Hello,
so in my area I have quite a lot of medium and bigger sized Yellowtail Snapper which live up to their reputation a sbeing quite clever.
Interestingly enough though, the ones I caught were very easy to get, so I must have done something quite right, but hard to say what, since it was always different.
Usually they are quite visible and close and once I dive, no matter how quiet and slow, they disperse far out. When waiting at the bottom, hidden, they usually come closer after about a minute but most of the time not close enough, keeping a safe distance. However once I fell down to the ground not moving and one came straight at me with high speed.
I also usually try to hide with the sun in my back but yesterday I got one being fully exposed and the light coming from the front.
In my area we have a lot of lousy non-diver spearfishermen who shoot at anything that moves. So I guess most of the bigger fish have been shot at once, so they are more wary.
I also had one swim up to me superclose and very relaxed at around 20m yesterday, and I was seriously considering if it knew that my gun was not loaded ( I just went down to look at a beautiful sponge-biotope ). But I rather think that they feel if I am in hunting mode or not.
My accessible area is from shore with dispersed stone and coral blocks interrupted by sandy patches. Medium steep drop to around 60m.
Any good tips here? Time of the day, light, distractions, attractions?
Thanks a lot.
so in my area I have quite a lot of medium and bigger sized Yellowtail Snapper which live up to their reputation a sbeing quite clever.
Interestingly enough though, the ones I caught were very easy to get, so I must have done something quite right, but hard to say what, since it was always different.
Usually they are quite visible and close and once I dive, no matter how quiet and slow, they disperse far out. When waiting at the bottom, hidden, they usually come closer after about a minute but most of the time not close enough, keeping a safe distance. However once I fell down to the ground not moving and one came straight at me with high speed.
I also usually try to hide with the sun in my back but yesterday I got one being fully exposed and the light coming from the front.
In my area we have a lot of lousy non-diver spearfishermen who shoot at anything that moves. So I guess most of the bigger fish have been shot at once, so they are more wary.
I also had one swim up to me superclose and very relaxed at around 20m yesterday, and I was seriously considering if it knew that my gun was not loaded ( I just went down to look at a beautiful sponge-biotope ). But I rather think that they feel if I am in hunting mode or not.
My accessible area is from shore with dispersed stone and coral blocks interrupted by sandy patches. Medium steep drop to around 60m.
Any good tips here? Time of the day, light, distractions, attractions?
Thanks a lot.