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Unbelievable Bahamas Spearfishing | Primitive African Pompano Spearing
In this video, Jack, Ricky, and I head back to the Bahamas to explore new areas on the eastern side of the Bahamas bank. This area has some of the best spearfishing that the Bahamas has to offer, and we capitalized on some incredible fish!
Find me on Instagram: Derek Van Hook derek_van_hook
0:00 Introduction
1:15 First Day Dives
16:35 Second Day Dives
23:44 Sharks and were out!
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EPIC Spearfishing & Camping on a Remote Island
zhlédnutí 4,1KPřed 28 dny
Had a great time diving with @RyanMyersExpeditions & @CaptainJackSpearo ! Enjoying longer adventure spearfishing videos like this? Let me know in the comments below! I'm shooting for monthly uploads this year, and am focusing on higher quality edits and epic trips like this one! Let me know what you think in the comments below! Find me on Instagram: Derek Van Hook - derek_van_hook...
Spearfishing Hogfish in Key West - Secluded Island Catch and Cook
zhlédnutí 3,4KPřed měsícem
Looking to take a break from the reef, we headed to the gulf to avoid the wind and to try to find a few hogfish for fried fish sandwiches at the beach! Follow Derek: derek_van_hook Follow Justin: Justin_van_hook Follow Milan: triplemmartinez Inquiries: VanHookMedia@Outlook.com
Hunting Underwater Caves for Black Grouper in Key West
zhlédnutí 1,8KPřed měsícem
Cave diving for Grouper is one of my favorite ways to target these fish! Had a lot of fun making this one. Follow Derek: derek_van_hook Follow Justin: Justin_van_hook Follow Milan: triplemmartinez Inquiries: VanHookMedia@Outlook.com
Key West Grouper Limits - Staying in State Waters
zhlédnutí 3,8KPřed 2 měsíci
Every year, we travel to Key West for the opening day of grouper season. This year, new regulations limit our vessel limit of Black Grouper to two if we venture more than three miles from land. Join us as we dive the shallows to catch our limit of one grouper per person in state waters! Follow Derek: derek_van_hook Follow Justin: Justin_van_hook Follow Milan: insta...
Island Camping & Spearfishing Remote Bahamian Reefs
zhlédnutí 2,2KPřed 3 měsíci
The sharks on this trip were feisty! Had a great time diving with @RyanMyersExpeditions & @CaptainJackSpearo! Enjoying adventure spearfishing videos like this? I'm shooting for monthly uploads this year, and am focusing on higher quality edits and epic trips like this one! Let me know what you think in the comments below! Find me on Instagram: Derek Van Hook - derek_van_hook 0:00...
Custom vs Production Boats: Which is right for you?
zhlédnutí 1,9KPřed 4 měsíci
In this video, I discuss some of the main differences between custom and production boats. I had a great time trialing the Tarpon Bay 19, and am looking forward to seeing more from this manufacturer! I hope you find the video helpful in your search for your first or next boat! If you have any questions, feel free to leave them in the comments below and I will do my best to get to all of them! F...
Flats Boats vs Bay Boats - Which is right for you?
zhlédnutí 19KPřed 5 měsíci
Flats Boats vs Bay Boats - Which is right for you?
The Story of My Father’s FIRST WAHOO - Years of Challenges and Close Calls
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The Story of My Father’s FIRST WAHOO - Years of Challenges and Close Calls
Spearfishing GIANT Bluefin Tuna | Chasing Foamers in San Diego, California
zhlédnutí 28KPřed 7 měsíci
