Cinco de What the heck?!

[Jimmyz123]

So I launched my FeelFree Moken 14 Kayak today at La Jolla Shores to try and find some fin friends to play with.

http://s26.photobucket.com/user/Jimm...a00ff.mp4.html
I paddled out and made bait, and trolled around for a couple of hours. Seeing some marks on the bottom I stopped and dropped some bait down. Off in the distance I heard what sounded like something blowing some air. I turned and saw some gray whales about 50 yards to the West and thought, "wow those look pretty cool." Little did I know about a minute later they were literally 5 feet from me and diving under my Kayak. I could have touched them they were so close, but I chose to hold on and brace for impact because I thought that was about to happen.



This image is basically what I saw, I wasn't fast enough with my camera to get the real shots.
Yes, I was freaking out. As cool as it was, I kept thinking about a fellow kayaker who got flipped over about 2 years ago, I didn't want that to happen to me. In the video below you will see the water displacement that was caused by the whales.
http://s26.photobucket.com/user/Jimm...51fac.mp4.html

No fish were caught today, but it was rather exciting. The weather turned ugly so I called it a day and went home to enjoy the rain while being inside.