Surf & turf on the BC Coast

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Tuffcity · #1 Post by **Tuffcity** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:26 am

A few shots from the BC coast last week. Was a little foggy offshore...

Killer whales:

Stellar sealions:

Humpback whale (tail portion

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Bears on the beach:

I was running out of light for the bear picture and had to use my knee as a tripod so not as crisp as it should be.

RC

Sparra · #2 Post by **Sparra** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:24 pm

Great pictures there RC...Where they all taken from a baot???

#3 Post by **Stickbow Hunter** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:32 pm

Great photos as usual RC. It would be great seeing those Killer Whales. It sure was a calm day on the water by the looks of those shots.

Those bears look like a couple of our wild pigs.

Jeff

Coach · #4 Post by **Coach** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:47 pm

Excellent pics mate

That water sure looks nice and calm

Any fishing to be had ?

Tuffcity · #5 Post by **Tuffcity** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 2:40 am

Sparra: pic's from a boat (the bear one I took from an old float we tied our boat to for the night). I was about 10-12 km offshore, except for the picture of the sealions on the rock. One of those rare days when the swell isn't 1-2 metres (or better).

Stick: well, they also get called "hair pigs" over here.

Coach: the amount of salmon out on that bank was amazing. Lots of krill in the water which meant lots of bait fish which brings the whales, sealions and bigger fish.

I lost a nice size Chinook salmon to a sealion out there. The fish was taking it's third run and about a 100 metres from the boat a big bull 'lion nailed it. If you have ever seen the TV documentaries where a great white hits a seal on the surface and clears the water it was similar to that. I got my plug and a fish head back...

RC

ole_silver · #6 Post by **ole_silver** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:55 pm

Hi Tuffcity..........

yep, great pics there mate, just last week i watched the tv show "getaway" it was centred on BC...

shots like yours, bears feeding, wolves running free, glaciers..

very beautiful...........

cheers
Steve..

#7 Post by **Stickbow Hunter** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:11 pm

Stick: well, they also get called "hair pigs" over here.

Well there ya go, I'm not mad after all.

Jeff

CM Sackett · #8 Post by **CM Sackett** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:52 pm

Very nice! I kept looking for pods of killa's in the bay of Valdez a few weeks ago, during the Silver Run. Nothing.

Again, well done... and THANKS!

CM Sackett