Underwater Archives

September 8, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

In The Face!

We’ve seen some pretty wild moray eel videos this year at Salt Strong.

And some of them have been completely opposite in terms of the eel’s behavior.

For instance, the video of famous diver Valerie Taylor befriending an eel would make you think a moray eel was the most gentle creature in the sea (you can watch “This Woman Turns The Table On A Moray Eel” here).

On the other hand (foreshadowing pun), this guy lost an entire finger due to a moray eel mistaking his fingers for sausages! (You can watch “This is what happens when a moray eel mistakes a diver’s finger for a sausage here)

And in this video below, a dive master is showing his class of scuba divers how nice this moray eel is when nature backfires…

If you are wondering why the moral eel bit the diver, I can only assume that since moray eels are basically blind (they find their food using their keen sense of smell), that the diver had been touching fish and fish food so his mask probably had some fish scent on it after adjusting it and clearing it through the dive.

But that’s just my guess. What do you think?

Check it out!

Either way, OUCH!

Related Video: “There Is A New Lionfish Killer In Town. Meet Mr. Moray Eel” (watch it here)

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August 31, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Wait for it…

Pa-POW!

This is one of the craziest spearfishing videos I have seen yet (and I have seen a lot of them)!

While a monkfish was waiting behind a rock to sabotage an unsuspecting bait fish, he had the surprise of his life to find out he was biting down on a stainless steel spear shaft instead of a fish…

Not sure who was more surprised, the monkfish or the diver…

As you will see, the attack snapped one of the spear bands, but with one still left, the diver was able to score a nice monkfish meal with an easy shot to the head once the monkfish let go of his spear.

NUTS!!!

Enjoy this one and don’t forget to share this one when you are done watching it a couple of times (I had to watch it about 4 times to make sure what I was seeing was real!).

Related Video: “This Is What Happens When A Diver Tickles A Monkfish!” (watch it here)

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August 30, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

WOWZERS!

Talk about a day of spearfishing that this 8-year old kid will never forget!

And thank goodness he had a spear to prod the shark away, or this brave young kid could have had more proof of this “shark attack/charge” than just the GoPro video footage…

This kid is definitely Salt Strong!

Here are the notes from the video:

WHILE ENJOYING A DAY SEARCHING THE OUT REEFS. A 5 FT BLACK TIP SHARK GOES AFTER NATHAN GRANET (8) …NATE HELD HIS SPEAR OUT FOR PROTECTION, WHILE DAD WAS HANDED A SPEAR QUICKLY BY NATES BIG BROTHER HOLDEN (ON BOAT) AND FENDED OFF SHARK.

THE LOCAL BAHAMIANS BLAMED RENEGADE SHARK FEEDING OPERATIONS FROM THE US FOR CREATING HOSTILE SHARKS AGGRESSIVE TO HUMANS. THE ATTACK WAS UNPROVOKED.

WE HAD SPEARED NO FISH AND HAD JUST ARRIVED AT THE SHOAL WEST OF WALKERS CAY. NATHAN WAS BACK IN THE WATER THE FOLLOWING DAY ENJOYING THE BEAUTIFUL BAHAMIAN REEFS. ….BRAVE 8 YROLD BOY

Make sure to watch the part at the end where they show the shark attack in Slo-Mo1

Related Video: “This Has To Be The Largest Great White Shark Ever Captured On Video!” (watch it here)

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July 29, 2017August 28, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

THIS…

IS…

PAINFUL!

And his friends laughing hysterically at him make this hilariously painful spearfishing video even that much better!

When we saw our friend Joey Antonelli’s video title “Triggerfish Gone Nuttz”, we first thought to ourselves, “No way.”

But then we watched the video…

And after replaying it a couple of times last night I literally had tears coming down my face.

I won’t ruin it for you, but let’s just say this was a painful spearfishing experience. And you know it is serious when you have to pull a sharp dive knife out and direct it towards your family jewels.

By the way, these triggerfish have some of the meanest teeth in the ocean!

Wowzers!

Enjoy!

Related Video: “Giant Trevally Steals GoPro And Leaves Wicked Bite Marks!” (watch it here)

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August 26, 2015August 26, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Andres from Terra Australis is CRAZY!

We have watched this guy dive before, and he isn’t scared of anything!

These were the same guys that did the video, “Diver Feeds Seal And This Stingray Kisses Him For It” (watch that one here).

