BARRACUDA bite

[SpiderGearsMan]

Koral Wira, 14, was fishing with her parents and a friend near Venice, Fla., when a barracuda went for her dad's bait and ended up biting her instead. Her dad, Rob Parker, submitted these photos and Wira told the story.

After anchoring the boat 4 miles off shore, Parker baited his rod with herring. Wira switched seats to get out of the hot sun, and watched as her dad cast. Moments later, she heard a splash and saw a long silver flash in the air. A barracuda jumped from the water and opened its mouth. As it hit her left arm, it clamped down with razor teeth.

[SpiderGearsMan]

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[Gary 351C]

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She don't look too happy.

[SpiderGearsMan]

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pops is very happy though

[chevy3100]

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must be the father of the year...... Dad - " Hey, I know your bleeding & not very happy, but let's take a picture & I'll spread it all over the web for you" Girl - "you can pay for my therapy later"

[JOES66FURY]

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must be the father of the year...... Dad - " Hey, I know your bleeding & not very happy, but let's take a picture & I'll spread it all over the web for you" Girl - "you can pay for my therapy later"

HA, I was thinking this guy is a real douchebag...

[studemax]

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HA, I was thinking this guy is a real douchebag...

X2

[BigDad]

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Thats going to leave a mark ..

[Pumpkin]

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From Field and Stream.

"Sudden splash
Koral Wira, 14, was fishing with her parents and a friend near Venice, Fla., when a barracuda went for her dad's bait and ended up biting her instead. Her dad, Rob Parker, submitted these photos and Wira told the story.

After anchoring the boat 4 miles off shore, Parker baited his rod with herring. Wira switched seats to get out of the hot sun, and watched as her dad cast. Moments later, she heard a splash and saw a long silver flash in the air. A barracuda jumped from the water and opened its mouth. As it hit her left arm, it clamped down with razor teeth. When the fish dropped off her arm, Wira said the angled bites made her skin look like raw hamburger meat from the middle of her bicep to below her elbow. She was more scared than in pain, she said. As the barracuda flopped around the boat, Wira ran to the bow and ducked. Her mom and friend climbed onto their chairs and screamed, while Wira's dad grabbed his filet knife and stabbed the fish behind the eye. Wira looked down at the still fish and couldn't believe it had bit her. It was 42 inches long and its blood and her own spotted the boat's floor. Her dad cut the anchor with his filet knife and they zoomed back to the shore. On the trip back, Wira pressed her dad's Red Sox shirt to her arm to slow the bleeding. Her friend was crying, but Wira said she was too shocked to be upset. Parker opened the barracuda's mouth to check out its rows of razor-sharp teeth. He noticed the fish had taken in his line, but the hook never penetrated. Parker said he suspected his bait herring attracted the fish, causing it to jump. When it flew out of the water toward the boat, it found his daughter instead.Wira and her dad stopped for a quick picture before jumping in the car and heading to the hospital. Wira said she wasn't in pain at the moment, but she was still creeped out by the fish. Her arm needed 51 stitches, and doctors told her they had never treated a barracuda bite. Her stitches are out now, and she said her arm is healing."

Quote from Koral's Mom. "Just want to clarify a few things....I know that photo looks horrible...I was there that day...By the time we got to shore..she was joking ,calm and no bleeding..she didn't even cry...on the other hand I was the basket case...she was telling me to calm down..a photo can say a 1000 words...I know that believe me...she laughs about the photo herself and framed it...her stitches are out.. she's fine..it healed nice..It will be a day we will never forget...She loves the ocean and she's right back to her old self....On my end...I scream at every fish that swims by .."

Pictures can be misleading. Link to the truth with pics http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos...as-arm?photo=6

[studemax]

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THAT'S gonna leave a mark!

[66Fury3]

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Koral you are a trooper...... ;D

[BangShift McT]

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Dayum. Imagine being the guy trying to ask her out, seeing that mark on her arm....so much for the Billy Badass approach.

[SpiderGearsMan]

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I like tough girls
one night we were fighting over a girl with a razor scar down the left side of her face
she left alone

[BigDad]

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Razor scars are cool

C-section scars, well ..thats different