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mark meyer
10/Feb/2001:21:01:53
I just wanted to share my experience with cudas and hope youll appreciate and take it into consideration. About three months ago i was windsurfing 500 yards off the shore on a sandbar right off key biscayne fl. Out of nowhere in a matter of seconds I feel a major hit to my leg, this is while i am on the board and in motion at 15mph. I look down and a piece is missing in the lower part of my leg. Three months later still recovering and a ways to go , after surgery of my achilles tendon and some nerve damage, i wanted to share this barracuda experience with you. I will still windusurf one day .
Regards
mark

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brendan Reed
07/Feb/2001:11:56:04
cool

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Archie Costello
01/Feb/2001:07:50:09
this is a very nice site if i had only known that before my prodject

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Laura Kimbrel
Pictures of where the barracuda bite me
29/Jan/2001:23:06:21
Ever since 91, ive had a rather large intrest in barracudas, Ive been following yoursite for a good month or two now, and i just thought i would send ya a hello, and let ya know i have pictures of where a barracuda bit me, in key west fl. It was 5ft long, Bit me had to get 257 stitches, and stuff :-D I have pics on my webpage, check em out, Let me know something or something.. LoL!

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Hannah Kim
27/Jan/2001:09:51:45
dis wuz very awesome!!!But betta be careful 4 da attacks! Well......watch yourself!bbai!!!


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Omayra Hern·ndez
09/Dec/2000:18:43:40
Hi, your research is very good, I like very much the photos. the barracuda is very interest fish. I like the fish and i worked with them. This semester I realized a special problem and I worked searching parasites in the gills of Sphyraena barracuda and i obtain a great number of monogenea, copepods isopods and leeches. My partner worked with the guts of barracuda and he found a lot of digeneans and make a new host records. If you like any question or comments for barracuda or any other fish, write and say to me. I beginning my master research in fish parasitology. I will work with a parasite that live in the gills of a reef fish that is called Chromis multilinneatus. congratulations for your research, really is excellent and thanks for your help in my search for information for the barracuda. sorry for my english, I speak spanish.

joey
06/Dec/2000:20:20:46
cool page

Alene
04/Dec/2000:21:53:00
I'm writing a formal research paper on the marine biome. Barracudas are a huge section in it, and there was a TON of great info that I was able to take notes on and use in my assignment.

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mark
14/Nov/2000:20:34:55
My daughter and I were looking up info on Barracudas. Excellent site! Not just good info - but well laid out and very pleasing visually.
Thanks!

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Matthew Duke
http://www.segasages.com
14/Nov/2000:20:34:13
I am in 5th grade and this site helped bigtime for my report on barracudas.
thank you

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Guido E. Bucher
23/Oct/2000:20:56:58
This Infos are very good! However, I am fishing on the coast of West Africa. There are many Greats to be caught. By the way, small size Barracudas are excellent food value. Tip for Fishermen: Try the "Super Shad Rap from Rapala" you can bet on it. Thanks.

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Diane Beilke
20/Oct/2000:11:40:05
Thanks for all the info on barracuda. I am a student at Eastern Illionios University and I am doing a speech on the barracuda. Your website was really helpful and so were the links you listed. This page was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks again.-Diane

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Patrick Wiggins
19/Oct/2000:22:04:48
I am doing a report on barracudas. The information and pictures were really helpful. I am in the 4th grade in Salem Oregon at Pringle School. Thanks you for all the information,it really helped me on my project.

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wayne Nicolen
The Tank Buoyancy Compensator
We manufacrure and sell the TBC Tank Buoyancy Compensator. We would like to be listed on your site if possible under the gear and goodies section . Thank you
Wayne Nicolen
Dive Innovations Inc

shiraz88@hotmail.com
04/Oct/2000:17:57:00
Great site with relevant info, especially about boaters who will put themselves in danger by cleaning their hull while diving. By the way, your report talks about someone who was bitten on the neck and then makes reference to the "femoral artery", if I have read correctly you probably mean the carotid artery in the neck -&- not the femoral artery in the inside of the thigh.

