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Shooting Brusher
Shooting Brusher in the shallows is definitely not my specialty,
but as I find in the deep they are very curios and from what
I've been told they are also curios in the shallows, so if you
know that they are around try to find a high piece of rock and
hide behind it as I've been told that they actually come and
look for you, but you know me I don't normally hunt in the shallows,
I prefer to go deep. From my experiences shooting Brusher in
the deep water when you find them, don't dive directly on top
of them, but dive down so that they can see you going to the
bottom, then find a nice piece of coral or rock and hold onto
it to anchor yourself and just wait. You'll see that they start
coming closer, but it normally takes a while for them to come
in, so it'll probably take you two or three dives before they
are close enough for you to shoot. If you think they're in range,
but it's a long shot, don't take it, just be patient because
they normally end up coming in very close. While they're coming
in to look at you, try not to move your gun around too much
until as I say when they're really close pick your target and
slowly line up on him. I normally find that I get two out of
the shoal before they disappear. It's also better from my experience
diving by yourself when you are hunting these fish, especially
if they're in shallow water (+/- 12m) because if you have a
partner on the surface and the water is clean they will see
him and they get intimidated. If the water is not very clean
then obviously it's not that much of a problem. (Remember to
keep your movements slow, noise down to a minimum and lots of
patience).
2. Shooting Couda
Shooting Couda is easy, but you have to know how to read the
fishes body language as some days they will be very skittish
and other day you can approach them like Snoek. If they're nervous
I find the best way is to stand on the bottom and wait for them
to swim over you and as they do so you swim at them from the
bottom. Very seldom approaching them from this way have I not
gotten my Couda. As you know flashers definitely help and I
don't normally dive without. If you are on the surface and the
Couda is coming into your flashes wait for him to get relatively
close so that his attention is drawn to the flashes so that
when you do dive it doesn't bother him. If he is a long way
off and you do this, he'll normally break his attack on the
flashers and swim away. On occasion whilst Couda are swimming
away I've chased, if the Couda is a big one and very confident
and you chase him for long enough he'll eventually slow down
and turn and you should be able to get a shot, but if he's small
and on his own he might end up being very nervous and you probably
won't get him, but I normally still do the chase, you never
know luck might be on your side.
3. Shooting Snoek
I have shot a fair amount of Snoek, but I don't have much in
the line of technique. I always dive with my flashers and when
I see the Snoek approaching I start chasing and generally get
what I'm after. I have also shot a couple of Snoek in deeper
water in the same way that I shoot the Couda from the bottom
and I find that also quite easy. |
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