So you want to battle a shark ?
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The harbor seals in my area can be really aggressive. They nudge you (some even hurt) and get into your face. We use the purge technique too. Some of the bigger bulls don't even flinch they just blow bubbles right back at you. No fair mommy - I want a purge like his.
I've thought about getting one of those underwater horns that attaches to the LPR. I'm yet to find one that works both above and below water. Many of them claim their unit does both, but 99% are lying. I've had diveshop owners connect them up and put them in water and the surface signalers basically blow bubbles uw. The uw ones sound like a sick duck on the surface - you couldn't hear it 100 ft away.
A mfg either needs to combine both units in a stacked formation with a pass through connector between them, since the design obviously seems so different. Or perhaps someone else out there knows of a signaling unit that is truely designed well for both uw and surface sound (no pretenders please).
TigerShark
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so you used bubbles to scare them away??
i'll remember that if i ever encounter a similiar situation.
How abt pressing the purge button against their nose?
hmm.......hee hee....
TigerShark once bubbled...
so you used bubbles to scare them away??
i'll remember that if i ever encounter a similiar situation.
How abt pressing the purge button against their nose?
hmm.......hee hee....
I had read somewhere that a blast of air (bubbles) in a shark's face would disorient them because of all the receptors they have there. Figured it was worth a try and just held the reg up to her face and hit the purge buttom.
Wouldn't try that with a Tiger or Bull unless really desperate
Phil
I had a bull shark come up on me fast last week. I had just shot a still flopping hogfish and was stringing him up, when the bull shark came up on me. I exhaled longer than usual and he left, so I finished hunting and shot some more fish.
Sharks are thick as fleas right now due to all the bait fish and palegics on the move, as cold fronts pass through. It's like a friggen scene from jaws out there right now. Five miles from where I was hunting last Sunday, a shooter had a hammerhead grab his stringer. These guys with their aquarium shark dives crack me up. If you want a shark dive, let me put the equivant of a ham hock (my stringer) on your side with a hammerhead as your buddy, all the way back up to the boat.
Spearfishermen are way more likely to encounter aggressive sharks, for obvious reasons. If you want to see a good discussion on behaving around sharks, check this out: http://www.spearboard.com/showthread.php?threadid=315 (I don't usually cross link on here, but it's an important safety issue IMHO).
Sharks are thick as fleas right now due to all the bait fish and palegics on the move, as cold fronts pass through. It's like a friggen scene from jaws out there right now. Five miles from where I was hunting last Sunday, a shooter had a hammerhead grab his stringer. These guys with their aquarium shark dives crack me up. If you want a shark dive, let me put the equivant of a ham hock (my stringer) on your side with a hammerhead as your buddy, all the way back up to the boat.
Spearfishermen are way more likely to encounter aggressive sharks, for obvious reasons. If you want to see a good discussion on behaving around sharks, check this out: http://www.spearboard.com/showthread.php?threadid=315 (I don't usually cross link on here, but it's an important safety issue IMHO).
Farthest I ever got was 80. LOL because like someone mentioned in a previous post, I get slashed by an invisible diver.
Really? I've had 2 encounters with harbor seals, but the moment they see me, they dash away. They also have this surprised expression on their face once they realize someone else is with them in the water. It's pretty funny.
because like someone mentioned in a previous post, I get slashed by an invisible diver.Really? I've had 2 encounters with harbor seals, but the moment they see me, they dash away. They also have this surprised expression on their face once they realize someone else is with them in the water. It's pretty funny.
EBdiver once bubbled...
I've had 2 encounters with harbor seals, but the moment they see me, they dash away. They also have this surprised expression on their face once they realize someone else is with them in the water. It's pretty funny.
I've had numerous obnoxious encounters. I'm way past cute and surprised.
They work an entire embankment. They stick there heads in the holes between the rocks and suck a huge volume of water, the fish just beyond their reach are vacuumed right to the mouth and crunch! It's absolutely awesome to see that giant belly expand and shrink with violent force!
When a diver is in the way, they'll go right between your legs and spin you over or drag you along - ride 'em cowboy. The big bulls don't care because they know you won't harm them - so they're twice as obnoxious!
clive francis
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i followed the link.....very interesting reading, all i can say is what a bunch of dick heads!
one guy is telling you to swim at a shark and get aggressive with it, that is totally the wrong thing to do if you want to avoid getting bitten by a shark.
invading their space will actually force them to bite you.
any books that are specifically about sharks tell you to drop you speared fish if sharks start getting close and start feeding on your catch or you, there are numb nuts telling you to hang on to your catch and fight the sharks
one guy is telling you to swim at a shark and get aggressive with it, that is totally the wrong thing to do if you want to avoid getting bitten by a shark.
invading their space will actually force them to bite you.
any books that are specifically about sharks tell you to drop you speared fish if sharks start getting close and start feeding on your catch or you, there are numb nuts telling you to hang on to your catch and fight the sharks
FredT
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The success depends on the size, breeding condition, and type of the shark.
Bulls and hammerheads are known to be rather dense at getting the hint that the lunch they want belongs to someone else.
Of course if all else fails smoked shark can be pretty good eating.
ANY large shark or large 'cuda giving you a territorial display shouldn't be bluffed unless you are willing and equipped to back up the play by killing the fish if the play fails. A solitary smaller shark in feeding mode can often be bluffed rather easily by making him think you are a threat to HIM. Real smart they aren't.
FT
Bulls and hammerheads are known to be rather dense at getting the hint that the lunch they want belongs to someone else.
Of course if all else fails smoked shark can be pretty good eating.
ANY large shark or large 'cuda giving you a territorial display shouldn't be bluffed unless you are willing and equipped to back up the play by killing the fish if the play fails. A solitary smaller shark in feeding mode can often be bluffed rather easily by making him think you are a threat to HIM. Real smart they aren't.
FT
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