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- Hey guys, it's Taylor here from Adreno Spearfishing
and today we're gonna be going through
the basics of hunting fish.
So now we're gonna go through a few of the basics
of chasing different species.
Now, there's quite a few different ways,
obviously depending on whether you're diving inshore,
estuaries or out on the reef chasing pelagic fish.
Now there's a few different things
that I think we can go through
that really make sure that, you know
you're able to get the upper hand on some species.
So for me, the first one is
actually how your body language is on the surface.
Whether you are chasing estuary fish, pelagics
or just chasing reef fish,
the way that you're interacting with, you know,
your duck dive, your equipment while you're on the surface
can mean a big thing.
Everything from clearing your snorkel,
for me I really like to spit my snorkel,
turn my snorkel upside down to clear it.
That way I'm not making any of those harsh noises
when clearing my snorkel.
Species, like snapper, jobfish, you know,
you can really kinda spook them,
even if you're in 30 meters of water
and you're on the surface.
So for me, when you're hanging around on the surface
try not to be rubbing your or rattling your gun as much.
Try not to be clearing the snorkel, coughing,
anything like that.
I usually like, as I said,
like to get my head above the surface
and do any action that I need to there.
From there, again on the surface
the way that you are duck diving,
you can really make a lot of noise while you're duck diving.
That really can scare anything at any depth.
So making sure that you don't actually start kicking
until you've gone through your whole action
when you've gone through,
you've done your first pull from your duck dive,
you wanna make sure that even the tips of your fins
are just about underwater
before you start kicking and making lots of noise.
I find that with that,
if you're on the surface, floundering around,
you can really be seen,
you can really be heard from a long way away.
From there, you know, I also,
on my descent I really like to keep my chin tucked down.
Obviously there's, for your actual dive it'll make wonders.
In your actual diving - in comfort,
you're not stressing your neck,
but if you're also looking around
preempting where fish are going to be,
you know, as soon as some species see your eyes,
that's them gone.
So a big thing for me is very quiet on the surface,
very quiet duck dive
and then you're wanting to streamline
get down to really tuck your chin in
and focus on getting to the bottom first
before worrying too much about chasing fish.
Now, for me, again, depending on what depths that you're in,
I really like to chase the most of my species
from the bottom, in a comfortable position on the reef
that's gonna change with some species like wahoo,
marlin or dolphin fish, and things like that
that you will only really interact with
on, you know, that top five meters.
But for all your estuary fish
and also most of your reef species,
the biggest thing is getting to the bottom and getting,
using the most of your camo
or if you're not using a camo suit
getting into the reef and becoming at one with the reef.
That way you don't look as much like a
pretty much death from above.
You won't seem like a big predator species like a shark.
So, for me, once you're on the bottom
a big thing I really like to do
is to sink straight down to the reef,
you know, hold on to a piece of reef
so you're not getting jiggled around
especially if you're chasing spaces like mulloway
up in the shallows or up in the whitewash.
You know, you've got mulloway, luderick,
those kinds of things that
you can really have your shot even affected.
You might be able to get close to the fish
but you will get put off
with a bit of jiggling through the water.
So getting to the reef, holding the bottom.
Now for me, you know,
when I'm swimming around with the gun,
I really like to hold it on the side.
That way again, it's in close,
my profile doesn't look as big,
whereas if I've got my gun out in front of me like this.
So, you know, that can,
even though this is a short one meter gun
it does make my profile look a lot bigger.
So I swim around like this,
pretty much until I've got to a position within the reef
that I'm comfortable with.
Now, at this point, you know,
you should be sitting there grabbing on,
you're not moving around,
you should be able to relax into your dive a bit
and you should start being able to scan for fish.
A lot of the time,
you will get a lot of inquisitive fish species
like mangrove jack,
even your bream, your luderick,
all those fish species are quite inquisitive.
So holding down low, getting an eye on a,
on a potential species that you wanna chase.
From there, you know,
I might leave my gun out on the reef in front of me,
I might have my hand on the gun.
But same thing again, I'm leaving it in the reef
that way that fish or that species,
and, you know, fish even behind me
can't see that my profile's now
an extra meter closer to them.
You really wanna leave that as a little bit of a buffer
at the end of the day.
If you have a species coming straight in at you
at this point, I really liked to hold the reef.
And at that point, I may even lift up, push out,
pull the trigger.
Yeah, I really find that bringing that,
bringing that profile in really nice and small
can really make sure that those inquisitive species
come even closer.
At the end of the day, the closer the fish
the easier it is for your shot, the better your shot
the more chance you have of stoning that fish
and, you know, making a sustainable kill.
So guys, to summarise quickly on that
what do we really wanna do
is make sure we are as quiet as possible
while we're on the surface
while we're actually, you know
in between dives breathing up,
nice and relaxed, really quiet.
And then when it comes to, you know, your dive,
we want to have a really nice quiet duck dive,
focus on getting to the bottom
especially when you're chasing reef species.
Getting down to that reef
trying to make sure that your profile is small as possible.
Keeping that gun in nice and close,
waiting for, you know,
whatever spaces you've chosen that you wanna shoot,
waiting for that species to turn,
become a bit more inquisitive
and come in directly to you.
If you see them starting to come
they're gonna keep coming, keep coming.
And I find, at that point, that's when we want to
lift up your gun, push out towards them and take that shot.
Now the shot we're always looking at taking
is just back into what I would call the shoulder.
So you've got pretty much your eye of your fish
running back to a lateral line typically on the species.
And also what I usually try to line up
is on the actual cheek plate.
So you'll see it on the side of that fish.
It'll line up pretty much perfectly with that lateral line.
If we go for that, we're gonna have a pretty,
pretty good holding shot
and with a lot more potential of stoning that fish.
- Thanks for watching.
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