In the article I read this morning, it mentioned that a female "leader of the pack" (or something) was once hit by a boat, and some assume she's acquired an aggression toward boats and younger whales mimic what she does, so it's passed down. But then another article I read said that these orcas in the area are also known to play with dolphins and the dolphins sometimes accompany the orcas on these attacks, so they didn't believe these attacks were aggressive in nature but orcas (and dolphins) being playful. All I know is somebody better protect Tilman's Boardwalk! Slap some rocket launchers onto that bad boy and go fishing for whale! Can't be paying for casinos, restaurants, lottery picks, and mega yachts!
Right. There's a bunch of theories, but nobody will ever know...blaming Richard Harris is just as valid at this point.
I spent my childhood fishing, swimming and waterskiing on the Trinity River and have seen huge catfish, gators and alligator gar pulled our of that river. when I was a teen I had one pull the john boat we were fishing in up river 1/2 a mile while I tried to reel it in. I eventually got tired and cut the line. Those things are monsters.
I spent my childhood fishing, swimming and waterskiing on the Trinity River and have seen huge catfish, gators and alligator gar pulled our of that river. when I was a teen I had one pull the john boat we were fishing in up river 1/2 a mile while I tried to reel it in. I eventually got tired and cut the line. Those things are monsters.
Used to canoe down Chocolate Bayou with my buddy in his two-man canoe as kids. We would routinely see gars surface next to us that were nearly as long as the canoe. It was probably the toxic waste, though.
Nah, they're just awesome harmless dinosaur fish (just like sharks). It's fun to get one off of a trotline while you're in a canoe. And both are becoming a threatened species.
I did mostly, it just didn't look a whole lot alive while they were playing with in on top of coolers and wenches and such ..which article I'm not sure, missed that, great to know. Also, releasing a fish alive and releasing it where it won't die are 2 different things. That's what you're supposed to do, with the Lunker bass and snapper, and sharks and whatnot.
Back in the day, we went wade fishing at night at San Luis Pass. Usually gigging for flounder, but sometimes hooking a live shrimp and tossing it out there. On the bay side in calm water. A million stars overhead. Thank goodness, I never saw one of those damn things. I likely wouldn't be here now. Wow!
Gigging for flounders, wading for trout and reds, and trapping crabs. And stars on the water: when it rains
I wouldn't call anybody a whale...unless they needed it, right? [oh hell, i don't know where i get my whale pictures from] Yay, how fun.
He was right there next to the boat, and we got to scratch his head, how fun It's the Southern Right Whale, which is very much becoming extinct because of whaling
