Of all the underwater fishermen that maybe only once have had experience of the Croatian sea, opinions are very divided. Excluding dating experiences (first ’90s) in which it was quite easy to make bag without much knowledge of the area, the reason is easily explained. Perhaps more than anywhere else in these areas (Istria and Dalmatia) the presence of fish at depths accessible by apnea is strongly linked to weather conditions. This aspect is so important that if you have the opportunity to fish with the “right” ones, it’s almost indifferent to choose an area rather than another. It ‘obvious that every area also has its seats more or less valid.

But all our knowledge will be useless if, for example, we find the cut of icy water to 7 meters. Or if we know the myriad of caves oases of the Western part of the region, but that day they’re covered by a cloak of yellow water … cold and lifeless. I realize that the speech can be easily extended to all the fishing areas around the world. But in Croatian sea this fact has higher value than elsewhere. Probably because the rocky areas are easily recognizable and therefore exploited. There are not, for example, the same wide expanses of  caves than in deep Tyrrhenian Sea, from Tuscany to Sicily. And the meadows of Posidonia are not large as those of Marsala.

(continua…)