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Posts: 201 Location: Stevens Point | ....well not exactly but pretty close. For the past three weeks I have been exploring mexico and belize (and getting credits) through my university. We spent three days on an island on the second largest barrier reef in the world off the coast of Belize. In total I caught three Baracuda, the biggest 45.5". The downside of it was the airlines lost two of my rods and one of a friends. The only rod I had was a 4.5' telescoping ultralight. The first day there I caught about a 25" on a regular jackpot, no leader, it was great, drag screaming, and an explosive hit in one foot of water on a grass flat while wading around the island. I was pumped. On the last day of the trip we were fishing around the island with dead sardines with no luck. we downsized to cut up sardines, I caught a baby cuda. I ventured out onto the dock where I had seen the big one sitting the day before, but I couldn't get her to hit a lure or a dead sardine. Luckily she was there again, but there was another young mand fishing there, with a big cuda catiously avoiding his dead sardine. So I recommended a down size. we each put on a piece of cut meat. he casted back to the big fish and I casted of to the side.... Instantly I hooked up! with a small jack(about 10") but this really spiked the cuda's interest, she came over and studied my potential catch.... and gulped it down! the small fish disappeared, I layed into here hard, my rod doubled over and the fight was on. She made many good runs and one huge jump where she went completley air born for 10 horizontal feet. after about ten minutes a beached her. The meat was given to the resort. and I ended up with a great memory. This all happened literally minutes before our ship was headed back to the mainland so i didn't get to enjoy any of what I was told to be great table fare. Here are a couple pics. Attachments ----------------  cuda 1.jpg (59KB - 119 downloads) cuda fight.jpg (35KB - 127 downloads) cuda head.jpg (102KB - 128 downloads) | ||
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| Nice work. Its amazing how a struggling fish really trips the trigger on the cudas. Sometimes its impossible to get your dinner in the boat without a cuda ripping it in half. Other times just the shadow of your lure will scare them off. Here's one of the larger ones I've actually landed. Attachments ---------------- Barracuda1.JPG (61KB - 124 downloads) Barracuda2.JPG (130KB - 122 downloads) | |||
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Posts: 132 Location: Chicago, IL | DMcMusky - 1/26/2007 5:23 PM thedude Awesome picture. Do you have any stats on that fish. Years ago I fished a chartered boat off San Diego and caught over a dozen but none that matched that size. Lots of fun my bro can probably give a better estimate then i could about the size of the fish. but to give you an idea... im on the left about 5'10" 170 lbs and thedude is about 5'10" 180 lbs. without a doubt the biggest cuda i have seen much less seen caught. and if u cant tell he is struggling to hold it up. quite a thrill to land... Edited by muskiemook 1/27/2007 1:59 AM Attachments ---------------- IMG_4389 copy.JPG (77KB - 127 downloads) | ||
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