grey2112
Contributor
So, my neighbor, me, a few other divers, and my brother (who was visiting from Seattle and has never spearfished before) decide to go dive the Pyramid about 12 miles from Hooters in Pasco county. Viz was decent, lots of baitfish, some spanish mackerel, goliaths, and I even saw a ton of big snook. My buddy gives me the "shark" handsign and I figure it is the resident reef shark. Well, surprise surprise - I see 3 bull sharks circling the structure, and one got real close to me and my stringer of fish a few times - had to almost poke him in the snout. So I come back up and my brother's eyes are huge. He had shot his second fish, reached back to grab his stringer, and just as he pulled it forward of his body/side he gets bumped by a bull shark, and then it turns, comes straight back at him and takes his fish on the shaft, and drags off the speargun!
We went 200 yards away to a ledge and got back in, and the sharks followed us - got back out and counted six of them on the top - I guess they are moving through the area - hope they are gone before scallop season begins!
We went 200 yards away to a ledge and got back in, and the sharks followed us - got back out and counted six of them on the top - I guess they are moving through the area - hope they are gone before scallop season begins!
