We fished some live bottom in 80 feet above Charleston today. Three of us saw two fish ( not mammals ) roll about 80 yards away. I saw only their tails which looked for all the world looked as big as the blue fins I’ve seen on tv. I have caught the other tunas that normally occur off our coast, and these were much larger. They didn’t look or act like any shark I’ve seen.
Is it possible/likely they were blue fins?
Very possible. There is tons and tons of bait around and the tuna will follow the food source. They used to catch a few every year off of Hilton head
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Mola mola
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Originally posted by skinneejMola mola
Big difference in fins and how they would surface. Mola Mola is going to be slow and not make much of a disturbance where the bluefin should be fast and active. We’ve seen the big Mola Mola off Charleston. That’s a big creature!
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quote:Are you a mola mola expert?
Originally posted by FLORIDA_BOY2quote:
Originally posted by skinneejMola mola
Big difference in fins and how they would surface. Mola Mola is going to be slow and not make much of a disturbance where the bluefin should be fast and active. We’ve seen the big Mola Mola off Charleston. That’s a big creature!
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Mike Martinez“Team Hookers Dream”
2016 Sea Hunt 25 Gamefish twin Yamaha 150’s “Wet Dream”
1994 Ken Craft 175CC 1998 Yamaha 115 “Dream Machine”
Have you seen them jump? Have you seen dozens of them jump in one day? What kind of disturbance do you think a 1000lb animal makes when it belly flops back into the water?
The answer is…
mola mola
X2 on Mola Mola. I have seen a lot all over the ocean from 40 ft. to 140ft. over the last month or so. I have actually foul hooked them and they jump like crazy… I saw a very big one in 40 ft. yesterday
Robert Olsen
Maybe a sub could be anything usually the Mola Mola like warmer water but there is no fence.
I don’t think I agree. Seems water in the 60’s is the time to see those stupid fish.
Are they good to eat:question:
Didnt say it couldnt be them. They normally prefer tropical waters ive seen them off cape may.
We have always seen the mola mola here in the winter months and through may. Have rarley seen them in the want months
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Strange I seen a lot in the 90s when we caught yellowfinn using the greenstick but we were fishing deep water.
I’ve seen Mola Molas in numbers large enough that I had to slow down, and pick my way through them , but the fish we saw yesterday were not molas. These fish had a forked tuna-like tail.
Molas usually lay on their side, and wave a pectoral fin at you , do they not?
North Carolina is having a hot blue fin year. Several monster fish and higher than usual numbers.
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Originally posted by RealfinI’ve seen Mola Molas in numbers large enough that I had to slow down, and pick my way through them , but the fish we saw yesterday were not molas. These fish had a forked tuna-like tail.
Molas usually lay on their side, and wave a pectoral fin at you , do they not?
I’ve seen many do that, but I’ve also seen them launch into the air. I would imagine they have to pick up some speed to do that.
They are a lot of fun to ride when they are in the jumping mood.
Skinnej aka Mr Mola mola
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Mike Martinez
“Team Hookers Dream”
2016 Sea Hunt 25 Gamefish twin Yamaha 150’s “Wet Dream”
1994 Ken Craft 175CC 1998 Yamaha 115 “Dream Machine”
Skinnej, dang. Just dang.
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Originally posted by skinneejI don’t think I agree. Seems water in the 60’s is the time to see those stupid fish.
I don’t think I agree. Seems that a fish that grows to that size, in a world that is trying to eat you at inception, is a smart fish.
I’ve seen them off Savannah. What a beautiful thing to see. Usually the jelly balls are heavy.
They come to the surface to warm up…according to the professionals. I just consider myself lucky to have to have seen it.
As to what Realfin saw???
That’s why we go do what we do…to find out.
quote:Well, I wouldn't say "everything"... Their only known predators are sea lions, killer whales, some sharks, and Japanese people.
Originally posted by mdaddyquote:
Originally posted by skinneejI don’t think I agree. Seems water in the 60’s is the time to see those stupid fish.
I don’t think I agree. Seems that a fish that grows to that size, in a world that is trying to eat you at inception, is a smart fish.
And if you get your google on, you can see that they spend most of their lives in depths greater than 600ft.