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Special Interest => Kayak & Canoe Chat => Topic started by: aussiebasser on October 26, 2010, 06:44:27 PM

Title: Kayaking in Alaska
Post by: aussiebasser on October 26, 2010, 06:44:27 PM

So, you're paddling along, watching Whales feed on krill when all of a sudden........

Title: Re: Kayaking in Alaska
Post by: beau on October 27, 2010, 02:10:58 PM

That would suck

Title: Re: Kayaking in Alaska
Post by: Gmarto on October 28, 2010, 05:14:53 PM

And he forgot to bring his fishing gear..... I guess it show that the stealth of a kayak can have its disadvantages.

Title: Re: Kayaking in Alaska
Post by: Dick Pasfield on October 28, 2010, 08:00:08 PM

Quote from: Member on October 28, 2010, 05:14:53 PM

And he forgot to bring his fishing gear.....

Kayaks make great lures for whales. A couple of 100/0 trebles mounted underneath and the whole show hooked up to a winch mounted on shore.  The soft bodied morsel mounted to the lure as a taste teaser never lasts too long however ;D

Title: Re: Kayaking in Alaska
Post by: Sweetwater on October 30, 2010, 11:41:29 PM

Not saying it is, but it looks & seems so out there that one could be forgiven for thinking its a photoshop job.

If its true, I bet that paddler won't ever forget that day.

fitz..

Title: Re: Kayaking in Alaska
Post by: fishy_rex on November 23, 2010, 08:07:33 PM

ahhh unlucky ive always wanted to give this a go tho..

Title: Re: Kayaking in Alaska
Post by: Seasquirt on November 30, 2010, 09:53:10 PM

Nice yak but.


Not sure I would be tickling a whales tonsils with my paddle though.

Title: Re: Kayaking in Alaska
Post by: Cooper on December 05, 2010, 05:23:35 PM

Im going to agree with fitz fairly sure its a photoshop job theres no wake from the yak.... unless he was sitting dead still when it happened... :)
Cooper

Title: Re: Kayaking in Alaska
Post by: A Marshall on December 06, 2010, 11:09:08 AM

Watched a really good doco on SBS yesterday, all about their feeding habits in that part of the world.
One whale encircles the bait school blowing a net of bubbles, this forces the bait to the surface & the whales come up from below with mouths wide open as in picture. They can do this repeatedly for hours with the same whales surfacing in the same position, awesome animals.

Cheers Andrew

Title: Re: Kayaking in Alaska
Post by: lure gun on January 08, 2011, 12:28:38 AM

 :OMG damn, that would suck something chronic