My first coral trout

I went spear fishing today and got two fishes, one cod and one coral trout. I heard coral trout are extremely good eating and I wanted to find out. And he was a decent sized fish at 50cm. It took me about an hour and a half to get the trout because he was determined to live and I was determined to get him. I took at least three shots at him with my spear before I hit him the first time. When I hit him the first time, he wormed his way off the spear; it must not have gone through. That was when I spent an hour trying to find him again. I was about to give up when he gave me one last shot. I finally got him with a clean shot through the side of the head. He was also the first fish that I got to clean myself.