Shark attacks are rare along the Texas coast, and it's usually a bull shark in murky water full of mullet. Wade fishermen use a 20 foot stringer and regularly have their catch eaten by unseen, unfelt sharks. Along shore the viz is rarely more than a foot. When it clears up to 3 or 4 feet - just past the speartip- I dive around the jetties or groins. I get my fish into a bucket on the beach right away. Further offshore we have tiger and other sharks. I think I'd want 15 or 20 feet of viz out there to feel safe, and I'd get the fish out of the water.
I have enough problems with my polespear and slings to discourage the use of a bang stick. Maybe when I get out in the blue stuff.
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