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zak pirjevec
02/Oct/2000:19:59:00
I am doing an ocean report for my 5th grade science project and I got some good stuff from your site. Thanks!!!

MAkariotis@aol.com
27/Sep/2000:14:33:22
I just caught a small 30 inch Barracuda just outside the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. I did not know Barracudas came into these cooler waters. Nice Website.

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mike hines
26/Sep/2000:16:40:54
came back from the cayman islands just last week and had to share my experience with all of you. it was my first time out snorkling and found my self face-to-face with a great barracuda. i knew it was a cuda the minute i seen it. unfortuneatly, no camera was with me, darn the luck. But the second day out, i had the camera and once again i was with the biggest cuda yet, that i got on film, i am now hooked on snorking and will return to the waters every chance i get.

KRK68@AOL.COM
22/Sep/2000:23:21:50
I just came back from the florida keys , which was my first visit that far south in florida. I snorkeled four days straight during the early mornings and late afternoons. I found that venturing out in the morning was a great time to see "cuda's" as far as the eye can see. I was in marathon for that whole week. The biggest one I saw was at least two feet , and it was not frightened at my presence. In fact , since the bigger ones didn't move , I was forced to move in the other direction in respect of it's territory. This was my first real snorkeling experience , and seeing those great barricudas made it that much worth while.

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Cathy McIntyre
21/Sep/2000:11:05:47
I enjoyed your pages. My husband and I just got back from Nassau and we snorkeled at Crystal Cay. We were circled and "closely observed" by a 6' barracuda named "The Phantom" by the locals. He was very large and quite dark in color. It was a thrill of a lifetime to be so close. I didn't get scared until later that day thinking back to the encounter. We went back the next day and took pictues of him from the dock. I couldn't quite bring myself to go back in and swim with him again - but I do have a immense gratitude that he gave us the experience. You must love what you do. Cathy -&- Bill.

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john stephens
27/Aug/2000:00:47:55
I recently was deep sea fishing off Ft.Lauderdale,Fla. I came in contact with a great barracuda for the first time and ended up landing a 5ft cuda (56inches). It will now become a fixture on my wall for many years to come. What awesome power and fight these fish have!! An unforgetable deep sea fishing experience for me and my buddies. Great trophy fish to go after on your next trip. Stay stapped in and hang on for your life if you snag that barracuda in deep waters because he will run, run run!!! If it wasnt for Captain Mac and my mate Alan in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea aboard the Tami Lea I would not have stood a chance against that monster cuda!!! Great site here with lots of info if you want to deep sea fish for barracuda. Thanks for the research!!!!!!

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John Gray
23/Aug/2000:01:17:44
While on a recent trip to the U.S. Virgin Islands, my wife and I were snorkeling at Trunk Bay on St. John. We explored the coral gardens on the leeward side of a small island close to shore and decided to return around the windward side. Although this location was somewhat rougher with a less interesting sandy bottom, it soon rewarded us when I noticed a 5 ft. Great Barracuda shadowing us close by. We stopped to look, at which point he nosed up quite close to us to look back. My wife in turn retreated behind me(I assumed to protect my backside).After a brief encounter the barracuda began to casually swim away. Realizing that my wife had not really gotten a good, close look at this magnificent, toothy fish, I swam around him, turning him back towards her. With this large fish swimming slowly toward her and me on the opposite side of him, I saw her eyes expand to the size of golfballs, followed by a slow turn and departure from the scene (with the barracuda right behind her of cour

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Sir Percula
27/Jul/2000:00:18:23
Hi...

