03-31-2016, 12:16 AM | #1 |
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Sun fish
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03-31-2016, 01:15 AM | #2 |
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My cousin caught a little one once, maybe 5lbs, off of the Redondo Special on squid.
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03-31-2016, 01:21 AM | #3 |
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mola mola
The ocean sunfish, AKA mola-mola are large, have skin like leather, but are plankton eaters. You could snag one, but why? They are pretty cool to see though as they look like the front half of an even larger fish. Slow, harmless sun bathers.
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03-31-2016, 06:22 AM | #4 |
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Saw a big one over summer in dp. It was really interested in the sabiki. I peddled away and continued with getting skunked.
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03-31-2016, 07:11 AM | #5 |
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Me and the guys saw one in Newport it breached right in front one of the guys.
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03-31-2016, 07:31 AM | #6 |
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Don't try and catch or harass one. Very bad juju.
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03-31-2016, 08:12 AM | #7 |
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I see them all of the time off shore in the summer months! When youre looking for paddies and you see a giant white thing just under the surface or you see their dorsal fins sticking just out of the water as they turn over and relax enjoying the sun! Those things are pretty awesome and +1 that they are plankton eaters...
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03-31-2016, 08:26 AM | #8 |
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Seen tons of them over the years offshore when it starts to warm up. I'm only posting this because it was viral for a while not because I was very entertained by it. It gets pretty annoying. These guys literally set the people of Boston back 100 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0IQCLQDfKw
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03-31-2016, 09:10 AM | #9 | |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfew_FIp9ms
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03-31-2016, 09:19 AM | #10 | |
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03-31-2016, 11:36 AM | #11 |
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Ok, lets correct a few things. They usually feed on jellyfish, but will also feed on Squid. I have them on video trying to eat my Squid, Sardine, my flasher and my camera. So they are not tied to a particular diet. I have caught over a dozen of them, with most being on Squid. I have never targeted them, but like Batrays, they will hang out around Squid spawns. Their skin is more like sand paper than leather and will scratch your kayak. When the Squid are around you will typically see lots more of them. They breach a lot during the spawn, and seem to be able to do so over and over again. They also do some finning as a part of their mating or courting ritual. I have seen them in multiple groups of 10 or 12 at the surface doing it.
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03-31-2016, 03:13 PM | #13 |
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Yeah crazy day out there. Never have that kind of activity in Newport. Jaime got spooled that day on only Lord knows what and broke his line I believe (right after the Mola incident).
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03-31-2016, 06:00 PM | #14 |
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03-31-2016, 06:14 PM | #15 |
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Heres one swimming under me a couple years ago. Mile out of oside harbor.
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03-31-2016, 07:26 PM | #16 |
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Dove with a few a couple years ago during some sloooooow spearfishing. The weirdest thing is how fast they can move through the water without making any apparent effort whatsoever. They're cool
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Want to see a big one? Go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SpxY5OLLxc
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