Soon enough we had a bite, something considerably larger, more powerful and much much heavier. When the fish came into view we saw that it was a barracuda, I had managed to snag a barracuda, I had no idea what fish to expect but I never would have expected a barracuda. It was hard work to pull it into the boat, it weighed a great deal more than the tuna and put up a lot more of a fight. When I got really close, it felt as if it had freed itself from the hook but I soon realised or was told that it is a trick they use to make us think its gone so it can wriggle off the hook. Not fooling us Mr barracuda, your mine and will be in my belly sometime this evening. From what Randy was saying it wasn't the biggest barracuda that's for sure but it would make a great meal for two to three people. It was probably about two feet long and about as thick as a large orange.
We only had the one tuna left over to use as bait, we could either try and catch more or keep it and eat it, in the excitement I of course went for the option to catch me another barracuda or another big fish. Not long after I threw the line out, I had a bite, it felt even larger and stronger than the one before, we could see it was a barracuda again but just how big we weren't sure. It put up a big fight to avoid being caught though, it jumped all over the place and did the same trick to try and fool us, just as I got it out of the water it jumped off the hook, the bastard got away, with my tuna which made it a little worse. This one was huge, it must have been at least three feet long and about as wide as a small watermelon. Would have been such a great catch and would have served for a feast but it got away, I was upset but at least I had caught one barracuda any ways.