Take Three On Longey

[phild]

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.

[phild]

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

[Narralakes]

Sounds like another good day Phil, never seen a sun fish, will have to look them up on the web.

[Guest bluecod]

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

[big_steve]

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

[phild]

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

[Martin]

First sight of a sunfish always makes you think you may have stumbled across Jaws until that fin flops from side to side

[Reeso]

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.