5/13 am close encounters of the furry kind

[lambadmin]

Take a note new gang…

3 subjects with high likelihood to result in lively discussions on kayak fishing boards:

-Eating calicos
-GW shark
-Seals – kill ‘em or not…




C’mon Ed and Sarcastic Fringehead…

Old BWE material, both registered in 2005….

Sign up for WCW and come fish with us tomorrow.

Finish your seal discussion over a burger and a cold soda (sorry, no beer allowed in the park).

Crap, I said to myself I was going to stop lobbying for WCW…

[dgax65]

Originally Posted by lambadmin

Take a note new gang…

3 subjects with high likelihood to result in lively discussions on kayak fishing boards:

-Eating calicos
-GW shark
-Seals – kill ‘em or not…

Last time I was out I saw a GWS attack a sea lion that had caught, but not released, a calico. I'm just saying......

[madscientist]

I've put over 400 days in at LJ in the last couple of years, I know many other friends that fish hard as well, and I have never seen nor known someone who has seen a dead sea lion OTW, gunshot or otherwise.

Wasn't there a story last year of sea lions being killed for their gonads (apparently considered an aphrodiasic in some parts of the world)? Might not just be anglers popping them.

[esdees]

Originally Posted by madscientist

I've put over 400 days in at LJ in the last couple of years, I know many other friends that fish hard as well, and I have never seen nor known someone who has seen a dead sea lion OTW, gunshot or otherwise.

Actually, I saw one on Saturday. It was floating upside down, had foam coming out of it's mouth and stunk like... well... like a dead sea lion. I could see some intestines coming out of it, but I couldn't see the wound. I would guess that it was a young GWS attack. When I was coming up to it I was planning to take some pictures, but it was just too nasty.

-Patrick

[madscientist]

Originally Posted by esdees

Actually, I saw one on Saturday. It was floating upside down, had foam coming out of it's mouth and stunk like... well... like a dead sea lion. I could see some intestines coming out of it, but I couldn't see the wound. I would guess that it was a young GWS attack. When I was coming up to it I was planning to take some pictures, but it was just too nasty.

-Patrick

Cool. I've never smelt dead sea lion, but imagine it's pretty rank.

[tylerdurden]

I've also seen a single dead seal in all my hours out there. It wasn't pretty. I didn't want to get close enough to see what killed it.

[Rick]

Just to add another wrinkle to this thread. While going out a week ago Monday afternoon, I noticed a knothead surface in front of a cove swimmer treading water near the new bouy. The swimmer let out a "whoa" while the knothead stared at him from a distance of only a few feet for a couple of seconds before swimming off. Could this kind of situation become more dangerous for swimmers if these animals had just been aggravated by a wrist rocket or paintball? Rick

[T-Rex]

They do smell pretty rank & it's something dogs love to roll in. A few years ago I was at a beach in Santa Barbara with my wife & kids and we came across a dead sea lion with a pretty big chunk missing out of it's rear quarter. It was really ripe, oozing goo and smelled terrible...instant gag if you got too close.

Anyway, a small white, fluffy pekinese type doge came prancing up the beach and immediately started rolling in the carcass. It was pretty hilarious, especially since the owner was about 25 yards down the beach and not paying attention. It took about 30 seconds for "fluffy" to get fully covered head to tail in dead seal slime. It was almost as funny watching the horrified owner sprint up the beach and pull her fluffy off the carcass. Wish I'd got it on video!

[wavster]

Originally Posted by lambadmin

Crap, I said to myself I was going to stop lobbying for WCW…

Keep lobbying Adi! Only 18 hours until lines can be dropped and less than 24 hours until the final whistle blows!