Once on a charter trip out of Depoe Bay a baby(20ft)gray whale came up just a few yards from us. Seemed curious. It was cool. Just after that I hooked a big fish, got it right up to the boat and it turned out to be a shark. It spit the hook, about 4 feet from the boat. Glad he did that as you can't land them. The skipper said it looked like a White. We caught a lot of Rockfish on that trip.