.... something fishy about that story, you may want to watch the instant replay in . . . . . "slow-motion"
Have you ever seen the size of the teeth on a 20# striper ??? ....Stripers
normally eat whole fish - - head first...so you just getting the head back,
throws a different twist to the story never mind severing the bluefish all-together. I'm not in anyway saying your "fish-tale-ing" here...just giving you my opinion. I've never even seen a striper cut through an old piece of mushy mackerel...they
normally, (and pardon my expression
) suck it down to the throat area and work it in from there. Could the striper have worked it down to that area ? Sure....could he have mangled up the
neck area of the bluefish ? Sure....Could he have severed the spine??
hmmmmm.....exactly how small was this bluefish? Even a small bluefish has a thick spine....and I know, I've seen Clammer rip a couple of bluefish heads right off their bodies...
Instant Replay Results =
During Instant Replay it was noted that as the striper made the turn away from the angler with the bluefish protruding from it's mouth, a larger Bluefish bumped the striper in the head/mouth area in the attempt of stealing the meal - thus causing the striper to drop the smaller bluefish allowing the larger bluefish to use his razor sharp teeth to sever the head from the bluefish that you originally caught.