cheynes beach

cheynes beach

Q-what fish is this and why would a dozen of the same fish be washed up on the beach dead and stinking ?????????????????????????????????


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sunfish

Tue, 2008-04-15 20:16




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looks

Tue, 2008-04-15 20:32

 looks like a sunfish to me as will but i thought  thay stuck to deep water

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Yup Sunfish

Wed, 2008-04-16 06:33

Hard to tell the scale of the shot, but certainly looks like a Sunfish. I read recently that their habbit of basking on or close to the surface results in impacts from boats/ships. That may explain the beach wash up. 

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Yep looks like a sunfish

Wed, 2008-04-16 08:54

Yep looks like a sunfish

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Maybe it was run over

Wed, 2008-04-16 13:47

by a dickhead beach driver.

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Maybe he set up too close to

Wed, 2008-04-16 13:57

Maybe he set up too close to you Col Smile

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LOL Peter

Wed, 2008-04-16 14:06

There would be a gang of Gamakatsu hooks hanging off its ear if that was the case.

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Wed, 2008-04-16 19:40

how big were they?
iv only heard of them described as massive but that one looks small

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were is cheynes beach?

Wed, 2008-04-16 19:41

were is cheynes beach?

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Cheynes and Sun Fish

Wed, 2008-04-16 20:15

SOI, Cheynes is basically (approx) 30 clics east of Albany, and yes, Sunfish can be huge. Ocean sunfish (Mola mola) can gow more than 4.2m and 3m across. a 2.7m specimen, caught in 1996 of 'only' 2.7 meters in length weighed 2.3 (metric) tones (5,071 pounds)!  

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You are a mine of information Colin

Wed, 2008-04-16 22:19

Great spot Cheyne's Beach. Sad to hear it is disappearing.

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Google

Thu, 2008-04-17 07:34

 Just pulled that off Google Colin, I'd also seen a few programs with content including similar info. 

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Hi Colin

Thu, 2008-04-17 08:22

How did you go with the weather last night? I see there were severe thunderstone warnings of the south of the State.

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I'll post that seperately

Thu, 2008-04-17 08:25

I'll post that seperately Colin Laughing

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