The BLACK SEA in Bulgaria is EPIC for Spearfishing🇧🇬 Not what I expected!
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- čas přidán 6. 04. 2024
- The Black Sea is somewhere I never considered going spearfishing until I spoke to Valentin Lyutskanov at the world championships in Spain. He said he would love to take us out diving to find some corvina off the coast of Bulgaria. It was beyond anything I could have imagined and one of the best days diving I've ever had in my life.
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Which video has been your favourite from this road trip and what videos do you want to see next?
I liked this one more then any other, corvina everywhere. Can it be better than this ? I don't think so
this is one of the best a close 2nd but I like the Dentex more
Same as rouelparas6922
i agree as well - in the dentex video you were more exited!
Yeah this was also my favorite out of the whole trip mate. What an awsome finish with plenty of fish and diving with an awsome spearo aswell! Keep well bro, til the next one, cheers from Durban South Africa
New Daniel Mann video makes my sunday!!!
You’re welcome!
What's your favorite holiday dish? 🎄🍗
Somehow I missed this video of yours.
Very very interesting not only to see the black sea underwater but also how plentyful the fish can be there.
Your videos are so relaxing, you manage it so well to catch and portrait the feeling of being silently underwater, everything is just slow and beautiful.
Hope we will see some more soon.
Thank you very much 🙏🏻
Never knew there were stingrays that big in the bulgarian black sea. Nice trip btw and these are good corvina compared to what i've seen
Not only do I thoroughly enjoy the videos you put out, but I am really enjoying watching how much has changed over the years with your cinematography and your editing skills. They have grown leaps and bounds.
Cheers Greg, always trying to make the next one better than the last 💪
Wow, what a series that has now come to a fitting end! Thanks for taking us with you!
I'm looking forward to new seasons!
After years of spearfishing in Croatia I understand how magical it must feel to see such a large school of Mediterranean fish, but I have to say it was hard for me seeing them being shot because of just how rare they are here. Great video and diving technique, but I am certain humans have to start restoring the nature. (Keep spearfishing it is the most ethical way to get fist)
Excellent, epic adventure! Thanks for bringing me along, I loved it!
Cheers Grant!
Thanks so much for this amazing journey Dan! It was a delight to watch. Keep up the great content 👏👏👏
Glad you enjoyed it! My pleasure.
Great ending to a great adventure ! Thanks for bringing us along.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you!
Amazing, thank you for sharing! I always enjoy your videos here in the Green Mountains! God Speed.🔱
As always, you never disappoint mate. Awesome video 🙌🙌🙌
Cheers Dan! Glad you enjoyed it.
Awesome way to finish your trip! Congrats. And I would say that this was my favorite video, but they all were great.
Thank you very much 🙌
Very nice video and some amazing scenes. What a privilege to be taken out by Valentin.
Thanks mate, your record is safe for now!
Fantastic! Thank you for taking us along. And fascinating to learn about the different salinity there.
Glad you enjoyed it! It's a little like the Baltic Sea around Denmark and Finland. Low salt but still some marine species are thriving.
@@DanielMann If I knew that I'd forgotten it. The learning never stops! 😊
I dont know what is more impressive, the footage or the edits!
Grat video, as always! Those nice images taken with a proper camera really do make a pleasant view for all of us. Can't wait for this summer adventures :)
Cheers Mike, I certainly enjoy the look of it more than the action cameras that’s for sure.
The video is just great! I'm glad you finally reached Bulgaria and I love you did your diving with Valentin. He's the best!
Absolute gentleman he is. Very generous with his time and knowledge. Looking forward to seeing him next month.
Where are you gonna meet our champion ? I don't know him personally but I know he a great guy and my friend on Facebook. It's gonna be a pleasure for Bulgarians to see your next adventure with him !
@pstankov24 we will both be at the Euro African spearfishing championships in Türkiye.
Posto meraviglioso e ricco di pesci, complimenti Daniel bel video.
Ciao Mario, grazie molto per le tue belle parole
I’ll loved the adventure-thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Letsgooo! New vid from the man himself
Cheers Marcell!
That looked amazing ! I swear I could hear the Cray's clicking away down there as well. Very nice.
Not sure they would get spiny lobsters or European lobsters. Surely some kind of prawn though.
Loved this series! Sad its coming to an end, but looking forward to whats next
Cheers Conor! I’m looking forward to getting back into some more tutorial videos in the future 👌
always a beautiful journey
Glad you liked it!
Cracking series loved it 👍
Thanks for watching along!
Beautiful fish Dan! love the vid mate - what an incredible place!
The Podcast most known to Mann should hopefully be the Noob Spearo;) - Shrek
Obviously… along with Cold Cases & BBC history podcast 😂
To hard to pick a favourite from the trip. All were excellent. As for what next ? Just keep doing what you doing and I will tune in .
