Three experienced filmmakers with underwater cameras and diving equipment are on the hunt to capture spawning pike on camera. The water in the bay they are filming in is clear and the day is sunny, and there are certainly pike spawning in the reeds. But there are fewer of them than ever before and they are not easy to capture on camera.
Reportage: Lena Scherman
UV Photo: Johan Candert, Kimmo Hagman, Simon Stanford
Editor: Apollonia Meleouni
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