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kirkdavis 03-03-2017 02:19 PM

What's this?
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Aq1ZBAzhc0
Saw it this morning off LJ. At first I thought maybe Mola Mola, then, maybe a shark, but the movement didn't seem right. Now I think maybe it's a whale fluke, but I never saw or heard it blow.
Any Ideas?

NICKWORN 03-03-2017 02:25 PM

Seal fin
 
Looks like a seal fin to me, probably lounging. I see them laying, basking in the water on their side with only their fin visible.

kirkdavis 03-03-2017 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NICKWORN (Post 276182)
Looks like a seal fin to me, probably lounging. I see them laying, basking in the water on their side with only their fin visible.

Possible, but it looked too wide. I never heard anything breathing either. I know that sea critters can hold their breath for a long time, but this didn't take a breath before disappearing, and I only saw one seal later in the day away from that spot.

GregAndrew 03-03-2017 03:33 PM

Mola Mola. That is a pretty common sight this time of year for those. Sea Lions typically will leave it above water longer while they are resting.

Sheephead 03-03-2017 03:52 PM

Looks like a lobster pot with that quality. If you never saw it again, it was probably a seal, however, I've seen baby mako's doing stuff like that out there before.

jorluivil 03-03-2017 04:34 PM

It's a seal that's drowning and calling for help

Orca Winfrey 03-03-2017 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jorluivil (Post 276192)
It's a seal that's drowning and calling for help

Looks more like a yakker whose blem sank.

driftwood 03-03-2017 05:15 PM

Big floating turd from across the border.

jorluivil 03-03-2017 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jorluivil (Post 276192)
It's a seal that's drowning and calling for help

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orca Winfrey (Post 276193)
Looks more like a yakker whose blem sank.

Quote:

Originally Posted by driftwood (Post 276195)
Big floating turd from across the border.




HAHAHAHAHAHAAHA.........that moment when your thread gets hijacked.

makobob 03-03-2017 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jorluivil (Post 276197)
HAHAHAHAHAHAAHA.........that moment when your thread gets hijacked.

Happens a lot in the SEWER.

kirkdavis 03-03-2017 06:48 PM

Thick skin
 
All you jokers just want to yak, yak, yak.
I'll be glad when fishing picks up so you'll
Be yakkin on the water and posting fish tales
On BWE.
The only reason I took the video is because
fishin was slooooooooooooooow.
Beautiful day out there though.

Iceman 03-03-2017 07:04 PM

I'd bet Mola, they sway back and forth like that

driftwood 03-03-2017 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kirkdavis (Post 276200)
All you jokers just want to yak, yak, yak.
I'll be glad when fishing picks up so you'll
Be yakkin on the water and posting fish tales
On BWE.
The only reason I took the video is because
fishin was slooooooooooooooow.
Beautiful day out there though.

Hey Kirk, I met you on the sand this morning I saw about five Mola Mola this morning. What you saw there is a mola mola. Bait was nonexistent today That's one reason fishing was slow.

jruiz 03-03-2017 08:24 PM

While we're on the topic, can someone help me with this one? Is it a mushroom? Primitive organism?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=789he-8T_-E

katchfish 03-03-2017 08:51 PM

Another UFO from today, same potato cam.

https://youtu.be/aHEcGBRaHKI

kirkdavis 03-04-2017 06:44 AM

I know! I know!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by katchfish (Post 276208)
Another UFO from today, same potato cam.

https://youtu.be/aHEcGBRaHKI

That one is a Big Tail Mola Mola!

Rufus 03-04-2017 07:09 AM

Mola. Clearly.

Back in my previous life when I was a skiff guy, we'd be out trolling looking for marlin. Anything out of the ordinary required a detour and look. I've run up on hundreds of molas over the years flopping their goofy dorsal fin back and forth. It was always disappointed that it wasn't a marlin or sword, but molas are just so outer space looking and friendly, that you gotta stop and watch.

Many would slowly move off, but every once in a while a mola would act like a puppy and swim up the boat and eyeball us. Even to this day when I see a mola I think "WTF?" And they eat jellyfish! How weird is that?

tacmik 03-04-2017 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jorluivil (Post 276192)
It's a seal that's drowning and calling for help

Throw it an anchor.

YakDout 03-05-2017 10:39 AM

Does your video camera auto focus?

kirkdavis 03-05-2017 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YakDout (Post 276263)
Does your video camera auto focus?

It is my iPhone camera. I assumed it is auto focus, but with my skills I was lucky to get a video at all. Last time out it was filming when I thought it was off and visa versa.


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