Spearfishing GIANT Bluefin Tuna | Chasing Foamers in San Diego, California
Is Ceramic Coating Your Boat Worth It? Waxing vs Ceramic Coating 6-Month Review
zhlédnutí 8KPřed 9 měsíci
Is Ceramic Coating Your Boat Worth It? Waxing vs Ceramic Coating 6-Month Review
Spearfishing AFRICAN POMPANO in the Florida Keys!
zhlédnutí 4,4KPřed 10 měsíci
Spearfishing AFRICAN POMPANO in the Florida Keys!
Commercial Spearfishing the Dry Tortugas with @slinginsteel100
zhlédnutí 3,1KPřed 11 měsíci
Commercial Spearfishing the Dry Tortugas with @slinginsteel100
Putting AQUATIC APES on his FIRST Black Grouper with CAPT JACK SPEARO!
zhlédnutí 7KPřed rokem
Putting AQUATIC APES on his FIRST Black Grouper with CAPT JACK SPEARO!
Deep Grouper Extractions with SHARKS | Unforgettable Islamorada Spearfishing
zhlédnutí 7KPřed rokem
Deep Grouper Extractions with SHARKS | Unforgettable Islamorada Spearfishing
Unbelievable Key West Spearfishing | Early May + Clear Water
zhlédnutí 66KPřed rokem
Unbelievable Key West Spearfishing | Early May Clear Water
Grouper Hide and Seek | Key West Grouper Opener
zhlédnutí 1,8KPřed rokem
Grouper Hide and Seek | Key West Grouper Opener
Highs and Lows of Wahoo Spearfishing | Learning From Our Mistakes
zhlédnutí 6KPřed rokem
Highs and Lows of Wahoo Spearfishing | Learning From Our Mistakes
ILLEGAL Lobstering?!? The BEST way to catch Lobster in South Florida!
zhlédnutí 21KPřed 2 lety
ILLEGAL Lobstering?!? The BEST way to catch Lobster in South Florida!
10lb Hogfish Challenge - 160 Mile Ocean Crossing to Great Harbour Cay - Bahamas Hogfish Spearfishing
zhlédnutí 23KPřed 2 lety
10lb Hogfish Challenge - 160 Mile Ocean Crossing to Great Harbour Cay - Bahamas Hogfish Spearfishing
Key West Overnight Trip - 2 days of Spearfishing, Deep Dropping and Night Fishing in Key West!
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Key West Overnight Trip - 2 days of Spearfishing, Deep Dropping and Night Fishing in Key West!
Insane Grouper Cave and Schooling Cubera! Key Largo Summer Spearfishing!
zhlédnutí 83KPřed 2 lety
Insane Grouper Cave and Schooling Cubera! Key Largo Summer Spearfishing!
Key West Grouper Limits! Opening Day Black Grouper Spearfishing
zhlédnutí 14KPřed 2 lety
Key West Grouper Limits! Opening Day Black Grouper Spearfishing
Flats Boat vs Poling Skiff: What's the Difference? Hewes Redfisher 18 VS Ankona Native 17 Comparison
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Flats Boat vs Poling Skiff: What's the Difference? Hewes Redfisher 18 VS Ankona Native 17 Comparison
How to catch FLAG Yellowtail Snapper! - Florida Keys Yellowtail Tips and Tricks
zhlédnutí 35KPřed 2 lety
How to catch FLAG Yellowtail Snapper! - Florida Keys Yellowtail Tips and Tricks
Florida Keys Spearfishing Half Day: Grouper, Muttons, Mangroves and Dog Snapper
zhlédnutí 5KPřed 2 lety
Florida Keys Spearfishing Half Day: Grouper, Muttons, Mangroves and Dog Snapper
Maine Archery Bear hunt with Perry’s Guide Service - Bear Down!
zhlédnutí 3,8KPřed 2 lety
Maine Archery Bear hunt with Perry’s Guide Service - Bear Down!
LOBSTERING at NIGHT? Bully netters are too afraid to get in!
zhlédnutí 14KPřed 3 lety
LOBSTERING at NIGHT? Bully netters are too afraid to get in!
PERSONAL BEST with a NEW GUN! Florida Keys Lobstering and Spearfishing!
zhlédnutí 3,1KPřed 3 lety
PERSONAL BEST with a NEW GUN! Florida Keys Lobstering and Spearfishing!
Key Largo Lobstering Tips and Tricks: How to use a Lobster Snare!
zhlédnutí 15KPřed 3 lety
Key Largo Lobstering Tips and Tricks: How to use a Lobster Snare!

