Flying Fish - anyone else see these?

[spoiledkraut]

Yeah, we seen them. They are cool!

[jnc411]

Hi , I live in Long Beach, So. California . And we have them out here, whenever we go over to Catalina we usually see them. They are fun to watch .

Cori

[Cruisin Dave]

We were on the Lobby Deck and looking out over the woater and saw them last week. It was fun trying to find them. Often you could see them skipping a couple times before diving back in.

Dave

[eltigre]

So having never seen flying fish, dolphins, or whales when on a cruise where & when is the best time to be looking for such things

 

Leaving from Galveston on a 5 day in Sept.

 

el tigre

[BigGreg]

when on our first cruise we were sitting on our balcony in the middle of the ocean enjoying a nice alcoholic beverage I couldnt beleive my eyes. I thought my girlfriend had given me some absinthe in my drink lol. It was a fun experience and a good laugh with some fellow cruisers. My father owned a buisness at the fulton fish market for most of my childhood and I thought I was a complete fish expert.. but boy was I wrong. Good thing no one was around to place a wager with me... definitly would of been a big loss lol. They are definitly fun to watch.

[cathyoo]

One of my best memories is being on my balcony and my BIL on his right next door and the two of us watching the flying fish.

 

That was our cruise in Feb on the Liberty and we lost him to pancreatic cancer that July. None of us knew it at the time but we were making priceless memories on that cruise.

[Sneezykevina]

We had to clean them off of my uncles yacht a few mornings during our trip to St Thomas from Florida. Never did eat them. They are fun to watch.

[SoonerOne]

Yep, we saw them too on our way back to Galveston last week on the Conquest. We were sitting out on our balcony and saw them darting across the water......

[Caliber1]

So having never seen flying fish, dolphins, or whales when on a cruise where & when is the best time to be looking for such things

 

Leaving from Galveston on a 5 day in Sept.

 

el tigre

 

Watch the water, during daylight hours. We've seen them leaving port and in the middle of the gulf.

[billfish]

I do a fair amout of Offshore fishing. Very often many of them find their way into the cockpit . They are quickly rigged for bait and usually prove to be very effective.

[L2J]

Wonder how they taste beer battered and fried?:cool:

[hogtyde88]

 

:confused: What can you possibly mean?? :rolleyes:

[Caliber1]

So do they serve them on Carnival? How are they prepared, fried, sauteed, baked....? What kind of beer would you serve them with? A nice lager perhaps?

[dan40]

So do they serve them on Carnival? How are they prepared, fried, sauteed, baked....? What kind of beer would you serve them with? A nice lager perhaps?

 

butterFLIED!

 

Dan

[Caliber1]

butterFLIED!

 

Dan

 

LMAO, not butterflies dude, flyin fish. That would be a tricky butterfliy to cut, they're not real big. :D It's only 2:24 and man do I need a beer.

[dan40]

So having never seen flying fish, dolphins, or whales when on a cruise where & when is the best time to be looking for such things

 

Leaving from Galveston on a 5 day in Sept.

 

el tigre

 

Listing back to my cabin after the bars close, I've seen whole schools of them in the hallways.................................:D

 

 

 

Did see one at sea that flew almost the entire length of the Pride. Must have had perfect wind for that flight.

 

Dan

[truecruiser]

:confused: What can you possibly mean?? :rolleyes:

 

wassamatta tyde(one on last night)? we were IMing late into the night.

 

that is what i mean.:)

[Thirsty Cruiser]

:confused: What can you possibly mean?? :rolleyes:

wassamatta tyde(one on last night)? we were IMing late into the night.

 

that is what i mean.:)

Yes, Tyde. No bananas ... yet. :p :D

[truecruiser]

Yes, Tyde. No bananas ... yet. :p :D

 

ROFLMAO!!!:D

 

throw in a peach and we can make a fruit salad!:p

[Caliber1]

ROFLMAO!!!:D

 

throw in a peach and we can make a fruit salad!:p

 

I don't think flying fish would go well with fruit salad. Maybe a nice slaw.

[enjoyinglife]

So having never seen flying fish, dolphins, or whales when on a cruise where & when is the best time to be looking for such things

 

Leaving from Galveston on a 5 day in Sept.

 

el tigre

 

I like to look for them while eating breakfast on my balcony!:D We have seen flying fish the last four cruises. Last February, we saw doplhins from our balcony too!:D

[Wspinelli]

Saw them, All through the Atlantic, Ate them in Barbados, and stood on the deck of one USS Flying Fish SSN673.

Trivia time they can fly up to 200 yards and can travel at speeds about 35 MPH