[Louis Foxwell]

Fish do not age. They simply continue growing. Eventually they die from predation, bad enviro, lack of food, poison, parasites, injury or whatever. Theoretically a fish can live forever. The vagaries of the environment, however, see to its dispatch. This sunfish was probably trying to escape internal parasites. A necropsy should be in order.

[discostu]

Fish age. Any aquarium owner can tell you that.

[the invisib1e hand]

whatever

George W. Bush.

[driftdiver]

This is not an unusual size for this kind of fish. You can see them at the aquariums.

[meowmeow]

This sunfish was probably trying to escape internal parasites.

At New Smyrna Beach? It was probably trying to escape sharks. That place is the shark-bite capital of the world, a fact we learned AFTER we bought a timeshare there.

[Osage Orange]

Fish do not age. They simply continue growing.

I guess you've never witnessed a salmon run.