WTF is this?

[Ancient_Fish_Master]

never seen something like this

 

[Da AmAzOn DoN]

sun fish aka bad luck fish you never wanna hook wanna those on a fishing trip

 

[Red Tiger L191]

An ancient pacu hahaa

 

[Ancient_Fish_Master]

sun fish aka bad luck fish you never wanna hook wanna those on a fishing trip

how come?

 

[koltsixx]

Polynesians are said to have called the sunfish makua or "King of the Mackerels". It was bad luck to catch and kill sunfish for such an act would render the mackerel incapable of finding their way to the islands and subsequently into the fishermen's nets.

 

[xrayjeeper83]

Could you imagine fighting something that big?

 

[koltsixx]

Better pic for ya too.

 

[Ancient_Fish_Master]

wow. those are insane. i would cut the line if i found out i had one hooked haha

 

[Tom LoFaro]

It's a Mola Mola or Ocean Sunfish.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_sunfish

 

[ar0wan]

I think the growth rate on those things is in the record books
can't remember but they start out about | | big and grow to ginormous
mola mola

ops here it is, 2.5mm at hatch 1800mm in 15 months