Thanks, Chuck....That turned out GREAT...

This picture was sent to me from a buddy of mine who lives in Juneau, Alaska... It shows a humpback whale surfacing with a mouthful of herring, engaged in " bubble feeding"...I'm going up visit him in August and fish a few days on his boat...

I fished with Joe a couple of years ago for salmon and halibut and had a great time... Every day when we were on the water, we had up close and personal encounters with humpback whales like this one...Some were less than 50 yards from Joe's 19 foot boat...AWESOME ceatures..

Adult humpback whales average 40 to 50 feet in length, and weigh about 40 tons... Yup, you read that right...80,000 pounds..

There is a lot of info on the computer about humpbacks..Check out thier "bubble feeding" technique...Amazing..There are some good film clips of it on youtube..