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Jackbass
10-04-2011, 03:31 PM
I was walking down the access rd. To fish and I saw a disturbance on the top of the water less than 5 feet from shore. I figured I picked the the right place to fish. Turns out it was a mola mola hanging in the skinny water. I tried to get a pic but it bailed before I could snap one.
afterhours
10-04-2011, 05:12 PM
saw the same thing thurs am...
BostonIrish
10-04-2011, 08:40 PM
What's a mola mola?
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WoodyCT
10-04-2011, 09:08 PM
Mermaid
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BostonIrish
10-04-2011, 09:15 PM
Wow...seen em in Florida but not the Canal.
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Finaddict
10-04-2011, 09:16 PM
What's a mola mola?
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ocean sunfish -

Ocean Sunfish (http://oceansunfish.org/)
JohnnySaxatilis
10-05-2011, 08:00 AM
one breached yesterday at the west end. scared the shiz outa me. its like the 6th one ive seen this year
fishsmith
10-05-2011, 08:20 AM
many times these things have made me change course to see what I caught in the corner of my eye -

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jzggS6a-heo/SSNy5-cKM2I/AAAAAAAAD3I/bq8s-Wkx8LQ/s576/sb17.jpg
Jackbass
10-05-2011, 08:50 AM
I had never seen one in that tight. The funny thing was a friend of mine sent me a picture of one he found on the beach up in Truro the day before asking me what IR was. Odd coincidence I guess
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bassmon
10-05-2011, 11:28 AM
I've seen one in the canal before - they are pretty cool looking. Never in that close though!

Saw two of them recently out on the SW corner of Block Island- scared the crap out of me to see that monster next to the boat. Interesting fish though
Sea Flat
10-06-2011, 10:28 AM
I went out fishing off of P-town a couple weeks ago and saw this guy. It was the biggest one I have ever seen. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 5-6 ft. The pic was taken on my cell phone so it looks crappy.
Hookedagain
10-06-2011, 11:25 AM
I just googled mola mola. In 1910 there was one one caught in Cali. that weighed 3,500 ponuds. Holy schnikies!! Does anyone know if they have been caught around here?
Finaddict
10-06-2011, 11:34 AM
They eat jellyfish I believe ... to me they look like a giant artichoke heart with fins ... people often see the fin coming out of the water and think they are sharks ...
Swimmer
10-06-2011, 01:08 PM
When I saw it the juvy pogies were there as well. It was at best ten feet from the rocks. It kept this great looking woman who had stopped to chat talking to me another fifteen minutes.