Oh man spear fishing is harder than rod and reel believe it or not !
The advantage is , you can see under water , you can actually see the fish , and you can stalk them if you are a pro and can hold your breath for that long .
The disadvange is , the fish see you and fuck off very quickly , you have to hold your breath untill you almost pass out , I could never get that close to big stuff here , only because i use a sling pear / hawaiian spear .
Three prong style with a elastic rubber band to shoot it .
With a rod you can creap up on them and just throw a bait infront of there nose and if ya lucky BAM .
Any way i mostly do fish with rod and reel as you would have seen in previous post's here .
I don't go snorkling anymore , to cold for my bones .
My 2 cents ! lol
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