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blackeye,
I know I have anthropomorphic tendencies, but that fluke DID just miss that cunner, and it looked pretty pi$$ed off when it glided by my camera.
The real story took place five minutes before the attack. For that entire time, that summer flounder covered a lot of territory looking for the perfect ambush point. When it did settle into position, it not only took on the coloration of the surrounding bottom, it also displayed a gray streek down its back that looked exactly like the river of sand that was only a few feet from its side.
Amazing fish...but then again, so is the cunner. It managed to detect the initial movment of the fluke and then contort its body into a rapid dive out of harms way. The whole scene unfolds in less than a second. The video clip is already in slow motion!
I would rather walk through a minefield in Afghanistan with snow shoes on, than be a bait fish swimming over the bottom when fluke are in the area.
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