Danny, the first posting from you for some time! Where have you been? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Danny McMillin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 11:32 AM Subject: Weird; was Funnies
> Although the story below happened while lure fishing for salmon, I thought > if might fit this thread of funny, or in this case, weird... > > The following event occurred August 24, 1983 off of Alki Point in West > Seattle (notes taken from my old fishing log, "Diary of a Mad Fisherman!). > I was buzz bombing for silver salmon. > > I started fishing my favorite spot at dawn. Lots of herring in the water. > Small shakers taken and released. A few nicer sized-silvers followed buzz > bomb in, but no hookups. > > At 7:35 am, I was mooching in ball of herring when I saw the huge head of > something. It scared the daylights out of me. > > At first, I thought it must be the biggest shark I'd ever seen. Slowly, I > realized it was not a shark at all. What I initially thought was the head > of the shark, turned out to be the whole, odd-shaped fish. A later > identification would reveal it to be a 15 pound sunfish, AKA, mola mola. It > was sunning itself in the top layer of water. > > I was fishing in a14-foot aluminum rowboat; the sunfish appeared to be > attracted to it. Maybe it thought it was another, bigger sunfish (they can > reach gigantic sizes). Anyway, it got so close that I was able to scoop it > up using my salmon net. > > After examining it (while keeping it in the water the whole time) to figure > out just what kind of fish it was, I released it. It seemed in no way > distressed as it casually and slowly swam away. It was the friendliest fish > I've ever had the pleasure to meet. > > The summer of 1983 was an El Nino year. > > Truly one of the weidest occurrances while fishing for me! > > Fish on, my Friend. > Danny McMillin > > > >
