Fascinating fish
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04-27-2012, 03:21 PM
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Fascinating fish
I was googling "sunfish" and found....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_sunfish ![[Image: 735px-Sunfish2.jpg]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Sunfish2.jpg/735px-Sunfish2.jpg) So amazing! Also reminds me of the oarfish: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oarfish ![[Image: oarfish-oarfishdockhor_03.jpg]](http://whyevolutionistrue.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/oarfish-oarfishdockhor_03.jpg) What truly epic creatures. ![[Image: logobgs.png]](http://ontarioshorefishing.com/images/logobgs.png)
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04-30-2012, 05:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-30-2012 06:03 PM by MuskieBait.)
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RE: Fascinating fish
People in San Diego has actually caught them fairly with squid. Ocean Sunfish feed on jellyfish as their main diet, but occasionally will chew on squid as well. There are 4 related species - Ocean Sunfish, Southern Sunfish, Slender Sunfish and Sharptail Sunfish. They are actually placed under the Tetraodontiformes order (pufferfish and filefish). They are one of the coolest fish on Earth (to me at least).
The one in the picture looks to have some parasitic growth on its face...and maybe some fin damages as well...poor thing... An oarfish (the one in the picture is actually called King of Herring officially...an oarfish species) would be an epic catch as well! They live in deep water and only surface when they are dying (or dead). Fishing for them is more like finding a needle in a haystack...but I can only imagine what an epic fight that long serpentine body can give in deep water. Malama o ke kai Caution - Objects in picture are smaller than they appear. I am genetically predisposed to make fish look bigger. Life List: 577 species and counting (2016: 91 new species) http://muskiebaitadventures.blogspot.ca/...-list.html |
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05-02-2012, 09:18 PM
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RE: Fascinating fish
San Diego? Fascinating! They must wander into the bay? Or off the coast?
My DREAM: ![[Image: sunfish_12.jpg]](http://img.izismile.com/img/img2/20090506/bonus/6/sunfish_12.jpg)
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06-23-2012, 01:41 PM
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RE: Fascinating fish
I dont know what i would do if i seen that thing at the end of my line!LOL
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06-23-2012, 10:32 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-23-2012 10:34 PM by MuskieBait.)
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RE: Fascinating fish
I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to put both on my Life List.
 If either one is ever on the end of my line, my knees would be buckling because the adrenline would be running sky high! I would be sooooo very scared to losing it I probably can't fight them properly
Malama o ke kai Caution - Objects in picture are smaller than they appear. I am genetically predisposed to make fish look bigger. Life List: 577 species and counting (2016: 91 new species) http://muskiebaitadventures.blogspot.ca/...-list.html |
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06-24-2012, 09:29 AM
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RE: Fascinating fish
(06-23-2012 10:32 PM)MuskieBait Wrote: I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to put both on my Life List. Hands down, one of those moments of a lifetime. Needle in a haystack odds.
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