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Sandie Sorrells
21/Jul/2000:14:04:28
Found face to face with barracuda at a wreck site in St. Croix. Just wanted to get some more info on them. Thanks for your site.Sandie

Melanie
19/Jul/2000:14:19:58
Enjoyed your page. Last April (2000), my husband and I were snorkeling in a lagoon in Cozumel. We are not good snorkelers. We snorkel about twice a year when we vacation on various islands and we do not venture out very far. While we were snorkeling I looked down (about 15 feet) and saw a barracuda looking at me. It was sitting on the ocean floor. I pointed to my husband to look at it and then swam out as fast as I could. After reading your site, I guess I could have acted a little more cool, but I panicked. I also had on all of my jewelry which is very shiny. Several people on the snorkeling tour were talking about the fish as many people saw it. My friends asked if I were able to take a picture of it (yeah, it's permanently in my head)--huge black eyes staring at me. Although scary, this fish still fascinates me. We are going to the Bahamas this month. I will snorkel, but would not be dissappointed NOT to see another barracuda. I don't need another 1:1 personal visi

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Cheryl Mairead McCor
29/Jun/2000:12:14:43
I have reservations about the authenticity of the information contained within this Web page. I don't see how one person could live such an amazingly cool life. I think you're a sham, Shane Patterson! A fraud!... okay, okay! Shane and I are good friends, so I can tease him! Shane, this is an excellent Web page! It's beautifully designed and very informative. Glad to see the photos from PNG; keep adding more photos from your journeys around the globe!-Cheryl
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Uria
27/Jun/2000:18:07:54
I love to see underwater shots. You have great pix and great information. Thank you for have this page available. I Really enjoyed it. Keep up the great work!...CUBAN CUDA

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MHarris
26/Jun/2000:21:32:47
Yesterday on the Oregon Coast (near Tillamook), we found a dead Barracuda on the beach. I didn't think that Barracuda's came that far North? Could this have been something else?The fish was approximately 4 1/2 feet long, thin like a large eel, long teeth, long snout, and was mostly silver with some green in the coloring. It also had what appeared to be some spikes splaying out on top of it's head? I took some pictures which will be ready in a few days.Thanks for the website you put together. It is very interesting and enjoyable to view. M.Harris

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Mike Sedlack
05/Jun/2000:19:07:18
Great Page. It sure helped me with my marin e scince report on barracudas. Thanx a-million.

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John Butler, II
29/May/2000:09:56:41
The page was great. I was doing research for a project on baracudas. Thanks a lot!!

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Ignatius Fischer
Images delivered in word form
27/May/2000:14:28:36
You have a very cool site here. I spent a half hour looking for information on barracudas that wasn't a fishing license place and had almost given up when BANG! I run into your site. Excellent. I am doing preliminary research for a fantasy book and this information will prove invaluable. Onwa

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Cindy
23/May/2000:15:46:52
Hi! thanks for the information, next time I will know BETTER. Today I wassnorkeling off the Ft.Lauderdale beach and when I turned around there was a barracuda 4 feet away from me. I freaked out and I started splashing irratically to get to shore. I also had a flourescent orange tipped snorkel, and I wore my shiny car keys that were attached to my waist. I was very LUCKY to get away from this barracuda. Before I didn't know a lot of splashing, neon colors and shiny objects such as keys could attract one. NOW i KNOW, but i was very lucky. It was an adult barracuda and it was about 2 feet long, dark brownish gray with black spots. It looked scary!! Should i spray paint my snorkel all black?

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taryn pollock
19/May/2000:15:37:15
I AM 9 YEARS OLD WORKING ON A SCIENCE PROJECT AND YOUR INFORMATION WAS THE MOST COMPLETE AND EASILY UNDERSTOOD OF ALL I FOUND. THE PICTURES WERE VERY HELPFUL AS WELL. THANK YOU!

Peter
13/May/2000:14:17:39
I liked your sight a lot it was very helpful to me for a school report.And it was very interesting.

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elizabeth barton-wha
13/May/2000:10:28:00
Thanks so much for your info on barracuda's. I am an avid snorkler but have never encountered a barracuda! My husband and I are getting scuba certified this summer and taking a trip to Cayman and Belize. I must admit I was a little leary of running into a cuda, but your web page put my mind at ease.Thanks so much
Elizabeth Barton-Whatmoor

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elizabeth barton-wha
13/May/2000:10:25:41

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Kevin Freeman
09/May/2000:05:38:36
this has all the necissary information that anyone could ever need

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Paul Krueger
08/May/2000:11:11:31
We used this site to do research for a 3rd grade article about the barracuda. Definitely full of good information. Thanks for your hard work and sharing your knowledge with my class!

