Produce 18 Stingray eating spider crab. June 2020 Brett Illingworth 2020-07-04 | Stingray separating the tasty insides from the hard shell during the moult.
A day at the Skate park. (diving with a skate.) Brett Illingworth 2023-11-18 | Nice sized skate, playing up to the camera while freediving in Port Phillip Bay.
Salmon gets whacked. Light spearfishing fun. Brett Illingworth 2023-11-18 | Little clip from a day belting Salmon.
Spearfishing for squid Oct 2023 Brett Illingworth 2023-11-18 | Tormenting delicious calamari in Port Phillip Bay
Frog Spearfishing Brett Illingworth 2023-11-18 | Flathead spearfishing in the shallows of Port Phillip Bay.
Bogey on my six. Brett Illingworth 2023-11-18 | Bogey on my six.Countermeasures ineffective.Get him off me Mav.
Port Jackson shark courtship ritual. Brett Illingworth 2022-06-21 | Love bites. The little fella is trying to get the hot babes interest by giving her a nibble.She seems uninterested.Port Jackson sharks are a little kinky.Filmed while freediving at Sorrento Ocean Beach
Pole spearing Garfish in the shallows near home. Brett Illingworth 2022-03-23 | Went out freediving and spearfishing, looking for Flathead. None forthcoming but found a school of Gars and had a bit of fun. They sure taste good and are fun to catch on the polespear.
Sailing LadyBird. Investigator 563. Brett Illingworth 2022-02-21 | Nice long sail around south end Port Phillip Bay. The evening blew up and I night sailed to a nice overnight anchorage at Blairgowrie, arriving at 2300 hrs after a very brisk breeze popped up. The day was spent eating and wandering around Mud island. Fishing and diving were also featured. Top day. Lady Bird is an Investigator 563 trailer yacht and she is awesome.
Pole spearing the shallows near home. Brett Illingworth 2021-08-24 | Can't go far with Covid restrictions. Plenty to see and do on my local bay spots. Not bad spearfishing....considering.
How could I resist? Brett Illingworth 2021-03-01 | Flathead under the workboat. I had no choice.... was begging for it. One of the best eating fish on the planet. Home made polespear.
Tonights dinner. Brett Illingworth 2021-02-27 | Largest Boarfish in quite a large school. The daily bag limit in Victoria is one (1). This is good for they are quite slow moving. Taste great. Captured with homemade polespear.
Produce 22 A day in the life of a seahorse Brett Illingworth 2020-07-04 | This little seahorse was having quite an exciting day today.
Produce 20 Dolphins love me. June 2020 Brett Illingworth 2020-07-04 | Brendon and I out wide in Bass Strait looking for action. Dolphins really enjoy our company. Then went back into the bay to observe more spider crabs
Produce 17 Another day on the bay. June 2020 Brett Illingworth 2020-07-04 | Odie and I took out the tinny. Got scallops. speared fish . Played with dolphins and viewed a large aggregation of spider crabs. All within 2 kms of the boat ramp.
Produce 15 Work and play June 2020 Brett Illingworth 2020-07-04 | First earn the money....then play with dolphins. This is typical of my working life.
Produce 14Another day on the water. June 2020 Brett Illingworth 2020-07-04 | Back at the boat ramp after work. Lots of life under the jetty.
Produce 13 Playing with stingrays. June 2020 Brett Illingworth 2020-07-04 | Hand feeding and mucking around with large, friendly stingrays at local boat ramp.
Produce 12 Scallop dive June 2020 Brett Illingworth 2020-07-04 | Pleasant winters day on jet ski diving for scallops.
Spider Crabs on the march. May 17. 2020. Brett Illingworth 2020-05-17 | Found another patch of Spider Crabs moving with a purpose in the shallows of Port Phillip Bay' They are beginning to amass in numbers in preparation for the annual moult.
Shallow Spider Crabs. May 4. 2020. Brett Illingworth 2020-05-09 | Came across a transient mob of spider crabs on May 4. I assume that they are on their way to hook up with other mobs in preparation for their yearly moult. Shallow clean water close to shore on my way home from work.
50 Shades of James. Brett Illingworth 2019-10-28 | I could have warned him...….but where would be the fun in that?(always look up)
Bretts World..... A pleasant day sailing and spearfishing. Brett Illingworth 2019-10-24 | Motor in the morning...no wind.Navigate by GPS....fog...no vision.Spear some eating fish in clear water...no worries.A little wind... sailing at last...no engine.Enjoying the sunshine...no stress.
Calamari on the pole. Brett Illingworth 2019-10-19 | Love shooting squid. Love eating squid. Win. win.
More whale fun. Brett Illingworth 2019-10-17 | There were up to four whales at any time. Leisurely swimming through the baitball. The lazy dolphins and seals were simply waiting for pilchards to spill out of the whale's maw before getting an easy feed themselves. At one point I got caught in the baitball. A little concerning as I couldnt see where or when the whales were attacking. Fun as.
