UNBELIEVABLE Giant Bluefin TUNA chasing Garfish in South Devon!

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A sight I never thought I'd witness, as around eight Tuna were hunting huge shoals of Garfish only metres from the shore. The Garfish would leap out of the water in an attempt to escape, as the Tuna attacked from below.
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  • @henrykirkwoodfilmmaking
    @henrykirkwoodfilmmaking8 ай бұрын

    Hi guys, thanks for all the likes and comments. If you would like to help even further, I would be incredibly grateful if you could use the link below and 'buy me a coffee'. Thank you! www.buymeacoffee.com/henrykirkwoodfilmmaking

  • @jimlaporta8573

    @jimlaporta8573

    8 ай бұрын

    But you are not seeing what they catch below the surface. By the size of these tuna, they are not missing that many!

  • @dirkwagner6634

    @dirkwagner6634

    8 ай бұрын

    Very Good,Thank you for Posting

  • @tadhghayden7601

    @tadhghayden7601

    7 ай бұрын

    Fair point...

  • @philw2884

    @philw2884

    6 ай бұрын

    id say even if they miss the fish is properly stunned then picked off

  • @michiel1362

    @michiel1362

    4 ай бұрын

    Me to i always say do you eat dolphins too

  • @R3dp055um
    @R3dp055um8 ай бұрын

    Given how badly the bluefin have been overfished, this is a delightful sight. I would give this video 10 thumbs up if I could!

  • @deannelson9565

    @deannelson9565

    8 ай бұрын

    The overfishing of bluefin tuna was covered extensively but it's quite amazing to see how the recovery of the bluefin tuna gets almost no airtime! Their population has rebounded substantially in the last few years.

  • @traciewalker8506

    @traciewalker8506

    8 ай бұрын

    Yes it's delightful to see 😊 Too bad though that it's only eight, should be way more.

  • @deannelson9565

    @deannelson9565

    8 ай бұрын

    @@traciewalker8506 population hasn't been as high as it is now in almost 30 years.

  • @hia5235

    @hia5235

    8 ай бұрын

    @@deannelson9565 Thats nice, lets keep this going until there are 100x more. The work isnt done.

  • @Damonpeters1950

    @Damonpeters1950

    8 ай бұрын

    Nature at its best- a beautiful living “ art form “

  • @mikecampbell7421
    @mikecampbell74218 ай бұрын

    Living and fishing(for pleasure/ food) in South Devon it has been a joy to watch these magnificent creatures return to our waters over the last 10 yrs. Let us pray that commercial interests do not destroy this amazing recovery and it remains a spectacle for generations to come. We can live in hope.

  • @donframeli9855

    @donframeli9855

    8 ай бұрын

    God aint gotxanything to do with it its there food returnig

  • @SB68SS

    @SB68SS

    8 ай бұрын

    they have come all the way to Denmark in the Baltic Sea in big numbers the last 7-8 years, they are hunting herring and mackerel

  • @4wheelliving132

    @4wheelliving132

    3 ай бұрын

    Where is South Devon? I google it and nothing on the sea came up

  • @happyguy5414

    @happyguy5414

    2 ай бұрын

    @@4wheelliving132Devon is West of Cornwall in the UK.

  • @mochachinolatte4397

    @mochachinolatte4397

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@donframeli9855if people were aware of Gods gifts, they wouldnt liquidate life for cash. Go against natural law, is to go against god. The only reason for food shortages is due to evil people, so yes. He has everything to do with the current mindset. Cheers

  • @gregorynewey4089
    @gregorynewey40898 ай бұрын

    WOW!! Big Powerful and Majestic Tuna in all their beauty. That’s an amazing piece of footage. Thank you for sharing.

  • @raylopez99

    @raylopez99

    8 ай бұрын

    From majestic in the ocean to stored in a can, ready to be savored with some mayo. Skipjack not the same as bluefin,, I know.

  • @AquaticApes
    @AquaticApes5 ай бұрын

    this is one of the coolest videos ive seen in a long time

  • @wemburymarinecentre
    @wemburymarinecentre8 ай бұрын

    Absolutely incredible Henry! Thank you for showing them in all their magnificence! 🙂

  • @sdn1528

    @sdn1528

    8 ай бұрын

    Exactly . Thankyou

  • @alexanderkohler6439

    @alexanderkohler6439

    8 ай бұрын

    The footage itself is nice. However, this does not apply to the editing with its fake splash sounds.

  • @sdn1528

    @sdn1528

    8 ай бұрын

    The whole clip is spot on splash sounds aswell . Great piece of work 👏.

  • @screamingreel8542
    @screamingreel85428 ай бұрын

    I saw with my own eyes this amazing nature spectacle: I was trolling offshore with my father and we saw something astonishing: we heard a water noise at first, then we turned and we saw what seemed a silver chinese dragon coming out from water and re entering the water, up and down, off and in like a single creature made of...I can't even imagine how many needlefish. Then came the silence and after few seconds the water exploded with many tunas hunting. It was as if time had stopped for a while.

