John Dory Video

[artiz]

First time I have seen a John Dory in the wild and not on my plate in a restaurant. I just couldn't spear it - he was too small anyway. What a remarkable animal and a real pleasure to come across. He was only 20 meters from a shingle shore and only 2-3 meters down off the East Devon coast - as others have said elsewhere on this forum he made a strange little bark or grunt when I got really close to him. They're not beautiful by any stretch of the imagination, just absolutely amazing to see.

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[Macmackeral25]

great video must have been amazing to witness ,and even better that it gets to swim free

 

[artiz]

Thanks for your comments. I couldn't agree more Macauley, they really are an outstanding fish to eat and with a ready made bulls eye they are also extremely easy to spear. But for me emotion got in the way of dinner or a starter at least, I reckon he was probably just over a pound in weight so best left alone anyway. I have also seen Trigger & Pipe fish in Pembrokeshire and I couldn't spear them either so I'm probably a bit of a softy. I'm very happy to take quicksilver - Bass, Bream & Mullet which I am convinced are sustainable due to their inshore nature's but anything unusual will usually make me go all warm & awe struck! What a wimp!

 

[artiz]

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