How high are you?

Hahhahhaaa Thanks bro.

Interesting!

A braver man than I. My more experienced buddies told me to get out when a Mako is around. Not that it would deliberately attack you, but might get accidentally bitten.

Yeah they are. Another vid on my channel shows me jumping in the water to video one. That was a bit silly... my buddies told me off for doing that. All happened so fast, I didnt really stop and thing... oops.

hahaha... Bronzies aren't really a problem. We waited for it to calm down before we came back. They are a good sign there is lots of fish around... they are only there for one reason... to eat fish!

I admire your fearless attitude, but by the way you describe things, I can't but to help hearing that you wanted to go back to where sharks go to eat. Sure, your not on the menu to begin with, but your playing around on their dinner plate, and everyone knows that fish can get a bit boring in the long run D: With this said, I am happy there are fearless people like this. I do really enjoy the videos ^_^

My mates are fearless. We've watched a shark working a shoreline after we've anchored... only 10 meters away. The boys say "that's a good sign, must be fish around". And then we jump in. They tend to avoid you, unless you have a fish on the spear - then you need to be careful. That's why I told my mate to "get to the boat". I'd seen a very big shark 10 minutes before hand... I didn't fancy arguing with it in the water about who had rights to the kingfish! Best to have that debate from the safety of the boat....

Well, out of the lot of you, you clearly are the rational one 8-)

Risk really is minimal. Looks much worse than it is. We have friendly sharks in NZ 😀

Risk really is minimal. Looks much worse than it is. We have friendly sharks in NZ 😀

Close bro, Never Fail. Was there again last week on Waitangi Day. Buddy got a 16 and a 12, I got a 12. Haven’t seen water like that since... it was epic viz.

I cant believe they answer this comment , 4 years ago LMAO

Thanks for watching!

Yeah, nearly... got a fright when I watched the video back. Was glad I pulled my hand out - the Mako has teeth falling out its face!

Maybe second best? lol

Dunno what you mean....?

@belgianbeerfan It’s a reference to a certain bizarre adventure

@@mrfluffsalot8587 this might be my favorite KZfaq comment of all time

lmao you didn’t just do that

Mr Fluffsalot ha

Water was amazing that day.

Hahaha that is funny. Maybe I got the year wrong... I remember the yacht. We were there first thing in the morning when I got my kingy and saw the bronzies. Went back at the end of the day when it was all kicking off.

It was 2016, I remember you guys in the morning

I have another vid where I jumped in an filmed a mako in the water. My more experienced spearo buddies told me off. I won't do that again - even though risk is very low.

Why

Hey bro, Hero 4 Silver. Had it on a headband... which is why you see me pull out of the water when the Mako got close... didn't want the teeth cutting my hand up!

A good camera that they still don't know how to use it..

I spear with guys who swim their fish back to the boat - I do that now too. Not sure what I would do if in that situation again - I'd seen a very large shark, already speared a kingy and swam it back to the boat... and I had never (and not since) seen a bait ball of kingy's like that. They were scared... which is very unusual for kingfish... so that made me a little.... nervous!

Fair call but it was my 1st Kingy and we were already heading back to the boat because of to many sharks before I shot it. I've since had to jab big bronzy's who were trying to dominate but Mako's do have a reputation so not sure what I would do next time...

Check out my latest video - did a bit of defending…

yeah... it's pretty annoying. Need to buy a new GoPro... I attached it to my speargun, but I speared a 15kg kingfish and the mono wrapped around the GoPro. It put enough pressure on it, with the GoPro at 10m depth that about a teaspoon of saltwater got into the housing. Goodbye GoPro... dead dead dead. The Hero 6 needs a marine housing, which is huge, and really expensive... so not sure what to do now...

My buddy had tried heaps, but never landed a kingfish with a spear before... he decided it was his turn. Fair enough. Sharks get their fair share, I assure you.

Yip

It's like an aggressive shark spiecie

@@belgianbeerfan He asks for Polo ✋

hahahhaaaaa

Yeah, I didn't realise how brutal their teeth were until I watched it in slowmo. One even rubbing against you would cut pretty bad!

I don't think it was the Mako they were afraid of. I saw a very large shark about 5 minutes before the kingies arrived. It was just visible below... about 20 meters away. I think it was a Blue... but could have been a bronzie (water was so blue that day and it was on the fringes of visibility).

I would have if I had a gun that worked. His gun broke, so I lent him mine - he had never speared a kingy before.

Yep, a beast of a Mako. It almost certainly wouldn't have harmed us if we stayed in the water, but I'm not brave enough to argue with a shark over a fish (some buddies are!)

Yes, Seriola Ialandi

There are always lots of sharks around. Even around swimming beaches. You would be amazed. We are fortunate in NZ in that our sharks are not mammal feeders. They ignore people.