Glad to see you enjoying the Black Sea and Bulgaria, Dan! You were lucky with the amazing weather conditions and such an experienced guide. Maybe an idea for a future video would be to try to catch some of the monster sea bass or shi drum living in these waters.
Thank you! The bass are more of a winter thing as I understand it. Shi drum would be amazing.
I can say I predicted this video 😅, Im gonna watch it now, great to see you in Bulgaria!
Hope you liked it!
Great
Legendary corvina spot and those mussels looked unreal.
Next time you’re back in Europe we should go!
Hope to see you in South America, Brasil!!
Great series mate
Glad you enjoyed it 🙌
That was probably some of the crispiest spearfishing footage I've ever seen, I'm constantly in awe! Loved the series, you should do something like that but travelling around Australia one day 🙂
Very kind of you Ethan but I must direct you to David Ochoa’s channel 🤣
@@DanielMann haha you’re too humble Dan 😉
what a way to end this journey, loved watching every part of this. Now imagine anyone told you about the corvina fishery in bulgaria before any of the attempts in the med :D
Thank you very much, it was a fantastic trip. I think having the Mediterranean experiences first only made this day that more much special.
Great video as usual! I loved seeing the spots I know very well through your eyes. Valentin is a great guy and probably the best guide. I would have loved it if he called to join you guys 😂
Thank you very much!
Probably because they know you don't approve of cave hunting and were afraid you'd throw their torches away 😆
Loved the series so interesting 👍
Glad you enjoyed it 🙌
@@DanielMann bring on the new season
hi.i just saw that Bulgarian guy wearing tasos chalaris wet swit and spearfin and i just wanted to say that i bought a 6 mil top and 5 mil pants fished them on 19degrees of water up to 5 hours and they were perfect/flops are also very light on weight and feel in the water,i recomend iff someone is less than 85 kilos to take medium soft blade.
keep well
That was a great experience! Thank you, Daniel, for been here and promote the Black sea! It was epic, exactly 😅 There is a big danger, that Kevin's record will fall next time..unless he is with us 😉
Glad I did your Black Sea justice 💪 See you next month!
awesome video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Look similar to black drum here in Florida
Man, it's a great video, very smooth! I was born and grew up on the shore of the black sea in Ukraine. From the age of 10 I spent all my free time in the water. I am very pleased to see my native landscapes, considering that I have not been there for more than 3 years, I miss it. Thank you!
Thank you very much! I've been told the corvinas in Ukraine are double the size of Bulgaria. Would love to dive in Ukraine one day.
I waited 3 weeks for a new video. I love this video! Where will you be in the next video?
I think it’s been a month since the last one. Life got busy!
Look similar to black drum here in florida
Such great and unexpected to find brown meagres there ! :)
Crazy hey, especially given the salt levels!
Daniel I'm your big fan your videos are amazing ❤
Thank you Muhammad!
@@DanielMann no need bro👍
Buenas corvas💪
Excellent video!!! You can find corvinas everywhere now in Black Sea with sizes like small groupers. I think they like our seas, the last few years it is an invasion.
I’m happy to help keep the numbers in check 😆
Hey Daniel! Just got back from the water where I saw a few brown meagres (corvina) and then I watched the video and I said. Damn..... Ours here in Greece are like little Rambos! The moment you try to get close to them they head back to their lair... Nice video! Cheers!
I know the feeling in Greece all too well! Never managed to catch one there but have seen dozens.
So funny to signal Hannah to see those fish in the cracks but She even found a school at top of it. Like Oh. There they Are😂😂😂
One of those face palm moments for me 🤣 I swear they weren’t there when I first dropped down!
@@DanielMann Hahaha. Probably they pop out from those cracks when you take a closer look and went above it where they cant see you and you on the other hand🤣🤣
By the way love your videos
Thank you!
Thanks for the nice video. The Black Sea is very underrated by spearfishers, but it is a wonderful place.
I agree!
welcome to our country, Dan! i really hope you enjoyed it!!!❤
Thank you! We very much enjoyed Bulgaria, Burgas, Sofia etc. All great and friendly people.
@@DanielMann great!!! next time come to Plovdiv - I’ll show you and Hannah around!! there’s no sea but plenty of things to explore!!
@valkil73 I must have driven straight past it from Burgas to Sofia 😅
yes Dan, you sure have! stay safe, please keep diving in many different waters, keep catching fantastic fish and please keep sharing them videos with us!!!🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
Thanks for showing what lies within this mysterious sea.
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it.
Great video! The cinematography is amazing! One thing I noticed about Hannah is that she has the loose end of her belt tucked in and not free. This might be an issue in case of an emergency.
