View Full Version : Look @ This Huge and Friendly Conger from Years Ago...
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Video from a friend who was lucky enough to meet it; i havenīt...sniffff!!!!
Although feeding isnīt very ethical nowadays, but...
that is amazing...what a cutie :D:D:D
Scuba Steve
04-02-09, 12:56
Amazing! don't know about freindly but it deffo looks frisky! :D
thats neat!
Also good tunes too, do you know where the version of Jason Miraz' I'm Yours comes from?
thats neat!
Also good tunes too, do you know where the version of Jason Miraz' I'm Yours comes from?
I think youīre about to tell us...:)
Amazing! don't know about freindly but it deffo looks frisky! :D
For several years i must confess that Conger eels were the only fish that i considered as valuable preyīs as a spearfisherman; strong and challengly worthy unlike smaller fish who werenīt able to defend themselves; one almost got me down there with him for good when i pushed my towards his den after being shot and i banged my head on the rocks while freediving; everything came to a blur and i was fortunate to surface.
So i met quite a few and only chose biggies; larger one had 30 some kgs, and when i was able to pull him out of the crevice, we were swimming up and down, freediving once more:) he pulled downwards, i pulled upwards, a strange uw ballet.
Before anyone starts, from some years ago i almost stopped spearfishing, and in fact the last two years i did. why did it happen? Well in a research project we had to capture barracuda to allure the shark species we wanted to catch to collect samples, etc.
In FL, US, you can spearfish with a cylinder on your back, turning it to a non-sportive challenge.
Anyway, so many easy kills (although one made my dive computer to go nuts due to the fast ascent, they have a strange habit of swim upwards when shot, after they came straight to your face) made me think..and think again, and i stopped spearfishing when i got back home.
As for the beauty in this video, well from all the large congers iīve seen, heīs way too friendly and that was probably achieved by teaching him as a youngster to be hand fed.
All adults specimens that i have found were quite territorial and 2 dives ago, when i was trying to get closer with the camera a large one came real fast and bumped it:)
A friend of mine was once trying to find another large one that had disappeared in the rocks; one minute he was there, and he was gone; bright "little" conger appeared on the hole where the diver was holding to check out where it had gone; a nice bite he gave him on the hand!:D
Another confession also: in the WWII U-Boat that we have here, since i remember itīs filled with conger eels; i tried to get a juvenile to get used to being fed since i went and still go there often; anyway, the attempts where several but i was unlucky getting him used to it.
Better that way i guess, we shouldnīt try to change natureīs course, gettin wild animals used to wait for food instead of getting it themselves. (congers are stalkers, but, i guess you got my point here:)
Oh, now that iīm bothering you with all this writing, i remembered to have read some years back a report on a french magazine of a place where they actually played with conger eels, lovely photos with them swimming all over the Divers; donīt remember the location, only the images...
brill vid, giant eals divers with wet suits sunshine looking forward to sunday now getting dressed up like a spaceman to dive in the clyde might even see a fish!. :) never seen a conger that size seen morays that size in tenarife impressive animals .
brill vid, giant eals divers with wet suits sunshine looking forward to sunday now getting dressed up like a spaceman to dive in the clyde might even see a fish!. :) never seen a conger that size seen morays that size in tenarife impressive animals .
Regardless if we look like spacemen, aliens, crazy people who enjoy jumping into cold waters, carry a bunch of heavy stuff and even pay for it, well, thatīs us! The rest of the World doesnīt still know what theyīre missin!:D
Oh, youīve never seen a biggy?take a look here: i wonīt post this photo on the board directly, since itīs not derived from scuba and it might be a bit shocking for those who are against capturing fish. As i mentioned earier, i stopped this activity, but memories do prevail, and no matter what others may say, spearfishermen usually make good Divers because their confortable in the water to begin with, used to do long hours in the water, good shape and have gain know-how where to find this or that species.
hereīs a photo from the past also (2002-04?) :
2 biggies:D
http://www.spearfishingworld.net/albums/spearfishing/congros24_30kg.jpg
Wow, I'd never imagine a conger doing something like that.
Looks like someones pet!
Love the vid, great tune to match!
http://adngdiving.com/intro/images/ADNG/adngfhdspotsbelow50msw_untitled_%202_page_1.jpg
pdf file with more photos (http://adngdiving.com/intro/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=2&Itemid=147)
This shipwreck is in a pretty good shape considering the time that it has been down there; origin: Greece. Itīs a little bit below 50msw so enough to feel a bit of the NarK effect with EAN21:) This conger resides there and itīs about the same size that the one one the video; we didnīt attempt any interactions..to deep to fool around! Great Viz after the 20m mark; we didnīt even needed to reel in! We could see the almost the whole ship in a glance before we reached the bottom; itīs a must for those into tech diving!