Rock fishing (or rockfishing as it it sometimes spelled) can be an exhilarating and rewarding sport. Thes two gentlemen were fishing at Boiler Bay State Park, just north of Depoe Bay, Oregon. The rocks that they are standing on are 20 or 30 feet above the ocean, but the breaking waves behind them are nonetheless towering over their heads.
Boiler Bay is a great whale watching location. There are usually a few California Gray Whales that remain along this section of coast all summer. Because the water is very deep along this rocky section of coast, whales frequently come within a hundred yards of the shore or less.
Believe it or not, I once saw one pass within 20 feet of the base of the rocks. He was so close that, looking down on the top of his head, I could see both his eyes at the same time.
I've spent many a day fishing from the rock these gentlemen are standing on. The reason the rocks are bare is that waves in winter storms break over the tops of these rocks and wash inland 100 feet to the foot of the bluff I'm standing on to take this photo.
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