Thank you! If you pause at 2:12 you can see it's not a death tuck as some people call it. Just the excess looped up under so if you pull the loose tag it it all comes undone. I do it also but I don't wrap it over the belt - that would be a disaster as you say.
So many fish it luke a different world out there
Big time, I was blown away by it. So unexpected.
100% trip of a life time
Absolutely, very thankful to have been able to do it.
Babe wake up, new Dan Mann video just dropped!
That’s the spirit!
Great video as always!!
Finaly you dont have to look for corvinas anymore in the Mediterranean 😂
The quota has been filled 😂
Tasos Chalaris everywhere...
Awesome mate! Which was your favourite country?
It's hard to say because they all offer so much aside from the spearfishing. I think Türkiye was up there because it was so far to drive to, great food, friendly people, history and the spearfishing was fantastic.
Daniel when you hit ozzy again come to forster.. i promise you wont be disappointed.. i have a boat.. and there are true giants on every point, will be more then happy to host you brother loved the footage in this episode cheers
Cheers Andrew! Last time I was in Forster diving was the Pacific coast championships in 2008. Great memories there. Didn’t see a heap of big fish but lots of species to get stuck into.
amazing video, my all time fave is the legendary corvina (eskina in turkey). you've mentioned it's difficult to see large shoals in the med which is generally true but my experience in the aegean is slightly different. I would recommend you find a cove or bay downstream of large fish farm if you want to see shoals. but be prepared for bad visibility 🥸
You had to visit cadiz on the south of spain...
I have a video from there in 2022
I shoot what we call corvina here in the pacific off the CA coast all tho they look abou 30% different from the corvina you shoot
the most fish I've ever seen you spear in Europe Mann
Definitely shot more in Denmark in a single day. Got an old video about that called the Öresund Scorpena Cup.
What a great video, Primorsko is near Sozopol - my Favourite city in Bulgaria. Now that you experienced the difference between the black sea and the Mediterranean you should try the northern black sea near Ukraine, I have a friend from Odessa and a friend from Crimea and they shoot corvinas of over 3 kilos there, and also they catch Sargo (bream) using sea weed as a bait, i saw them catching them as big as 1-1.5 kilo. Its absolutely insane.
I would love to visit that part of Ukraine but I guess that might have to be put on hold for a few years sadly. I’ve also heard the corvinas are massive there.
Pengen mencoba hobi kaya gini sepertinya seru . Dimana beli alat alatnya yang bagus bro
Hi Dan it has been a tremendous series of beautiful videos, and probably the shoal of corvinas is the best image of them all. So the question now is: what’s next??
Glad you have enjoyed it Antonio. Not sure what is next, probably some tutorial videos of things I’ve learned over the past few years.
@@DanielMann we should start filming spearing session by now, bloody weather…..
Has been awful in the U.K. I’ve only managed to shoot 3 fish this year so far.
A Daniel Mann video with no mention of dentex? That's like a David Seal video without the word 'sumptuous'. Corvino look very much like American black drum or aa redfish without the spot. Maybe even a whiting here in Florida.
😂 Miracles can happen, but rest assured the dentex will enter the chat soon enough!
Great video, amazing places, well done. I was waiting to see any kind of other species but nothing. Nothing else lives there ? By the way my personal record for corvina it's 2.1 kg in 6 mt 😉
Glad you enjoyed it! They also get turbot, mullets, sharp snout sargos, wrasse & a few other things.
I am fishing in Croatia and i have to say this is freaking awsome. I have never seen so many of them in one place. But i have to ask if it gets boring shooting the same fish all the time.
Hvala! I think for one day it's great but I guess you may become a little bored after a while. There are other fish but not many in the season we were there.
Hvala tudi tebi prijatelj :)
Heaven for Rapana eroding mussels if you did not tried yet you should try them nutritious and delicasy Back In my childhood I remember I had two handmade wooden spearguns was diving pretty much everywhere in Blacksea region back in Soviets still do so when I have time personally I prefer it over Mediterranean although our Summer residency is in Italy fish is not abundant although Im highly capable experienced freediver its tiring past 40 mt dives nowadays collecting mussels clams razor clams snail catching big octopus crabs and lobster with gaff hole diving with hawaiian sling so I switch my spearfishing life its much more healthy than just spearing fish😂 Safe Dives Bro.
@DanielMann are you taking out and keeping the otoliths/ear stones? They are great ways to remember great hunts.
Yes I collected them from the larger fish.
Wow , CORVINASSSSSSSSS😂❤
Corvine paradiso 😆
@@DanielMann not like med 😅🥺
Fish in the Black Sea is so plentiful, that you need to know the exact hole to look into to find it.
