Strange wildlife

[Mobyfish]

Behold the Goblin Shark! (picture from a recent article on the web)

Curious to know what bizarre creatures you've seen out there or caught by accident.

[addicted2sp33d]

Caught a 5' Angel Shark in the SD Bay before.

Those things are not huge fighters, but they have a bunch of sharp little teeth with some serious attitude.

[Amish Ed]

I caught a Midshipman next to Spanish Landing. Ugly and blobby things.

[Saba Slayer]

Caught this weird looking Wolf Eel...

http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwegallery/data/500/P31100441.JPG


http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwegallery/data/500/P31100421.JPG

[MrPatrick]

Wolf eels are excellent table fare. Tough to skin.

[taggermike]

Obviously not a 'catch' but I found a hatchet fish washed up on the beach at LJ Shores. LJ Shores is right in from the canyon but still strange to find deep water fish on the beach.
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=hatchetfish&FORM=HDRSC2&id=3C1794C134887D75C0125D0130011EDD50DC4D20&selectedIndex=0#view=detail&id=3C1794C134887D75C0125D0130011EDD50DC4D20&selectedIndex=0

A buddy of mine found a King-of-the-salmon floating near Cat Harbor on the back side of Catalina. That's a weird ass fish.
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=king+of+the+salmon+fish&FORM=HDRSC2#view=detail&id=69BB2D2C51F4096D55D3D4616DF38EBBF04F20C8&selectedIndex=3

Can't say it's super rare but I've caught banded guitar fish in deep south bay.
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=banded+guitarfish&FORM=HDRSC2#view=detail&id=8C0B2DEA9022DD7E26566C79A5E182701699FD97&selectedIndex=15
hope these photos come out.

Mike

[Mobyfish]

Whoa! Never seen one of those. Gnarly. I nearly kissed an eel on the mouth while lobster diving last fall. Nice reminder about where you stick your nose when searching for things.


Caught this weird looking Wolf Eel...

http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwegallery/data/500/P31100441.JPG


http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwegallery/data/500/P31100421.JPG

[Mobyfish]

Wolf eels are excellent table fare. Tough to skin.

Really good to eat? No joke?

[Mobyfish]

I saw one while freediving a while back near the Cove at La Jolla. He was hanging around on the bottom. Didn't know about the teeth. I'll avoid:D

Caught a 5' Angel Shark in the SD Bay before.

Those things are not huge fighters, but they have a bunch of sharp little teeth with some serious attitude.

[Mobyfish]

That king of salmon thing is pretty freaking . . .

speaking of Catalina, who could forget that giant Oarfish. Remember?




Obviously not a 'catch' but I found a hatchet fish washed up on the beach at LJ Shores. LJ Shores is right in from the canyon but still strange to find deep water fish on the beach.
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=hatchetfish&FORM=HDRSC2&id=3C1794C134887D75C0125D0130011EDD50DC4D20&selectedIndex=0#view=detail&id=3C1794C134887D75C0125D0130011EDD50DC4D20&selectedIndex=0

A buddy of mine found a King-of-the-salmon floating near Cat Harbor on the back side of Catalina. That's a weird ass fish.
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=king+of+the+salmon+fish&FORM=HDRSC2#view=detail&id=69BB2D2C51F4096D55D3D4616DF38EBBF04F20C8&selectedIndex=3

Can't say it's super rare but I've caught banded guitar fish in deep south bay.
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=banded+guitarfish&FORM=HDRSC2#view=detail&id=8C0B2DEA9022DD7E26566C79A5E182701699FD97&selectedIndex=15
hope these photos come out.

Mike

[Mobyfish]

I caught a Midshipman next to Spanish Landing. Ugly and blobby things.

Toadfish, right?

[Amish Ed]

The Midshipman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midshipman_fish) looks like deep water fish. They have bioluminescent dots on their sides and are really squishy.

[MrPatrick]

I read the description in Amish Ed's post. Very informative.
"Type 1 male or a type 2 male"? Most guys will claim to be a "type 2".




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[addicted2sp33d]

Oh Yeah... they're ornery. Look on Youtube, these things will actually come and attack you, even if you're not food.

I'm not sure if this can happen if they're under water, but when I brought mine up, it was making chomping noises when its teeth came together - had a helluva time removing the hook because it just was not cooperative. I had serious thoughts about cutting the line and letting it keep my lead-head, but that might have hurt it.

I saw one while freediving a while back near the Cove at La Jolla. He was hanging around on the bottom. Didn't know about the teeth. I'll avoid:D

[Saba Slayer]

Hopefully this guy will be back at the Fred Hall shows in the saltwater tank!

http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwegallery/data/500/IMG_3901.JPG

[Saba Slayer]

Here's a shot of the whole fish...

http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwegallery/data/500/IMG_3900.JPG

[Mobyfish]

Jim, what is that thing???

[Mobyfish]

Oh Yeah... they're ornery. Look on Youtube, these things will actually come and attack you, even if you're not food.

I'm not sure if this can happen if they're under water, but when I brought mine up, it was making chomping noises when its teeth came together - had a helluva time removing the hook because it just was not cooperative. I had serious thoughts about cutting the line and letting it keep my lead-head, but that might have hurt it.

Chomping? I can see the temptation to tempt fate and let him have your lure. Jeez. . .