Underwater Archives

November 26, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

The Lobster Dog!!!

Now I’ve seen dogs do some pretty cool tricks, but this black lab named Lila (aka “The Lobster Dog”) has learned how to dive down in saltwater and pluck off lobster from the ocean floor!

Co-founder of “Devoted To The Ocean” Alex Schulze taught both of his dogs how to dive off the boat and grab spiny lobster from the bottom.

Here are the notes from the Devoted to the Ocean video:

“One day while out free diving, I had the idea of trying to get Lila to catch a live lobster. Sure enough she caught a lobster on her first try, and the rest was history.”

Pretty freaking awesome!

We might have to contact Devoted To The Ocean and rent their dogs next time we are down in Islamorada for Lobster Season…

Enjoy.

And big thanks to Sam Sheffield of Winter Haven, FL for sending this over to us.

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June 7, 2017November 21, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

BBC, I’m not sure how you captured some of this footage… and I don’t care… this is AMAZING!

I had to watch this video a couple of times as the up close mahi feeding footage was epic.

Kind of feel sorry for the flying fish… that thing didn’t have a chance!

Who knew that it was to tough to be a flying fish! This whole time I thought they had it made being the only fish with wings…

DARE: I dare you to watch until the very end and not want to share this one!

Wait until you see the final scene.

What a grand finale!

Enjoy.

November 18, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Some spear anglers dive down deep to spear their favorite fish…

While others lay low in a few feet of water and wait for the perfect moment to ambush their favorite fish…

Meet Manos Koum, a spearfisherman that falls in the second camp…

And in this video, Manos patiently waits in just a few feet of water for a perfect kill shot on an unsuspecting predator fish…

Boy, I would say he got it!

I think this even surprised the heck out of him!

Even better is he gets a 2-for-1 fresh sardine that he could use as bait as the fish still had the bait in it’s mouth!

Here is a note from Manos on the type of fish it was in the video:

“It was a Lichia amia or Garrick is a species of marine fish in the Carangidae family, and is native to the Mediterranean and the coastal waters of western Africa to the coastal waters of eastern South Africa.”

Enjoy!

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November 12, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Warning: The following video may cause seizures…

And you might have to rewind and watch this one again folks… a lot going on!

Let me give you the brief notes so you know what is happening on in this wild redfish video:

A Florida angler (our friend Joey Antonelli – same guy that took the bite in the family jewels by the triggerfish) has an “In-Line” camera hooked on his leader so it will capture everything the live bait sees
The first couple of seconds of the video he is reeling his line and live bait up
When he tosses the live bait (and weight) back in, check out how many redfish the camera passes!
Within seconds of hitting the bottom, the live bait is getting nailed by redfish

Enjoy.

Related Post: “How To Catch More Redfish Without Using Live Bait” (check it out here)

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November 10, 2015November 10, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Two days ago, a really short (17-second) Great White Shark video went viral that showed a Great White ramming his head into a cage in South Africa at a wild speed.

It was lightning fast, and I can only imagine the guys in the cage were freaking out!

That video had pretty good footage (you can see it here), but it wasn’t really complete as it all happened so fast…

So when I saw this footage from one of the other guys in the same cage that day, I had to share because it raises an important question about diving with sharks…

If you watch the slow-motion clip of the shark coming into the cage you can see that they lured the shark right next to the cage and then swiped the chum fish out of the way at the last second (like a bullfighter would a bull).

Is this just having fun with sharks or is this taking it too far?

For instance, it could be argued that behavior like this is what causes sharks to attack humans… take away the tuna and the only thing the sharks sees in front of him while in attack mode is a human…

Leave us your thoughts.

Related Video: “This Great white Gets Aerial Photobombed By Another Great White On Film!” (watch it here)

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November 3, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Call me old-fashioned, but the last place that I want to be when chumming for bull sharks is in the water!

I have spent a considerable amount of time under the surface, and only a few sharks really get my attention and cause me to slowly move closer to the boat… and one of them in the bull shark.

That being said, kudos to you ~~brave~~ crazy divers that not only chum for bull sharks while diving, but then get close enough to the bull shark where you can pluck a cobia off its back!

Nuts!

Speaking of nuts, one of the divers in this cobia spearfishing video (and the guy who edited the video – our friend Joey) is also the same diver in the Must-Watch Viral video called, “This Is What Happens When A Triggerfish Gets The Ultimate Revenge On A Diver. OUCH!”

Enjoy.

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November 3, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Why is this the second largest school of underwater redfish on film and not the first?

Well, because the redfish video we posted called “This Is What 1,000+ Redfish Look Like Underwater” was pretty darn tough to beat.

But we will let you be the judge.

And certainly if you know of any underwater redfish footage that beats either of these clips, let us know as we would love to feature it and give you some mad props.

Anybody have a guess to how many redfish are in this school?

Let us know in the comments.

Great job Louisiana Fishing Blog on the footage!

Our only complaint is that we didn’t want the video to end!

Enjoy.

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October 31, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Amberjack – 0

Spearfisherman – 1

Watch as this amberjack comes in WAY too close for a curious look at a spear tip.

Talk about an ideal encounter for the diver… just sit there on the bottom and wait for one fish crazy enough to come within inches of his spear.

Watch til’ the end as there are some pics of the unlucky amberjack above water.

Enjoy!

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October 28, 2015 by Joseph Simonds

Just when you think you are getting the underwater shot of your life with up and close manta ray, the unexpected happens…

The beast of a ray steals your $5,000 camera and takes off running!

Wait until you see what happened next.

Turns out the manta ray just wanted to take some footage himself…

Enjoy!

Big thanks to Joey “Stars, Stripes, and Spanjers” from California for sending this one in.

Related Video: “Shark Steals GoPro From Diver While Filming!” (watch it here)

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