Shooting Brusher in the shallows is definitely not my specialty, but as I find in the deep they are very curios and from what I've been told they are also curios in the shallows, so if you know that they are around try to find a high piece of rock and hide behind it as I've been told that they actually come and look for you, but you know me I don't normally hunt in the shallows, I prefer to go deep. From my experiences shooting Brusher in the deep water when you find them, don't dive directly on top of them, but dive down so that they can see you going to the bottom, then find a nice piece of coral or rock and hold onto it to anchor yourself and just wait. You'll see that they start coming closer, but it normally takes a while for them to come in, so it'll probably take you two or three dives before they are close enough for you to shoot. If you think they're in range, but it's a long shot, don't take it, just be patient because they normally end up coming in very close. While they're coming in to look at you, try not to move your gun around too much until as I say when they're really close pick your target and slowly line up on him. I normally find that I get two out of the shoal before they disappear. It's also better from my experience diving by yourself when you are hunting these fish, especially if they're in shallow water (+/- 12m) because if you have a partner on the surface and the water is clean they will see him and they get intimidated. If the water is not very clean then obviously it's not that much of a problem. (Remember to keep your movements slow, noise down to a minimum and lots of patience).

Shooting Couda is easy, but you have to know how to read the fishes body language as some days they will be very skittish and other day you can approach them like Snoek. If they're nervous I find the best way is to stand on the bottom and wait for them to swim over you and as they do so you swim at them from the bottom. Very seldom approaching them from this way have I not gotten my Couda. As you know flashers definitely help and I don't normally dive without. If you are on the surface and the Couda is coming into your flashes wait for him to get relatively close so that his attention is drawn to the flashes so that when you do dive it doesn't bother him. If he is a long way off and you do this, he'll normally break his attack on the flashers and swim away. On occasion whilst Couda are swimming away I've chased, if the Couda is a big one and very confident and you chase him for long enough he'll eventually slow down and turn and you should be able to get a shot, but if he's small and on his own he might end up being very nervous and you probably won't get him, but I normally still do the chase, you never know luck might be on your side.

I have shot a fair amount of Snoek, but I don't have much in the line of technique. I always dive with my flashers and when I see the Snoek approaching I start chasing and generally get what I'm after. I have also shot a couple of Snoek in deeper water in the same way that I shoot the Couda from the bottom and I find that also quite easy.