RobJax
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Bobbit Worm? Kind of makes me wonder what body part it has been nipping off to get that name....
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(I am referring to the fish)
That always works—they hate the opprobrium, police, etc.I was freedive spearfsihing in the Bahamas in relatively shallow water of like 35 feet and was a hundred yards away from the boat and everyone else. Two reef sharks had been hanging around, one about 3 feet long and the other maybe 5 ft. The larger one was considerably less than 100 lbs, so i was not really worried, plus they would not come closer than 30 ft from me.
So I chased down this one small snapper (holding my breath of course) and was pretty much out of time and made a long shot with my spear sling. I made a bad shot and the fish was impaled near the tail and was thrashing around. Normally i would swim to the end of the shaft, grab the fish and immobilize it, then head for the surface.
However, I was spent, having arose at 3: 00 am and driving across to the Bahamas in the early morning and then diving all day. I grabbed the butt end of the shaft and left the fish dangling from the other end, with the flopper preventing him from sliding off. As I ascended, i saw BOTH sharks rocketing in at the fish. I figured this fish was history, so I dropped the shaft during the ascent when the sharks were just a few feet from the fthrashing fish. The shaft and fish began to sink and I was just a little upset that I was gonna lose the fish.
To my utter surprise, both sharks turned from the fish and came rocketing toward me as I scambled toward the surface. They had their mouths open and the larger one was one foot from my face in an instant. I instinctively began punching it in the head, but was not hitting it that hard because he was so close to me. I probably delivered 3-4 blows in 2 seconds. I was completely freaked out, but continued the scamble toward the surface, When I hit the surface, both calves went into full blown spasms (you would think the hamstrings would cramp) but it was the calves. I screamed shark! and then they just immediately turned and shot down and took the fish (that was now laying on the bottom on my spear).
A couple of weeks ago, I had a sergeant major trying to dine on my fin tip in Bonaire. That was amusing to watch as he'd "chomp" down on it, back up a couple of inches then come back for another bite.