Humpack Whales in Sacramento!

**noah lane** · 05-17-2007, 12:32 AM

A mother and her calf have been swimming up the Sacramento Delta/deep water channel for the past few days and reach the end of the waterway. The two whales swam right up to the Port of Sacramento. The two whales are trying to guided back to the ocean. Supposedly, it's a record for whales swimming inland in North America.

Full Story:
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/180074.html

**noah lane** · 05-17-2007, 12:34 AM

another story with video:

http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/to...136143416.html

**n3young** · 05-17-2007, 12:35 AM

i live right by here!

**noah lane** · 05-17-2007, 12:36 AM

where do you live?

**noah lane** · 05-17-2007, 12:37 AM

matt head and rob g will appreciate this thread....we used to get drunk and fish here on week nights

**n3young** · 05-17-2007, 12:43 AM

roseville. so its like 20 minutes away but its all relative

**Rob G** · 05-17-2007, 12:51 AM

haha, sick. we could have caught them with some stinky bait and beer

**Rob G** · 05-17-2007, 12:55 AM

ps. noah, that video is shot right where we used to cat fish!

**doug** · 05-17-2007, 07:18 AM

call the enterprise

**Jim Gordon** · 05-17-2007, 08:08 AM

I didn't know that you could go from Sac. to the ocean by boat!

**Rob G** · 05-17-2007, 08:14 AM

Originally Posted by J-Gordon

I didn't know that you could go from Sac. to the ocean by boat!

hahah, not a lot of people do! We have a full sized port that big freight ships dock at in west sacramento!

**noah lane** · 05-17-2007, 08:29 AM

Originally Posted by Rob G

ps. noah, that video is shot right where we used to cat fish!

I know! That's our spot! All week news teams have been there from all over the country.

**Rob G** · 05-17-2007, 09:22 AM

hahah, I should make a trip out there and we should get wasted and go humpback whale fishing! haha

then matt can get stuck in a small lake and refuse to call a tow truck and leave us stranded in the sketchiest spot in west sac until 4 am! yay, conserve!