Curious George Humpback surprises and astounds fishermen

A WHALE OF A FISHING TALE This 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 magnificent sight. 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 a toddler 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 http://www.IWantToFish.com does best...fishing!