This was the first time I've used a scooter at VB. Won't be the last, though.
Actually, in the guide I wrote a couple of years ago, I put down everything that I had learned about finding teeth. Very little has changed since I wrote that, except that my typical VB dive now starts around 13', then slowly swim west, picking up small teeth (and the occasional meg) until I get out to around 22'. Then I pop up to about 5' or so off the bottom (as vis allows) and look for color/texture/shape. I pop down to investigate anything that matches one of those criteria, even if I'm pretty sure it's not a meg. I've been surprised a few times. We hang out in 22'-23' until we hit around 1000psi (our SACs are virtually identical, Zech is slightly better than me), then slowly meander back to the sandbar (again picking up small teeth as we come in). We usually hit the sandbar with right at 500psi, around 50-100 small teeth and a couple of megs (2"-4") each.
I'm not knocking boat diving by any means, in fact Zech and I went out last Thurs with AristaKat, and came back with 7 megs between us, as well as 4 nice makos (including the nicest one I've ever seen). I just wanted to point out that beach diving can be as productive as boat diving.
Zech is approaching 30 dives at VB and only once has come back skunked. He wants me to get him corrective lenses for his mask, but I'm afraid that if I do, I won't have a chance
! He's had several boat trips and never come back skunked on any of them.
I'd be happy to buddy up with you (or anyone for that matter) anytime. I do try to get out to VB a couple of times a month. My favorite way to relax.