5 DECEMBER 1997. OREGON: FISH (MOLA MOLA)

Coos Bay, Oregon: "I was surfing Friday, Dec. 5, and Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Coos River mouth in the Pacific Ocean at Coos Bay, Ore. and saw one Pacific sunfish (Mola mola) both days. They were different fish both days, one larger than the other. Neither one was a big mola. Bigger one was maybe 50 pounds. Sunfish are common here in August and/or September. I cannot recollect seeing them here in December before."--John Griffith <lingcod@HARBORSIDE.COM> via Fisheries Social Science Network <FISHFOLK@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>. Water temperature is about 55 degrees F.--Neil Richmond <oregon@harborside.com>

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