Maybe there is a reason why no one hunts the water where you hunt? You live in Calif. What in Calif. that keep Hunter out of the water? And if your Dry suit is Red I won't get in the water in your area . Do you have Seals in your area? You know . You never here about people hunting in the water in Calif. Watch Shark Week it might help you under stand why people don't hunt the water in Calif.
Ron: You got to back in the water and away from shark week before it is too late.
I have spent thousands of hours diving in California, Mexico, New England, Florida and Hawaii.
Have seen hundreds of sharks while diving and fishing and have only had to fend off one aggressive shark, which was attacking an inexperienced diver (did not follow the rules) off of Panama City, Florida. There were many times when we had to get out of the water or just did not go in because of sharks, but it did not matter as we always brought along our fishing gear.
In my opinion the most dangerous part of diving, detecting, fishing is the drive to the beach.
Off all the places I have dove, I consider the Gulf of Mexico to be the most dangerous for shark attack as it is the breeding ground for several species of dangerous sharks the most dangerous being the: Bull shark, Tiger Shark, and Hammer Head. The Bull is especially dangerous as it can and does swim up rivers which a white shark cannot do. Next would be the Tiger which has chisel teeth as it primarily feeds on turtles. It is unpredictable and will eat about anything including garbage cans, license plates, etc. I would consider the hammer head the least dangerous with its cat like teeth. If it locked on to someone you could pull the swimmer and the shark back to shore.What makes the gulf especially dangerous is that it is heavily fished and in some areas fished out so there is little for the sharks to eat.
Most of the shark attacks in Hawaii occur in the boat, by unhappy sharks which were pulled out of the water. The pelagic sharks that are only in Hawaiian waters at certain times such as when blue foot boobies are leaning to fly, of when monk seals are breeding are the most dangerous. Body boarders are most often attacked as they resemble a turtle, especially when the surfer is wearing small hand and foot fins.
If few detect in the water in California; it would most likely be because they are not able to because of the heavy surf.
As for colors, I avoid buying surf board with red fins for obvious reason(s). Colors that I would not wear besides any shade or red are, oh boy jelllow and yum orange most likely seen on survival gear, which sharks favor.
You have to be careful near seals, especially during breeding season. Bull seals can be especially aggressive at that time and can easily crack your ribs.
Short board surfers are most often attacked by white sharks as they look like a seal. Many shark attack victims survive after being bitten by a white shark as it uses an exploratory bite to determine fat content and will spit out a human (too boney) then will swim off looking for something better to eat.
The few times that I watched shark week, I really disliked it finding the shows over sensationalized, and disgusting. Even worse than the current metal detecting shows which I also consider in poor taste (pun intended).
