Dead stuff found while fishing (beware gross picture)

[LennyD]

I think it was a sea sunfish!

[rip316]

I do know the towel trick. This particular bird hit my plug as soon as it landed. Pretty far out. I couldn't get him in. Trust me, I felt really bad.

[Monty]

Another dead thing today, ocean side.
I think I got LennyD beat with this one..
Turtle or alien?

[DarkSkies]

I think you found the Montauk Monster, Jersey style!

[Monty]

Should have put my rod next to it for size comparison, but I was afraid of it......
Was a good 6 feet long at least.
Imagine standing in the water at 2:30 AM and this bumps into you

I think you found the Montauk Monster, Jersey style!

[hookset]

^^Scary stuff!


Something I found

[seamonkey]

Wow so are some intense pictures.

Makes you wonder what strange creatures roam our seas and attack.

Are you sure the kitty was locked inside on some of those days?

[GeoffT]

Great thread.

I wish I have a picture but definitely off all the dead things I've seen surfcasting this one took the cake: a leatherback turtle that had to weigh several hundred pounds or more at Block Island this year. It was simply enormous and stank up the beach pretty bad. It had a big gouge in the neck area so either it was attacked by a shark or got hit by a propellor. You would need a bulldozer or a crane just to move the thing off the beach.

It looked intimidating enough that my buds and I kept a safe respectful distance from it.

[plugcrazy]

Should have put my rod next to it for size comparison, but I was afraid of it......
Was a good 6 feet long at least.

That thing is huge Monty, maybe the remains of an ocean sunfish?


Here is something I found up at the Hook a little while ago. Looks like some kind of large sea bass that came from the netters, or maybe a small sunfish, it was about 3' long.

[cowherder]

Wow freaky stuff guys! Plugcrazy that thing looks like an ocean sunfish to me, but the mouth part is confusing, it almost looks like a beak or curved jaw. Monty, in the middle of the bottom pic you took, it kind of looks like a turtle's head, but that thing is too big to be a turtle. It's almost like some aliens were experimenting and dumped the body out of thier spacecraft when done.

[captnemo]

Plugcrazy and Monty those are exotic finds. The only thing I found this year was a dead bluefish while walking the dog at the summer house in LBI.

[Monty]

Fishing an area I have fished for 15 years. Have never found 3 dead bass at one time. Used to never see a dead bass there. Last year more than ever, this year already ahead of last year. Middle pic has a fish in belly?

[jigfreak]

Looks like it could be a weakfish in the middle.

[stripermania]

Found this on the net, a guy took a pic of this dead sturgeon at IBSP today.

[storminsteve]

Cool!

[xtreme_visions]

[lostatsea]

xtremevisions, that has the wings of a sea robin but the coloration of a dogfish. Must have been dead for quite some time. Was there a stink coming from it?

[xtreme_visions]

No stink..shark washed up while i was fishing..eyes gone and the insides then i ran across the wings so i got creative as i was bored out my mind for hrs!

[storminsteve]

So you put parts together from 2 creatures to make that? Awesome! Long Island has the Montauk Monster, we now have the Amboy Monster!

[xtreme_visions]

That was on sandy hook.