Follow the Whale

With all the Racking going on South of the border I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to get out to my favorite stream of squalor. I headed to the area where I picked up the two quality great whites on my last trip. I was there about half an hour when after loading my screen with sand I noticed that there were numerous pieces of whale bone sticking out of the soon to be washed pile. After getting 2/3 through the gravel I saw a large root and it was perfect. I pulled on one of the lobes and another 2 inches of tooth followed it out of the gravel - a really nice great white! The blade was a little beat up but the root is as perfect as they come. A trip maker for sure. I continued my search, trying to collect where the pieces of whale bone told me and while I picked up a bunch of partial great whites, none were whole. However, shark teeth weren’t the only thing in with the whale bone. In the last 15 minutes a large 4 to 5 inch bone looking thing appeared in the screen, but this one had a much more deliberate shape - it was a tooth. The very tip was missing but otherwise it was complete. Even partial it was impressive. I believe it’s a sperm whale tooth which is a first for me and one I’ll never forget.