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Tornado sighting in BCS

chavycha - 3-2-2015 at 11:07 PM

As we slowly puttered north along the Cortez today, our small tin boat was suddenly engulfed by a tornado. An underwater tornado. Of golden trevally (correct my id if wrong). They moved in unison in a counterclockwise motion, in a cylinder-shaped mass from the bottom to nearly on the surface. Spawning behavior from what I understand. We put the rods away and just watched them for about 20 minutes.

One of the coolest things I've seen in Baja to date.

Speaking of trevally tornados, check this out:
https://vimeo.com/55506438

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[Edited on 3-3-2015 by chavycha]

wilderone - 3-3-2015 at 03:25 AM

Awesome - thanks for sharing

Osprey - 3-3-2015 at 06:57 AM

Wow, you were lucky. My book calls them Yellow Jacks or Golden Jacks. The mouth pops straight out quite a ways when they feed. No teeth. They are so beautiful to see when boating, diving, snorkeling that I cringe when I see one caught for food. Stunning colors.

Genecag - 3-3-2015 at 09:57 AM

Sometimes we fisherman forget that we love and respect the fish; your post reminded me of that.....

fixtrauma - 3-3-2015 at 10:11 AM

What a privilege to see that!

BajaBlanca - 3-3-2015 at 01:14 PM

simply spectacular. Lucky you.