Komentáře

  • @user-ct7du8tt6t
    @user-ct7du8tt6t Před 16 hodinami

    why is bro gorgeous at 0:11

  • @kylebenkel4068
    @kylebenkel4068 Před dnem

    Can’t believe that AP got away 😭

  • @freedomwanderer91
    @freedomwanderer91 Před dnem

    The Bahamas videos are the best.

    • @DerekVanHook
      @DerekVanHook Před dnem

      Yes sir! I have one more trip from this summer to post!

  • @hugoaguilar3740
    @hugoaguilar3740 Před dnem

    I love the content, keep up the good work. By the way, where can I learn how to do this you guys? :)

    • @DerekVanHook
      @DerekVanHook Před dnem

      I learned from my dad, but a free diving course is a great learning experience! The key is to dive often and work on your technique!

  • @austindomitrovits7532

    What cameras are you guys using to film these so clear and cinematic.

    • @DerekVanHook
      @DerekVanHook Před dnem

      All of the 1st person footage is shot on GoPros, and I have a Sony A7III with an underwater housing for the cinematic underwater footage! The drone footage is with a Mavic 3 classic.

  • @IntuitiveIQ
    @IntuitiveIQ Před dnem

    Also curious how deep you are diving, and how long you are holding your breath, on average? 🙏

    • @DerekVanHook
      @DerekVanHook Před dnem

      On this trip, we dove anywhere from 20 to 60 feet. Most of the dives are between a 1:00 and 1:45

  • @IntuitiveIQ
    @IntuitiveIQ Před dnem

    Great content, I am a new spearo and loving these videos. I'm curious why you use a pole spear rather than a regular gun. Isn't a regular gun more reliable with fish this big?

    • @DerekVanHook
      @DerekVanHook Před dnem

      Guns are more reliable, shoot further, and are much easier to shoot than pole spears, but in the Bahamas, they are illegal. You can only use primitive spearfishing methods in the Bahamas, which is a unique challenge!

  • @Rocket_Runz
    @Rocket_Runz Před dnem

    Waterworld fishing 🎣..😮❤❤.

  • @chrisdoerr810
    @chrisdoerr810 Před dnem

    What a vid, love u and miss u

    • @DerekVanHook
      @DerekVanHook Před dnem

      Thanks man! Miss you too! Let’s plan a Bahamas trip!

  • @justinvanhook7021
    @justinvanhook7021 Před dnem

    Epic video bro !

  • @vinman2001
    @vinman2001 Před dnem

    Day 1 of asking Derek to catch and release.

    • @DerekVanHook
      @DerekVanHook Před dnem

      I caught and released an AP in this video 😭

  • @chrisross5667
    @chrisross5667 Před 4 dny

    IMPRESSIVE..BLUE FIN TUNA ON THE SPEAR

  • @slinginsteel100
    @slinginsteel100 Před 4 dny

    🎯💯💯

  • @user-qe4ce8uh8o
    @user-qe4ce8uh8o Před 5 dny

    Wow GREA ❤❤

  • @IntuitiveIQ
    @IntuitiveIQ Před 5 dny

    Good one promoting the freedom of California when it’s turned into a totalitarian regime. Or do you think that Navy helicopter wasn’t watching you. 😅

  • @IntuitiveIQ
    @IntuitiveIQ Před 5 dny

    Lol why wouldn’t someone let you spear a fish that swims 40 miles an hour? Most people wouldn’t have a chance, and is it really better to catch it on a hook? 😂😂

  • @OceanEthos
    @OceanEthos Před 8 dny

    Great video! You're certainly not claustrophobic! Nice work!

