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Old October 28th, 2007, 08:31 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.saltwater
Rodney Long
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Default Does Barracuda eat Barracuda?

BIGEYE wrote:
We were trolling off Cape Canaveral when my son hooked up on a King
Mackeral. About 20 yds from the boat, the fish was being reeled in and it
was close to the surface. All of a sudden, a large fish to a bite at the
King, and we were left with only the head. The speed of the bite and size of
the fish and colour made the predator either a large barra or a wahoo.
We trolled back through the same area and hooked up on a barra, same thing
happened with what could have been the same fish due to it's speed, size &
colour. This time we were left with only the head of a barracuda. I have
never seen barra's attack/feed on their own species. Do they, or could this
have been a wahoo.
We did troll around for another 1/2 hour and landed two large barras (almost
5 foot), and they gave a good account of themselves.
TIA




Sounds like a shark,, i have had this happen many times when King
fishing, some sharks can hit very fast, I have seen 30# plus Kings, get
hit like this and you reel in a head

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