Was out on Wednsday out ot Georgetown for some bottom fishing vicinity of horshoe reef. on the way out got a big surprise a blow and show from a huge whale. I thought Humback but didn’t know if they travel here. i have seen plenty of those barnacle encrusted beohemoths in hawai. A friend told me right whales run the SC coast in the winter. I could not get a good pic but this baby was well over 50ft long. Anybody seen whales here and know what king they are ?
“Destiny” 31ft Contender Manning SC
2005 236 Sailfish
225 Yamaha 4-stroke
23 is that one belly up?
Big Stinky!! Great White food.
“Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him”
Did somebody shoot that whale with a…
n’mind
Luke 8:22-25
wow… he’s all blowed up… when the gas finally leaves that carcass and it sinks to the bottom it will become a natural habitat for a while. all kinds of sea life hangs out and thrives in their remains. guess thats the circle of life.
Those pictures were taken by someone on this site last year or the year before. I just pirated them. I believe they are in the photos section.
2005 236 Sailfish
225 Yamaha 4-stroke
Thats a cool pic , but the one i saw was still swimming.
what kind of whale is that? That sure will feed some sharks for a time.
“Destiny” 35ft Contender Manning SC
We saw a smaller Humpback (approx 25 ft) 4 years ago in the shipping channel and well withi sight of land. It breached at least ten times within 150 yards of us. We contacted DNR via cell phone and answered many descriptive questions and they confirmed that it was a juvenile Humpback. It was also February. So maybe you did see one.
Also the Northern Right whales are around this time of year and you are supposed to report them.
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Might be a Northern Right Whale, but it could also be a Humpback. Apparently young male Humpbacks like to hang out fairly close to shore in winter.
Day before yesterday we saw a Humpback 2 miles out of Hatteras Inlet on the return to port. We ended up passing real close to it.
It blew a spout just upwind of the boat and everyone on board smelled something TERRIBLE (like the worst outhouse in the world). In fact, I was afraid the head had blown up or something terrible.
But the captain said it was the whale’s breath. Dude needed a breath mint the size of a life raft…
We fouind these in December in 30’. These are Right Whales. Is this what you saw?
big white pectoral ■■■■■■■■■■■■■, probally died from a ship strike.
right whale has short fan shaped black fins.
Wait till you have a Sperm whale come up next to the bote at night, and stick his whole head out of the water. will scare the fool out of you.
“Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him”
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Originally posted by 23SailfishThose pictures were taken by someone on this site last year or the year before. I just pirated them. I believe they are in the photos section.
2005 236 Sailfish
225 Yamaha 4-stroke
i took those in jan 2006,it was dead and stunk bad,i think it washed up onshore 4 days later…
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up and loudly proclaiming, “WOW! What a ride!”
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Originally posted by NativeSonIt blew a spout just upwind of the boat and everyone on board smelled something TERRIBLE (like the worst outhouse in the world). In fact, I was afraid the head had blown up or something terrible.
But the captain said it was the whale’s breath. Dude needed a breath mint the size of a life raft…
It’s funny you say that. Porpoise snot smells just as bad…
it was probably a right whale. They have a unique “v” shaped blow. the adults are about 55’ and they can weigh up to about 55 tons. They are off our coast usually through March. they are very rare, reported to be less than 300-350 in existence. USCG wants sightings reported and they require a 500 yrd safety zone. Congrats on seeing such a rare and awesome creature
Cpt Steve Little
TowBoat US Charleston
Psalm 107:23-32
That one was a humpback. I got two spear shafts in him, but he shook them before I could get him on my stringer. I knew he would float up eventually.
that is defenatly a hump back. saw one a few years ago off hhi. the big white nobs on the peck fins give it away.