A WHALE OF A FISHING TALEThis particular Thursday was an incredible memory filled with a lifetime of experiences. We started off the day stopping offshore Boulder to try mooching around a giant floating armada of sea birds.Paul starting cutting bait while I readied the rods. Paul said “ummm. Kevin. Look at this”. Changing focus from the rods to the bait cutting board I saw nothing odd or out of the ordinary. When I looked up at him he was staring off and when I followed his gaze, less than 5 feet away a Humpback Whale was spy hopping, watching us! In the rain we scrambled for cameras and danced around the boat.Words cannot describe the sheer exhilaration of seeing such a magnificentsight. You can check out this video for more!I could say it was pretty dam cool and that would be a huge under statement. Experiences like these makes people seem insignificant amongst nature's grandest animals.My wife laughs but I sensed intelligent interaction with the humpback. I felt he was show boating to the people on the boat... not to the boat. Which ever side we were on he seemed to follow. When I took some underwater shots he seemed especially interested and almost acted like atoddler trying to impress. To me I see the intelligence in the fact the whale's actions implies he knows the people appreciate him versus an inanimate object like the boat.Still...smart whale or not I kept the boat motor in neutral since I figured a boat making noise below a 40 ton whale is likely safer that being in a quiet boat! Eventually the whale dropped back in the tidal current and we had enough safe room to start the motor up and move away...heading back to what www.IWantToFish.com does best...fishing!You can visit us also @IWantToFish on Twitter and my Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMFViwW3cuD4Y14dC1C-Tvg If you are a fishing lodge, guide, charter or resort come to www.IWantToFish.com and list for free. If you are looking for your next sport fishing destination vacation you can plan with us!