Fisherman Hospitalized After Barracuda Bite
Rescuers Pry Fish Off Victim
POSTED: 11:30 a.m. EDT August 7, 2003
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- A Palatka fisherman is home from the hospital a morning after he was bitten by a barracuda that jumped into his boat.
"The fish got me instead of me getting the fish," Brian Warwick told Channel 4's Damany Lewis.
Warwick and some friends were fishing for bait about nine miles off the coast of St. Augustine Wednesday when Warwick caught a barracuda. A moment later, a second barracuda jumped into the boat, biting Warwick.
"He was after the bait that was in the other barracuda's mouth and he came out and hit me in the lower abdomen," Warwick said.
Rescuers had to pry the fish off him, then he was taken to Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center, where he was treated and released.
This was Warwick's first time fishing for barracuda and he said it will most likely be his last.
"I'll bass fish in the river. Their teeth are not near as big," Warwick said.
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Warwick and some friends were fishing for bait about nine miles off the coast of St. Augustine Wednesday when Warwick caught a barracuda. A moment later, a second barracuda jumped into the boat, biting Warwick.
"He was after the bait that was in the other barracuda's mouth and he came out and hit me in the lower abdomen," Warwick said.
Rescuers had to pry the fish off him, then he was taken to Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center, where he was treated and released.
This was Warwick's first time fishing for barracuda and he said it will most likely be his last.
"I'll bass fish in the river. Their teeth are not near as big," Warwick said.
Copyright 2003 by News4Jax.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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