Helicopter Ride Reveals Giant Anchovy Bait Ball in Ventura

More amazing fish activity off the Central Coast! Liz Vernand, a passanger on a Channel Islands Helicopter flight, took this amazing photo a few days ago near Ventura, California.

The anchovies were corralled by dolphins before the two humpback whales showed up. (This has been a boom year for anchovies off much of California, and a boon for large predators.)

“We actually watched the two whales traveling toward the bait ball,” said Vernand, who decided to take the flight with a friend because the weather was so nice.

The photograph lends a unique perspective. Viewers can see the two whales just to the right (the white streak is the underside of one of the whale’s pectoral fins).

Read more about this enormous Bait Ball and Vernand's video footage here.

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[Jolie Cameron]

Awesome tour place.