Posted on 07/25/2005 11:02:03 AM PDT by nickcarraway
NavyCanDo,
Did you ever dive in Guam? There were barracuda all over the place there. We would lie down on our backs in a sandy spot in about 20ft of water and feed the reef fish out of cans of vienna sausage. It would only take a few minutes for the 'cudas to show up and start picking off the reef fish we had lured into the open. It was like watching an air show, only with fish.
The only time I had ever been scared while diving was doing a wreck dive where we surprised a GIGANTIC grouper. He chased us out of the ship and all the way back to shore. As we were trying to get away from him he would swim off a ways then come directly at us at top speed and would only turn right at the last second. He did that to us all the way until we were in about 6ft of water. We borrowed a 44mag bang-stick and went back the next day with some rope but he was gone.
I was once charged by a 6 foot barracuda at the mouth of Akumal bay nature preserve in the Yucatan. I turned my flippers to it as a quick reaction, but if he'd wanted a bite, I'm sure he would have taken one.
Oh, why not:
IT'S BUSH'S FAULT.
Phew, feel better already.
I've had the same experience off the Caymans, with barracudas...they tend to just "hang there"..looking at you..usually groups of 2-4..they stay parallel so they can see you with the one eye..they they like accelerate in a flash..
Actually, I'm very, very, surprised..25 posts and not ONE pic of a Plymouth Baccaruda..
>Giving us the tooth, the whole tooth, and nothing BUT the tooth.<
So help me 'cod'
Sounds like fun. Almost as much fun as dodging cars as you run across traffic on the freeway.
Older Barracuda become very territorial and will swim right up to your face to check you out when you cross the boudary of their turf.
I had one play games with me for 100+ yards swim back to the boat. He'd dart at me, I'd shake my spearpole at him and he'd dart out of sight, only to return and do the same thing again and again all the way back to the boat.
Trust me, for a bunch of 20-something year old military guys stuck on an island in the middle of nowhere it was great fun.
That is some gawd-awful color...lime puke?
Hemi too!
Much better color...I do so remember when the "tie downs" first came out..they were soooooo kewl..then of course, Plymouth tried to exten the brand..screwed the pooch..remember the "Road Runner?"" BEEP! BEEP!!
Kids got a hallibut wound.
Yea, I can see how it would appeal to a bunch of 20 something bored military guys. I was one once myself. But that was almost 20 years ago and my idea of fun is now watching my 4 1/2 year old daughter learning to ride her bike without training wheels.
ah, so that explains it....
I've noticed they seem to like hanging around the anchor line. The only time I've heard of them being agressive is when divers are spearing them or hitting them with reflected sunlight.
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