  • @SamarpanaYogananda6509

    @SamarpanaYogananda6509

    8 ай бұрын

    That sense of time stopping was you becoming fully present. You weren't lost in the incessant thought stream like we are all conditioned to be, we are in our heads all day long, we let thoughts define our experience but we never become curious about what a thought is made of. You were 100% fully logged into the visual field, the sounds, the sensations of the body etc. Wonderful and thankyou for sharing ❤

  • @bullebap

    @bullebap

    8 ай бұрын

    😂 I suggest, he did not expect a spiritual analysis of his experience. (But you are totally right)

  • @screamingreel8542

    @screamingreel8542

    8 ай бұрын

    @@SamarpanaYogananda6509 ..and this is one of my fondest memories of my father. We shared something Special I keep in my heart

  • @martinfisheradventure
    @martinfisheradventure8 ай бұрын

    Congratulations for the topwater tuna eats and blow ups. These fishes are really fast and it's almost imposible to see the attack even if they are feeding near to you. To catch this 1 second attack moment and récord with this quality is an amazing job and a gift for everyone. Thanks for publishing this awesome experience 😀❤👌👌👌

  • @marie-josetimperley3825
    @marie-josetimperley38258 ай бұрын

    Wow! 🤩 Those garfish are pretty slippery 😂

  • @Kavaindia

    @Kavaindia

    3 ай бұрын

    100% miss, I think.😂

  • @user-gl7xm3kf3y

    @user-gl7xm3kf3y

    3 ай бұрын

    Not politically correct? So PETA is going to file suit?@cameroncameron2826

  • @jonathanlfccortis5006

    @jonathanlfccortis5006

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Kavaindia….they would have picked those Garfish up when they landed, that’s for sure!😉

  • @francoispineau3563
    @francoispineau35638 ай бұрын

    When you think that bluefin tuna were on the brink of exinction in the North Atlantic for almost three decades... What a marvelous success story their protection is !

  • @joedennehy386

    @joedennehy386

    8 ай бұрын

    Happily, it's not true, also polar bears are in rude good health, and penguins.

  • @ianswift3521

    @ianswift3521

    8 ай бұрын

    maybe they should stop sending tourist helicopters and cruises and smaller boats to both the arctic and the antarctic (in the case of penguins). @@joedennehy386

  • @51AB

    @51AB

    8 ай бұрын

    Most of the world's countries do not protect Bluefin because they are so migratory. Their numbers dwindle every year just so Japan can have Sushi. I hope they all get mercury poison from these beautiful animals.

  • @nevadaboy9769

    @nevadaboy9769

    8 ай бұрын

    Really you see a video of one blue fin & now all the sudden all is good in the world lol

  • @GroovesAndLands

    @GroovesAndLands

    8 ай бұрын

    @@nevadaboy9769 Look at the numbers, bro. They're doing great.

  • @Shybairnsgetnowt1
    @Shybairnsgetnowt18 ай бұрын

    I never knew that Tuna swam off our coast, magnificent creatures.

  • @45H4W

    @45H4W

    8 ай бұрын

    At one not that long ago, they swam up the North Sea. Hopefully this is a sign they will once again do that.

  • @S.Trades

    @S.Trades

    8 ай бұрын

    Seas are warming up and species are moving around.

  • @Kryzenosbalt

    @Kryzenosbalt

    8 ай бұрын

    @@45H4Wand with the tuna come the 🦈🙏

  • @ShastaBean

    @ShastaBean

    8 ай бұрын

    garfish would beg to differ

  • @porthmeor1

    @porthmeor1

    8 ай бұрын

    garfish (and mackerel) are there because of the influx of big shoals of bait fish - hence the Tuna.@@ShastaBean Mackerel fishing in St Ives bay last November was exceptional.

  • @Celeste-in-Oz
    @Celeste-in-Oz8 ай бұрын

    So wonderful! Thanks for showing this beauty, it’s not how people usually see tuna 🐟

  • @yeahtbh.161

    @yeahtbh.161

    8 ай бұрын

    right, they usually see it in a tin or sandwich infront of them.

  • @thonbrocket2512

    @thonbrocket2512

    8 ай бұрын

    Right. I mean, where's the label?

  • @bossmare1480
    @bossmare14808 ай бұрын

    That was absolutely brilliant. 🤩 Such beautiful footage.💖

  • @vangmountain
    @vangmountain8 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing these amazing footage. I have never seen such footage before! Just mesmerizing how these ballets are played out in nature.

  • @denisemotley6639
    @denisemotley66398 ай бұрын

    Beautiful. What a sight to behold. Thank you for sharing. 👍🦈

  • @Hardrock1a
    @Hardrock1a8 ай бұрын

    I think every attack, from what I saw, the blue fin came up empty. Seemed every time, the target was knocked away. Beautiful creatures, awesome footage!

