Too neatoe.....

eddie haskel · 08-18-2006, 08:57 PM

Was out fishing salmon Tuesday evening with my son. We were trolling on the down-riggers and mostly getting shakers (pest

). When about 30 yards are so behind our boat I see this GIANT black sail. Heck....I thought a sub was going to surface under us when all of a sudden I realize it's a big Orca coming straight at us. After I calmed down a bit

I realized it was just cruising, not attacking me. It had it's pod of five other whales, two of them babies, along too.
I've never seen wild Orcas before, only those in captivity. It was a real awesome treat

Keeper · 08-19-2006, 04:23 PM

Oh wow! Did you get a picture?

PapaHog · 08-19-2006, 07:30 PM

I saw them once off the Oregon coast when we were headed for the Halibut grounds many years ago. Awesome sight.