Extreme Spearfishing - Coral Sea Trip Oct 2006 3/3

[mistergormsby]

Nice vid, but what was the point of including the scenes of the sharks getting smoked? No sport, no thought. When Spearfishing is banned because groups like the Bondi Mermaids and their radical friends can prove that this stuff DIDN'T stop in the 60's, we've lost our sport in Oz for good. Its also top ammo for the same groups pushing for the coral sea marine park locking us out.

[AltaMirage]

What are you doing spearing a Shark? What the hell is the point of that? Pointless destruction.

[drew5546]

Pointless? Why? Why wouldn't that shark be eaten like any of the other fish?

[AltaMirage]

@drew5546 Because they are top predators. Please do some basic research of your own, before asking silly questions.

[drew5546]

@AltaMirage Looks like the human is the top predator in this particular ecosystem. If no one ever took sharks they would overpopulate. People take enough fish from that ecosystem that sharks need to be controlled for the fish populations to recover, If you kill tons of fish, its okay to take a couple sharks so the fish come back. Wildlife Management usually encourages taking your legal limit of sharks. Do some basic research :) Stop making love to your trees and enjoy the video.

[AltaMirage]

@drew5546 What a ridiculous comment. Only a schoolchild or ignorant person would make silly mistakes. Shark populations everywhere in the world have been in radical decline for decades. If "Wildlife Management" (which I doubt- please link to a site which supports this laughable statement) encourages killing sharks then they are ignorant of the state of affairs and the basic nature of ecosystem functions themselves. I am no "tree hugger". I've been spearfishing for years. You are an idiot.

[AltaMirage]

@drew5546 As to your ignorant comment "looks like the human is the top predator in this particular ecosystem"- you obviously lack basic knowledge of what an ecosystem actually is. The ability to spear a shark or detonate a nuclear weapon in the vicinity of a reef or pelagic system, thereby damaging or annihilating it, does not mean that such actions are a part of the evolved system. They are novel, alien, and harmful to the existing system. Your ignorance is embarrassing.

[AltaMirage]

@drew5546 A search of "shark wildlife management" with or without quotes on google shows just how ignorant you are. Try "management of wild shark populations" without quotes, for a real taste of your own stupidity.

[OceanAssassin]

@AltaMirage Im going to go out this weekend and shoot 10 sharks just for you,and send you a video of it lol...just kidding,but relax bro lol

[kukubird92]

how much is your speargun?

[Figbrain1]

wow that small storm u guys ran into while rod fishing looked like it was a hole lot of fun. this looks like the kind of trip you guys wont forget for a while.

[5inchhard]

how deep are most of the water u guys dive in ????

[00tylerb]

sickkkkkkk

[flatsfisher9393]

that is thebiggest hoo ive ever seen i wanna spear the coral sea so bad. how much did that wahoo weigh and what kind of gun is that

[TimmyNSYG]

Biggest one boated that trip was new Aussie (spearing) record of 50kg by Ash Boler, using a Rob Allen 1.4m gun

[Benno074]

lol...good to see the "snotty" weather didnt stop you boys from having an absolute BALL!!!...it looked like someone did pin a shark tho...gun comes down...lines up...shot off and the shark wobbles away...not cool mate!!! but cheers for posting the vid...

[TimmyNSYG]

stunned it with a tip cover on, it swam off nicely, see reply below.

thanks :)

[Benno074]

thanks for that Timmy...i had another look...my bad :P

[GiveUsTheBeat]

did you spear any sharks??

[TimmyNSYG]

no, we don't do that

[nicekluo]

i think you did spear a shark...

1:18 in the video, a shark is speared

[TimmyNSYG]

the tip was covered so the shaft bounced off the shark, just to scare it away. Spearing sharks is a waste of $100 spears cos the sharks bend them like paperclips aparently

[AltaMirage]

@nicekluo Yes, they definitely speared a shark. Not cool.

[sibzjabroni]

did you eat them all?

