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Title: Trolling the shoreline in the still morning
Post by: gstours on December 15, 2018, 04:14:17 PM

Heres an awe inspiring sight, at least worth sharing I thought.
A while ago I got up early and made a few passes around the little cove that puts out a few troll caught salmon every once in a while. Its close and the bottom is friendly. Heres a suprise Humback whale feeding along the shore traveling alone and rather slowly, so i clicked a few for you. About 30 feet long. Feeding and Friendly.
(http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p660/gst6814/DSC_0446_zpsjxkear4m.jpg) (http://s1344.photobucket.com/user/gst6814/media/DSC_0446_zpsjxkear4m.jpg.html)
(http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p660/gst6814/DSC_0447_zps5pzeu1hf.jpg) (http://s1344.photobucket.com/user/gst6814/media/DSC_0447_zps5pzeu1hf.jpg.html)
(http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p660/gst6814/DSC_0448_zpste6wnk5m.jpg) (http://s1344.photobucket.com/user/gst6814/media/DSC_0448_zpste6wnk5m.jpg.html)
(http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p660/gst6814/DSC_0449_zpsaihkqe5u.jpg) (http://s1344.photobucket.com/user/gst6814/media/DSC_0449_zpsaihkqe5u.jpg.html)
It came out of seemingly nowhere, moved steadily the opposite way we were trolling, and then was gone in a few minuets.

Title: Re: Trolling the shoreline in the still morning
Post by: Frank on December 15, 2018, 04:44:54 PM

Thanks for posting! Beautiful.

Title: Re: Trolling the shoreline in the still morning
Post by: Gfish on December 15, 2018, 06:02:13 PM

Nice pictures. They're supposed to start showing up here in the islands, butt I've only seen 1 so far, and that was a month ago...

Title: Re: Trolling the shoreline in the still morning
Post by: Donnyboat on December 15, 2018, 06:35:15 PM

Thanks for posting Gary, interesting, cheers Don.

Title: Re: Trolling the shoreline in the still morning
Post by: Ron Jones on December 15, 2018, 09:57:49 PM

My wife was FANATICAL about finding humpbacks on Oahu. We would drive around for hours just to look at them.
Thanks for the shot
The Man

Title: Re: Trolling the shoreline in the still morning
Post by: joel8080 on December 15, 2018, 10:03:56 PM

When we lived in Panama during the winter there we would take the boat to the back side of the Island of Taboga and watch the Whales do there sounding dance it's a show we will never forget.

joel8080

Title: Re: Trolling the shoreline in the still morning
Post by: Benni3 on December 15, 2018, 11:05:03 PM

Very cool,,,it's great there making a comeback ;D

Title: Re: Trolling the shoreline in the still morning
Post by: droppedit on December 16, 2018, 12:47:45 AM

I was pollack fishing off the coast of New Hampshire yesterday and there must of been 30 humpbacks feeding. I don't care how many you've seen but when one comes up a couple hundred feet from you it takes your breath away. Sometimes closer but still incredible. These we saw yesterday were feeding slow and sometimes would dive deep. Fascinating animals.

Dave

Title: Re: Trolling the shoreline in the still morning
Post by: gstours on December 18, 2018, 08:16:44 PM

Thanks for sharing your experience. Yes these animals are amazing, silently inspiring. Always makes my day to have seen one.

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