryannonya9769]

if you saw santa you might as well shoot him that wasnt a yellow fin.

[@King_fisho_nz]

@Pinochet's Helicopter sorry but it's not a yellowfin if you look it doesn't actually have the tell tale "yellow fin"

[@justincruz8352]

@@King_fisho_nz you cant tell what kind of tuna that was from this video. Too far away and bad clarity

[@King_fisho_nz]

@@justincruz8352 you can't tell what it is but you can tell what it isn't and it certainly isn't a yellowfin for the reason I stated already

[@thefishingfool3397]

U should not ever fish again for that ignorant comment. Follow the rules their there for a reason. Start playing tennis or something fishing isn't for u

[@jbolo5378]

The fact that fish was in a marina is probably a good indicator that it is very sick. You wouldn't catch me eating it.

[@melvin5818]

The way it was pulling the guy i thought it was huge. Man these fish have power.

[@moonpiespotlight4759]

Yeah one that size can take you half an hour to land on decent gear

[@popcorn7707]

Some people are going to eat well tonight. Fish with onion and garlic and butter and lemon and potato and beans and wine and beer's.

[@buddyparrot1]

sashimi, with a little soy and wasabi.

[@lindaseymour4742]

Yes & a good dickin!

[@humboldtfishing7328]

Not with tuna. Eat raw with rice and soy and wasabi

[@robmitchke8034]

@@lindaseymour4742 easy Linda, sheesh

[@luckycharm1]

Once killed a large salmon with rocks. Can’t beat this.

[@3xpos3gov3rnm3nt5]

Drunk guy walks up like "We don't need a gaff you sissy, grab him by the hands"

[@michaelcorazzini6869]

They can all spilt a tuna sandwich for lunch 🤣

[@thadankoverIG]

to answer all your questions, I work in this harbor at the sport fishing business. and the man was arrested at his home hours later. . you cannot spear fish from the docks.

[@MrTmaynes82]

Glad to hear that. What a chump

[@adreanlinerusher]

Yeah its much better to get a guy taking a 3 foot tuna out of the harbor than the long line commercial fleets. Another win for big business. Arresting a guy for spearfishing a tuna, no wonder Cali sucks.

[@tomjones4835]

Maria Edwards actually Cali is awesome and has a bigger economy that 99 % of COUNTRIES! That's why we protect our marine life from idiots like you.

[@qwipperty]

Maria, it's illegal because it is dangerous. Using a speargun near so many boats, power lines, and in such shallow water could've caused a lot of damage.

[@sierramontira9673]

full of shit lmao....most they can do is write u a ticket and take the speargun...smh spreading false info

[@raqeeblewis5216]

Is tht a baby blue fin or just a regular size yellow fin 🤔

[@OkalaborationO]

Looks like an albacore with those long fins to me

[@diggydodges3826]

YOU MURDERER....... Me - Babe, can you make me a tuna sandwich..........(from the cans that come off those big commercial fishing trawlers)......YUM, thanks babe..........(back to the video)..........YOU BLOODY MURDERER. LOL.

[@jeffherron3844]

Listen to the guy in the background saying we got to call dock Patrol we don't know if what they're doing is legal

[@fightrrrrr]

All that and that is the best footage you got of the fish 🤦‍♂️

[@mb356]

Dear Kelphuggers, BFD the guy speared a tuna off the dock. NO BIG DEAL. Worry about the commercial boats wrapping tons of tuna. Talk crap to the lady at the store buying Tuna Cat Food. Cats are not even designed to eat seafood. 1 rare harbor tuna gets speared. Fricken thousands of Seals in So Cal eating 10lbs of fish per day is a major problem.

[@davidmehaffey2389]

No big deal,

[@kawasakiwhiptwo5821]

Looks like someone is having tuna steaks for lunch.

[@hoppyweissanimallover8952]

28.90. Diving, Spearfishing. Persons who are floating or swimming in the water may use spearfishing gear and skin or SCUBA diving equipment to take fin fish other than giant (black) sea bass, garibaldi, gulf grouper, broomtail grouper, trout, salmon, or broadbill [swordfish] ------ Everyone one I know has interpreted this section to prohibit shooting a spear gun from a boat or dock.

[@robmitchke8034]

Yes, it was an illegal take.

[@1houroflove186]

Why doesn't anyone sell FRESH tuna sandwiches (not out of a can)?

[@sumwonkool]

1hourOfLove good question. I'd mack that

[@jamesarterburn4128]

1hourOfLove they do at a diner in the port towns

[@1houroflove186]

Never seen it in San Francisco or Honolulu.

