Many Maine fishermen go a lifetime without seeing a killer whale swim around their boat. Billy Train, a fishing captain from Falmouth, has had the experience twice.
Train photographed a male killer whale as it followed his slow-moving trawler, the Black Beauty, late last week on Georges Bank, a famed fishing ground 100 miles east of Boston.
"I've been fishing for 34 years and it's only the second time I've ever seen them," said Train, who returned from the eight-day fishing trip Monday.
Train was alone in the wheelhouse of the trawler as it towed a groundfish net at about 3 knots. The three other members of the crew were below deck, resting, when Train walked out onto the open deck and saw the large black dorsal fin in the water.
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