David Wood
05/May/2000:14:03:10
great page but need better pics of them feeding
thanks a lot

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Maureen Dunn
25/Apr/2000:18:01:27
I was about to give up helping my 2nd grade son find sources of information re: the barracuda. Wow! What a great help you offered. He is excited to be learning so much. I am thrilled beyond words that he will be able to complete his report on time! Thank y

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Summmer Selph
22/Apr/2000:20:42:19
I needed information for my report at school. Thank you for giving me an unusually huge amount of information to pick and choose from.Your page is really cool

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josh trojcak
17/Apr/2000:10:46:09
it is pretty cool!!!!!

brian
13/Apr/2000:19:57:24

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Shane Ogburn
08/Apr/2000:02:36:47
I could not find much info on the Barracuda for my project...you were referred to me by J B Lee. I am so glad I found this site helped me do a wonderful project! Thanks!

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Mike Rotch
15/Mar/2000:20:44:17

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Scott Stallard
14/Mar/2000:17:40:22
A great site, helped a lot with my project. A good heading to, "More than you want to know about the Barracuda" describes the site in a sentence. Thanks for the great rescource!

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Matthew
12/Mar/2000:20:13:09
This is a wonderful website. It has helped me greatly with my project. Once again, this place is awesome!!! Thanks
Matthew

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Tyrel Cox
bewell
06/Mar/2000:09:00:49
Cool

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FLAMEBOY
06/Mar/2000:00:06:35
Great site, it really helped me out with my report on Barracuda's! thanx for stuff!

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Dylan
dbz_rpg_dylan
02/Mar/2000:13:35:12
In school we have to do a research project -&- i picked barracuda -&- this page really helped me -&- i think im gonna do real godd on the project because of this page

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Mike bruno
gojdsu
01/Mar/2000:20:46:18

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Lauren Singh
The great barracida page
27/Feb/2000
20:52:43
My mother and I are so happy we found your web site. What would we have done without it. I am in grade 5 at St. Luke school in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada and I chose to do my report on the barracuda, because no one else would ever think of that. However, when I went to find info it wasn't very easy---until I found your web site--thank you. I am now a mini cudologist!!!!
Yours truly
Lauren Singh

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Bruce
Blackbeard's Cruises
27/Feb/2000:15:51:48
Nice page and great pictures.

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Erich
Erich's Freshwater Fishing Page
16/Feb/2000:16:36:20
Great Page ... was perfect for my research of the barracuda for aquatics class. Thanx for all the information!

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cdb
16/Feb/2000:07:31:45
enjoyed all that I could read in such a short time. I am interested in finding out more about your studies in the Keys. Please respond.
gofish

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Kenneth F. Krutsch
Krutsch.COM
12/Feb/2000:19:31:04
Fantastic! I really enjoyed reading your site. I learned to SCUBA in the military and am trying to talk my wife into taking lessons. She was concerned about 'critters', so I used your web-site to convince her that diving is a safe activity, when common sense and caution are applied.Your photographs are incredible! I had the opportunity to see a 'cuda last Spring, in the BVI. He was just hanging out inside a ship wreck and I have to say he was one of the most impressive underwater sites I have seen.
Thanks, Ken

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angela lyttle
07/Feb/2000:19:36:43
great link, very helpful for my fisheries report!! Thanx

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Andrew Capul
20/Jan/2000:14:39:09
My son is doing a report on barracudas and I would like permission to download information from your site. Please let me know if I can. Thanks

Cuda Boyyyy!
13/Jan/2000:13:31:52
I really like cudas and I'm gonna read the whole page when I get home.ThanksCudas (you know? like Kudos! hehe)~CUDA BOY! :)
Be careful from the censors, or they may bar a cuda!

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ben slaughter
10/Jan/2000:20:07:12
Thanks...i needed all this information for a project for school.

name
06/Jan/2000:08:47:49
i want more pics!

