Credit: Kevin Egan – IWantToFish.com
Kevin Egan was on a group sport fishing trip last June with friends when he captured a spectacular sight on video.
Egan was out fishing just north of Graham Island in Haida Gwaii, cutting bait, when his friend noticed something in the water.
Less than 5 feet away was a 40-ton humpback whale, looking at them in the boat. Egan and his friends scrambled for a camera, while keeping the boat in neutral.
He says at first they were scared that the whale may try to bump the boat, but Egan says the whale was very calm and avoided making contact with the boat.
“We were at first scared, grabbing railings and bracing ourselves for impact of the whale bumping the boat, but gradually that fear subsided as the whale was highly maneuverable and while sometimes only inches from the boat was so graceful and careful not once made contact with the boat for over an hour. The whale could move up, down, sideway, forward and backward with ease,” says Egan.
Egan says he also took some underwater photos of the whale, who became interested in his camera.
“The whale got super interested when he saw the camera underwater. Coming over to watch me, watching him! It is a very rare occurrence to see whales this close so any photo or video memory is priceless.”
Egan says he has been organizing similar sport fishing trips for the past 9 years through his website www.iwanttofish.com
He says his son showed him how to upload the spectacular video to YouTube.
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