Lil somethin I figured out while down there dealin with sharks Sailor.
I pretty much knew this from sahrk fishing, but it was confirmed during several dives.
When I sahrk fish, I have tried all diferent techniques, weighted bait on the bottom, suspended in the water colum, and up near the surface.
EVERY bull shark I have EVER caught has been with the bait on the bottom. Now I'm not sayin that they wont come up to snatch a bait ever.
Well, diving a few times with some pretty agressive ones, we had 2 being pushy, and one of my buddies dropped in like a rock on top of us and didnt know they were there, immediately shot a snapper and went to the bottom hovering over the snapper taking it of the spear. One of the bulls that had been circilg us came straight in at him agressively, as I kicked as hard as I could towards him, and got within about 2 feet from him (wich my buddy was only bout 2 foot of the bottom dealing with his fish) and almost got his fish and probably his arm also.
Well, superhero that I am...hee hee...I made it to him just in time also to deliver a sever jab to his head (the shark, not my buddy) with my gun, and he flipped his tail and took off the other way. I ended up having to hit them about 2 more times.
We got off the bottom up on some structure about 6 feet, and the sharks continued to circle the area, and we continued to shoot fish, but they never came up to us were we had to fend em off again. And it kinda reinforced what I learned shark fishing. Bull sharks are bottom feeders for the most part, and do not seem to feel comfortable being confrontational out of there "comfort zone". I'm not saying that they wont ever, but if you also think of all the nature programs or shark programs you have seen, the buls are almostalways pacing along the bottom, not up in the water colum.
Since bulls are what we encounter around here mostly, as soon as you shoot a fish, get up off the bottom just a lil to deal with it, pullin him in, stringin him ect. You will greatly reduce close encounters. If your standing on the bottom, or hovering above it dealing with a fish, your on there playing field, and they may try a sneaky on you, and I might not be there to risk my ife droppin in on you to fend em off!!:letsdrink:letsdrink