  • @Neil_MALTHUS

    @Neil_MALTHUS

    8 ай бұрын

    I think those tuna were barking up the wrong tree, there! :))

  • @rjo8500

    @rjo8500

    8 ай бұрын

    Ever catch and release a Garfish? I have, they’re very fragile. I believe the ones you saw stunned were actually dead and eaten later. So maybe the Bluefin’s hunting tactics are similar to the Orca’s where it’s a two part plan?

  • @Hardrock1a

    @Hardrock1a

    8 ай бұрын

    @@rjo8500 No, not much of a fisherman, and good point about the stunning, I know that an orca hit me hard enough, they could probably eat me before I was re-awake, not that they would need to stun us to eat us.

  • @rjo8500

    @rjo8500

    8 ай бұрын

    @@Hardrock1a Lol! True

  • @Neil_MALTHUS

    @Neil_MALTHUS

    8 ай бұрын

    @@rjo8500 From the video, you can see garfish at times make several leaps out of the water to avoid a persistent tuna. Re cetaceans, I know of dolphins swimming into shoals and giving the fish a good whack with their tail to stun them - before picking them off easily. Then, I've heard of orca headbutting great whites, flipping them over for tonic immobility purposes and then drowning them and feasting on their livers. But these tuna were chasing a fleeing target matching their speed and moving in the same direction. With no head-on collisions (orca) or tail-whacking (dolphins) on display. So I'd have to say it was what it clearly appeared to be, a largely inefficient way of catching a potential prey item that didn't seem to want to stay in the hunter's mouth. I'm fairly sure none of them got caught in the video (though I'm sure they have to catch some this way or they'd soon give up, presumably). Maybe greedy tuna hunt all small fish that flee from them (a true predatory instinct). They may always pursue garfish as a result of not caring too much about the species they chase. And garfish may just possibly be more than a match for them. At least over short distances. Tuna will have far better stamina, I'd have to assume, on the other hand. It's just weird the video didn't clearly show a single successful meal. It's an evolutionary arms race out there. The tuna were swimming for a meal whilst the plucky garfish were swimming for their lives. #ZenAndTheArtOfSavingLifeOnEarth

  • @scrubjay93
    @scrubjay938 ай бұрын

    wow - this is amazing footage. Easy to see how "flying fish" evolved! Congratulations on "catching" these beautiful fish in all their glory and thank you for sharing.

  • @MadScientyst
    @MadScientyst8 ай бұрын

    So accustomed to only seeing Sharks, Dolphins and Whales breaching...this is simply amazing to see! Kudos to the Camera team for capturing this in spectacular fashion....yaayyy!! 🤩🤩

  • @nevadaboy9769

    @nevadaboy9769

    8 ай бұрын

    Yep its to bad that was the last time that tuna will be seen breaching the surface, about an hour after this it was posing hanging upside down from the winch of one of those trawlers in the area!

  • @happyjay
    @happyjay8 ай бұрын

    incredible clips. I know how much difficult it is to capture without seeing what happens under surface of water. Admirations for the time spent and hardwork.

  • @the_g9456
    @the_g94568 ай бұрын

    I have never seen video of a Bluefin Tuna. This is absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much Henry, you started my Sunday off with something amazing.

  • @cindyj5522
    @cindyj55228 ай бұрын

    People think of tuna as just something we eat but they are INCREDIBLE predators. This one is magnificent!!!

  • @GroovesAndLands

    @GroovesAndLands

    8 ай бұрын

    Indeed. In this footage - their are at LEAST two giants. Having fished for these guys quite a bit - when you find a school of "horse mackerel"; they're thick as thieves.

  • @JH-ck1nr
    @JH-ck1nr8 ай бұрын

    That is the most amazing footage off the UK i have ever seen in my life. I have books showing Big Game Fishing off Whitby in the 1920's and 1930's for them, but to see them back like that is simply wonderful. You cannot tell me Great White Sharks do not visit our waters, this just backs that too. Thanks for sharing this footage.

  • @Candy-ji1sr

    @Candy-ji1sr

    8 ай бұрын

    Totally agree.

  • @mattydare

    @mattydare

    8 ай бұрын

    @JH-ck1nr Do you think the tuna in the 20's/30's would have been feeding on the huge herring shoals that used to be on the east coast? I like to add my props too - as others have said, once in a lifetime witness.

  • @JH-ck1nr

    @JH-ck1nr

    8 ай бұрын

    @@mattydare Yes, they vanished with the herring shoals. I am a life long scuba diver and this is why i love the seas and oceans, wonder and mystery. Thanks again.

  • @nospoon4799

    @nospoon4799

    8 ай бұрын

    The food chain was wrecked by the Herring overfishing. The herring is returning. The GW's will come back with the rest of the foodchain.

