I am not sure what the whale was. It was mid river and it was dark. Only knew it was by the size of the body and my spotlight. At first I thought it mightbe a sea lion, but it was too big and made too much noise clearing the blow hole. It would dive and come up about every 30 feet or so. Heading back to the salt. We watched it for about 300 yards or so. I wish I would have had my camcorder. Oh, no fish for 8 hours of fishing. Are the nets in?