18ft oarfish.

[Pebbles]

Is an oarfish a big eel? This was caught in Catalina in Oct.

[cowherder]

Wow that is unusual. wonder what you would do with that. Looks like a big eel.

[surfstix1963]

Definition of OARFISH

: a marine bony fish (Regalecus glesne) of subtropical waters with a narrow soft body from 20 to 30 feet (6 to 9 meters) long, a red dorsal fin running the entire length of the body, and red-tipped anterior rays rising above the head

First Known Use of OARFISH

1860

[lostatsea]

wow in 1860 they were using that thing? If I was living back then I would have been afraid of it and called it a seamonster or something. thaks for sharing that.

[buckethead]

They salted a lot of food back then. Maybe they salted it like cod?