  • @user-mf8eh9fn4q

    @user-mf8eh9fn4q

    8 ай бұрын

    Боже мой! Они прекрасны! Наверное, я больше не смогу есть тунца...

  • @Seawithinyou
    @Seawithinyou8 ай бұрын

    Incredibly beautiful to see these Magnificent creatures in their feeding frenzy! Thanks for sharing this amazing filming 🐟🌏💖

  • @Tsamokie

    @Tsamokie

    8 ай бұрын

    You beat me to the punch. hahahahaha

  • @ShastaBean

    @ShastaBean

    8 ай бұрын

    beautiful - if you aren't a garfish

  • @Tsamokie

    @Tsamokie

    8 ай бұрын

    That's the food chain of nature. Some eat. Some get eaten.

  • @GodLovesComics
    @GodLovesComics8 ай бұрын

    Absolutely stunning! No matter how many wildlife films I see there is always something I haven't seen before! It's just sad that this Bluefin is surely hunted just as rapaciously as he is hunting these Garfish. In 2023 a 463lb Bluefin sold for 275,000 dollars in Japan. So seeing these miracles has become more rare than ever.

  • @GarthWatkins-th3jt
    @GarthWatkins-th3jt8 ай бұрын

    Mesmerizing. Never seen footage like this. Thank you very much for posting this video.

  • @fisherrich100
    @fisherrich1008 ай бұрын

    What an absolutely stunning piece of video footage. We are down in Falmouth soon and will be looking out for these stunning fish. Awesome. Thanks for posting.

  • @songsmith31a
    @songsmith31a8 ай бұрын

    An amazing sight that this lad originally from South Devon finds positive for the future just as long as they escape the over-fishing from our neighbours beyond UK shores.

  • @troygaspard6732
    @troygaspard67328 ай бұрын

    Most never see how incredibly large and fast these tuna are. Great footage.

  • @KeRRiGaNeTe
    @KeRRiGaNeTe8 ай бұрын

    Cant help but feel bad for Tuna missing a lot of attempts, still what a powerful and majestic fish, this 2min video made me feel much better and relaxed somehow, thanks!

  • @shakey2634

    @shakey2634

    8 ай бұрын

    The “miss” rate was really quite high wasnt it?

  • @KeRRiGaNeTe

    @KeRRiGaNeTe

    8 ай бұрын

    @@shakey2634 Yep indeed, i mean not like i see them starving with such gorgeous muscles but..

  • @GroovesAndLands

    @GroovesAndLands

    8 ай бұрын

    Don't worry, these guys "get theirs". A nice big bluefin like this literally has 15-20lbs of belly fat, which is the tastiest sushi on planet earth. It's called "toro"; japanese for "fatty bluefin tuna belly". It's unbelievably delicious. Anyway - the point is these big boys don't go hungry - even if they miss a few shots.

  • @ronanrogers4127
    @ronanrogers41278 ай бұрын

    Beautiful sight. We have massive breeding grounds in South Australia and it’s not difficult to find massive tuna, but I’m very happy to see them in your waters

  • @rebelnitro419

    @rebelnitro419

    8 ай бұрын

    oh great! now those Asian fishing vessels will go there and destroy the whole population.

  • @thebackwardpointinggodwit8080

    @thebackwardpointinggodwit8080

    8 ай бұрын

    Different and smaller fish. Southern bluefin in SA.

  • @santyclause8034

    @santyclause8034

    2 ай бұрын

    Not smaller. You never saw a big one And ours are overfished too.

  • @alfst5546
    @alfst55468 ай бұрын

    Well, if I hadn’t seen this video, I would have never believed that would happen around our waters. Fantastic 👍

  • @dhebora831

    @dhebora831

    8 ай бұрын

    *TRUE*

  • @MrSpudguncat

    @MrSpudguncat

    8 ай бұрын

    In victoriana times they was fished for pleasure/sport out of the north sea whitby/Scarborough even up to the 1950's

  • @robertfelton1521
    @robertfelton15218 ай бұрын

    Brilliant,did not realise we had tuna around our shores!

  • @Darkhorse7814
    @Darkhorse78148 ай бұрын

    WOW ....I have watched a lot of videos in my time and nothing like this. Absolutely outstanding action that any fishermen would dream to witness

  • @MrSCOTTtheSCOT
    @MrSCOTTtheSCOT8 ай бұрын

    Nice to see them back on show lets hope they are left to strengthen their population

  • @frankling9840

    @frankling9840

    8 ай бұрын

    No chance, there's £££ literally jumping out of ocean... sadly

  • @deletebilderberg

    @deletebilderberg

    8 ай бұрын

    @@frankling9840 You clearly know nothing about the highly monitored blue fin population in our waters. 🤡

  • @deletebilderberg

    @deletebilderberg

    8 ай бұрын

    Blue fin are doing just fine, buttercup

  • @MrSCOTTtheSCOT

    @MrSCOTTtheSCOT

    8 ай бұрын

    They have been absent from British waters for a significant time cup cake, after the original fishery was decimated , so for it again to be just hammered would be a bit ignorant and short sighted in fisheries management terms , is that not reasonable tinkerbell.@@deletebilderberg ok a quick edit , just appeared on BBC a massive Blue Fin washed up dead, now as it had no predator damage (few things tackle a adult tuna that's healthy) that would highly suggest it died from from disease or stress, so it will be interesting to watch if those making making money out of the fish have the gumption to care correctly on recreational charters when it comes to proper catch and release , and that the release of a massive tired out fish could see them so stressed their hearts collapse and they just drown from muscle stress by just been unhooked and let go too early before proper recovery is that too much to ask.

