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FishingMOM
08-02-2012, 11:14 AM
Have you seen one before?

Can you imagine catching this thing?

http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XzUt26sy2mZs_PQWlyblSA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-CA/blogs/daily-buzz/mola-facebook_crop.jpg
http://madmikesamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/tumblr_l7euzjQ9BT1qdp1r0o1_500.jpg

Article on Mola Mola (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-buzz/mola-mola-becomes-internet-celebrity-photographed-off-california-183011675.html)

Info About the (ocean sunfish) Mola Mola (http://madmikesamerica.com/2011/12/mola-mola-the-ocean-sunfish/)

Guitarplayingfish
08-02-2012, 11:19 AM
hahahaha

Good Ol' Ocean Sunfish!!

I always got a chuckle out of these things when I was a kid... They are basically gigantic heads swimming around.

FishingMOM
08-02-2012, 03:27 PM
hahahaha

Good Ol' Ocean Sunfish!!

I always got a chuckle out of these things when I was a kid... They are basically gigantic heads swimming around.

Kinda strange looking ........ bet they were cool to see as a kid

Guitarplayingfish
08-02-2012, 03:39 PM
Kinda strange looking ........ bet they were cool to see as a kid

I imagine it would have been unreal!!

Unfortunately I have never seen one in person... As a child I was always obsessed with fish and fishing (Still am!). I was going through fish ID books over and over and always laughed when I got to this guy.

FishingMOM
08-02-2012, 04:16 PM
I imagine it would have been unreal!!

Unfortunately I have never seen one in person... As a child I was always obsessed with fish and fishing (Still am!). I was going through fish ID books over and over and always laughed when I got to this guy.

Strangest fish I have seen is the frog fish and that was in the aquarium in Hawaii.

Even with fishing the detroit river and great lakes I never saw anything so deformed....... heck nothing I caught was deformed for that matter.


Not sure I want to run into a Mola Mola...

Guitarplayingfish
08-02-2012, 04:20 PM
Strangest fish I have seen is the frog fish and that was in the aquarium in Hawaii.

Even with fishing the detroit river and great lakes I never saw anything so deformed....... heck nothing I caught was deformed for that matter.


Not sure I want to run into a Mola Mola...

Oh they are Gentle Giants.. I would love to see one of these guys cruising the surface.

As for the frog fish.. I will have to look that one up!

FishingMOM
08-02-2012, 04:25 PM
Oh they are Gentle Giants.. I would love to see one of these guys cruising the surface.

As for the frog fish.. I will have to look that one up!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/luko/5568558167/
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Guitarplayingfish
08-02-2012, 04:26 PM
I don't even know what to say about that... hahaha

Wow....Now that is a unique fish.

Grizzly Adams
08-02-2012, 05:41 PM
Actually supposed to be very placid. Just kind of drift around. Definitely not a shark type build. :lol:


Grizz

Sundancefisher
08-02-2012, 08:43 PM
Back when the water was warmer we saw a sunfish each time we fished at Langara. Now the water is colder they are not around as much. Most that swing in die from higher water temps I hear although there are lots of jellyfish for them to eat.

Alberta Bigbore
08-02-2012, 08:56 PM
I remember wwhen i was a kid seeing those in books. Then seen one alive on National Geographic. Amazing creatures. So many amazing things that swim in our oceans.

pikergolf
08-02-2012, 10:06 PM
My goodness they look awkward swimming.