Shark Shield - deterrent against sharks

[king-ghidorah]

If you go to here and type in shark shield in the product field on your top left of the page you get this device. I have seen clips on YouTube and it looks very promising but I have also read where it aggravates some species like the ragged-tooth shark. Has anyone here ever used this for hunting out in the water? Some shark attacks even happen in only 3' of water! Everything was bliss for me until I saw Jaws when it came out 33 years ago. That ended my days of going into the ocean with a tinge of fear. Not to scare anyone but I will be water hunting next year probably and this is the 1# thought on my mind. I live in RI and some of the biggest sharks ever caught have been off our waters so it is definitely on my mind.

 

[GraveDiggerMax-VaBch-Va]

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[bdahunter]

They really gave me a start but it just makes you be on the look out for them, the same way you keep your eyes open for stingrays and porteguese man-0-war jellyfish. All sorts of unpleasant creatures in the water but the most dangerous one by far walks on two legs so I wouldn't worry too much about the sharks.
They say your chances of being bitten by a shark are far lower than your chances of being hit by lightning but lightning strikes everywhere and most people don't go into the ocean. If you spend a lot of time looting in the surf then your chances of being bitten are higher than the national average (not many people getting bitten by sharks in Arizona or Kansas) but still extremely low. *note - I was struck by lightning once so it could happen
Just keep one eye open when you are in the water so you can look out for rogue waves, windsurfer dudes, jellyfish, sting rays and just your regular run of the mill idiots that can be found at any beach. Rip currents, drunks on the beach and punks that may hassle or try to rob you are greater threats than sharks. Most people who die while surf pirating drown, they don't get eaten by sharks. Keep your eyes open and you won't be the very first surf pirate I've ever heard of who was eaten by a shark.

Kewl,

BDA

 

[king-ghidorah]

They really gave me a start but it just makes you be on the look out for them, the same way you keep your eyes open for stingrays and porteguese man-0-war jellyfish. All sorts of unpleasant creatures in the water but the most dangerous one by far walks on two legs so I wouldn't worry too much about the sharks.
They say your chances of being bitten by a shark are far lower than your chances of being hit by lightning but lightning strikes everywhere and most people don't go into the ocean. If you spend a lot of time looting in the surf then your chances of being bitten are higher than the national average (not many people getting bitten by sharks in Arizona or Kansas) but still extremely low. *note - I was struck by lightning once so it could happen
Just keep one eye open when you are in the water so you can look out for rogue waves, windsurfer dudes, jellyfish, sting rays and just your regular run of the mill idiots that can be found at any beach. Rip currents, drunks on the beach and punks that may hassle or try to rob you are greater threats than sharks. Most people who die while surf pirating drown, they don't get eaten by sharks. Keep your eyes open and you won't be the very first surf pirate I've ever heard of who was eaten by a shark.

Kewl,

BDA

You was struck by lightning? How did that happen? What did it feel like?

 

[bdahunter]

My wife and I were watching a really bad thunderstorm from the doorway of our home in Canada when lightning hit the old elm tree 20 feet from where we were standing. Most of the lightning travelled down the tree into the ground leaving a black scorch mark as wide as my hand down one side of the elm tree. The rest of the electricity jumped to our house and blew out most of our electronic equipment, TV, computer, etc. when it energized the whole house including us. It makes you feel really numb and the hair on my wife's head stood out straight from her head, fortunately I was shaving my head bald at the time so I looked the same. We just stood there wobbling back and forth on our feet in a daze for several minutes and didn't experience any lasting ill effects. The scream that came out of my wife may have bin a tad louder than the thunder that followed directly after.
We were very lucky!
A friend of mine was hit in the heel while running off of a golf course, blew his shoe right off and sent him flying 20 feet through the air. The electricity knocked him out but didn't hurt him except for a burn on his heel, maybe because he is a master electrician is what I kid him.
It does happen that people get hit by lightning and people do get bitten by sharks but it is a rare occurrence.
I've dodged an avalanche inside an avalanche shed while driving through the Rockies and witnessed a volcanic eruption first hand in Costa Rica. Life has been a lot of things for me but it has rarely been dull.

Cheers mate,

BDA

 

[Sanddigger]

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[Sanddigger]

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[Gulf Hunter]

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[foot69]

I've surfed for years and we only use the top part of the water, sharks like the bottom bit and most of the food they eat is in the middle..
If Sharks REALLY wanted to eat people, there would 1000 deaths a year. not 1 or 2..
Big point is Dont act like a wounded fish, and dont bleed or pee in the water..
I worry more about getting hit by a car then getting attacked by a shark..


edit - I've been told that the shark repellants they used in the second world war stained the water yellow, not so much to repel the sharks but so the swimmer couldnt see the sharks coming..

 

[nugget]

I've been in touch with the Shark Shield company, they seemed to think it would'nt affect the detectors operation, however I find that hard to believe considering I use Infinium LS which is pulse induction and would almost certainly pick up the Shark Shield signal. I think that diving with a buddy who is on constant lookout, is safer, and I'm trying to find a way to waterproof electric bullock prods. I reckon one hit on the sensitive snout and they would go into spasms which should allow you to escape without injury, this should leave the shark uninjured too. HH regards Nugget.

 

[king-ghidorah]

I've been in touch with the Shark Shield company, they seemed to think it wouldn't affect the detectors operation, however I find that hard to believe considering I use Infinium LS which is pulse induction and would almost certainly pick up the Shark Shield signal. I think that diving with a buddy who is on constant lookout, is safer, and I'm trying to find a way to waterproof electric bullock prods. I reckon one hit on the sensitive snout and they would go into spasms which should allow you to escape without injury, this should leave the shark uninjured too. HH regards Nugget.

Oh yeah, you're right. I had thought of this but it slipped my mind. I was wondering about the interference to our MD. If you look at some vids in youTUBE They mention one of their sensing mechanisms, "The Ampullae of Lorenzini are the electroreceptor organs of the shark, and they vary in number from a couple of hundred to thousands in an individual. Sharks use the Ampullae of Lorenzini to detect the electromagnetic fields that all living things produce. This helps sharks find its prey (mostly the hammer head). The shark has the greatest electricity sensitivity known in all animals. This sense is used to find prey hidden in sand by detecting the electric fields inadvertently produced by all fish. It is this sense that sometimes confuses a shark into attacking a boat: when the metal interacts with salt water, the electrochemical potentials generated by the rusting metal are similar to the weak fields of prey, or in some cases, much stronger than the prey's electrical fields: strong enough to attract sharks from miles away. The oceanic currents moving in the magnetic field of the Earth also generate electric fields that can be used by the sharks for orientation and navigation." -- Wikipedia

This shark shield basically attacks this sensory portion of the shark's anatomy. So it would seem likely that it would cause much interference with a MD.