Re: [Paddlewise] Sunfish

You probably saw a basking shark. They are a large fish and quite common in NE waters.

--allan

On Mon, 4 Oct 1999 08:28:07 -0400, Lorraine&Dennis wrote:

>I was paddling between Portsmouth, NH and the Isles of Shoals yesterday with
>a couple of friends.  A couple of miles off the coast you usually encounter
>a good current(especially on the ebb).  As we were crossing this area we saw
>a large fin flopping back and forth, drifting toward us.  This thing was
>BIG.  The fin would stick out of the water 18-24 inches and then kind of
>flop back down.
>We drifted with it for a little while.  The body looked to be close to four
>feet tall and maybe five feet long.  It was hard to tell how tall it was
>from fin tip to fin tip.  It wasn't really swimming, rather occasionally
>'flopping' to give itself direction.
>
>None of us had ever seen one but we assumed it was a sunfish.  Does anybody
>know more about these?  What is their range?  How big do they get?  What do
>they eat?  What eats them?
>
>Thanks
>Dennis
>
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