Thursday we were 27 miles South East of Grand Isle is 175' of water.
My Dad, a friend and myself were rig fishing and moving to a different rig.
We were deciding which rig to stop at so we were all looking in the same direction at a rig about 1/4 mile ahead of us.
All of a sudden we all saw a huge splash about 200 yards away from the rig we were looking at. Water splashed 15-25' in the air. We all said at the same time "What the HELL is that?!?"
Three seconds later we saw a huge...."something" jump halfway out of the water and fall sideways with a HUGE splash. It looked like only half of the animal was out of the water and this part of the animal was at least 15-20' long and wider than our boat.
The majority of the animal was black but there was some white on it also.
We drove the boat up to where we thought the animal had jumped and did not see anything.
I have told a few friends that I saw a whale while fishing last week and get the feeling that no one really believes me.
I have racked my brain and cannot think of anything else in the gulf that is that big and would breach the water like that.
What are you guys thoughts on this?
Is it rediculous to think that we saw a what jump out of the water in this location?
If not a whale what else could it be?
All three of us on board were looking directly at it and all agree the only thing it could have been is a whale.
Help me confirm that we are NOT CRAZY!!!
