Whales in the surf

[Rip Tide]

... and me actually catching a fish !
I'd like to say that you don't see whales feeding in the surf everyday, but in this case we did

 

[dennyk]

How would you like to hook into one of those?

Denny

 

[dharkin]

What kind Rip, Minke?

 

[Rip Tide]

Humpbacks, I think

 

[dharkin]

several Minke whales have been spotted on the south shore(Scituate to Plymouth) very close to shore. Very cool.

 

[ejsell]

That would be pretty cool. I fished with dolphins in the distance and had a big sea turtle pop up next to me once but whales would top the list.

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[Ard]

I've not seen them in the surf but almost every time I've been aboard a blue water ship or boat I have.



At times I was able to get a picture.



I have body shots but they are never as iconic as the tail as they slip beneath the waves. Back in the early 1980's I took a small boat whale watch trip in a 32 foot boat off Nova Scotia but we saw no whales, luck of the draw I guess.

The first time I ever saw a whole whale was 1989 when I worked for Dragnet Fisheries. We had just passed through The Kennedy Entrance from the Gulf and there was a storm just gathering steam. I was in the Wheelhouse with the Skipper when a Humpback breached about 100 yards or less directly off the bow. I was mesmerized, it cleared the water like a salmon then crashed back into the ocean.

Been a couple years since I've seen one now.