Fishing Australias Great Barrier Reef - PART ONE 

Legendary!! It's those captains and wiremen, who spent a major part of their life out on the ocean, who see things that defy imagination and marine biologists etc, love to talk with them because they see things that are rarely if ever seen or thought to exsist!! I have spent 45+ years, commercial fishing in Hawaii were I am born and raised, and as a captain/owner- operator of my own boats, I've seen things, that absolutely defy how big , for instance, Blue marlin and extremely big tiger sharks get. Much larger than what is thought to be max size!! This includes unknown species of bottom fish, and seeing and swimming and filming underwater some of these, as well as marine mamals, like the cuviers beaked whale which was one of the rarest if not the rarest baked whale. I've just been so blessed to have these opportunities and rare sightings and encounters and interactions swimming and underwater filming these over so many years on fishing trips in Hawaii, especially in the most remote and rough water areas of the Big island of Hawaii and throughout the northwestern Hawaiian islands all the way up to midway Island. I had a few marine biologists and marine scientists who I would regularly share my experiences and photographs and cinematography with, to help understand some things about spawning and migration patterns of pelagic fish and marine mamals and sharks etc. They just don't get out on the ocean often enough or especially access remote and isolated areas in the ocean like commercial fisherman do like I have. It's amazing to see these rare things on the ocean, and as a professional photographer and cinematographer who specializes in underwater work, I have documentation and photos to back it up, which really helps understanding the mysterious things that happen in special places in our vast seas!!! I've been privileged and blessed to have seen incredible things over so many years spent at sea!! Aloha from beautiful Hawaii D.L.