I dont think it was a shark due to the speed, also the fish were taken on
the surface and I didn't see the distinctive dorsal fin of a shark as it
broke the surface when it took the fish.

"MoiMoi" wrote in message
t...
In article ,
says...
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

I assume the King was of "average" size, like 15 lbs or better?
If so, ain't no way even the largest cuda snarfed everything but the
head off that baby.

I'd also presume shark.

MM