I have hunted one individual fish for 6 weeks, repeatedly encountering him at 48m and refused to shoot him because the deal was that I would take him at 52m, as it turned out that fish outmaneuvered me to the point that I abandoned one of my basic deep diving protocols. That day I stopped viewing him as prey and he became my master. I saw that same fish many more times (even at 52m) and would never shoot him after that. I used to talk to him down there.

Indeed I have always remembered the fish which I have not shot with far more pleasure than the ones I landed. They invariably have taught me more. But hey, I do eat fish and I do like landing them too!

This is about spearfishing fish beyond 50m, a personal project that I have dedicated a lot of time to developing. I have spent most of that time working depth diving skill and bottom time, not a lot on spearfishing skills, now I have started to focus more on that aspect.