English interpretations please!!!!!

[calinitalia]

There is nothing wrong with studying. Just remember though when applying the new breath hold techniques and making deeper dives, that you need to have someone with you that can not only exceed the depth that you are going to, but also knows how to save your life if you screw-up. Deep dives here in the Med are almost absolutely necessary in some areas if you want to shoot something bigger than an anchovie. I never went more that 12 meters (+- 36 ft) until 2 weeks ago in Sardegna when I was on an outer bank with a super experienced local. After he made several dives in more than 30 meters and came up empty handed, he put me and my buddies on a rise that at it's shallowest point was 18 meters. He told us to get in the water and we nearly started filling our pampers due to lack of experience. He is a FISPAS instructor as well as an extraordinary spearo. So we felt relaxed, he gave us some extra instructions, and we dove one at a time doing "aspetto" and "Aguatto" between 18 and 21meters only resulting in a few fish.
On the other hand,This morning with strange weather conditions here in Rome and crappy water vis, I was able to get some decent Sarago (similar to a perch with a doctorate degree) and cuddlefish (MmMmMm!).
I did not go over 8 meters because I was alone. I may have got more fish had I gone deeper, but I used my head.
Maurizio Ramacciotti (famous Italian Spearfishing champion and friend) told me that you really only need about 1 min 15 seconds max to effectively fish down to 25 meters. He said "if the fish don't come close to you in that time they probably aren't coming in 4 minutes either". A curious fish will come almost immediately if you don't srew-up the approach to the bottom!!!
I wish I could get a huge fish in 20feet of water here, but it's very rare.
Take care and be safe!!!

 

[Bill McIntyre]

I wish I could get a huge fish in 20feet of water here, but it's very rare.

Yes, we are very lucky that we can get big fish at shallow depths. Our need for depth and bottom time comes after we shoot the fish. The big white sea bass get to the bottom and wrap up in kelp, and its often murky down there.

For instance that fish I shot the Monday was at a spot that is 55 feet deep. The shooting at 20 feet is easy, but the retrieval from the bottom can be difficult and dangerous.

 

[calinitalia]

Yeah I can imagine!! I worked on the sportfishing boats out of San Diego from 1990 to 1992 and every time we had a good size white hook-up, she would tie up in the kelp and give us hell. This could be very dangerous while diving because with the adreneline, you can tend to lose track of how long you've actually been down. All the more reason to have someone up top monitoring your down time. The same as here when working a big grouper in a cave.