After another breath and dive I made one thrust with the spear and surfaced with a wriggling bug.

BBC: Lobster diving in the Abacos

If you spot one large enough to take (adults only, and no females with egg sacs attached), you try to spear it with a single thrust before it senses your presence and skitters away.

BBC: Lobster diving in the Abacos

If one of us saw a fish, we would try to triangulate it, while Achor Achor thrust the stick into the water, attempting to spear it.

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