Spearfishing John Dory in New Zealand

Actually hunting the John Dory can be embarrassingly simple. I would have to say finding them is more the art. The John Dory is often but not always a weed edge fish. sometimes just sitting dead still under a plume of Ecalone & other times out on the hunt. Like some other fish the John Dory can adjust it's colour to blend in with the it's surroundings. For this reason it can make a great difference spotting them if we as divers make it right down to the sand where we can get a profile look of our surroundings. Looking straight down on a John Dory that's above the sand is very hard to spot the fish, but once down at the fishes level we see more definition.