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Anglers spot fin whales 50 miles south of Destin
Lance Caine was on a three-day fishing trip with some friends from Atlanta when he noticed a puff of water coming from the water. They were about 50 miles south of Destin in the Gulf of Mexico and they went to investigate the sight.
?I don?t think that?s a porpoise,? Caine told his friends. And, sure enough, it wasn?t. Out swimming leisurely were about half-dozen fin whales.
?It was pretty amazing actually,? Caine said. ?They were just out there. I thought you would have to go to California to see those. It was a unique experience and a very rare thing to see.?
The whales Caine and his friends saw were about 50 feet in length.
Caine, who has lived in Destin for four years and goes fishing every chance he gets, said he has never seen anything like it. After returning home, the group did a little research on their sighting and found out the fin whale has a fairly broad range in which it makes its home.
The fin whale can grow to 85 feet and is the second largest animal ever to live. The blue whale is the largest. Fin whales are most common in the Southern Hemisphere while smaller populations inhabit the North Atlantic and North Pacific. Some populations migrate between warm, low latitude winter mating grounds and cooler, high latitude summer feeding grounds, though their movements are less predictable than other large whales, according to research from OmPlace. Some lower latitude populations, such as in the Gulf of California and Gulf of Mexico, seem to live there year-round. In these areas, the whales can be found in offshore waters but may be seen close to shore if the water is deep.
Anglers spot fin whales 50 miles south of Destin
Lance Caine was on a three-day fishing trip with some friends from Atlanta when he noticed a puff of water coming from the water. They were about 50 miles south of Destin in the Gulf of Mexico and they went to investigate the sight.
?I don?t think that?s a porpoise,? Caine told his friends. And, sure enough, it wasn?t. Out swimming leisurely were about half-dozen fin whales.
?It was pretty amazing actually,? Caine said. ?They were just out there. I thought you would have to go to California to see those. It was a unique experience and a very rare thing to see.?
The whales Caine and his friends saw were about 50 feet in length.
Caine, who has lived in Destin for four years and goes fishing every chance he gets, said he has never seen anything like it. After returning home, the group did a little research on their sighting and found out the fin whale has a fairly broad range in which it makes its home.
The fin whale can grow to 85 feet and is the second largest animal ever to live. The blue whale is the largest. Fin whales are most common in the Southern Hemisphere while smaller populations inhabit the North Atlantic and North Pacific. Some populations migrate between warm, low latitude winter mating grounds and cooler, high latitude summer feeding grounds, though their movements are less predictable than other large whales, according to research from OmPlace. Some lower latitude populations, such as in the Gulf of California and Gulf of Mexico, seem to live there year-round. In these areas, the whales can be found in offshore waters but may be seen close to shore if the water is deep.
