Bahamas for a day

Quick trip week before last with Ritchie Zacker, Ed Lunsford and some other solid divers from Jupiter.
We left early and checked in at West End and were on our way north not ten minutes out over the Sand flats when one of the guys spotted a big Tiger Shark cruising on the surface.
We spun around to check it out and with four sets of eyes were started seeing more and more tigers in every direction!
As we slowed down we found the attraction and there was a big Loggerhead Turtle floating very unhappily with no front flippers and no less than 8 Tiger sharks from 10-14 ft within 100yards.

I wish I had gotten in the water and filmed it but we had fish to chase and decided to let nature run its course. I know it happens in the real world but I am against the feeding of sharks anywhere in the world but especially in the Bahamas where more and more people are getting bit and having run ins with sharks daily.

First spot of the day we hop in to find decent visibility and the first hole I looked in had a solid 16 lb Dog Snapper peering out for just a second too long and he ended up in the boat.
For the next six hours we bounced up and down the break from 25-85 feet of water picking up hogs and Groupers and seeing lots and lots of sharks.
Some of the Reefs we stopped at we jumped in to find 5-10 sharks milling around without us having shot anything yet. We saw more a dozen Tiger sharks, Big Bulls, Lemons, and lots of Reef Sharks. Twice I dove to block a big shark from hitting a diver on the way to the surface and everyone had close calls with them. It is really scary how they associate us and boats with food and I know it is worse here and up towards Walkers because of it. I understand people wanting to get close to these animals and getting video and the people wanting to profit from it but it is no wonder so many people are getting attacked with them so used to people providing free food and Divers spearing fish are getting pushed over an already fine line between safety and serious injury.
We had a good day and everyone dove close watching each other and pushing away the occasional toothy Critter.
Having used a pole spear so much for in the past year and so confident in that being the weapon of choice over there I was blown away by Ed and the Jupiter boys shooting dead accurate with the Hawaiian slings fish after fish.
End of the day had some good fish with the largest being a 35lb Black Grouper shot with the Three prong pole spear and Ritchie landing his personal best Tiger Groupers at 13lbs.
Thanks again to Ed and look forward to diving with you all soon.