  • @Elizabeth-vw1vb
    @Elizabeth-vw1vb8 ай бұрын

    Amazing!! Never seen anything like it, thank you! ✌🇨🇦

  • @frankforce9241
    @frankforce92418 ай бұрын

    Great photos! You really bring home what a great animal it is. Thank you Frank

  • @henrykirkwoodfilmmaking

    @henrykirkwoodfilmmaking

    3 ай бұрын

    Cheers Frank :)

  • @deebee2558
    @deebee25588 ай бұрын

    Wow! Speechless...more so as had no idea they are in our shores! Madness.. many thanks 👐💛

  • @iv2sab512
    @iv2sab5128 ай бұрын

    Note: No Garfish were harmed in the making of this video. Thank you.

  • @ShastaBean

    @ShastaBean

    8 ай бұрын

    physically? correct. mentally? some of those garfish are going to need PTSD treatment

  • @mixz9929

    @mixz9929

    8 ай бұрын

    🤔 ummm I watched every tuna you captured on film run at the gar fish and knock them out of the water stunned them and eat em or just str8 up swallowed them in mid air

  • @theodoremockrish4973

    @theodoremockrish4973

    8 ай бұрын

    Yeah doesn’t look like they ate one!

  • @fakesandy

    @fakesandy

    8 ай бұрын

    I think he was like 1 for 8.

  • @og824

    @og824

    8 ай бұрын

    @@mixz9929we’re you watching the same video everyone else was, because I saw only one garfish actually get taken?

  • @adriaank75
    @adriaank758 ай бұрын

    I boycotted eating bluefin tuna like 15 years ago because they are overfished. I tell everyone the story about this amazing fish and hope they will not go extinct. What a beautiful video!

  • @teeanahera8949

    @teeanahera8949

    8 ай бұрын

    I would to but there is no chance Bluefin tuna will ever appear in anything I eat, being so expensive and rare, but if I had the chance I’d be like you. I wish everyone would boycott this species. They keep telling us the more common Yellowfin is plentiful but that’s just not possible with the 10’s of thousands of tonnes being removed from the ocean every day or week. A species have a critical mass and when this threshold is not maintained they can’t withstand simple population pressures such as a lack of food in one area due to El Niño or La Niña. The major currents are under threat from climate change so that may add extra pressure on fish populations.

  • @deletebilderberg

    @deletebilderberg

    8 ай бұрын

    @@teeanahera8949 You’re obviously was well versed on the blue fin population in our waters as you are to the reality of ‘climate change’ 😂

  • @FTStratLP

    @FTStratLP

    8 ай бұрын

    Tuna are not overfished. A reason to stop eating tuna might be the collateral killing of dolphins when fishing tuna though. And BTW, just because a fish is that big and looks amazing to us humans, its life is not more or less valuable than that of other fish.

  • @zakelwe

    @zakelwe

    8 ай бұрын

    More people on planet earth means more rich people who will pay more for that meal. Eating tuna will be beneficial to garfish and other smaller fish in the short term, but in the long term will then have garfish on the menu as a delicacy. Sad.

  • @christophermillett2273

    @christophermillett2273

    8 ай бұрын

    Nope!! I will never stop eating them!

  • @mamazalama
    @mamazalama8 ай бұрын

    I am completely stunned by the sheer size of the TUNA! Although they look rather clumsy flying from the water, what they lack in grace they make up in their massive POWER and what appears to be tireless stamina and strength! I think the best bet for a garfish in that pod would be a quick change of direction with a sudden and unobvious veering off in a different heading! It might then have a chance of escape. Great video, it fills my mind with the possibilities that present themselves in a life under the sea. Thanks so much for sharing this with us!

  • @gegwen7440

    @gegwen7440

    8 ай бұрын

    Been telling those Garfish for ages the same thing, but will they listen (?) will they hell.

  • @tommycontino3879
    @tommycontino38798 ай бұрын

    Without a doubt, the best Tuna video I have ever seen. Thank you for the wonderful video.😊

  • @philfairclough
    @philfairclough8 ай бұрын

    ❤absolutely amazing footage and action. I spent many of my formative years windsurfing off the coast of S Devon. I saw basking sharks, orca, oceanic sunfish, but never never imagined for a minute that giant bluefin would also be around. Incredible … and brilliant coverage !

