phild Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Went out for the Birthday bash yesterday with determined hopes of nailing one of the kings of the abyess that have been blowing me and Mark D away over the last week. Unfortunetly like waking from a dream or should I say nightmare, the monsters of the deep were nowhere to be seen. Using live 20cm pike and slabs of tailor I thought I was a shoe in. Isnt fishing a fickle game? Did manage to get onto the obligatory sambos and rustle up a few tailor from the same school that me and Mark D were working on Sunday and the highlight of the day was seeing two huge sunfish gourging them selves on jellys. What amazing creatures, all in all the day was a bit of a mixed bag with the beauty of nature providing the highlights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phild Posted October 12, 2005 Author Share Posted October 12, 2005 No unfortunatley, i thought it was a rather large shark at first then saw the other one doing these fantastic figure 8s as it gulped down jellys. Awesome creatures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narralakes Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Sounds like another good day Phil, never seen a sun fish, will have to look them up on the web. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluecod Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Sighting Sunfish must have blown you away - them and whale sharks are two species I haven't seen yet but would love to BTW HBD for yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_steve Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 great work phil... sounds like a top day out there on the water... sunfish sounds interesting... cant say i even herd of them... good old google search will soon fix that cheers steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phild Posted October 12, 2005 Author Share Posted October 12, 2005 (edited) Thanks for the B D wishes blue cod the sunfish are awesome they were around two meters diameter. If people are keen to see them go to. [url=http://www.austmus.gov.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/oceansunfish Edited October 12, 2005 by phild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 First sight of a sunfish always makes you think you may have stumbled across Jaws until that fin flops from side to side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reeso Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 I recall a yacht hitting a sunfish in the last sydney to hobart, the boat was out of action for the rest of the race and had to be towed back to shore. theyre seriously big creatures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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