[@jamesarterburn4128]

1hourOfLove give em time,could be there very soon.never know.

[@wendellpeters5083]

cut thin and half cook, salt pepper, lettuce, tomato, little lime and tartar, grea!!! yah not the can stuff

[@doz161]

yes it is illegal, you have to be in the water to use the spear gun and at least 100 yards away from structures like that.

[@500stick]

That all depends on what state or country you are in.

[@DerrickVan]

It's legal in California

[@drk321]

FYI to everybody. This was a small albacore. They are basically a low grade tuna. When you buy chicken of the sea or bumblebee tuna cans, you are buying the flesh of this species that has been terribly overcooked, That is why it tastes like cat food and is dry.

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

The anti-climactic "ahhhhhhhhhh" when they fish broke water

[@locust25VI]

Damn I wish my Marina had Tuna in it...

[@nuclearskull]

The BIG Question should be HOW MUCH FUKASHIMA Radiation does it have in it?

[@harrykuheim6107]

Less than in your pathetic Brain Comrade...

[@allywilkeforsenate]

Every chicom must hang for crimes against humanity.

[@tapatioborracho]

Plot twist. It was really a fish he had in a fish tank, threw it in the water, spearheaded it to look cool in front of the rich folk.

[@kevinsbudchannel3668]

no people were harmed in the making of this video

[@rogeruzun]

if you have a fishing license you can spear tuna but only if you're in the water. This is not a legal way to land a tuna.

[@Inshoreangler-ps6mw]

They state that in the desciption of the video

[@tslmiami6288]

Crazy they post this.. Fish and game could hit them with a hell of a fine..

[@sykesgeo132]

rogeruzun if a boat puts him in the water and a floating dock puts him in the water its kinda the same thing

[@freshspearmint9181]

rogeruzun 1. Yes it is illegal (read desc) 2. It would have died anyways its in the harbour confused as fuck

[@deedonnerramone4757]

Thank you - Charley Tuna Vs. Finders and Keepers.

[@vromobita]

shooting a speargun outside the water is illegal also fishing in port

[@zoesdada8923]

I thought it was illegal to spear fish from a dock. Oh good shot.

[@kuang01]

Tuna: Rule number one, you don't load the speargun on land.......damn....

[@bullfrogger1208]

And I get a ticket for having a hook a quarter inch too wide . Don't hardly seem fair .

[@consuming_FIRE]

"We Got sashimi baby" 💯💯

[@jonmiller9551]

Hey, you're the ones eating my food's food, WE should be the ones that are mad hahaha

[@BlockchainToTheFace]

I thought you are supposed to be at the very least a few hundred yards off the shore to legally use a spear?

[@UponGiantsShoulders]

I wouldn't eat a tuna that was found feeding around a marina.

[@josephm2041]

Yes that size is illegal some should report this ?

[@corkcamden9878]

You don't have any idea as to the species, so you don't know if it's legal or not. Now, sit down.

[@alanwhiteside9001]

Always wanting to snitch

[@rileythomas9545]

Pussy

[@seannootherway]

Who let you out of your cage? We should report you

[@alexhutchins6161]

@@corkcamden9878my god your comment is stupid. Instead of just saying you might be wrong so shut up. Find out the facts and say you ARE wrong so shut up. I mean what you did is so half assed it's stupid.

[@izzyse7055]

I hate that I’m seeing this video in 2021 bro , freaking insane luck. Awesome I can feel your heart pounding when u hit the fish ! Love it

[@MrSharky828]

Don't mind fishing. I'm a fisherman my self but that tuna was a juvenile should have let it grow a bit more. Most yellowfin grow to 80-100 lbs. that one was probably 15.

[@riverbankfisher]

With all the leaping about and hollering, I thought the tuna would tip the scales at 700 pounds. Anyway, good shot.

[@JimmyClose]

I like the way you talk

[@bebe0928]

Good job, love it how this video makes PETA people's blood boil, lol.

[@gavin7261]

John wayne your just a butthurt liberal

[@loriramirez3373]

i hate peta but i dislike anyone catching fish illegally

[@LangFitness]

Does it tho?

[@qwipperty]

I wonder how you're feel if a spear from that idiot went through your boat. There's a reason why you don't use a speargun in a harbor.

[@MatrixDiscovery]

PETA people are hypocrites. They probably own Canada Goose jackets that are made from animals.

