Maybe the reasoning for the slowdown was the fact that there was lots of food in the water. We started to see large patches of bait on our fishfinder! This piece of equipment really does not aid us in terms of helping us find whales as we travel along Jeffreys Ledge searching the horizon for cetaceans. It does however, tell us what is directly underneath us at any give time.While spending time with this whale we continuously were moving over large patches of fish. Within the first 100ft below the surface of the water we were seeing highly dense concentrations of some sort of schooling fish. The fact that whales can detect and find their food by using their senses, not any equipment, every single day is an amazing feat. And these whales need a lot of food! An adult Fin whale needs 1,000,000 calories every single day! That is a massive amount of food these mammals must find in order to survive and it is incredible to think just how complex and aware these creatures are as they swim through the world they live in order to live day to day.
Unfortunately, Mother Nature provided quite the scenery on our ride home, and brought some wind and rain along with her. 
So while we did not journey back to Jeffreys Ledge this afternoon we will be back out tomorrow to see what we can find!
So while we did not journey back to Jeffreys Ledge this afternoon we will be back out tomorrow to see what we can find!
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That darn mother nature, I am trying to get to Jeffrey's but she just will not let me. I hope she cooperates next week for you guys and me. I hope to see you and all the whales real soon.
P.S. I like your mother's nature...
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