CONFLUENCE Words: Justin C. Witt BARRACUDA BELOW The guide speaks of the silver torpedo on deck at my feet warning, with a wagging finger not to touch it. I look at the fish its gills and mouth opening and closing as he gasps for oxygen eyes seeming to pierce right through the atmosphere all the way to heaven but wanting nothing of it wanting only and with every fiber of its being a return to water. There’s not a whole lot of catch-and-release barracuda fishing in the Bahamas as many guides will take a ‘cuda home to their families for dinner. This terribly beautiful silver bullet was waiting for the fillet knife at the Little Creek boat ramp after a day spent chasing bonefish with Andros South during • •• •• ••• ••••• •••• • ’s BahamaCon15. Photo: Copi Vojta 034 THE FLYFISH JOURNAL
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