  • @yvonnescholey8972
    @yvonnescholey89728 ай бұрын

    Wow I have never seen a blue fin tuna in real life, nature is wonderful thank you for sharing this😊👏

  • @johnrowley5136
    @johnrowley51368 ай бұрын

    Awesome! Thanks for catching and sharing this!

  • @pockit_fluff
    @pockit_fluff8 ай бұрын

    how did it get so big without being able to eat anything?

  • @Glaciershark

    @Glaciershark

    8 ай бұрын

    😂

  • @Leon011

    @Leon011

    8 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂 I came to the comments looking for this, they missed every single one

  • @ShastaBean

    @ShastaBean

    8 ай бұрын

    you have to look really carefully, but the one at 1:54 caught one

  • @daviddoss1104

    @daviddoss1104

    8 ай бұрын

    Most of the bait fish are eaten underwater after they’ve been stunned.

  • @leluthor5357

    @leluthor5357

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@ShastaBeanlol

  • @whitefishfins
    @whitefishfins8 ай бұрын

    Gorgeous! Thanks for capturing this on film and sharing!

  • @creativeearthian1702
    @creativeearthian17028 ай бұрын

    Spectacular, superbly edited footage. Those were some big tunas!

  • @vicbanks9079
    @vicbanks90798 ай бұрын

    Terrific shooting of a magnificent yet poignant struggle to survive...thank you for your documentation!! More please!!

  • @dogfish2859
    @dogfish28598 ай бұрын

    Amazing video, so good to see Tuna (Tunny) back in UK waters!

  • @fardadsayyarpour3581
    @fardadsayyarpour35814 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your amazing video.

  • @morganowen875
    @morganowen8758 ай бұрын

    Excellent footage. So lovely to see this, there were so many passing the UK at one time.

  • @nehemiah413
    @nehemiah4138 ай бұрын

    A couple of years ago I was kayaking in Grande Harvre Bay Guernsey and the same thing happened, Tuna chasing a mass of Garfish. I didn't see the Tuna but I did see the water errupt like a depth charge going off. I paddled out to a fisherman who was in the area at the time and he reckoned the Tuna were as big as his boat.

  • @Takeakidfishin
    @Takeakidfishin5 ай бұрын

    As a fisherman that loves topwater action this is EPIC!!! Can only imagine hooking into one of those bad boys. YIKES!!!

  • @florintrandafir7573
    @florintrandafir75738 ай бұрын

    Spectacular ! Thank you !

  • @stalker7892
    @stalker78925 ай бұрын

    Thank you for a gorgeous glimpse of nature at it's finest!

  • @23lkjdfjsdlfj
    @23lkjdfjsdlfj8 ай бұрын

    Absolutely stunning! Thank you for sharing!

  • @thomasoreilly6358

    @thomasoreilly6358

    8 ай бұрын

    How people pay to see dolphins on small boats , i wonder would people pay to see this as it looks more exciting to watch.

  • @pjotrhof2505
    @pjotrhof25058 ай бұрын

    Thanks you for sharing this amazing reportage. I hope this bluefin as a long healthy life. 🙏🏽

  • @Sumcant
    @Sumcant8 ай бұрын

    Nature is so beautiful! Thankyou for capturing these scenes 😊

  • @helenwilks4304
    @helenwilks43048 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this video. Truly beautiful

  • @AudreyStevens-bi8mc
    @AudreyStevens-bi8mc8 ай бұрын

    Fantastic footage. Isn't nature amazing ❤

  • @imjustthere9343

    @imjustthere9343

    8 ай бұрын

    Not going to lie, it is... Maybe not for the Garfish running for their lives but i see the beauty of that too...

  • @FarideLadak
    @FarideLadak8 ай бұрын

    Beautiful capture. Amazing to watch these beautiful giants chase after Garfish.

  • @imjustthere9343

    @imjustthere9343

    8 ай бұрын

    and one day end up in my tummy :D

  • @martinjones8220
    @martinjones82208 ай бұрын

    I've been waiting 20 years to see that thank you 🖐️

  • @HelloImDavid1000
    @HelloImDavid10008 ай бұрын

    Awesome video, thank you!

  • @Mikejolly2807
    @Mikejolly28078 ай бұрын

    Awesome stuff man. I'm gonna be photographing tuna next week on a boat down in cornwall ! Can't wait 😁

  • @henrykirkwoodfilmmaking

    @henrykirkwoodfilmmaking

    8 ай бұрын

    Nice, hope you seen them and get some gnarly shots!

  • @shannonprater
    @shannonprater8 ай бұрын

    Enjoyed this immensely!

  • @soggybottom3463
    @soggybottom34638 ай бұрын

    Gorgeous, thank you! 👍🤗

  • @thudar9
    @thudar98 ай бұрын

    Outstanding work !!!

