Night Spearfishing

[AL Sanders]

Creatures of the night;

[ame=http://vimeo.com/25942930]July Night Journal on Vimeo[/ame]

 

[bobdonny]

Savage vid, Nice synch with the music

 

[foxfish]

I like a good night dive vid, I am surprised to see so many fish on that undulating sandy bottom!
Was that a seatrout right at the end?

 

[bobdonny]

I like a good night dive vid, I am surprised to see so many fish on that undulating sandy bottom!
Was that a seatrout right at the end?

Sea trout I reckon, but I thought the same thing... not much in the way of cover... I would normally avoid that kind of ground....
Very interesting..

 

[foxfish]

Actually Bob I was referring to the type of sandy bottom, I always look for flat sand or even better mixed gravel & sand but the wavy type of sandy bottom is the one I avoid - just goes to show I am not always right :t

 

[bobdonny]

Actually Bob I was referring to the type of sandy bottom, I always look for flat sand or even better mixed gravel & sand but the wavy type of sandy bottom is the one I avoid - just goes to show I am not always right :t

Ya dido, ripples in the sand I normall see feckall (never night speared yet) I always imagine flatfish see the ripples and say feck that, no way I can blend in
Flat sand I find is usually near gravel or weed of some sort and is worth a root around.

 

[AL Sanders]

Hi

You are correct, it was a Sea trout.
During the day I hunt over the reefs, at night however sand is where its at. The fish come in to feed on the Crabs/ Shellfish under cover of darkness. Have bagged some very nice Sole this year (3lb+).

Worth a go. Gets a bit eerie at times, particularly when you can here whales communicating and Sub Sonar! Will post a vid towards end of week illustrating this.

 

[foxfish]

Al, night diving is very popular where I live, here is one of my favorite videos filmed by Magpie (or jaketheshed on YouTube)
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9uG2eLdEFw]YouTube - ‪Guernsey Halloween Dive‬‏[/ame]

 

[podge]

Great Vid Al, I’d be very interested to see the one with the Whale song and sub sonar on it.

 

[AL Sanders]

Thanks for feedback/ vid link.

Will upload second part of night session tomorrow with the sonar/ whale sounds.

 

[coolshark]

nice video

 

[foxfish]

Here is jonnys latest vid from last night ... flatfish city!"
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70M-S8r8AdQ&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - ‪Flattie fishing trip‬‏[/ame]

 

[AL Sanders]

Underwater Sonar

[ame=http://vimeo.com/26395890]Underwater Sonar on Vimeo[/ame]

What do you reckon this is?
Unusual sonar sound heard whilst spearfishing. It has been edited to illustrate sounds in close succession, in reality they were at approximately 1 minute intervals. My thoughts are that its a sub as it sounds too structured to be organic? There is also a faint engine sound in the background although there are numerous tankers moored offshore.
Am keen to hear if anyone has heard similar sounds.

 

[podge]

Very odd Al, not sure what that could be?
Spooky sound to hear while on a night dive though.

 

[misterlizard]

Creatures of the night;

Excellent video! Great editing too, love the red mullet shot! At least I think it was a red mullet?
Good old Lemon Jelly - I did a video to one of their tracks a few years ago. Tried to edit the music and video together and it kinda works, definitely not the kind of slick job you did there though.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVoDDlbEcfs]‪Tom Arnold paragliding at Perranporth, Cornwall, 28th May 20‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]

Sorry, not exactly spearfishing forum content, but I was inspired by your video and remembered my old one so thought you might like to take a look.

 

[Jonny250]

Exc
Sorry, not exactly spearfishing forum content, but I was inspired by your video and remembered my old one so thought you might like to take a look.

Hmm... a nice day at perranporth, i flew there a bit in the winter. did you manage to jump the gap to the south end yet?
staying well off topic but following the parapente theme, i think i might be in this one around the 2 minute mark [hard to be sure, but i was there!]...: turn the sound off to watch it tho!
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byb-RAPqj78"]‪8th European paragliding championship‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]
we had epic conditions...

 

[misterlizard]

Excellent, another paragliding spearo! And a Guernseyman too (My family's from Guernsey as well). Good stuff. :friday

 

[misterlizard]

Right then, sorry about the off-topic stuff, let's get back to spearfishing (wind's too strong for flying right now anyway!).
With regards to night spearfishing, how bright a light do you need? I'm on a very tight budget and was wondering about getting a couple of these [ame=http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320721599299&category=29575&_trksid=p5197.c0.m619#ht_5385wt_1139]Fronta rechargeable waterproof scuba diving torch | eBay[/ame] (one as a backup). Would it be enough just to give it a go? Was thinking of going in just after sunset rather than a middle-of-the-night dive.

 

[Jonny250]

imo just after sunset is a bad time; grey light and grey shadows = hard to see at all.
the better/more powerful the torch, the better you will see. One issue can be whether to go with a wide focus of light or a narrow focus, but either way you will need as much as possible.
i suppose something is better than nothing...
Look at the miniQ 40 [led] as a backup...