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Tennant
05/Jan/2000:21:00:13

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Nick Holmes
27/Dec/1999:14:04:04
Hello Cuda People. I make barracuda "decoys", you know, sculputures. Like bird decoys, which I also make, but I fell in love with the cuda while down in the Bahamas. I've got some cool ones. About 4 feet long. They sit on a table, or hang from their top fins. Hanging is what they look like to me in the water....hanging around...cuda! Nick

John R. Verno
13/Dec/1999:14:41:56

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Davey Heiliger
06/Dec/1999:17:21:21
i love the barracuda homepoage it is awesome althiough i would like some more puictures thanks bye
Q

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John Papa
11/Nov/1999:15:15:36
Great site, want more on what affects barracuda

********
09/Nov/1999:21:42:15
your pictures are exellent for my barracuda report.THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!

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Matthew Nowak
matthew's universe
07/Nov/1999:16:31:00
please help me w/ my home page. as in getting pictures things like that like getting me an editor, or an html director. if u are one of those people please e-mail me.thanx,sincerely,matthew nowak

Anonymous
06/Nov/1999:08:49:47
I think I'll use this page for my project on Barracudas. A very nice page.

Cherine Merhi
01/Nov/1999:17:23:54
great pages!!! It really helped on my marine biology project!! I kept getting cars or clubs called barracuda everywhere i went. THANX!!!!!

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Justin Bucket
-=[ Team Counterfeit ]=-
31/Oct/1999:21:57:07
Nice pic's and thanks for the information! Like every1 else i did a school project! Thanx a lot!-bucket

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S.Lindsey
28/Oct/1999:08:28:41
Thanks for the info. It was very helpful for my sons school report.

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kalab humphrey
26/Oct/1999:16:05:03

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Richard E. Bradley
21/Oct/1999:06:20:26
This is very good information for my school project. My name is Richard and I am 11 years old. I go to the American Community School in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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Adam Zoellner
16/Oct/1999:09:12:40
This is a great page.

Benholio und Sigurd.
13/Oct/1999:01:48:14
Barracudas and piranhas rule!!!!!!!

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Robin
Ideas for our planet's tomorrows
04/Oct/1999:18:04:59
Your page has been very helpful to my daughter! We are writing her report for school with your help. Thanks! :)

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sjanosko
barracuda handline tournament
22/Sep/1999:16:19:40
nice page,any chance of our page being put on yours?some great cuda pictures. thanks,steve

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Brent Story
17/Sep/1999:15:16:34
While lobster fishing off the coast of Dania in Florida, my friend and I were threatened by a barracuda of at least 6 feet. I suggested moving further up the coast to get away from this giant. We moved a good eighth of a mile and anchored. After a few minutes of diving a barracuda appeared, either the same one or another just as large. I decided he was just a little too interested in what we were doing and decided to exit the water. My friend wanted to look around a little more. I saw him turning in circles holding his small armlette spear gun out in front of him. He claimed the cuda was getting a little too close. He then quickly swam up to the boat and handed me the loaded spear gun. Unfortunately it went off when I set it down and lodged the three pronged spear head in my arm. We tried to remove it, but wound up going to the hospital to have it removed. They had to make an incision to push the barbed end out to cut it off with bolt cuttters. Every time I see my sca

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Rick Sutherland
14/Sep/1999:20:47:16
My daughter was doing some research on Barracuda for school. This page was very helpful.Thanks

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Aaron Troan
11/Sep/1999:19:55:43
You saved my third grade biology project.

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FranÁois CALDERON
08/Sep/1999:09:33:30
Congratulation to DOCTOR Shane Paterson for his promotion

Christopher
06/Sep/1999:13:44:11
Thank you for the information. I'm in the third grade in western kentucky and doing a report for school on barracudas.

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Mark Van Scoyoc
01/Sep/1999:21:28:48
Very interesting page. I am a grad student in freshwater fisheries science at a small college in Western Kansas. I have family in Key West so naturally I took the snorkelling gear along and was surprised by two young cudas just off the beach at one of the resorts. Very interesting and informative page. I loved the pictures. Even made one of them as the wallpaper for my desktop. Hope you don't mind. I will definitely bookmark the page for future reference. Thanks again. We fish-heads, whether salt or freshwater, have to stick together!

