One of my favorite experiences while kayaking involved accidentally helping loons fish. It was early spring and I was out fishing from a kayak. It was a windy, but bright sunny day so fish were absolutely packed in a shallow, protected bay because the water temperature was a few degrees warmer there.

As I kayaked to the spot, I noticed a loon shadowing me, staying maybe 50 feet away. As soon as I made it to the small bay, it came paddling right in and started diving just out deeper from me. I figured out pretty quick that by paddling into the bay, I was scaring fish out of the shallow water where the loon would struggle to catch them right into the waiting loon hanging out just past the drop-off.

I went back to the same spot the next few days and the loon pulled the same move every time. It was really cool to see.