Bottlenose dolphins close up During November 2002, my husband and I went fishing out of Shallotte Inlet. It was a beautiful warm day, and the water was calm. On the way out, my husband noticed something hitting the top of the water and we stopped, thinking we had found a school of kings. It was a huge pod of bottlenose dolphins, and they headed straight for our boat. We were surrounded by dolphins! They were very intent on looking us over and playing. They were dark gray on top, tapering to spots on their sides, with white bellies. They were gorgeous and huge! I lay flat on the front of our boat and watched five of them as they swam in the bow wake. They would rock onto their sides and look up at me. I was in heaven! We even saw a mother and baby. The water was so clear you could see them rocket right across the bow of the boat. This went on for about 15 minutes before they tired of us and left. Never in all the years we’ve been fishing have we seen dolphins do this. I hope that I get to see these magnificent creatures again and have them play with us. Robin D. Moore |
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