[@BajaSurf]

nothing like an oily Fukushima harbor tuna!!! yum

[@ktraider100]

majority of comments are of people saying something along the lines of "stop crying over a fish" usually followed by an insult. the first 7 sequential comments i saw were like this. what this tells me is instead of people seeing the comments themselves they commented in response to seeing the magnitude of comments about how bad fishing is, not because they actually saw the people complaining about it. you all are sheep, just parroting what ever the masses say... disgusting

[@twmpuketa]

It was swimming around the marina cause it had rabies

[@garse70]

Rabid Tunas are gnarly

[@aguiahaia570]

MAN HUNT FISH , FISH DIE , FAMILY EAT FISH , GOOD DAY !

[@zacharyisadogger6788]

thats illegal dude

[@shaundouglas2057]

So is hanging your arse cheeks out the window of a moving car but if thats the worst they can do than we should all be thankful.

[@ryk84]

2k people disliking the video yet they would be eating sushi for lunch hahah bunch a hypocrites

[@ZimZam131]

I don't know about California, but in Florida this is illegal.

[@jamesarterburn4128]

ZimZam131 I think every sea port has a law against this

[@rc3443]

california fishman does not give a dang

[@jamesarterburn4128]

Chu Ruilin We do give a Damn.

[@dinodon1]

Curious if that's legal?

[@dmatsuda71]

D Eret Nothing illegal about spearing a tuna, even in the marina. no size limits on them and no way he had already caught his limit.

[@dinodon1]

KINGMATSUDA Dana point is a conservation area,but I don't know the exclusions.

[@johnruiz702]

D Eret dana point is not a reserve

[@SDFishcom]

D Eret the harbor is not included in the Dana Point State Marine Conservation Area. The boundaries include a portion of the outside of the northwest part of the breakwall, but nothing within the harbor or south of the harbor.

[@johnruiz702]

SDFish.com even in the conservation area this is allowed. The recreational take of finfish by hook and line or by spearfishing, and spiny lobster and sea urchin is allowed.

[@blakewilson3617]

"Fresh fish on the line nigga, ain't nothing like that shit."

[@WillBlueAnimalTraining]

This was posted not to celebrate the catch, but to show the unusual event of a yellowfin tuna in the Dana Point Harbor.

[@stevegiron579]

I saw the comment where you MAY use a speargun if you're in the water. Where does it say you MUST be in the water to use a speargun?

[@neilldrake6175]

Read it carefully, and call the DFW.

[@dinodon1]

Neill Drake I was looking for that section in the regulation book. Also,we should not have to call the DFG .It should be visible in the booklet or online.

[@dinodon1]

Steve Giron I posted it above this somewhere

[@neilldrake6175]

Steve Giron If I said "Anyone with a fishing license MAY catch fish, it means the same thing as you MUST have a fishing license to catch fish. It is spoken in a tone to which the user is being given permission to catch fish as long as you have a fishing license. Do we agree? So if I said Anyone swimming in the water may use a speargun, it also means You MUST be in the water to use a speargun. Make sense?

[@SDFishcom]

Neill Drake While you're certainly right about this being illegal. Your reply in this case is inaccurate. This is the most important regulation code pertaining to this instance "28.65. GENERAL. Except as provided in this article, fin fish may be taken only on hook and line or by hand." So basically, unless they say you can do something (like they do in 28.90), you cannot catch fish any other way. "MAY" and "MUST" are not at all the same thing, quite the opposite actually.

[@davidwayne2297]

Little tuna.... But hey dinner is dinner right? God gave us fish to feed us.... Thank You God! Amen.

[@maddmavic]

- actually it's an average sized tuna for that type is so many different types of tuna Yellowfin Bluefin and they're all different sizes

[@scotteotty1237]

Shutup he's a cheater. god didn't make spearguns... Oh wait god ain't real

[@jbird1173]

If the dock was permanently mounted to pylons it would be considered fishing from land. But this is a aluminum floating dock. It must be in the water if it's floating

[@jejeu06]

damn!! a tuna in the dock harbor? in the Philippines that fish can only be found in the deep blue sea.

[@josbinyoface6276]

🤔 You heard the Karens recording, hope that's not ILLEGAL.😳 Come-on guys be happy for the man he caught dinner with little effort.👍🏼

[@captainnathan1164]

I wanna see this guy latch on to a 600lb bluefin

[@Ieatpeople2]

it woulda yanked him off the dock like a ski-boat lmao

[@woodson21]

Photographer: (Judgmentally) Oops, oops, oops Random person: someone get a gaff Photographer and fishing expert: a what? Cue the eye roll

[@tylerb9110]

Sign says no fishing from dock..... but not “no spear fishing from dock”