Need Help in Fish ID - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Deamon · 07-07-2015, 12:19 PM

Keeping it simple...Mola. Although...I have heard from some old timers that marlin have been caught in the trench off the pier...can you imagine? I would be taking some time off for a shot at a beak...Jim

Zed · 07-07-2015, 12:23 PM

I chased some mola out over the canyon on the 3rd.

619-SWIM-DOG · 07-07-2015, 12:24 PM

^^^^^What he said^^^^^^

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_sunfish

FISH11 · 07-07-2015, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by 619-SWIM-DOG

^^^^^What he said^^^^^^

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_sunfish

Thanks for the link, some of the pictures don't look like it. There is one tha has a caption "typical swimming position" that one has a dorsal fin that looks more like what I saw, Thanks for the help. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...:Mola_mola.jpg

Cadillyak · 07-07-2015, 12:40 PM

My first instinct would be mola as well.

Iceman · 07-07-2015, 01:59 PM

marlin or swordie would have seen the tail as well as the dorsal..........wishful thinking and have no doubt people will have encounters this Summer though.

FISH11 · 07-07-2015, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Iceman

marlin or swordie would have seen the tail as well as the dorsal..........wishful thinking and have no doubt people will have encounters this Summer though.

Seeing the tail also is what I was expecting. Not having seen a mola before I wasn't sure what it was.

Caseym · 07-07-2015, 09:44 PM

Could have been Chief Brody's kids again.

FISH11 · 07-07-2015, 12:28 PM

Close that was one of my first thoughts as I started to paddle closer, but when it cut in front of me, the dorsal fin seem to have a little curve to the back. Not so straight up triangular. Thanks for the input. It's still a possibility.

07-07-2015, 12:23 PM	#2
Zed BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: W of 5 Posts: 1,265	I chased some mola out over the canyon on the 3rd. __________________ Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man and he'll eat for a week.

07-07-2015, 12:40 PM	#5
Cadillyak Team Get $$ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 841	My first instinct would be mola as well. __________________ The "Y" is silent 2012 Olive PA 12 2011 Papaya Outback

07-07-2015, 01:59 PM	#6
Iceman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 1-2 miles off the point Posts: 6,948	marlin or swordie would have seen the tail as well as the dorsal..........wishful thinking and have no doubt people will have encounters this Summer though. __________________

07-07-2015, 12:28 PM	#9
FISH11 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla Posts: 2,643	Close that was one of my first thoughts as I started to paddle closer, but when it cut in front of me, the dorsal fin seem to have a little curve to the back. Not so straight up triangular. Thanks for the input. It's still a possibility. __________________ MARK ......... 2016 MALIBU X FACTOR, 2020 SOLO SKIFF (Fishing Kayak on Steroids )

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07-07-2015, 12:24 PM	#3
619-SWIM-DOG Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: San Diego Posts: 619	^^^^^What he said^^^^^^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_sunfish

07-07-2015, 09:44 PM	#8
Caseym Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Temecula Posts: 194	Could have been Chief Brody's kids again.