Sunfish ~ Giant Floating Head.. Ocean Sunfish Look Like GIANT Floating Head!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbgC-0f

Don G. Dinsdale Loc: El Cajon, CA (San Diego County)

Ocean Sunfish Look Like GIANT Floating Head!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbgC-0f_aP4&feature=youtu.be

peter11937 Loc: NYS

Don G. Dinsdale wrote:

Ocean Sunfish Look Like GIANT Floating Head!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbgC-0f_aP4&feature=youtu.be

They are tropical. When I was a kid, we would see them occasionally as the gulf streaam caried them north, Also the occasional hammer head shark, not seen this far north usually. Mako are common and, bw, are good tasting!

pafret Loc: Northeast

peter11937 wrote:

They are tropical. When I was a kid, we would see them occasionally as the gulf streaam caried them north, Also the occasional hammer head shark, not seen this far north usually. Mako are common and, bw, are good tasting!

I was vacationing on Hutchison Island just above Port St Lucie Fla. We were in the ocean for a bit and then in the condo pool. We went into our condo and I turned on the news. A helicopter I had seen while I was in the water had videoed the ocean about fifty feet out from where I was swimming. Imagine my surprise when it showed twenty three hammerhead sharks circling just out of reach from where I was swimming. From above the water is transparent but at sea level you see nothing. I didn't do any more ocean swimming for the rest of that trip.

peter11937 Loc: NYS

pafret wrote:

I was vacationing on Hutchison Island just above P... (show quote)

Hammer heads do not seem to like the way people taste.....but I cannot recommend swimming with them!

Big dog

Don G. Dinsdale wrote:

Ocean Sunfish Look Like GIANT Floating Head!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbgC-0f_aP4&feature=youtu.be

I see some every couple of years up here in New York off Long Island.

badbobby Loc: texas

Big dog wrote:

I see some every couple of years up here in New York off Long Island.

Ive been told that snakes are as afraid of me as I am afraid of them
No one has ever told me that sharks are afraid of me

peter11937 Loc: NYS

Big dog wrote:

I see some every couple of years up here in New York off Long Island.

Funny,me too. Ever get lobster from the dock in Montauk or have a drink at the Montaukett?

bahmer

Don G. Dinsdale wrote:

Ocean Sunfish Look Like GIANT Floating Head!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbgC-0f_aP4&feature=youtu.be

teabag09

Hammerheads are mostly fish eaters and if they were circling they had schooled a pod of fish and were stuffing them selves. Tarpon fishermen have a tough time with great hammerheads as they love tarpon but have a hard time catching them. I've swum with them on occasion, not by choice, and not been bothered. Now the bull shark is another matter. If I know one is in the water even a good ways away and I'm out. Course that was when I was younger. I don't go in the ocean any more. Mike

pafret wrote:

I was vacationing on Hutchison Island just above P... (show quote)

teabag09

The hammer on their heads are full of sensors that they use to find stingrays and flounder and other sand hiding fish. That's not to say they won't bite if messed with. Mike

teabag09 wrote:

Hammerheads are mostly fish eaters and if they were circling they had schooled a pod of fish and were stuffing them selves. Tarpon fishermen have a tough time with great hammerheads as they love tarpon but have a hard time catching them. I've swum with them on occasion, not by choice, and not been bothered. Now the bull shark is another matter. If I know one is in the water even a good ways away and I'm out. Course that was when I was younger. I don't go in the ocean any more. Mike

peter11937 Loc: NYS

teabag09 wrote:

Hammerheads are mostly fish eaters and if they were circling they had schooled a pod of fish and were stuffing them selves. Tarpon fishermen have a tough time with great hammerheads as they love tarpon but have a hard time catching them. I've swum with them on occasion, not by choice, and not been bothered. Now the bull shark is another matter. If I know one is in the water even a good ways away and I'm out. Course that was when I was younger. I don't go in the ocean any more. Mike

According to Al Gore, the tarpon are swimming down Miami's streets by now......

Big dog

peter11937 wrote:

Funny,me too. Ever get lobster from the dock in Montauk or have a drink at the Montaukett?

Yup

woodchuck

Well how do hammerheads determine people taste bad until they taste one?

pafret Loc: Northeast

woodchuck wrote:

Well how do hammerheads determine people taste bad until they taste one?

It was that tasting part that kept me out of the ocean. I didn't fancy becoming a sharks's hors d'oeuvres. Who knows, they might have been hungry enough to say what the hell, it tastes lousy, but it's grub and eat all of me.

badbobby Loc: texas

pafret wrote:

It was that tasting part that kept me out of the ocean. I didn't fancy becoming a sharks's hors d'oeuvres. Who knows, they might have been hungry enough to say what the hell, it tastes lousy, but it's grub and eat all of me.

once they start
it's prolly hard to stop