  • @henrikbergman4055
    @henrikbergman40558 ай бұрын

    Experienced this from my kayak from maybe 20m away in 6m deep (!) water in the Mediterranean. Was both scary and amazing.

  • @cougar1861

    @cougar1861

    8 ай бұрын

    Did any jumping tuna actually get a baitfish in its mouth? In this video seems like the tuna are playing at scaring the baitfish to death! As the tuna reaches the maximum height of its jump, a baitfish is seen "flying" above the tuna.

  • @henrikbergman4055

    @henrikbergman4055

    8 ай бұрын

    @@cougar1861 Hm. Thinking back on it, I'm not sure. Remember that it seemed ineffective hunting, especially as the garfish they were hunting were only 30cm long. But then again, I was more concerned with not getting knocked out of the kayak.

  • @cougar1861

    @cougar1861

    8 ай бұрын

    @@henrikbergman4055 Thanks. Yes the video was quite exciting. I can't imagine being at the scene ... in a kayak!

  • @JungleJoeVN
    @JungleJoeVN8 ай бұрын

    They're such beautiful animals. They deserve to be protected from us

  • @enlightenedone7141

    @enlightenedone7141

    8 ай бұрын

    Absolutely!!!

  • @hankakah4180
    @hankakah418010 күн бұрын

    One of the most beautiful fish on this planet. They are majestic, powerful, streamlined, and they are like perfection as a predator.

  • @flyingpictures1100
    @flyingpictures11008 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @chateaupig826
    @chateaupig8268 ай бұрын

    ❤Beautifull Nature❤ Nice to see Tuna of this size haven't all been fished out yet

  • @dougdavis8986

    @dougdavis8986

    8 ай бұрын

    These are half the size they used to be.

  • @chateaupig826

    @chateaupig826

    8 ай бұрын

    Yep , you can blame sushi for that

  • @deannelson9565

    @deannelson9565

    8 ай бұрын

    @@dougdavis8986 the he'll they are. Healthy just recently set the world record on a blue fin at nearly 1500 lb. The population of bluefin has recovered dramatically in The Last 5 Years

  • @praxiskuhmania186
    @praxiskuhmania1868 ай бұрын

    I was able to watch giant tuna hunting in Brittany last year from the coast. Incredible. Video reminded me of this fantastic spectacle. Thanks for sharing!

  • @Alpine_Joe
    @Alpine_Joe3 ай бұрын

    Wow ... that's a unit !

  • @gregsayers6499
    @gregsayers64998 ай бұрын

    What a truly wonderful sight.

  • @patrickcosgrove2623
    @patrickcosgrove26238 ай бұрын

    Great video, enjoyed it. Didn't know tuna were that big ? Well done 👍

  • @carlroberts9347

    @carlroberts9347

    8 ай бұрын

    They get HUGE

  • @GroovesAndLands

    @GroovesAndLands

    8 ай бұрын

    These were likely 600-700lb but they get up to 1200+

  • @richardmeftah2569
    @richardmeftah25698 ай бұрын

    Absolutely brilliant camerawork Henry. What an amazing sight and long may it continue.

  • @henrykirkwoodfilmmaking

    @henrykirkwoodfilmmaking

    3 ай бұрын

    Thanks Richard :)

  • @unsafe_at_any_speed
    @unsafe_at_any_speed8 ай бұрын

    Incredible film! Its like you knew exactly where the fish were going to surface!

  • @pdilutis
    @pdilutis8 ай бұрын

    Extraordinary footage! Thank you for posting it

  • @adventure247
    @adventure2478 ай бұрын

    This is awesome! I hope Devon / UK start immediately the protection of these, and make it illegal to catch.

  • @westlakedon

    @westlakedon

    8 ай бұрын

    It's illegal to kill. 25 boats have taken part in the CHART programme electronically tagging and releasing all fish caught for CEFAS in order to study their comeback. Conservation will be the priority.

  • @adventure247

    @adventure247

    8 ай бұрын

    @@westlakedon Thanks for the reply! This is awesome, such a powerful predator, but also beautiful in its power. I hope next time i'm surfing down in South Devon i'll get to see one one day.

  • @daleburton3591
    @daleburton35918 ай бұрын

    This an amazing video. Unbelieveable fish for UK waters.

  • @DiscusHeckel
    @DiscusHeckel8 ай бұрын

    Beautiful footage. Thanks for sharing it.

  • @fishonlinecanada
    @fishonlinecanada8 ай бұрын

    Awesome video! What an experience! I hope you go back again and will see this again. Thank you for sharing the video.

  • @Devo491
    @Devo4918 ай бұрын

    Tuna have an intricate heat-exchange system in their bloodstream, which allows them to maintain a higher core body temperature than the surrounding water. Basically two intercoolers that keep the heat away from the gills, so they absorb more oxygen, and have warm blood to drive the muscles more effectively. Awesome predators!

