FIshing involves very sharp, sometimes toothy and spiney things. Knives, hooks sharks, bluefish, spanish mackeral and more. We WILL use cut bait and there WILL be fish blood in the water. While we may not be targeting sharks, they live where we fish and are often a by catch of our trips. My biggest shark out of the surf was a 6ft Bull Shark that weighed over 200 LBS and I have seen much bigger! AND....Don't forget your hat, sunscreen and sunglasses!