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Offline jackmaster

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Re: Orcas and Humpback Whales
« Reply #15 on: August 25, 2016, 07:19:54 AM »
I have been out fishn a few times lately and twice I have seen what looks like dolphins :dunno: I have grown up fishn the salt here in Washington and have never seen a dolphin and now in a month I have seen them a couple times, they aren't very big, well not like the flipper dolphin from the show.. No clue what they are..
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Re: Orcas and Humpback Whales
« Reply #16 on: August 25, 2016, 08:41:20 AM »
I have been out fishn a few times lately and twice I have seen what looks like dolphins :dunno: I have grown up fishn the salt here in Washington and have never seen a dolphin and now in a month I have seen them a couple times, they aren't very big, well not like the flipper dolphin from the show.. No clue what they are..

My guess would be pilot whale.
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Re: Orcas and Humpback Whales
« Reply #17 on: August 25, 2016, 12:11:36 PM »
I have been out fishn a few times lately and twice I have seen what looks like dolphins :dunno: I have grown up fishn the salt here in Washington and have never seen a dolphin and now in a month I have seen them a couple times, they aren't very big, well not like the flipper dolphin from the show.. No clue what they are..

It might be a harbor porpoise!

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/harbor-porpoises-now-a-common-sight-in-puget-sound/

http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/mammalogy/collections/mamwash/cetacea.php#Harbor_Porpoise
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Re: Orcas and Humpback Whales
« Reply #18 on: August 25, 2016, 06:43:07 PM »
That's what it was a harbor porpoise , pretty cool to see them, I wish they would play like the flipper Dolphins , that would be cool to swim with them :tup:
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