  • @user-sp4rf6yv1v
    @user-sp4rf6yv1v Před 8 dny

    Hola

  • @user-sp4rf6yv1v
    @user-sp4rf6yv1v Před 8 dny

    O

  • @1milgaming669
    @1milgaming669 Před 11 dny

    I think it depends on where you fish most of the time. Where I fish (lower Laguna Madre in far South Texas) is extremely shallow. You can fish a traditional bay boat but you won’t be able to get in and out a lot of areas. Most guides down there run flats boats.

    • @DerekVanHook
      @DerekVanHook Před 11 dny

      Absolutely, if you need to get super shallow, a Flats Boat or skiff is the way to go!

  • @josealayon204
    @josealayon204 Před 15 dny

    El anzuelo algo grande.... que mierda de pesca

  • @bhuwanthapa1721
    @bhuwanthapa1721 Před 16 dny

    Nice short

  • @anthonybernardfamily9258

    And the only reason why we have a lot more people is that they we are the only ones that have the most money 9:32

  • @anthonybernardfamily9258

    Westerners and Westerners who live near and far in North

  • @anthonybernardfamily9258

    2018 days in and my brain 🧠 has no brain 🧠 function to do with anything but I feel 11:39 weeks off today is not good 😊 11:41 months off and no stress 😎 I’m still recovering ❤️‍🩹 but it’s not a good 😊 it’s still the most painful 11:47 weeks off and I’m so grateful 🥹 I have 11:51 11:51 months to get my body to heal but I’m so thankful 🥹 to the people who are in the way to me for being able in this way I love ❤️ them all very deeply so thank you for all you do for me and I hope I can do this for me and I hope you have a blessed day 12:09

  • @justinbrooks8179
    @justinbrooks8179 Před 22 dny

    These prices are crazy. I want a boat so bad but good lord these prices are crazy.

    • @DerekVanHook
      @DerekVanHook Před 22 dny

      Look at used boats! Prices have been getting a bit better lately

  • @eliesercarrera8236
    @eliesercarrera8236 Před 22 dny

    Life over a fish 🐟 😅.

  • @johnjiii4133
    @johnjiii4133 Před 23 dny

    Great job Dude! I learned a lot!

  • @mikeguerrero3090
    @mikeguerrero3090 Před 24 dny

    nothing like it !! congrats

    • @DerekVanHook
      @DerekVanHook Před 24 dny

      Thanks! It was an awesome opportunity!

  • @user-bt2zq2nz4u
    @user-bt2zq2nz4u Před 25 dny

    👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼👍🏼

  • @Bahamascottoutdoors
    @Bahamascottoutdoors Před 25 dny

    Your dad's rep'n us more "mature" spearos! Way to go!!

  • @Bogtog777
    @Bogtog777 Před 26 dny

    For me the biggest difference is if you prefer sitting or standing while driving

    • @DerekVanHook
      @DerekVanHook Před 26 dny

      That’s a big difference! My Hewes has an adjustable helm that helps when I feel like standing but you can’t beat a leaning post!

  • @austinlambert8997
    @austinlambert8997 Před 27 dny

    Rad video. Been following Austin for years. Have not go into spear fishing (yet) only rod and reel. We are so lucky to have this in our backyard.

    • @DerekVanHook
      @DerekVanHook Před 27 dny

      You guys are lucky over in socal! It’s such an incredible fishery. Give spearing a shot!

  • @dannyb4286
    @dannyb4286 Před 27 dny

    Incredible footage, dope music 💯💯🔥🔥 nice little slaycation in my backyard. Cheers boys you guys handled 💯

  • @cousinjim1
    @cousinjim1 Před 28 dny

    Great trip I love your video style see you soon

  • @whw_242
    @whw_242 Před 28 dny

    Where did you clear customs

  • @malex1526
    @malex1526 Před 28 dny

    Doesn't look like you guys even cleared customs huh? Just poaching fish. Looks like fun though

    • @DerekVanHook
      @DerekVanHook Před 28 dny

      Just because it’s not in the video doesn’t mean it didn’t happen!

