Article: Grunion Runs ? Fishing With Your Hands In San Diego

Grunion Runs ? Fishing With Your Hands In San Diego

Fishing is peaceful and inspiring sport regardless of the type of fishing your doing. Well, with one exception ? grunion runs.



El Grunionino



Throughout the year, the fish known as the grunion run in San Diego and much of California. This little silver fish reproduces by ?running? up the beach during the high tide in the middle of the night. Literally thousands of the fish simply come storming up the beach with the waves to lay their eggs in the wet sand. It kind of looks like the beginning of a triathalon except the participants are going the wrong way and are pregnant.



The fish picked up their name from Spanish settlers because of, well, the grunting noise the make when doing their thing. It is a bit saucy now that I think about it. Anyway, the...
 

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Grunion Runs ? Fishing With Your Hands In San Diego

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