Whale of a good time! - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Chuck D · 08-09-2010, 04:54 PM

Thanks for all the great responses, I am truly curious as to what species this was. Here is another video of the whale a little closer and you can see it surface a few times. What a amazing animal, was so close I could smell its spray from its blowhole and man it stunk pretty bad. Hope to see more out there in the future.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tUaFDLNn94

dsafety · 08-09-2010, 07:04 PM

Thousands of humpbacks hang out in Hawaii during the winter and spring. It is where they give birth and mate. The gestation period for a humpback is about a year. Come to think of it, humpbacks are just like some guys I know. Once a year they head off to some tropical location, hoping to get lucky. After their spring fling, the whales migrate some 4000 miles back to their feeding grounds in arctic waters. Come November, they turn around and head back to the topics.

On a good day in Hawaii, (I know, there are no bad days in Hawaii), you can often see dozens jumping and waving their pectoral fins. A 40 ton whale can make a huge splash.

When I was there last spring, a group did a whale count with volunteers stationed on every island. During the two hour census, they identified over 450 unique whales from shores of Maui alone.

Interesting stuff.

Bob

Lets_Fish · 08-09-2010, 07:24 PM

Cool vid. Thanks for sharing.

whitedel · 08-09-2010, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck D

Thanks for all the great responses, I am truly curious as to what species this was.

Gino in the post above you is right on the money. the long pectoral fins in photo #2 prove that the whale is a humpback.

"Humpback Whales are distinctive in that they have the largest appendages of any living animal, namely their knobbly pectoral fins which are close to 1/3 of their total length."
http://www.marinethemes.com/humpback.html

Mtobolsky · 08-09-2010, 11:09 PM

definately hump back only species to have that type of unique hump/fin and long pectoral fins and breaching....gino's got it right. That's worth peddling out just for that........... that is freakin' awsome!!!!!! Don't get t to close...illegal is the least of you worries check this out.
http://news.yahoo.com/video/milwakee...-boat-21021370

you think that one was bad this one is a little close to what that might be like......

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/230950...ps_on_a_kayak/

kareem korn · 08-10-2010, 05:31 AM

How cool is that. You got an out of the water shot

I think that thing you found is a basketball pump.

Chuck D · 08-10-2010, 06:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mtobolsky

definately hump back only species to have that type of unique hump/fin and long pectoral fins and breaching....gino's got it right. That's worth peddling out just for that........... that is freakin' awsome!!!!!! Don't get t to close...illegal is the least of you worries check this out.
http://news.yahoo.com/video/milwakee...-boat-21021370

you think that one was bad this one is a little close to what that might be like......

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/230950...ps_on_a_kayak/

Thats so cool I saw a Humpback, thanks for the confirmation all

. Thats funny you posted those videos, I got pretty close, but the whole time I was thinking about the video I saw on the internet of the Whale leaping out of the water and crushing that boat in South Africa and thought that could be me. It was hard to hold myself back and not get too close to view such an amazing creature though. Thankfully I made it out ok

, I think he saw me too and was ok with me being there. Either way definitely played it safe even though I wanted to go give him a pat on the head and say whats up!

08-09-2010, 11:09 PM	#5
Mtobolsky Loves his member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 122	definately hump back only species to have that type of unique hump/fin and long pectoral fins and breaching....gino's got it right. That's worth peddling out just for that........... that is freakin' awsome!!!!!! Don't get t to close...illegal is the least of you worries check this out. http://news.yahoo.com/video/milwakee...-boat-21021370 you think that one was bad this one is a little close to what that might be like...... http://www.metacafe.com/watch/230950...ps_on_a_kayak/ Last edited by Mtobolsky; 08-09-2010 at 11:13 PM. Reason: bad grammer/spelling

08-09-2010, 04:54 PM	#1
Chuck D Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bay Park Posts: 559	Thanks for all the great responses, I am truly curious as to what species this was. Here is another video of the whale a little closer and you can see it surface a few times. What a amazing animal, was so close I could smell its spray from its blowhole and man it stunk pretty bad. Hope to see more out there in the future. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tUaFDLNn94

08-09-2010, 07:04 PM	#2
dsafety Olivenhain Bob Join Date: May 2008 Location: Olivenhain, CA Posts: 1,122	Thousands of humpbacks hang out in Hawaii during the winter and spring. It is where they give birth and mate. The gestation period for a humpback is about a year. Come to think of it, humpbacks are just like some guys I know. Once a year they head off to some tropical location, hoping to get lucky. After their spring fling, the whales migrate some 4000 miles back to their feeding grounds in arctic waters. Come November, they turn around and head back to the topics. On a good day in Hawaii, (I know, there are no bad days in Hawaii), you can often see dozens jumping and waving their pectoral fins. A 40 ton whale can make a huge splash. When I was there last spring, a group did a whale count with volunteers stationed on every island. During the two hour census, they identified over 450 unique whales from shores of Maui alone. Interesting stuff. Bob Last edited by dsafety; 08-09-2010 at 08:16 PM.

08-09-2010, 07:24 PM	#3
Lets_Fish Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Wildomar, CA. Posts: 294	Cool vid. Thanks for sharing.

08-10-2010, 05:31 AM	#6
kareem korn Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: C-bad Posts: 431	How cool is that. You got an out of the water shot I think that thing you found is a basketball pump.