hi
im also in the med, and also just began spearfishing.
where i am, its amazingly hard to catch larger bream, because they are so easily scared off. the smaller ones are pretty easy. on rocky coast you can find them here in very shallow (less than 50 cm) of water, even very good sized fish.
for the very big ones either a rocky or mixed bottom, in 7 meters or deeper. very very easily scared off.
the fish in the second picture seems to be of a similar type like the ones in the picture i posted. here, they move in groups, of about 5 to probably a hundred fish.
they way i get them is just lie still at the surface very still for a while, and if i stay long enough they will come shooting towards me very suddenly, and come very close, even between me and my gun. choose one and shoot it. what has happened to me way too many times is that i get so excited when they show up that i shoot at the first one, and either get a small one, or more often miss, in whichcase they are gone as fast as they came. you can usually meet them several times, if you swim a bit further and wait again, they will come back. they taste really good just fried, and fight pretty well for their size.
the ones in the first picture im not so sure, but they look similar to what is called palomine here. they are on sandy beaches usually, very curious and also in shallow water. ive never shot one though, but caught some fishing.
have fun
