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It is very impressive, those sharks will turn on a dime.
It makes me nervous because they get so frenzied. I have been "begging" with my face for those dive guides to knock it off...
They say that it is the vibration or shudder of the plastic that emulates that of a dying, thrashing fish more than the sound.
I routinely dive with guys that smell like fish guts and I notice that I see a lot of sharks when they are around as compared to divers with "virgin" wetsuits.
I hate them. I love them.
My daughter knows a girl who lost her arm surfing and she told me they were playing around, making shrill high pitched dolphin sounds when the shark hit.
Well gall darned it! That's what the DM was doing squeezing a plastic water bottle underwater in Roatan!!! He also had some rice in it, to feed some fish... But I didn't catch on about the bottle for attracting fish! Doh! Even though there were no sharks there (they very rarely see any where we were diving), it worked for some giant sized groupers and morays that came out to play!
I had never heard of this. Ya learn something every day!!!:14:
Have already tried the bottle method on bull sharks, but I heard some shark diving operators use an electronic thing (i.e. box/machine) that gives off the right sound waves for attracting blue sharks and makos. Just wondering if there's a commercially available gadget or if the unit is just a home made speaker which gives off sounds recorded of struggling prey.
But for those of you who did use the bottle, were there any shark species it did not work with?
One of my good friends was on a Great White dive in Guadelupe and the boat would put underwater speakers in to attract the sharks......They said they Hate Rap music and Latin music.....but the love Rock.....they continually play Sweet Emotions by Aerosmith to attract the Whites.....I guess they really like it....He told me it was a stellar experience witnessing the whites and listening to that song.........He has a video of the trip and plays Sweet Emotions for a pic part of it and its incredible......So grab your IPOD and try it
Mike.... I don't have a cage, so ..... um - no. I think I'll give it a miss. Personally, I'm not real keen on being in the water with a Great white or Tiger shark.
When I go up north where the Grey Nurse (sand tiger I believe you guys call them) are, it might be worth a try. (Although wouldn't the bottle make more noise than an ipod)?
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