Looking for spots with big schools of fish

[lmorin]

Large schools of fish? Do you mean like this? The school consists of bigeye scad. There were roughly 1000-2000 in the school. We saw about 6-10 schools from the boat that day. These fish were seen on Bonaire. We have encountered large baitball schools 3 times in about 20+ trips. Bigeye scad and boga. Other divers have seen different species in equally large schools. I suspect the schooling is seasonal. The person holding the slate in the left image, telling us what species is in the baitball, is Jerry Ligon, the well known naturalist on Bonaire. The right image is another view of the same school. If anyone would know when and where to find large schools of fish on Bonaire, Jerry would. You can probably contact him through Bonaire Dive and Adventure on Bonaire, as he does fish ID dives and island birding trips with clients using BDA as his base.

 

[masonflint]

I just did my first dives at Cabo Pulmo and was blown away by the huge, tightly packed schools of Jack. I'm bad at estimating numbers but there were hundreds if bigns to the point where you couldn't see through the fish. Lots of other great fish...big green morays. Too late for Whale Sharks but this is a great place for them through November apparently.

 

[farkurnell]

Hi everybody

I'm looking around for a new divespot. I love big schools of fish. Like jacks, fusiliers, baracudas whatever. I just love it when it is full of fishes and a lot of action. This is my fasination. Does anybody has a good hint where to go? I've already been to: Raja Ampat, Komodo and other places in Indonesia, Sipadan, Egypt. Maybe you know bit more what I like if you look at my video. https://vimeo.com/99907920 at 1.40 it starts what my facination is about. Hunting, Schools of fish and action.

Can somebody help me with some hints?

Thanks a lot.

Yea I love that action too! Great stuff.