Kidding aside, great video, I'm glad you finally visited!
I’ve been to many places that are fishy but knowing the exact spot or hole is a huge help. Sometimes 5m in the wrong spot means no fish!
Could re-do your video about what is in my bag in 2024
Will be doing that for sure
Very fishy spot, fantastic mussel beds, some average shot placement. Thanks for not drop weighting. Very enjoyable video. Cheers Dan
Could be a fishy place or just being tour guided by a local 8x Bulgarian champion 😆 No need to variable weight here, all under 20m.
@@DanielMann That's right, no need to drop weighting. If you're not good enough to actually freedive to 40m leave the big breeding fish alone. You don't deserve them because you're not good enough.
In Australia it's not needed for 99% of the spearfishing there to catch a feed. In Europe it's a way of being able to do things safer with less effort and therefore less fatigue. I know you won't agree but unless you've spent an extended amount of time fishing in the Mediterranean it might not make sense. Every technique has a time and place. The previous world champion I dived with said you should never variable weight dive to gain depth, only to make things easier once you have achieved that depth constant weight.
@@DanielMann You're absolutely correct Dan, I'm not falling for that shit. In the true spirit of breath hold freediving the weight belt only counteracts the buoyancy in the wetsuit. In my mind it's a dogs way of saying I'm not scuba diving. If you spend a lifetime truely earning your catch you respect the process and yourself. So in conclusion I'm against drop weighting and fkn shark shields. Thanks for a healthy debate
Good thing everyone has the freedom to make up their own minds about things and not care what others think.
Some things better remain off sight of large public😢
Back in the ussr that fish was a prized target - you had to dive deep for it and sometimes it was very difficult to extract it from their holes. The biggest I saw was 5 kilos very shallow - I got so excited that I missed at point blank range. I never saw so many in a school. However outside of Corvina (Brown meagre) this place looks desolated. Did you see any mullet there?
I've heard there are much bigger Covina around the Ukraine coastline of the Black Sea. I saw mullets, snarpsnout sargos, wrasse and stingrays. They also get massive sea bass in winter, one of Valentin's friends shot one 12kg this year.
@@DanielMann Yes, the bigger one is a different type + darker in color. Supposedly they go up to 40 kilos
I would have guessed there would be plenty of seabass too, but corvinas seem to be the dominant species, not even a sargo or something...
They get massive bass in the winter. Valentin showed me a photo of his mate with one 11kg this winter just gone. I saw some small sharpsnout sargos and mullets also.
First! Yay!
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With all the champion spearos you’ve dove with, is there anything about them and their skills that are very similar/stand out from your average spearo? Or are they just a different breed altogether?
They are all excellent hunters first and foremost. They also dive very regularly.
What a place to dive. Looks like a diver's paradise. Good catch, calm conditions and good visibility in the water. Can't get any better than that 🙂🤿
Only shame is not too many species of fish but you can’t have it all!
Hi is there any other kind of fish ?
Yes but in different seasons. Bluefish, sea bass, turbot, flounder, mullets, sharp snout sargo, wrasse.
Why do you turn off the light immediately??
Light has a retractable switch so when you let go it turns off. Also scares fish less.
So when are you and your lovely wife coming to Florida?
Maybe we’ll visit Ryan Myers this year 👀
Can you do a video with george vassiliou, Replay plese❤
He is in my video from 2016 about the world championships in Greece.
@@DanielMann thank you ☺️
What is the name of this fish
Sciaena umbra
Only corvina in bulgaria ?! Ahaha
Also sea bass (big 12kg!), turbot, mullets, wrasse, sharp snout sargos. A few different fish but no groupers or dentex...yet.
how do you write the name of the port??
Приморско
@@DanielMann Thanks you very much!
dude what is your job
Hey handsome bro, that was a very interesting content. Thank you very much for promoting our country. Our coast is 378km long, but think has a lot to offer. Stay safe!
Thank you very much!
Капец у вас там горбылей!
Corvinas with one kg? 😂 Come to portugal to see what corvinas are
Different species obviously.
there are fishes that live in their natural habitat you are only going to kill them and affirm their death. To this day I have not seen them come to our homes to firms our death😮
But they go to the houses of baitfish and eat those. Circle of life, everything has to eat something, including me.
I cannot stand how this guy fakes his ‘British’ accent. If you go back a couple years, he sounds like a true blue Aussie. There’s a pretty clear difference between an organically changing accent and someone putting it on. I know a bloke that puts on an English accent still to this day, they sound exactly the same. What’s the problem mate are you not proud to be Australian??
I have lived in the U.K. for 9 years and still do. I’m also a British citizen.
so weird the fact you see only corvinas? is a reason for?? the bottom looks desert