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robert powell
26/Aug/1999:18:40:37
What an excellent page. It's so nice to see a page that was written by someone who knows what they are talking about.

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Scott Martin
Oceanit Test Systems
29/Jul/1999:23:59:09
Aloha, I've been searching for great Barracuda photos for a project I'vebeen working on. I especially commend you on your ciguatera section. Your's is the best sight I've seen. We make Cigua-Check. Cigua-Check is the first and only test-kit that reliably detects the presence of Ciguatera in fishflesh. The entire process can be done under an hour right at your favorite fishing spot.Thanks again for the great photo's
Scott Martin
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Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Tel: (808)531-3017
Fax: (808)531-3177
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Scott Martin
Oceanit Test Systems
29/Jul/1999:23:04:52

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meng
Click here! Check out this kewl page!!!
14/Jul/1999:13:42:03
Kewl page! Congratulations!

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Richard Aeck
06/Jul/1999:23:55:24
Although you will probably be displeased, I recently caught both 62 and 71 lb Cudas off Hilton Head,Sc about 20 miles out. Those were the largest, but I ran into all that I cared to bring in between 40-50 lbs. These fish were schooling off the wrecked remains of the "Betsey Ross."Amazingly, following the catch and release of their bretheren, they came up to the boat in huge numbers just staring and calmly cruising by---all for now

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Scott
06/Jun/1999:09:59:54
GREAT PAGE. I wanted to get more information about Barracuda's after I had an experience with one (4.5 to 5 foot long) while snorkeling by Dry Tortugas National Park on 6-4-99. I had seen it lurking just off the bottom and tried to avoid it. It followed me for about 40 yards as I swam back to shore. Since this was only my 4th time snorkeling it was very unnerving. Thanks for all of the information.
Scott

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avs_hockey
22/May/1999:17:26:42
hey..nice page..its helping me on my barracuda report...thanx for the info. bye.

Lani and Jay
20/May/1999:13:28:23
This Barracuda page is SOOOOOO NEAT! I can hardly stand it! It went right to the top of my list of favorites! Me and my husband Jay find them SO interesting... I have to say, we eat them for dinner practically EVERY night! We have almost 20 hanging on our walls at home. Every time I see them, I feel a low rumble in my stomache cause the sight of them get's me SO hungry! Our daughter Jess carries on around and calls it Freddy. Thanks so much for keepin us 'hooked'!
Lani Bani

J. Jacobs
19/May/1999:15:02:20

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Austin Winchell
18/May/1999:22:28:30
I am doing a report for my science class on barracudas. Your site was really helpful. I am in the 4th grade in Maine. Thank you.

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Chuck
18/May/1999:19:56:15
I found the information on this VERY formidable fish,to be really helpful! A great deal of research obviously went into it! thanks again!!

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Donna
Donna's Little Home On The Web
13/May/1999:10:15:13
My 11 year old son had to do a report on barracuda's and your site was a HUGE help. Thanks for all the hard work you put into it. We appreciate it.

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Susan Thomas
11/May/1999:20:20:33

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Kyle F
04/May/1999:20:51:21
Great site! Found lots of helpful information for my Barracuda report for my 3rd grade class at North Lake school in Wisconsin. Thanks much, keep up the work.

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Anita Bonita
04/May/1999:19:53:45
totally groovy man! rock on dude!
peace!
anita bonita

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Paige
03/May/1999:20:21:57
WOW! Your web site has a lot of information that Ineed for my 3rd grade report on barracudas. Thanks!

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Adam Bishop
01/May/1999:14:06:57
Great site!

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Anna Simon
25/Apr/1999:16:14:39
It is the greatest website from barracuda, and the most info I've ever read from this fish.I congratulate you. Carry on!
Anna

ben and kyle
19/Apr/1999:11:17:07
your page ROCKS MAN!!!!!

