Mola Mola

[FishingMOM]

Have you seen one before?

Can you imagine catching this thing?




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Info About the (ocean sunfish) Mola Mola

[Guitarplayingfish]

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]

Originally Posted by Guitarplayingfish

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]

Originally Posted by FishingMOM

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]

Originally Posted by Guitarplayingfish

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]

Originally Posted by FishingMOM

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]

Originally Posted by Guitarplayingfish

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]

I don't even know what to say about that... hahaha

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

[Grizzly Adams]

Actually supposed to be very placid. Just kind of drift around. Definitely not a shark type build.


Grizz

[Sundancefisher]

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]

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]

My goodness they look awkward swimming.