  • @ahhlurkin
    @ahhlurkin Před 28 dny

    Great vid!! That so shot is haunting

  • @JusuaValones
    @JusuaValones Před 29 dny

    Maga alas una na Wala pa

  • @anthonybernardfamily9258

    elusive and I don’t know what to do with it I don’t know what I want to do with it I don’t know what I want to do I don’t know what to do I don’t know what to do I’m not gonna do it I don’t know what I want to do it I don’t know what I want to do this is a lot of people are going to be in the house and it that is it is a lot of people I don’t know I don’t know it with do it I don’t know what to do I don’t know what to do with it I don’t know what I don’t know how to do it I don’t know what I it can’t it is a little bit of a lot of stuff it says it is a bit of a little bit more than that I don’t know what to it say it say it is a lot of things that I don’t know if I don’t know how it went it was a lot it well it was a little bit more of a little more than it welded to it was a little bit of a little bit it to be honest it be careful it was a bit of a little bit more than that I don’t know what to do it was a good day is it was a good day it away it away from the way it was a lot of things I was thinking about it I was thinking about you and I was thinking about you and I hope you had it an hour or so I hope it an idea I hope you have a good day and I hope you have a good day I love you and I miss you so much I love you so deeply it so much and I hope you have a good it day I love your mom so very so very so very so and so it feels so it is I love you so much and I hope you have a good night and I were it were you and werewolf I love weren’t you and I love you weren’t there was weren’t you and I love you and I hope you really do have everything really good night and I love you too I love you so much I love you so very 9:18

  • @AquadudeH2O
    @AquadudeH2O Před 29 dny

    What island is that

  • @tylerJ949
    @tylerJ949 Před 29 dny

    🔜

    • @DerekVanHook
      @DerekVanHook Před 29 dny

      Is your profile pic you with a cuda 😭

    • @tylerJ949
      @tylerJ949 Před 29 dny

      @@DerekVanHookcuda with stripes

    • @DerekVanHook
      @DerekVanHook Před 29 dny

      @tylerJ949 they all have stripes!

  • @freedomwanderer91
    @freedomwanderer91 Před 29 dny

    Big fish are big for a reason. They know how to survive. Thats why we get really excited and appreciate the big ones we do get. Great video.

  • @steventraum5203
    @steventraum5203 Před 29 dny

    That looks like a Nassau Grouper, which are protected in the State of FL. If this video was shot in Key West, the spearo could be subject to BIG fines.

    • @DerekVanHook
      @DerekVanHook Před 29 dny

      No way you think this is a Nassau 😭

    • @steventraum5203
      @steventraum5203 Před 29 dny

      @@DerekVanHook looking at it on my phone, so I could be wrong. What kind?

    • @steventraum5203
      @steventraum5203 Před 29 dny

      @@DerekVanHook watched it again on the laptop. My mistake. Good catch. Nice to see good-sized grouper like that.

    • @DerekVanHook
      @DerekVanHook Před 29 dny

      You’re good! This was a black grouper, it’s a shame we don’t see too many big Nassaus around, even if we can’t take them!

  • @Kabir9861
    @Kabir9861 Před 29 dny

    Great video

  • @luisc7453
    @luisc7453 Před 29 dny

    Tarter Sauce? NOOOOOOOOO! Thats like putting ketchup on a perfect steak filet> :( Please never do that to a great piece of Hog Fish. pinch of salt & pepper and some fresh lemon is all that fish needs!

  • @cesaralejandrochao7165

    💯 🎯

  • @TexasDoctor7
    @TexasDoctor7 Před měsícem

    I tried Hogfish taco’s in the Keys years ago and it was absolutely, hands down, the best taco that I have ever had…..and I live on Texas/Mexico border.

  • @CarlosEduardo-jy1vh
    @CarlosEduardo-jy1vh Před měsícem

    I'am fron brazil, i Love florida Keys, The Best fishing place on The Planet

  • @brandonwaddell2583
    @brandonwaddell2583 Před měsícem

    Came here to learn more about boats, glad I chose this one 👀