11/8 LJ Nice finish to a slow morning

[Iceman]

Another prettyful morning with gobs of sun and hardly a breeze. I decided to try iron and plastic and headed straight SW. Not many fishing, saw a couple yaks later in the morning, few PBs and 2 sporties wandering around, they both finished around SW Ended up with a boney, sandie, whitefish and a mackeral bigger than them all. As I paddled in, around 100 yards out in front of the launch. I am looking down at the bottom and catch something out of the corner of my eye, directly in front of me on a collision course. I grabbed my camera as this lil grey whale passed right under me in 20 feet of water. Very cool way to end the morning. wish I had a polerizing lens as this does not do the image I saw any justice.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d151/Iceman619/11-8whale.jpg

[steamroll]

Nice report Andy, what time did you paddle in? Its very windy on the water right now. Little white caps everywhere.

[Iceman]

Nate i was on the beach at 10:15 it was still like a lake. Look at the glider link at 10:15 0 kts then it shot up to 12-16kts at 11:15

[aclozer]

Great shot. Very cool indeed.

[TomTurtle]

LJ truly is an amazing place

[katchfish]

Cool shot Andy!

I have "cheated" and used my polarized sunglasses over the lens of my Pentax Optio camera in a pinch.

My questions is where's MAMA!!!

Ken

[Aaron&Julie]

Cool, indeed! Definitely some beautiful weather out there lately, too.

[yakinitup]

Truly amazing! Nice work!

[tylerdurden]

always cool to see the whales come through, unless they blow out right next to you without warning. A few of the yt at the nados lately have been almost the size of that whale :shock:.

[Iceman]

I got about fifty-feet out and then suddenly the great beast

appeared before me. I tell ya he was ten stories high if he was a

foot. As if sensing my presence he gave out a big bellow. I said,

"Easy big fella!" And then as I watched him struggling I realized

something was obstructing his breathing. From where I was standing

I could see directly into the eye of the great fish!

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d151/Iceman619/whaleeye.jpg

[MKNOTT]

KRAMER!!!!!!!! :lol:

[nmbrinkman]

Then from out of nowhere a huge title wave lifted, tossed like a

quark and I found myself on top of him face to face with the

blow-hole. I could barely see from all of the waves crashing down on

top of me but I knew something was there so I reached my hand and

pulled out the obstruction!

http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/img/titleist.jpg

[MKNOTT]

No wait,,, that was George

[nmbrinkman]

It really reminds me of the scene in "Castaway" when the whale surfaces

next to Tom Hanks' raft towards the end of the movie....

[kurt]

Mammal.

[lamb]

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NIce day Andy... for basketball :bball:

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[Aaron&Julie]

:lol: :lol: :lol: Thanks for the laugh, George :lol: :lol: :lol: