Day 8 August 15th 2015

With all the Jelly fish in the water, these strange creatures were in abundance - in all the years fishing, Evan and I had never seen one, in 2 days we saw Dozens.  Shawn who had spent 7 years in these waters had only seen one before.    What are they???  Here's a clue, they like to stay just under the surface, and can be hundreds of pounds, this one was close to 200 lbs, based on it size. 

So what is it? 

Give up? 

They are Ocean Sunfish

The ocean sunfish or common mola, Mola mola, is the heaviest known bony fish in the world. It has an average adult weight between 247 and 1,000 kg (545–2,205 lb). The species is native to tropical and temperate waters around the globe. It resembles a fish head with a tail, and its main body is flattened laterally. Sunfish can be as tall as they are long when their dorsal and ventral finsare extended.

Sunfish live on a diet consisting mainly of jellyfish, but because this diet is nutritionally poor, they consume large amounts to develop and maintain their great bulk. Females of the species can produce more eggs than any other known vertebrate,^[1] up to 300,000,000 at a time.^[2] Sunfish fry resemble miniature pufferfish, with large pectoral fins, a tail fin, and body spines uncharacteristic of adult sunfish.

Ivory Island, very cool lighthouse and good fishing - By 12:15 we had 13 salmon in the boat so we went Halibut hunting. 

Suzanne Rock, we tried our luck slaying some halibut, but got paid out with a very nice Snapper.

The Boys, Shawn, Sandy, Greg and Evan...13 Salmon and a snapper, not a bad day

Shawn filleted all these like the pro he is.

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