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Stacey Wolf
04/Apr/1999:15:52:53
Hello-I was bitten by a barracuda on 3-25-99 in St. Thomas! He bit the underside and outside of my right foot. He was approx. 3-4 feet in length and was in VERY shallow, clear water. We had seen him and panicked when we noticed he was hunting smaller fish who were using our legs as cover. Don't know if my commotion caused the attack or if it was just mistaken identity. The wound required several stitches-where they were actually able to stitch-other spots were triangular wounds closed with a steri-strip. I found your website very informative and helpful--Thanks!!!

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Stacey Wolf
04/Apr/1999:15:48:54174
Hello-I was bitten by a barracuda on 3-25-99 in St. Thomas! He bit the underside and outside of my right foot. He was approx. 3-4 feet in length and was in VERY shallow, clear water. We had seen him and panicked when we noticed he was hunting smaller fish who were using our legs as cover. Don't know if my commotion caused the attack or if it was just mistaken identity. The wound required several stitches-where they were actually able to stitch-other spots were triangular wounds closed with a steri-strip. I found your website very informative and helpful--Thanks!!!

Me again
31/Mar/1999:18:02:12
(To finish what I was saying below...)The book is based on Dr de Sylva's 1963 paper -- that paper is a little easier to find, either directly via the University of Miami's marine school (RSMAS) or from amazon.com, but is less "accessible" to nonspecialists and children because it is a scientific paper. However, much of the paper's information on ecology and life history, attacks on humans, and ciguatera poisoning is written in a style that young people will find easier to follow than some of the more "technical" aspects of systematics and other topics.
Thanks for visiting!
Shane Paterson

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Shane Paterson
31/Mar/1999:17:58:41
For anyone else who's interested in the children's book about barracuda, here's the same information I sent Jamison.The (catchy) title is "Barracuda: Tiger of the Sea" and the author is Francine Jobs. The book includes some very nice monochrome illustrations by Harriett Springer. The publisher was Walker, of New York, and publication date was 1981. The book's 48 pages long. The ISBN number is 0802764134.The amazon.com website lists the book as out of print (though they will apparently do their best to find it for you). When I checked the author's name I found that she'd written quite a few children's books on marine natural history.The book is based on Dr de Sylva's 1963 paper -- that paper is a little easier to find, either directly via the University of Miami's marine school (RSMAS) or from amazon.com, but is less "accessible" to nonspecialists and children because it is a scientific paper. However, much of the paper's information on ecology and life history, attac

Mike TrogDaddy Lem
Sojourn Design
21/Mar/1999:16:29:54
Hi,I rarely (never) sign guestbooks, researhing Barracudas for artwork brought me to your page, great stuff! Appreciate the pics, I will send you samps of my finished work for your appreciation and reference.Thanks,Mike Lemos
Illustrator/Graphic Artist
P.S. Macs RULE!

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kristina faust
04/Mar/1999:08:52:08
Just looked up your page because your mother told me to! My brother and I met her this summer at St. Edmund’s Buttery. A great woman, and your best publicist. Great site. My employer, WGBH TV, produces nature programs (and acquires British-produced ones) for US public television. Your site is great reference material.
Best regards and call your mother! ;-)
-K. Faust

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Jamison Magaro
08/Feb/1999:10:38:00
What is the title of the children's book by Donald de Sylva? Can you still buy it?
Thanks
J.D.

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Jamison Magaro
08/Feb/1999:10:07:27
I am in 5th grade and doing a report on the great barracuda. My mom helped me find your web page. Thank you for all the information. I have to have 50 facts and make a pop-up book.
Jamison

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Elijah S. Woolery
23/Jan/1999:17:00:04
Hi! I was curious about your site because of an incident that occured to me today. I'm currently working at a biological station in Bermuda, and today I went snorkeling with a couple of friends. They decided to go in, while I stayed out, about 15-20 yards off shore among reefs. Soon after they left, I felt a sharp tug on my right fin, and turning to look, saw nothing. A little spooked, I headed towards shore, and after swimming for a minute turned around and saw a barracuda in the water behind me, watching but keeping its distance. Knowing what it was calmed me down a bit (the barracuda wasn't huge, perhaps 3-4' long), but I backed calmly away from the fish while keeping my eyes on him. I got out of my water and examined my fins, and sure enough there were marks (though not as impressive as I had hoped!). In any case, it was definitely an exciting experience, and prompted me to learn more about this very interesting inhabitant of our local reefs! I just wanted to thank you for pro

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morre
20/Jan/1999:04:13:22
good

Kristy
18/Jan/1999:10:21:03
Cool!

