Dusty129
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Hi from Toowoon Bay, NSW, Australia,
have been snorkeling about eight times and saw a big blue beautiful groper today with it's green partner along with some smaller adolesents - magnificant. live 7 minutes walk from water - am new to all this but enjoying immensely! Will have many questions as we go along. am a bit nervous still about great whites, hammer heads and bull sharks as there is normally a couple of attacks every year along this coast - maybe more that are unreported. Refuse to be too scared though - liked earlier post about using a metre long 3/4 inch diametre PVC tube to keep em an arm's length but will that really do the trick with a big one or would that be more like a toothpick? There was a another comment about "not swimming like bait"; am a bit of an inland angler and understand why red or shiney bright colours might not be too wise but the way you swim is important - how does bait swim exactly (is it the ol wounded prey thing)? am currently using blue camo wetty... am thinking fate has more to be with becoming a snack or your opinions are welcome on the matter. might experiment to make my own shark prod but not sure that will be all that useful either... am I worrying too much or... have heard of the Wobbygones and to treat them like a snake with respect on land as they are a bit aggressive if you bother them while they are trying to blend into the rocks they are laying on. Any other general tips like that? any really good books or other resources that arn't too expensive?
Also epoxied old pair of lenses into swim goggles so I can see clearly underwater and use vinegar as an anti-fog solution - amazingly effective. Any other pointers (not white ones please - how punny)?
have been snorkeling about eight times and saw a big blue beautiful groper today with it's green partner along with some smaller adolesents - magnificant. live 7 minutes walk from water - am new to all this but enjoying immensely! Will have many questions as we go along. am a bit nervous still about great whites, hammer heads and bull sharks as there is normally a couple of attacks every year along this coast - maybe more that are unreported. Refuse to be too scared though - liked earlier post about using a metre long 3/4 inch diametre PVC tube to keep em an arm's length but will that really do the trick with a big one or would that be more like a toothpick? There was a another comment about "not swimming like bait"; am a bit of an inland angler and understand why red or shiney bright colours might not be too wise but the way you swim is important - how does bait swim exactly (is it the ol wounded prey thing)? am currently using blue camo wetty... am thinking fate has more to be with becoming a snack or your opinions are welcome on the matter. might experiment to make my own shark prod but not sure that will be all that useful either... am I worrying too much or... have heard of the Wobbygones and to treat them like a snake with respect on land as they are a bit aggressive if you bother them while they are trying to blend into the rocks they are laying on. Any other general tips like that? any really good books or other resources that arn't too expensive?
Also epoxied old pair of lenses into swim goggles so I can see clearly underwater and use vinegar as an anti-fog solution - amazingly effective. Any other pointers (not white ones please - how punny)?
