Home > Hunting Tricks > John Dory Actully hunting the John Dory can be embarrisingly simple. I would have to say finding them is more the art. The John Dory is often but not always a weed edge fish. sometimes just sitting dead still under a plume of Ecalone & other times out on the hunt. Like some other fish the John Dory can adjust it's colour to blend in with the it's surroundings. For this reason it can make a great difference spotting them if we make it right down to the sand where we can get a profile look of our surroundings. Looking straight down on a John Dory that's abov the sand is very hard to spot, but once down at it's level we see more definition. As it shows on this video. John Dory 3.72mb