[54spiritedwill54]

wow really nice fish :)

[Essien555]

haha fuck yeh man u nsyg lads are an inspiration. I live up at the sunshine coast in the coral sea, spearn is only a very day activity for me haha

[TimmyNSYG]

hope its going well man, any good catches up there yet? ;)

[robjardimm]

haha yeh man going well acauly.. but lately we've had big storms its been dirty for a few months. pretty lame. Me and sum other lads r heading off gladston in a few weeks.. ganna be pretty good hope to get sum big ones ay

[lovearnella]

hey man nice shots out there don't you got no advice for me out in aruba???

[cbobogiannis]

great hunters...congratulations....

[twokon]

i would of personally come down and fucked u all up if u shot one of those dolphins, great vid!

[BigGameHunterZXP]

Don't worry they ain't that stupid.

[jordo47400]

hey awesome video do you have any tips for a person just taking up the sport?

[spearking92]

hey timmy my names tahni im 15 and my biggest spanish is 23kg your videos are wicked!

[spearfishing14]

hey timmy im 14 love to go spearing my biggest spanish is only 9kg but hope to get bigger,all your vidoes get me pumped to get out there keep going with the vids :)

[TimmyNSYG]

Thanx mate, I'm sure you'll bag a bigger spanish soon if you keep at it.

Dive Safe,

Timmy

[surfdude53]

are you out of baja? .........nicewahoo

[TimmyNSYG]

Gladstone, QLD, Australia :)

[Vercron]

good song for a great vid!

[msmak56]

sharks are really scary :(

[refrigeraciones]

yes. where is this place?

[TimmyNSYG]

off the east coast of Queensland in AUSTRALIA :)

[sxxxxv]

You should try some vegetables with that fish.

[kamer00n]

U should Come To lanai and dive its pretty cool cause there is lots a good spots

[hollisterDOESNTsurf]

sickkkkkkkk video...that shark was friggin gnarly no??? those tigers are pretty sketchy but your right they are really cool to watch...looked like a blast

[tjw730]

goin to the coral sea next jan. can't wait!!!!1

[freakonature6667]

crase fish

[Marsail505]

where is this place ?

[TimmyNSYG]

This footage was taken on some offshore reefs between 250 and 500km offshore of Queensland, Australia, in the Coral Sea. These reefs are close to the bottom end of the Great Barrier Reef.

[Marsail505]

i will go there !!

it's areal nice place ..

and a good vidio !

[TimmyNSYG]

Trips to these reefs usually run for 10-12 days, for more information you can go to extremespearfishing . com . au these guys run the trips and do an awesome job.

Good luck!

Tim

[taipan308]

VERY NICE YOU MOTHER FUCKERS!!!!!!

[srz82]

dam man i would have shit my pants if i had of seen that shark

[pethaida]

spearfishing is great!!!!!!!!but the shark? i'm not saying that's wrong but, did you eat it?

[TimmyNSYG]

The shark was not harmed, the spear had a tip cover on it so it was just used to scare it away so it didn't eat our fish :) Tiger Sharks are awesome to see in the water but I don't trust them as far as I can see them.

[pethaida]

got ya!!!!!good answer! nice way of thinking!

[JDMmachine]

wow really nice fish :) you guys rock

[micho0305]

finally, normal threat, normal hunt, kill and eat, wish i was there

[fishwrestler]

That was one of the better videos I have seen on the tube.  You guys kick ass we can hang anytime.

[Agallas1]

bad hash of stuff

[josef2424]

oh, thats really cool

[josef2424]

how did you end up dealing with the shark on the harpoon?

[TimmyNSYG]

The tip had a cover over it so it didn't penetrate the shark's skin, instead it just hit it and scared it off so it didn't bother us again :)

[f16c4]

good fishs ... good trip ... good video :)

i wish i was with you :(

[Napshine]

Some extreme line fishing there timmy... Na loved the Tiger footage.