Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa Message Board - Shot-a-Day: Panic in Zihua Bay

Shot-a-Day: Panic in Zihua Bay (reply)

cd69 — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:02:54 +0000

Come on Jen!You are going to get a ribbing from the firefighting community for freaking out over little fishies Did you enjoy your shrimps last night?I was at the bar counter behind you but didn't want to disturb you...

Shot-a-Day: Panic in Zihua Bay (reply)

jen_from_ak — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:26:08 +0000

beautiful pic! i went on a 1/2 hour swim up madera beach and back yesterday and i swear i kicked about 3 or 4 fish over the course of the swim. are there that many fish just hanging out? to be honest it freaked me out a little!

Shot-a-Day: Panic in Zihua Bay (reply)

ZihuaRob — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:56:14 +0000

Hey Fran!

Shot-a-Day: Panic in Zihua Bay (reply)

Fran — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:50:45 +0000

We have also noticed an unusual amount of fish activity in the bay. It can be very interesting to watch life on the move.

Actually, I thought the panic you were referri8ng to was the parasail unceremoniously dropped in the bay yesterday. Second we have seen this trip. Fortunately, both times the chute landed in quiet, open water.

Cautionary tales.

Shot-a-Day: Panic in Zihua Bay (reply)

ZihuaRob — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:34:02 +0000

Great stuff, Jeff!!!

I saw what looked like a lot of lisa (mullet) in the Boquita Canal this morning, but the birds were all looking for smaller prey.

And no pelicans anywhere. How odd.

Shot-a-Day: Panic in Zihua Bay

JeffMN — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:15:41 +0000

Roiling schools of bait fish glide like cloud shadows across Zihuatanejo Bay. Here, as in all of Nature, life's drama reveals itself to the patient eye. Pity the last to join the swarm, for predators ply its edges, where panicked flight sweeps the surface like invisible hands.

One Man's Wonder