“I was a fisherman for most of my life, until I started diving. It changed everything. You don’t realize how beautiful and magical this world is until you start seeing it from different perspectives.”

An avid fisherman until “he noticed the majority of the fish he saw had horribly disfigured faces. ‘Ripped jaws, hanging lips, large black bruises and swollen mouths … I traded my tackle box for goggles and haven’t been happier'”

You can read about Rex and his “best friend forever,” Elvis, a smallmouth bass:  https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2023/07/14/wisconsin-diver-rex-colubra-has-friendship-with-smallmouth-bass-lake-tiktok-stars/70414734007/