weird fish

heywood · Pop Shuvit Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 144 City: hollywood

so i went out sailing today and this school of fish kept swimming back and forth under my boat. i have never seen them before. they seem to be about 2' in length, maybe an inch or so pectoral fins, 6" - 1' pelvic fin and a 6" - 1" caudal fin (top half only) .

anybody have any clue what they are?

bob. · Posted: Oct 23, 2008 6:17 am Post subject:

get a picture of one and i can maybe tell you

is your last name jablomi?

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taku · Kickflip Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 2868 City: Central FL

what color is the fish? and which ocean were you sailing in?

nick · Posted: Oct 23, 2008 10:22 am Post subject:

Where were you sailing and what color(s) were they?

taku · Kickflip Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 2868 City: Central FL

jinx from hours ago, punk!

heywood · Pop Shuvit Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 144 City: hollywood

yeah, they were sunfish. i don't know why, i just had never seen any pictures of them before. once i woke up today and wasn't hammered i was able to easily search for it ha.

for those asking, they were gray/blue fading to silver and i was coming out of marina del rey in LA.

wakemitch · Posted: Oct 23, 2008 2:49 pm Post subject:

taku · Kickflip Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 2868 City: Central FL

I was on business in Cali last year and drove over to visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium (nothing compared the the GA Aquarium btw) but anyways in the great white shark tank, they had a bunch of fish including a HUGE sunfish. It was either 6ft or 8ft tip to tip, can't remember. While I was standing there watching, the sunfish darted from the bottom of the tank to the top and jumped out of the water completely and crashed back in. Everybody eww'd and aww'd. Pretty sweet (and horribly ugly) fish.

nick · Posted: Oct 23, 2008 4:02 pm Post subject:

taku, I owe you a coke.

heywood, Are you the heywood with the blue mutiny?

Chad H · Posted: Oct 23, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject:

anyone else think this head was going to be about the radiohead song?

skimboarder · Posted: Oct 23, 2008 10:09 pm Post subject:

The ocean sunfish, Mola mola, or common mola, is the heaviest known bony fish in the world. It has an average adult weight of 1 tonne (2,200 lbs)

jesus christ!

<MikeG> · Backside 180 Joined: 31 Dec 2007 Posts: 1293 City: PBG

that is insane imagine being in the water and bam one pops up right by you...that would freak me out

nick · Posted: Oct 23, 2008 10:14 pm Post subject:

mMidget on the right is SO TRUE Cool

heywood · Pop Shuvit Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 144 City: hollywood

ha i like the midget in there. everyone seems very wary of having their picture taken.

nick, no mutinys here.

taku, that's pretty cool. i was surprised to see them in the ocean. sadly, the water in venice and santa monica is so dirty it's amazing to see any living things out there other than dolphins and seals

JonnyBravo · Posted: Oct 24, 2008 2:13 am Post subject:

I so would not want to be the kids that are peekin out from under that thing. Its held up by a pretty sketchy rope and its "estimated 3500 pounds" LOL

Raven · Posted: Oct 24, 2008 6:55 am Post subject:

amazing pics fellas......such a peculiar fish. my old man said they can get thick..........and like put dents in the haul thick.

triggamike · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Jun 2007 Posts: 1392 City: 225

taku, theres a great white in a tank? i thought they couldnt keep em alive

uidzero · Kickflip Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 3839 City: Casselberry

triggamike, I'm pretty sure they had to let it go.

http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/whiteshark/

GOLD!en · Backside 180 Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Posts: 505 City: Edwards

I hope the little guy on the right is the one who caught it Crazy Eyes