Caption: Not all denizens of the deep are caught on hook and line. This baby Whale was captured by a bather in the Gulf of Mexico off Pass-a-Grille. Actually it was not a capture. The Whale was looking for its mother, and the portly gentleman, seen through the weak eyes of the 500-pound infant, was the nearest thing to happiness the "little" fellow could find.
Source: Lewis, Gordon (1957) The Book of Florida Fishing Fresh & Salt Water
Footnote of Interest: The 'portly gentleman' is actually Herman Melville, and this is was the real inspiration for Moby Dick.
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