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04-17-2006, 12:05 PM
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There Be Whales Here!
Took my Aunt and a Cousin for a beach ride. Look what we found!
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04-17-2006, 12:12 PM
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I think your aunt and cousin might be a little offended at you referring to them in that manner  
But those rocks in the water are shallow enough they would make for a nice casting perch 
Seriously, how far out? That beach must drop off pretty quickly.
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04-17-2006, 12:27 PM
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Ya know, I was afraid that I'd use the wrong syntax. Those leviathons are within easy casting distance from where the girls are standing. Never seen them that close before. Yesterday there was one even closer grubbing the bottom with his stern high out of the water. Amazing! Today, I bet we saw 30-40 of them.
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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04-17-2006, 01:58 PM
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Very cool! what kind were they? Look too small to be fin backs.
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04-17-2006, 02:01 PM
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Nice Jake
Thanks for posting the pic for us to see 
Must have been inspiring...so close.... how big and what type? |
Good health and family
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04-17-2006, 02:03 PM
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Nice Jake!
Envy ya, been sanding trim all day..........got dust?
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04-17-2006, 02:05 PM
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I can't tell one whale from another. Gotta hit the books when I get home. Hey! I could Google it! Duh.Be right back  |
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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04-17-2006, 02:19 PM
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OK, with the help og www.deh.gov.au, I'll guess that they were humpbacks. V shaped blow, long pectoral fins, lumpy head, and the fluke shape. Last year at that spot, there wasn't that much water. Definately wasn't any fish. Things may have changed....Watta day! |
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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04-17-2006, 02:52 PM
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Still A Plugger
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nice pic. are those the right whales that been around lately, seen it on the news the other day i think.
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04-17-2006, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Backbeach Jake
I'll guess that they were humpbacks.
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Just for the fun of it, here are some humpback photos I took in Alaska a few years back. Did I mention these things are about the size of a school bus!  There were about a dozen in this pod bubble net feeding on herring. The depth was about 300 feet.
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04-17-2006, 03:32 PM
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Salt of the Earth
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break out the heavy tackle  |
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04-17-2006, 03:51 PM
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F #$%^&*( AWESOME  |
ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE !!!
MIKE
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04-17-2006, 04:46 PM
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i watched
this one TV show.....where they were recording the whales
under water and then playing back the recording to them to see their reaction in an attempt to communicate....
the whales (KILLER) would investigate but seemed a little disapointed in not finding a whale where they heard it...
but it sure was facinating to see them respond underwater...
i used to watch them from the cliffs out in california...
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04-17-2006, 04:55 PM
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Nice picture Fred. My wife and I watched them last year in that same spot.
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04-17-2006, 05:46 PM
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you think they'd hit an eel?  |
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04-17-2006, 06:04 PM
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Old Guy
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Pilot's come in that close!
Where the totally black, not just grayish black?
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04-17-2006, 06:15 PM
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"Fishbucket"
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nice shot.. wonder what there doing there? got biat schooled up?
humpbacks are farrigin HUGE!! 8' white pec fins real monsters. tractor trailer size.
pilot whales have a shark like dorsal and look like an oversized dolphin with an orca mouth.
minkie whales have a very small dorsal fin set back and look kinda like a humpback.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/sub...es/Minke.shtml |
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04-17-2006, 08:15 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
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Originally Posted by Clammer
F #$%^&*( AWESOME |
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Don't judge me Monkey 
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04-17-2006, 08:22 PM
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Ok - gotta ask -what beach are you on? Last year Race point was awsome just about this time of the year.
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low & slow 37
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04-17-2006, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by gone fishin
Ok - gotta ask -what beach are you on? Last year Race point was awsome just about this time of the year.
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Yer right! |
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04-17-2006, 09:25 PM
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Stuck In Reality
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Wow! Great shots. It must have been a wonderful day.
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04-17-2006, 09:51 PM
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Scuttlebutt
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thats wicked awsome!
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Wasajigifying -[ was - a - jig-i-fy-ing] - the concept of not knowing what the hell your saying.
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04-17-2006, 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by spence
Just for the fun of it, here are some humpback photos I took in Alaska a few years back. Did I mention these things are about the size of a school bus! There were about a dozen in this pod bubble net feeding on herring. The depth was about 300 feet.
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OMG ,what beautiful photos! |
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
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04-18-2006, 07:26 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
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Now all the Rhody guys are gonna come up here and start catchin' all our whales!!!!  I can see all the Rhody plates now!
Thar she blows! |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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04-18-2006, 08:12 AM
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i guess i'll have to
go to JOB lot or trader joes now
to get a whale sized jar of tarter sauce  |
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04-18-2006, 08:33 AM
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Seal Control
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On the Cape Radio station, they say there have been about 60 somthing right whales hanging in the area, and have asked all boaters to go slow in the area.
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"All my friends are Flakes!!"
BOATLESS 
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04-23-2006, 05:18 PM
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BBJ, I saw them there on Friday as well. Awesome sight! I forgot my camera but my buddy Paul and I spent a good hour watching them feed in the shallows and some further out were really getting their tails high in the air for some large splashes. Sometimes they'd be upsidedown so we got a good look at their flippers on their sides and they did not look like humpbacks even though we thought they were because of the bumpy front mouth areas and the smallish dorsal. Their side flippers seemed very broad and not long like a humpback, also they were black.
25-40 foot long seemed like what they measured in length to me. Maybe some kind of finback or right whale or pilot whale. I bet they were chowing on sandeels. Lots of others were watching them also and taking pics. It was the first time my friend has ever seen a whale. Also the first time he's been on that beach since 1973.
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04-24-2006, 05:40 AM
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What a great welcome back to RP for your Bud, eh? I've been re-thinking the humpback id, myself. Now I'm just confused. But what a show!
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
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04-24-2006, 07:25 AM
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Seal Control
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99.9 CapeCod reported that there is still a pod of Right Whales in the area and all boat traffic is to be careful.
I am sure this is what you are all seeing. Wish it was me seeing them!
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"All my friends are Flakes!!"
BOATLESS
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04-24-2006, 02:01 PM
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Could they have Minke whales? We watched a pod of them work the surf off an Outer Cape beach last year. They were in and out of the bars almost within fly rod distance  . They are about 15- 20 ft and appear black from above. |
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