We'd been alone in open water for more than an hour, and would've long been shark bait if that had been their intent.

Not only is it good shark bait but its coarse metal may quickly scrape another hole in my ship.

"I imagine you think I'd use Jack for shark bait or something equally malicious?"

"You feel like shark bait floating on the end of a string," he said.

Dead flesh in the water, he's basically shark bait.

Perhaps it's because he has never once been mistaken for shark bait: the ghost of grandpa seems to watch out for him.

Yeah, I hate to say it, but that's all she's good for - shark bait and nothin else.

"Here" - he shoved a bottle toward Cliff - "try some of this shark bait."

But the possibilities weren't exactly endless: Either he'd decided to swim with a school of hammerheads, or someone had used him for shark bait.

Dolphins that are bycaught often end up as shark bait for longline fisheries.