Herring + Earthquake on news

[lalo56]

Anyone catch the news last night about the king herring caught which people believe made him surface due to tremors at bottom of ocean?
I couldnt find the video to post but Fox believed it was due to tremors others say it was sick.

http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=964540&lang=eng_news

[Fisherman57]

So the "King Herring" they're reffering to was actually an "Oarfish" ?


http://fishinghotpage.com/users/tmp3/oarfish05.jpg

[lalo56]

So the "King Herring" they're reffering to was actually an "Oarfish" ?


http://fishinghotpage.com/users/tmp3/oarfish05.jpg

Looks similar. I dont know. Fox said it was a herring. I didnt do in depth research. Looked just like that. I know the article says that but i just dont know what to believe. Its all contradicting

[lalo56]

What do you guys think? Did anyone see the fox news?
Or are they trying to scare us with the big one is coming soon as i heard when i was like 12 yrs old?

[lalo56]

Yeah it was an Oarfish. just did the research now. Fox news sucks.

[abbfanuc]

Wow!

I'm out her in Kaohsiung, south side of Taiwan, and this is the first time i have heard of this story. Probably would have heard it if i was watching the news. But since i don't know the language i don't watch the news. Will try to find out any info if i can and post it.

[BIGRED KILLA]

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj43/bigredkiller/oarfishdockhor_031.jpg

Isla San Marcos Sea Story
09-01-07
¡OARFISH!

Sea Story~


Aye… she be sliver, A fin of fire…. Like a big dragon… A Serpent from the depths of hell it be.


Likely heard commonly during early days of exploring the world’s seas. So the story goes. No story here… look I’m just going to tell a short version, cause it was about 15 minutes elapsed time. In route about to pass the west lighthouse rocks heading back to the dock. And like all the rides back home… I’m always looking for fishy signs. That’s when I saw something…. Two things appeared to be swimming toward the shallows. Was it a diver pulling a float?? Don’t think so, colors were strange, somewhat alien looking shape too.


Closer look was in order. That’s when I saw what it was. OAR FISH! Two oar fish just swimming in the shallows, why? What took place in the next 15 minutes, somewhat explained what was happing. One of the oar fish beached it’s self on a tide pool rock and the other swam behind it. This fish… which lives in the Abyss of most oceans and is rarely seen on the surface, most specimens are found washed up on shore after big storms. They must come to the shallows to see the light of the sun maybe the first time… before they succumb. I did try to move one of the fish back out to deeper water, but to no avail. It was somewhat sad watching an episode like that take place and nothing you can do. Then again maybe that is the ultimate plan! We’re not to do anything and let things take their natural course.


The Photos pretty much describe the events that took place and here they are.... Enjoy~

The mysterious shapes on the surface moving for the shallows of the West Light House point off Isla San Marcos B.S.C. Mexico. I took this photo at 500 meters with a 70mm lenses.
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj43/bigredkiller/oarfishsurface_01.jpg


On closer inspection... it was clear as to what was swimming. Two Oarfish (hard to scale),but they where both over 20 feet in lenght. Largest ones I've seen to date in my waters. (two other encounters in the past 16 years)
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj43/bigredkiller/oarfishsurface_02.jpg
As the journey nears it's end.... a gasp of air and a look at the surface world.
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj43/bigredkiller/oarfishsurhead_03.jpg
To our total surprise the oarfish began lifting it's self on to the tidepool rock. Like a Chinese Dragon come to life.

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj43/bigredkiller/oarfishrock_01.jpg

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj43/bigredkiller/oarfishrockcl.jpg

At this point we too were on the same rock with the boat. I made an effort to push the fish back into water, but to no avail.
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj43/bigredkiller/oarfishrock_02.jpg

Just has to be the strangest fish ever. Check the blue blotches out... they were flashing on and off like the way a Marlin lights up when it's excited and ready to eat. Simply amazing! However sad that such a beautiful animal should have to succumb.
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj43/bigredkiller/oarfishrock_03.jpg


This photo helps give some scale to the size of the oarfish (smaller of the two) My son Michael and friend Carlos Garces.

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj43/bigredkiller/oarfishrockboat_01.jpg
Micheal and the Dragon.... larger of the two taken from the backside of the rock, fish had died durning the same time the other was beaching it's self.
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj43/bigredkiller/oarfishmiguelboat.jpg


aye.... she be a Dragon! (9 meters long. weight?) We too both oarfish back to the dock for photo records and sizing. Here are also two other records of oarfish at Isla San Marcos.


Oarfish Regalecus glesne July 21th 1998 Isla San Marcos B.C.S. Mexico


And that's about it for this yarn~ Till the next time...

[BIGRED KILLA]

Here is a story i found a while back it is really a cool fish i am glad i got to touch one when i was down in MEXICO.





Bigred

[lalo56]

Here is a story i found a while back it is really a cool fish i am glad i got to touch one when i was down in MEXICO.





Bigred

Cool, thanks for sharing. Very interesting.

[DocHolliday]

Awesome story, thanks for sharing big red. Those fish are sweet, i think i saw one as a kid at the L.A. Natural History Museum

[Troutman65]

I saw the news about that big fish. they said it lives 3,000 feet down in the ocean. Really cool to see it .