We weren't worried about what we lost. Was plenty left to eat and share with family (whanau)

@@belgianbeerfan Yeah, Mako was being pretty reasonable about it :D, anyway - really nice video. I liked the narrative.

Garmin MK1

tlpoutdoorsman If you’re just using it for free diving, the Suunto will fit your needs more than enough and save you about $500-600

good guess!

Yeah, the GoPro software did an amazing job of that. Scary to see those teeth hanging out its face though!

belgianbeerfan I agree esp makos they tend to have that scarier appearance wit this chiclets hangin out

@@cannabis_culture518 Yes, Makos look more frightening than other sharks because of that. Tiger and bull sharks, who are many more agressive and dangerous dont look scary at all. Sharks from family Lamnidae look scary -Mako, Salmon shark, Great White and Porbeagle sharks. Sand tigers or grey nurses as well

Very very few spearos die from sharks. They do die from shallow water blackout, though. It is the breathhold that is more dangerous.

Yep. It was a beauty.

belgianbeerfan nice kingfish btw

@@seabreezeadventures6098 Yeah, my buddy was super happy... his first kingy

Hi mate, it was a Hero 4. I killed it a few years ago when mounted on the end of my gun. Speared a kingy and the mono wrapped around the gopro. The tension was enough to let a bit of salt water in at 10m deep. GoPro died....

Hahhahaaaa.

Yeah - they are good eating. Is still one of my most epic spearfishing experiences. Only other that came close was a massive bronzie (well over 3m) that pestered me as I was snooping along the shore off Great Barrier. I think it was just curious... I kept moving along the coast, but after I saw it the 4th time I decided that I was best to sit on the rocks and wait for the boat...

ralfo kaukau uuu

Chur bro

Hahahah, yeah some interesting people out there. Spearfishing either captivates you or you hate it. It's a bit of a headspin and pretty tough on the body (breath hold and dives to 10-15m). I got closer to a Mako - my buddies told me off about this one... I jumped into the water to video it, but forgot my speargun in case it came at me. Buddies said "don't ever get in the water with a grumpy Mako". Point taken. Here is the vid... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oNV2npyCx7-ygKs.html

Yeah... I tried a speargun mount, but killed my gopro. Had it mounted near the front and the mono got wrapped over it - the pressure of the kingfish weakened the seal and a small amount of water got in it... enough salt to kill it. :-(

Only a little bit crazy.

Still weighed over 10kg - even with the chunk taken out of it. Epic first kingy for my buddy!

Inshore is probably more dangerous as far as sharks go. White Sharks hunt pretty shallow.

why?

How are makos the worst? Is it because they're faster than other sharks?

Uhhh... what?

Samsun55 great whitw

A mako, but they seem to not bother divers, only their fish.

Hahahaha. Maybe. It is just a vid I posted to show my mates what I get up to.

Gopro works fine... it is my hack skills that are the problem... head mount and too excited makes for pretty crappy video, but thought I would share anyway....

Yeah... annoying, I know. It's really hard to keep it still when mounted on your head. With so much action going on (ie sharks in the water) it's hard not to keep looking around - and it got a bit choppy later in the day which made it worse. So I changed to a mount on the end of my speargun. Alas, the line connecting my spear to the gun got wrapped over the GoPro case and the Kingfish I speared created enough pressure to compress the door. Because it was at 10m depth, the negative pressure inside the GoPro let the saltwater in... Goodbye GoPro.... The Hero6 is a backward step for underwater use under 10m... it is bigger!!! So haven't replaced it yet. Not sure what to replace with...

@Ej K I'm certainly no expert... but did you even watch the video? The kingy I speared was at 10 meters. It was my buddy who speared the kingy at the end from the surface - and it was about the 4th time he had ever been spearing. Your comment makes you look a bit silly.

Thanks bro. Check out my Great Barrier vid... has a shot of me coming over a rock about 8m underwater... was about to shoot a kingfish... then see a massive bronzie underneath. Decided to leave the kingfish alone... lol. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j7ucfcJe0ta6lYk.html

shibe shark

Yeah bro - we always eat our fish.

A little. A bait ball of Kingy's meant there were sharks chasing them... but boat wasn't too far away and I knew we could keep kingy away from us until we got to the boat.

I hadn't been watching... just approved a bunch...

Yeah sorry.

BoGeun Kim Most likely a shortfin. A longfin would have been even bigger!

That shot is in the video, but happens really quickly... I just didn't slow that section down.

Oh okay, i was thinking jesus this is a monster then was disappointed

Not surprised at all... as soon as he speared it I shouted "head to the boat". I knew a shark would show up. It's not common, but not unusual. My recent Great Barrier video has a video of a big bronzie I saw when diving - they are always around.

You been there?

belgianbeerfan yep. ...Gota spot at whangapoua. ...great viz at mercs

Yeah, amazing how much cleaner the viz is on the east coast of mercs compared to Coro coast.

Sorry bro...