Diver fights off shark - Australia

[chillyinCanada]

I love reading advice from people who heard from a guy who knows a guy, whose instructor once saw a shark...

You want to watch the shark, act aggressive (or at the very least do not try to run from it), and poke the crap out of it, if it gets close enough to do so.

Of course some people are easily scared, resort to screaming, yelling and flailing around and swearing profusely.

That was pretty much me this weekend.. my buddy is trying to catch 400 lb bullsharks with 1200 lb test monofilament leader and a big hook and a barracuda and my "job" is to jump in alone while snorkeling, wear a go pro on my head and catch the "action". I had no bait or fish on me, just an unloaded speargun.

After the initial "excitement" I try to load the gun and "think" about shooting a cobia from the middle of the sharks.. But the opportunity does not come.

Raw stupid clip I was going to keep private, but what the hell..FYI, the wide angle of the Go Pro makes everything look considerably farther away than they really are. When you see the white chins of multiple, excited sharks coming upward at you hard, fast and in competition with each other.....These guys are not mistaking me for a fish..

warning: Audio is Not SAFE FOR WORK.

[video=youtube;gmaIu8eu4Tk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmaIu8eu4Tk[/video]

Knot Sane certainly a suitable name

 

[Shasta_man]

Thanks for the chuckle Dumpster Diver (only because it ended OK). Only thing missing was a pic of your underwear afterwards.

 

[CuzzA]

I love reading advice from people who heard from a guy who knows a guy, whose instructor once saw a shark...

You want to watch the shark, act aggressive (or at the very least do not try to run from it), and poke the crap out of it, if it gets close enough to do so.

Of course some people are easily scared, resort to screaming, yelling and flailing around and swearing profusely.

That was pretty much me this weekend.. my buddy is trying to catch 400 lb bullsharks with 1200 lb test monofilament leader and a big hook and a barracuda and my "job" is to jump in alone while snorkeling, wear a go pro on my head and catch the "action". I had no bait or fish on me, just an unloaded speargun.

After the initial "excitement" I try to load the gun and "think" about shooting a cobia from the middle of the sharks.. But the opportunity does not come.

Raw stupid clip I was going to keep private, but what the hell..FYI, the wide angle of the Go Pro makes everything look considerably farther away than they really are. When you see the white chins of multiple, excited sharks coming upward at you hard, fast and in competition with each other.....These guys are not mistaking me for a fish..

warning: Audio is Not SAFE FOR WORK.

[video=youtube;gmaIu8eu4Tk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmaIu8eu4Tk[/video]

Ahh, Jim you participated in that thread too. It wasn't my grandmothers cousins sons nephew who shared that story. Not my friend either and I always clarify "not from personal experience" Just pointing out you're not as defenseless as some make it sound when equipped with the right tools.... But anyway...

You're freaking nuts man!!! Hanging on the surface while someone is fishing for bull sharks below. What's wrong with you!!! Get out of the water!!!

---------- Post added January 13th, 2016 at 04:45 PM ----------

Now I'm curious. What would have been the "right" gear for whatever it was you thought you were going to do?

 

[dumpsterDiver]

The right gear would be a floatline attached to my (loaded) gun and also some decent flashers to attract the sharks. Then the sharks and cobia might have stayed around long enough to spear a cobia. 3-4 buddies to watch my back would have been nice and I was wearing a 5 mm suit and brought no weightbelt since the 149 cu-ft tank is so damn heavy. I was not prepared for any snorkeling - he said it was a scuba trip.

This is more what it looks like when you have the right gear (and you edit the video to remove the retard factor and add music).

[video=youtube_share;2sT8Vwyw0ew]http://youtu.be/2sT8Vwyw0ew[/video]

[video=youtube_share;AqbEhr8-1rc]http://youtu.be/AqbEhr8-1rc[/video]