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walt
16/Jan/1999:15:46:22
Thanks for the info on the barracuda, it will really help my son as he prepares a report onthe barracuda for sixth grade science. We put your site in as a reference, so you may get visited by his school mates.Thanks again.
Walt

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Mav
10/Jan/1999:09:34:19
Super web site...thanks!The Great Barracuda is an untapped sport fish resource...thank god! I've found this fish to be one of the best fighting, most exciting and great tasting fish in Florida's Gulf waters.Thanks for the honest insite to ciguatera poisoning as well.
Mav

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p. stahl
02/Jan/1999:10:58:19
needed info for my 9yr old son's project thanks for your information -&- page

Jon
15/Dec/1998:17:14:19
great info!!!!!!!!

Nathan
14/Dec/1998:20:24:30
I enjoyed your website. I am in the fifth grade and I just wrote a report on barracudas with help from your site. Some of my friends may visit you because I put your website address in my report.
Thanks,
Nathan

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Robert I Cortez
09/Dec/1998:03:35:38
12/9/98
Dear Sir/Madam I think that your page is a very interesting page to visit.I have always had a passion for predators of the sea.I think that htey are beautiful very intriguing animals.I want to work with mant different types of animals.Sharks and Barracudas are some of them.Some day i would like to swim with them and maybe do a report.You must have a very busyonset life.Well keep up the good work if you have any more info on these animals e-mail and let me know so I can come back to this site.
Best Regards,
Robert I Cortez

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John G. Evans
08/Dec/1998:10:22:25
I watch, hunt and photograph barracuda regularly. Give me your e-mail address and I will send photos.
Free-dive is the way.

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Jeff Weinman
barracuda
07/Dec/1998:11:43:42
I enjoyed your site. I am an enthusiastic watcher of barracuda also and have done so in the Florida keys. The atlantic reefs there are thick with large fish, and I am often the only one who stays in the water for very long watching them and being watched. I do admit I get a little bit unnerved when they are all around me watching and pass within a few feet of my face. Anyway here's an interesting story about size.In Akumal Mexico (Carribean Coast), two years ago, I was snorkeling in Yalku lagoon, a beautiful spot with crystalline water. I observed the grand-daddy of all barracuda I have ever seen in that lagoon. The fish passed directly in front of me, swimming very slowly past me so close I had to stop or I would have collided with its side. It was extremely mottled and had what appeared to be scars and encrustations on its body, the most being just behind its head. The fish had a very wide girth, and was at least 7' long. It was much bigger than me. It was clearly a barracuda, and clearl

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Dave Clark
03/Dec/1998:16:43:06
excellent information !!!! I've had an encounter with the GREAT BARRACUDA and I must say that I have total respect for not only the fish but also the power of the ocean.I'm going back (Jan 4/99) to Cayo Coco - small island off of Cuba - where I met my large 4 foot Cuda - hopefully I'll get the opportunity to meet him again.
Regards,Dave.....

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Bill Tyler
01/Dec/1998:10:07:29
Thanks for a wonderfully informative website. I'm always looking for 'authoritative' sites, rather than merely informative ones, to supplement our program here at Newfound Harbor Marine Institute/Seacamp. We are an environmental education center in the Florida Keys that focuses on education children as well as adults in the marine sciences. I am the science director/assit. program director here and am constantly looking for relevant info for our program. I have taken the liberty to download the textual information of your site for our library. Any use of this information will be internal and will always be used for the education of our kids and staff. I will of course include acknowledgements to your hard work. If you are ever down in the Lower Keys, you should stop by to visit our site. Thanks again for making this information available to the public.
Dr. Bill Tyler Science Director - Seacamp Asst. Program Dir. - Newfound Harbor Marine Institute
1300 Big Pine Ave
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