At any rate, in this video, after Andres tires out from teasing the Giant Cod (aka Giant Grouper or Australian Groper) with lobster head, he gets in the water tries to feed the giant grouper the lobster head…

But instead of the giant fish simply taking the lobster head (aka “cray”) and leaving, it bites down on the rope, Andres refuses to let go, and he ends up getting towed by the giant fish!

And they took the footage of it all underwater!

Note: You are of course free to watch the full video, but the beginning is just chatting. If you just want the good stuff, fast forward to the 1:50 mark and start watching from there.

Enjoy!

Related Video: “Every Freediver’s Worst Nightmare Captured On Film!” (watch it here)

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August 25, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

There are people in life that fish, spear, and hunt similar to an Engineer…

Very slow, very steady, and very calculated… (I know, I went to Georgia Tech)

And then there are people that fish, spear, and hunt like a Boss…

Ferocious, wild, and taking no prisoners… like this diver!

I still have no idea how he managed to get a couple of these lobster.

I won’t ruin it for you, but in this video, our friend Mike Shipe goes to town on some big spiny lobster. He grabs them with his hands and gets a few with a lobster lasso (aka snare), and then he pulls out the spear gun…

Take note that he only had time to pull back one band on his spear gun in between shots.

Great stone shot man!

Note: This was all filmed off of Jacksonville, FL

Related Video: “How To Dock Your Boat Like A BOSS” (watch it here)

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November 29, 2016August 24, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Snook Heaven exists!

In all seriousness, if there was a Snook Heaven, this would be it.

I have heard about these unbelievable schools of snook spawning in Florida, but had never seen one up close like this.

But thanks to our friends over at Landshark Fishing TV who had the courage to jump in the water at the Juno Beach Pier (where the water isn’t always this clear, and there are usually a few monster sharks hanging around), we all get to witness something pretty special…

The largest Snook Spawning ritual caught on video yet!

And check out the snook at the 2:21 mark. He has a leader he is carrying around (the Ultimate Snook badge of honor no doubt).

In other news, if you can’t catch a Snook from the Juno Beach Pier, then you can’t catch one anywhere…

Enjoy this amazing footage, and thanks to Landshark Fishing for sending it over.

Have any other amazing underwater snook videos?

Let us know in the comments.

Related Video: “The Googan Catches Two Slot Snook On A Spiderman Rod!” (watch it here)

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August 22, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Holy Lobster Trap!

What a view this would be coming up into the boat!

For those of you that like spiny lobster like I do, you know just how precious this cargo is…

In fact, when we were down in Islamorada for mini-lobster season a few week ago, we asked the commercial lobster place next door to us how much they sell each spiny lobster tail for.

Their answer… $16 per spiny lobster tail!

Also, as you will see in this commercial lobster trap video, they pull up more than just lobster. They have an eel, lionfish, snapper, and a few other species of fish and bottom dwellers as well!

And don’t think for a second that the commercial lobster guys have just one trap out. Many of them have hundreds of small traps (not this size) out working for them during lobster season.

Important Note: This video was NOT taken in Florida, and this lobster trap would NOT be legal in Florida. Click here to see all of the Florida lobster regulations for commercial lobstering.

Related Video: “How To Lasso a Lobster While Plucking Off Lionfish Along The Way” (watch it here)

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P.P.S. – Can you name any of the other species found in the lobster trap? Let us know in the comments. Fish On!

August 20, 2015August 20, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

If Alex Fogg, aka “The Lionfish Killer”, was a country singer, I can only imagine his hit song would be…

“Save A Reef, Kill A Lionfish”

(a play off of the hit song “Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy” for those of you that don’t like country music)

And yes, this picture below is what 1,399 dead lionfish look like! They put a water bottle in so you can get a frame of reference to just how many lionfish are in this “death tub”.

I can only imagine that someone had some serious carpal tunnel after cleaning all of those lionfish… (in case you didn’t know, lionfish are incredibly good to eat).

And for those of you that only thought the lionfish invasion was mostly a big deal in the Gulf of Mexico, all of this footage was taken from Jacksonville, FL! So this lionfish issue is quickly moving up the east coast as well.

How can you help eliminate the destructive lionfish from our reefs and underwater ecosystems?

Become a Reef Ranger, or just get out there and pluck off a lionfish or two (or 1,000) when you see them.

To learn more about becoming a Reef Ranger (run by the FWC – Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission), click here.

In the meantime, enjoy our friend Alex Fogg and crew putting the hurting on some lionfish!

Related Video: “These Lionfish Had The Time Of Their Life On A Boat Wreck. That is, Until They Met This Diver” (watch it here).

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“Save A Reef, Kill A Lionfish”

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