  • @Neil_MALTHUS

    @Neil_MALTHUS

    8 ай бұрын

    counter current exchange

  • @nospoon4799

    @nospoon4799

    8 ай бұрын

    They can be called almost warm blooded. Also they say that they never stop growing. And never stop swimming. Probably the most interesting fish on Earth really. We still know next to nothing about them too.

  • @Neil_MALTHUS

    @Neil_MALTHUS

    8 ай бұрын

    @@nospoon4799 Definitely fascinating. At least, until we wipe everything out.

  • @ne1273
    @ne12738 ай бұрын

    Absolutely outstanding footage, great capture. I fish for these in Western Australia. Having fished UK for many years when I was a youngster, I'd never would have thought you would find these off UK coast. Brilliant.

  • @davekreitzer4358
    @davekreitzer43588 ай бұрын

    Definitely got 'em on the run , incredible footage , I've never seen this before , awesome !!!

  • @kevinlewis9369
    @kevinlewis93698 ай бұрын

    Absolutely amazing clip!

  • @cathyb1273
    @cathyb12738 ай бұрын

    Wow ! I didn’t know tuna will jump out of the water like. What a beast. Great shot.

  • @GroovesAndLands

    @GroovesAndLands

    8 ай бұрын

    Indeed. These guys are top-tier athletes with nothing on their mind other than feeding. They're GREAT at it.

  • @Lanka_Wildlife
    @Lanka_Wildlife8 ай бұрын

    Really nice. I hope these views encourage the govt to protect these fish for fish watching rather than sushi. Tuna don’t need to be sandwiched or sushied.

  • @adrianfielding4678

    @adrianfielding4678

    8 ай бұрын

    In UK waters it is illegal to kill or land Atlantic Blue Fin but it is legal for commercial angling boats to catch and release them, tagged. I wonder if any have been caught or found since tagging began (?)

  • @RGRGJKK
    @RGRGJKK8 ай бұрын

    Hermosos peces pura vida

  • @scopetrekker5024
    @scopetrekker50248 ай бұрын

    fantastic footage Henry, thanks for sharing

  • @marcoscaping
    @marcoscaping8 ай бұрын

    Thank you for showing us this beauty of nature.

  • @rmyronovich4382
    @rmyronovich43828 ай бұрын

    Superb video footage. Thank you for sharing. Such magnificent fish.

  • @davidparker-qf4ln
    @davidparker-qf4ln8 ай бұрын

    A great video I actually witnessed something similar in 1993 a couple of hundred yards from the shore of Aberwrystwyth chasing mackerel. They used to be very common around the whole coast of the UK until the vast herring schoals were greatly depleted which was their main source of food but the herring have increased in vast numbers hence the return of the bluefin tuna. We now need the mackerel to be protected before the same happens to them and go the way that the herring went. We need to stop the over fishing of these and other essential fish species and the taking of small immature fish, that have no chance of breeding and replenishing fish stocks, and using them as fertiliser oh well rant over, and great to see the return of this magnificent fish.

  • @paulgibbons2320

    @paulgibbons2320

    8 ай бұрын

    Mackerel are in no danger at all. They are not in danger.

  • @nospoon4799

    @nospoon4799

    8 ай бұрын

    Facts. 🤔

  • @nospoon4799

    @nospoon4799

    8 ай бұрын

    @@paulgibbons2320 They really are. The individual size overall has dropped in the Atlantic stocks. It is for sure over fishing in winter by the international supertrawlers. Tick tock for Mackies.

  • @paulgibbons2320

    @paulgibbons2320

    8 ай бұрын

    @@nospoon4799 the over size trawlers are a problem for sure.

  • @lindyc.2552
    @lindyc.25528 ай бұрын

    SPECTACULAR FOOTAGE!!!! BEAUTIFUL! THANKS FOR SHARING!

  • @HerbKim
    @HerbKim8 ай бұрын

    Beautiful scoring of this video; thank you 👍

  • @mtb5778
    @mtb57788 ай бұрын

    Those Tuna are beasts. It always shocks me how big Tuna get to. Tuna look like a prehistoric fish akin to Piranha. I like to eat Tuna but when you see them in the wild it feels wrong to catch such magnificent creatures for food.

  • @GroovesAndLands
    @GroovesAndLands8 ай бұрын

    Incredible footage, and fantastic production quality. Never landed a GIANT, but have fished tuna a lot - they're absolutely incredible animals. Their power is beyond description, and their endurance even greater. Truly awe inspiring.

  • @chrish7975
    @chrish79758 ай бұрын

    Mesmerising. Thank you.

  • @marchumphreyphotography
    @marchumphreyphotography8 ай бұрын

    Wow! Absolutely insane footage 🔥

  • @henrykirkwoodfilmmaking

    @henrykirkwoodfilmmaking

    8 ай бұрын

    Cheers Marc!

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