written and photographed by Mary L. Peachin
Mar 2002, Vol. 6 No. 5
Leaping out of the water, the humpback and her calf breeched a dozen times, each time slapping the water like a giant belly flop, one that could be seen and heard for miles. In the distance, we could see water spouts from other whales cruising the ocean water around Graham Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands. But, whale sightings were simply a sideshow for the dozen avid salmon anglers fishing the turbulent waters off the west coast of the northern-most island of British Columbia, the land of the Haida Gwaii.