A pleasant surprise. Brett Illingworth 2019-10-17 | Here's something you don't see every day. I was filming my friend Paul about to put a 106 kilo (234 lb) tuna onto the boat...when I looked down and saw this. Pretty cool.
Breathold diving for the masses. Episode 5 Brett Illingworth 2019-04-03 | Part 5 of the award winning Freedive series.
Freediving for the masses. Episode 6 Brett Illingworth 2019-04-03 | Part six of an awesome freedive series.
Polespearing IN THE SUNNY SHALLOWS. Brett Illingworth 2019-01-05 | drifting along in the shallows, hunting for the difficult to spot, flathead. They can be quite frustrating on the polespear as their reflexes are exceptional. Their eating qualities are unrivalled.
Free Diving for the masses . Episode 7. Brett Illingworth 2018-12-04 | In this episode we discuss my need to be the deepest diver in history.
Freediving with Dolphins near Wilsons Promontory. Brett Illingworth 2018-10-16 | A great day with my friend James. The dolphins were as friendly as I have seen. It was difficult to cut footage out to achieve this edit. Hope you enjoy.
Episode 4. Lets talk about solo diving. Brett Illingworth 2018-08-09 | The pros and cons of solo diving explained without any big words. Keeping it simple....for the simple.
Salmon near sunset. Brett Illingworth 2018-08-02 | Big school of large fish. Extracted a couple for the table."This video is being managed exclusively by Newsflare. To license this video go to: newsflare.com/video/229391/other/salmon-near-sunset or email licensing@newsflare.com or call: +44 (0) 203 937 6280"
Breath hold diving for the masses. Episode 3. Brett Illingworth 2018-08-01 | Today we answer some mail.
Breath hold diving for the masses...Episode 2 Brett Illingworth 2018-07-25 | Second of 147 part series....for the serious free diver.
Breath hold diving for the masses. Brett Illingworth 2018-07-16 | Episode one in a 145 part series on breath hold diving. Please like or subscribe or share...….or not.
Winter freediving for crayfish Brett Illingworth 2018-06-30 | Best time of year to find crays in close proximity to one another. Not easy to pull out but that's what makes it fun.
April is Frog month. Brett Illingworth 2018-05-01 | The local shallows of my home in Rye. I used to fish here over 45 years ago when I would walk down after school. It still gives me pleasure all these years later. April is a good time for Flathead and Flounder.
Some new friends at Wilsons Promontory Brett Illingworth 2018-01-14 | Not many fish around today. These little guys kept me amused for quite a time.
Dolphins and a baitball. March 9. 2017 Brett Illingworth 2017-03-09 | In the 50 metre line a few kilometres off Torquay. Looking for Tuna from the Jetskis. None present... so we had to be content with swimming with the baitball."This video is being managed exclusively by Newsflare. To license this video go to: newsflare.com/video/229392/other/dolphins-and-a-baitball-march-9-2017 or email licensing@newsflare.com or call: +44 (0) 203 937 6280"
Playing with the kiddies. 31/1/17 Brett Illingworth 2017-02-01 | A couple of young seals at play. Very curious about our flashers and guns. Great Glennie Island.
Best Squid shot ever. :) Brett Illingworth 2016-09-06 | Must admit to being a little proud of this footage. Set up a tripod near some squid and just waited, and waited, and bloody waited some more until they presented an opportunity for this shot. The double header was a bonus."This video is being managed exclusively by Newsflare. To license this video go to: newsflare.com/video/229387/other/best-squid-shot-ever- or email licensing@newsflare.com or call: +44 (0) 203 937 6280"
First day of Spring 2016 Brett Illingworth 2016-09-02 | First day of Spring in the Southern Hemisphere. What a difference a day makes! The sun shone. The temp was up a degree. More importantly, the Squid invaded for their yearly mating ritual. Tastiest creature on Earth, and huge fun to shoot. The Southern end of Port Phillip Bay will be playing host to this spectacle for the next few months.
Spearfishing Southern Australia... Portsea July 8, 2016. Brett Illingworth 2016-07-08 | Short little swim after work of the beach in Southern Port Phillip Bay. Target a couple of Flathead for dinner. Success with two nice specimens hiding in the weed. Polespear and pranger. 11 degree C water temperature. 10 metre visibility. Ebb slack turning to strong flood tide.
Spearfishing Southern Australia.... 90ft Submarine 2016 Brett Illingworth 2016-07-06 | One of four World War One submarines scuttled outside Port Phillip Bay. The J4 is the shallowest, resting on the seabed in 28 metres of water. A likely schooling point for a variety of fish, though on this day any large pelagics were sadly lacking. A Sweep cull in clear deep water is still fun. Please like and subscribe.
Friendly Grey Nurse Shark Brett Illingworth 2016-07-05 | On this trip, quite a sharks of differing varieties made my acquaintance. Must be my red suit. They always seem attracted to me. :)
Freediving and hand feeding Stingray. Port Phillip Bay. April 2. Brett Illingworth 2016-04-02 | Nice friendly Stingray accepted our food offerings today. Visibility not the best, and only one Ray showed up... but still a most enjoyable interaction.
