Sailfish

So there I was, hanging on the surface at the outer atholls yesterday. Then all of a sudden ALL the fish dove for the bottom....moving really fast. I look around and behind me comes one of these. This is a photo I got from Google but it's about as close as I could find to the one I saw....this one is bigger,
It just cruised really slow around me. I'm not sure if I was close enough for an effective shot or not. Hard to tell. The water was pretty clear and I'm not sure how big it was. One thing for sure, it was maybe a once in a lifetime siting. Unreal,
Anyone every shot one? I read they run off on the surface and don't dive. Maybe I could have held it with my 55 Wong and reel. ?? I don't mind. I'm not losing sleep over it. Beautiful fish.

Quote from Don Paul

I have never wanted to pull the trigger on one, just a personal choice.
Cheers, Don

I guess I kind of reverted back to my scuba diving, non spearing days when I would have been incredibly stoked to see anything like this. The kill thought wasn't strong for sure. I was in awe. And if I had shot it, and been lucky enough to have landed it, I know it was just all luck. It's a lot harder diving down to our sneaky ass snappers and hitting a 12 lb one. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
Or am I just gettin' old?