Ive seen whales on tv like everybody else but when you see one in person and its 45 foot plus its quite the eye opener! I was in a 60 foot cat big time,lol.but I bet it still out weighed us.Sad part is I never got to see a killer whale pod though.For a boy from the middle of Canada whose seen nothing bigger than a 300 lb sturgeon it was a few hundred dollars well spent.And I caught a 35 lb plus king salmon while putting around in a 15 foot boat off Victoria B.C. as a bonus but had to toss it back as it was too big for that day.One more day and it would of been slot size legal.