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TransAm posted 07-07-2009 10:59 AM ET (US)
For those familiar with the Chesapeake Bay, you know this is not an every day sighting. These dolphins were approximately 50 feet from my slipped boat at the West River Yacht Harbor.
That same day, while slipping our wave-runner in the water at a nearby ramp, a fin caught my eye moving through the water about 20 feet away. I didn't think much of it at the time, and wrote it off as a ray or skate, but after hearing of this, I'm sure it was one of these critters.

http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2009/06/24-22/ Dolphins-spotted-in-West-River.html
TC posted 07-07-2009 12:08 PM ET (US)
One time about three years ago in the Chickahominy River which feeds into the James which then feeds into the bay, my wife's kayak was lifted up by a surfacing manatee!. She and her friends followed it for about an hour.
R T M posted 07-07-2009 12:35 PM ET (US)
Interesting article about problems with dolphins and fishing gear in Florida: Sometimes they will hang around your boat and steal your bait.

http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/dolphinsmart/pdfs/dolphin_dep.pdf
rich/Binkie
hauptjm posted 07-07-2009 02:17 PM ET (US)
I've had many a good offshore fishing spots ruined by porposes. When they come, you just pick up anchor and move on.
wood duck posted 07-07-2009 03:49 PM ET (US)
We saw several dolphins last August,while underway, about 30' off our bow in the Chesapeake just west of Smith Island, Md.
project13 posted 07-08-2009 09:56 AM ET (US)
Nearly 20 years ago I saw 2 watermen trying to lasso an elk swimming a couple miles out in the bay not far from Tilghman Island Light.
Now that was unusual.
The Chesapeake Explorer posted 07-08-2009 11:07 PM ET (US)
Wow, Yesterday I was at Pt Lookout 7-7-09 and i saw a fin about three miles up the Potomac. I stampped on the floor and rode round it and it porpised up several times then I headed to the main bay bow trim up and making a slow but big wake and it followed me a bit jumping in the wake. This was the first porpose I have seen in 20 years in the Potomac. I have seen plenty of them in the Atalantic at Va Beach.

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Author	Topic: Unusual wildlife in the Chesapeake Bay
TransAm	posted 07-07-2009 10:59 AM ET (US) For those familiar with the Chesapeake Bay, you know this is not an every day sighting. These dolphins were approximately 50 feet from my slipped boat at the West River Yacht Harbor. That same day, while slipping our wave-runner in the water at a nearby ramp, a fin caught my eye moving through the water about 20 feet away. I didn't think much of it at the time, and wrote it off as a ray or skate, but after hearing of this, I'm sure it was one of these critters. http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2009/06/24-22/ Dolphins-spotted-in-West-River.html
TC	posted 07-07-2009 12:08 PM ET (US) One time about three years ago in the Chickahominy River which feeds into the James which then feeds into the bay, my wife's kayak was lifted up by a surfacing manatee!. She and her friends followed it for about an hour.
R T M	posted 07-07-2009 12:35 PM ET (US) Interesting article about problems with dolphins and fishing gear in Florida: Sometimes they will hang around your boat and steal your bait. http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/dolphinsmart/pdfs/dolphin_dep.pdf rich/Binkie
hauptjm	posted 07-07-2009 02:17 PM ET (US) I've had many a good offshore fishing spots ruined by porposes. When they come, you just pick up anchor and move on.
wood duck	posted 07-07-2009 03:49 PM ET (US) We saw several dolphins last August,while underway, about 30' off our bow in the Chesapeake just west of Smith Island, Md.
project13	posted 07-08-2009 09:56 AM ET (US) Nearly 20 years ago I saw 2 watermen trying to lasso an elk swimming a couple miles out in the bay not far from Tilghman Island Light. Now that was unusual.
The Chesapeake Explorer	posted 07-08-2009 11:07 PM ET (US) Wow, Yesterday I was at Pt Lookout 7-7-09 and i saw a fin about three miles up the Potomac. I stampped on the floor and rode round it and it porpised up several times then I headed to the main bay bow trim up and making a slow but big wake and it followed me a bit jumping in the wake. This was the first porpose I have seen in 20 years in the Potomac. I have seen plenty of them in the Atalantic at Va Beach.