medic_diver45
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I have a couple of questions-
1. How do tarpons react to divers? My fiancee and I were looking at information on tarpon fishing and it was talking about how aggressive they are towards prey items (I believe the term used to describe what they do to a meal was "INHALE IT"). Are they agressive towards divers? I meant these things get pretty damn big from what I hear and I wouldn't want something that big pissed at me. Do they bug out when divers show up or do they stick around and cruise the area like 'cuda do? I've snorkeled with cudas before and never seen them be aggressive- inquisitive but not aggressive. If they do stick around can you spearfish for one of them? Has anyone ever heard of one being taken this way by a diver?
2. This is the stupid freshwater diver in me talking, since I only have limited experience with sharks. I was watching Shark Week and there were several divers who had been bitten by sharks while spearfishing (the obligatory Rodney Fox "I nearly got e't by a white shark" clip notwithstanding) and the one guy they interviewed at length suggested that once you spear a fish you should leave the area. What are everyone else's views on this? How far away do you have to go? How much time do you have to exit the water most of the time before the man in the grey suit shows up? I mean I have no background in spearfishing and only a couple of encounters with sharks both at a distance (immediately followed by me moving with a sense of purpose back toward the boat or shore) so I wasn't sure what to make of this suggestion. I am looking forward to trying spearfishing while I am in the US Virgin Islands, but I would like to avoid winding up a shark hors d'oevure.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
1. How do tarpons react to divers? My fiancee and I were looking at information on tarpon fishing and it was talking about how aggressive they are towards prey items (I believe the term used to describe what they do to a meal was "INHALE IT"). Are they agressive towards divers? I meant these things get pretty damn big from what I hear and I wouldn't want something that big pissed at me. Do they bug out when divers show up or do they stick around and cruise the area like 'cuda do? I've snorkeled with cudas before and never seen them be aggressive- inquisitive but not aggressive. If they do stick around can you spearfish for one of them? Has anyone ever heard of one being taken this way by a diver?
2. This is the stupid freshwater diver in me talking, since I only have limited experience with sharks. I was watching Shark Week and there were several divers who had been bitten by sharks while spearfishing (the obligatory Rodney Fox "I nearly got e't by a white shark" clip notwithstanding) and the one guy they interviewed at length suggested that once you spear a fish you should leave the area. What are everyone else's views on this? How far away do you have to go? How much time do you have to exit the water most of the time before the man in the grey suit shows up? I mean I have no background in spearfishing and only a couple of encounters with sharks both at a distance (immediately followed by me moving with a sense of purpose back toward the boat or shore) so I wasn't sure what to make of this suggestion. I am looking forward to trying spearfishing while I am in the US Virgin Islands, but I would like to avoid winding up a shark hors d'oevure.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.