camillj Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 (edited) We were "mugged" by a few Humpbacks while in Maui last week ... I got some really cool video as one of them decided to show off right underneath our Zodiak on a 2 hr whale-watching tour ... BEST EXPERIENCE EVER ... if you have a choice definitely go on the Zodiak over the bigger boats .. NOTHING comes close to this ... we had whales playing around us for the ENTIRE 2 hrs ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uooozoV9LyI&feature=relmfu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa7Oc5o0OlQ&feature=relmfu Edited April 2, 2012 by camillj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discophish Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Amazing! Definitely high on my bucket list, for sure. I would totally need a bottle of gravel for that. I get sick just being a passenger in a car. Hope the rest of the trip went well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey buoy Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Too cool !!!!!!!!!!!!.A tad to much for me maybe???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walleye'm Fishing Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Sweet, thanks for posting that dude!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crappieperchhunter Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Cool Whale watching is on my bucket list as well...but I plan on doing mine in Nova Scotia. I don't know if they have Zodiac options out there but I will definitely keep that in mind when we start planning the details. Thx for the report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Very Nice !!! What type of setup were you useing to catch them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Holy crap! Nature is #1 entertainment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bailey Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Haven't been whale watching in far too long, now I'm getting the urge again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Amazing video Jon, thanks for showing them. My wife and some of her girlfriends are leaving in a couple weeks for a 2 week cruise to Hawaii and I sure hope she gets to see something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITEME Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Use to love sitting in the sonar room and listening to them communicate. VERY VERY HUMBLING!!!! We are not alone!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnsled Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosebunk Posted April 4, 2012 Report Share Posted April 4, 2012 Whales were cool but you being in Maui is even cooler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camillj Posted April 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2012 (edited) Thanks folks ... Lew, they should be around for another few weeks at least ... Between Maui and Lanai was AMAZING (about 25 miles from the big island of Hawaii... definitely a lifetime experience. I didnt post these because we didnt actually catch em .. but for your viewing pleasure here's a link with some nice fish we saw come in ... and managed to steal a photo-opp ... http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=10151478990145019&set=a.10151478986860019.840400.845145018&type=3&theater http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=10151478997365019&set=a.10151478986860019.840400.845145018&type=3&theater By the way for $165 I spent a QUALITY 6 hrs (6 AM - NOON) chasing Blue Marlin with a couple of the most seasoned guides on the island (Pier 7 in Lahaina on the island of Maui)... worth every penny ! (and Whales/Dolphins were a bonus for viewing pleasure). Edited April 4, 2012 by camillj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucktail Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 (edited) Super mega WOW!!! Thanks for sharing! Humpbacks on 4 lb test....I can do it man!!!!! Edited April 6, 2012 by bucktail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerritt Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 I have my uncle here, and he was in the sonar room for the HMCS Okanagan, I told him about this post... and he told be he could hear whales humping 15 miles away lol G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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