As Oliver Ngy drove us back from the white sea bass grounds, we kept our eyes open for signs of life – marine mammals, kelp beds and anything else that might be of interest or telegraph the presence of more fish to catch.
What we didn’t expect was a “mola mola,” also known as the ocean sunfish, a big Frankensteined creature with a single fin on top and one on the bottom. It appears not to have a tail.
As far as I know, no one targets them and they generally eat various gelatinous organisms, so I’m not sure what we’d use for bait anyway. Besides, with those crazy fins it would be hell getting one into the livewell.
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While heading back to the marina in Huntington Beach, CA, we ran into one of the craziest “sunfish” we’ve ever see — the odd-looking mola mola.