While documenting a fishing survey, photographer Ralph Pace caught a roughly 130 pound (59 kilogram) opah on camera off the southern California coast in November 2014. Researchers had accidentally caught the odd animal, and after it was released, Pace dove into the water to take some snapshots before it swam away.
He had only a couple of minutes with the opah, but they were memorable. It was big, Pace recalls - 'probably bigger than a manhole cover.' And he was lucky.
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Opah are common out here in Hawaii. They aren't endangered and are a by-catch of Ahi. Plenty tasty, too.
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