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Trigger
 
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Dove out of Pensacola today, about 25 miles out.. Water was great, the mud layer was there but not too bad but it opened up at around 70' and good vis. On the first dive we saw a 6' Nurse shark, harmless enough, but on the second right after we speared an AJ a 8' beast showed up out of nowhere and started sniffing around. I had never been in the water with a shark before and it was pretty intense. I was starting to calm down when I realized the AJ was tied to ME. Once he circled the second time I felt a little better since he hadn't came after me or the fish... All in all it was a great day of diving. I'm not sure what type of shark it was. I know my sharks pretty well but I'm not familiar with this one. I'll have to look it up. It looked like a light colored sand shark but a hell of a lot bigger.. Any ideas?
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White Marlin
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The most common sharks around here are Bull sharks. We see them a lot when diving. I had to poke one in the nose the last time we saw some sharks.
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Trigger
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| that sounds just like what happened to me with a 7ft bull shark except we hadnt shot any fish yet he just came in pissed.
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White Marlin
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| For safety sake, I do not clip my stringer to me with a metal clip once there is fish on it. I had one of those cheap plastic squeeze buckles, with the female side and the double pronged male side, that could break easy enough if tugged. Reason is, I have heard to many storys of peoples stringers gettin yanked on by a shark, and there is no way you could win a tug off war with a shark, and I would hate to get pulled around! Now I usually just open the hoop and attach the whole stringer to something nearby, or if I'm roaming, hold it in my hand.
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Trigger
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Good advice, I pulled out my knife like that would actually do anything. I was a little freaked out and couldn't decide if I should cut the stringer or not. I ended up crouched between the rail and wheelhouse of the wreck. Talk about a rock and hard place. I wanted to wait him out but I was out of air. The safety stop in the mud layer surrounded by cuddas with that shark under us was pretty crazy.
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Jarhead (8/7/2008)
Good advice, I pulled out my knife like that would actually do anything. I was a little freaked out and couldn't decide if I should cut the stringer or not. I ended up crouched between the rail and wheelhouse of the wreck. Talk about a rock and hard place. I wanted to wait him out but I was out of air. The safety stop in the mud layer surrounded by cuddas with that shark under us was pretty crazy.The best thing you can do with fish on a stringer when a shark around is get that stinger and fish as close to you as possible. Trust me they are intimidated by you as well. If you have your fish on a stringer that is hanging off of you, it will only get them to come closer to you. Don't feed them either by cutting your fish loose. That will only make the problem worse. Keep your fish close.
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Trigger
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The ONLY time i hold my stringer next to me is when the "cudas come looking. I hang my stringer on a plastic clip so it will release or break free if swallowed. I unhook it when I see a shark in the area too. They make a diaper clip that can be opened while under tension too. You see the right shark, as I have, and he will not be intimidated. He'll come right on in, and probably behind you....always look back too.
A good friend, a real fart smeller........smart fellar, taught me to use a safety sausage as a lift bag this past week. Clip the stringer on the anchor, give it a little air, and it goes up to the bubble watcher.
just my .02, Reese
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