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Reginald P. Smithers III Reginald P. Smithers III is offline
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Eisboch wrote:
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Eisboch wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
news On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 11:10:37 -0800, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

tuna seem to be attracted by the vibrations of the
bigger boats.

Bottle nosed dolphin certainly are. Our trawler is a veritable
dolphin magnet. We can sometimes see them coming from hundreds of
yards away.
That's because they are doing three times your speed. :-)

Eisboch


I was going to mention they were attracted by the smell of ripe fish, but
I didn't want to start anything. :}



Yabut, I know what he's saying. I remember well the sight of dophins
playing ahead and alongside the bow when we traveled south on the Navigator.
There's something very special about them .... I think they know us.

Eisboch



They also will be attracted by sailboats under sail. I think they just
love to play in bow wakes.