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02-09-2004, 09:58 AM
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Tuna!
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Sealion carnage
And they say Man is at the top of the food chain.
You would not believe the amount of seals feeding on Salmon on the river yesterday from Warrenton to PDX. If seals are an indicator fish at the mouth of the Cowlitz, must have seen 50 seals feasting there at once.
Overall, I guess 10 seals per mile would be a conservative estimate.
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02-09-2004, 09:59 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Portland, OR
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Re: Sealion carnage
were the feeding on salmon or the smelt? This time of year I think they're gorging on smelt.
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02-09-2004, 10:29 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Re: Sealion carnage
We saw about 5 shakers, the rest were looking.
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02-09-2004, 10:31 AM
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Tuna!
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Re: Sealion carnage
not a bad sign seeing as we're barely past the first week of February.
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02-09-2004, 02:49 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Portland, OR
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Re: Sealion carnage
I thought this would be a thread about Mr. Fisherman catching a bunch of fish. :depressed:
KB
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02-09-2004, 03:00 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Salem
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Re: Sealion carnage
I had this one on for a bit Saturday. I was reeling in the decent shaker when all the sudden it went nuts and came to the surface. This is what we saw.
He took the sturgeon on my line about 20 ft behind the boat then ran about 20 yrds with it before I was able to brake it off.
Jon :smile: :grin: :smile:
[ 02-09-2004, 04:07 PM: Message edited by: MasterCaster ]
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02-09-2004, 04:02 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Re: Sealion carnage
Tom, it only cost $7,000 per copy to hunt those buggers in the Columbia. At least that's what they issued a ticket to the dude last year for. You should arm Minaki with torpedos fore and aft. What a display that would be. :shocked:
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02-09-2004, 04:25 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Re: Sealion carnage
Bernie, I can only imagine what fun the gillnetters are going to have with them. 
By the five or so shakers, I meant the sealions on the surface, shaking salmon, eating the guts are finding another fish to waste. 
50 caliber would do it, maybe we can get the
Indians going on the sealions, or start a killer whale pod on the Columbia. [img]graemlins/idea.gif[/img]
Mel, only sharpened one log all day, 8 hours, 140gl fuel 1800rpm max after the strike.
Watch out, I'm getting my props tuned now and you know what that means. [img]graemlins/1zhelp.gif[/img]
[ 02-09-2004, 05:28 PM: Message edited by: kamloops ]
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02-09-2004, 11:31 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Mountaindale- between the Girl Scout Camp and the Nudist Camp :)
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Re: Sealion carnage
Hey Tom! You musta made it up the creek! Hope everything went smooth, wish I coulda taken the ride with you.
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02-10-2004, 05:10 AM
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Chromer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Vancouver,WA
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Re: Sealion carnage
Keta,
It won't be long and we'll be seeing "Sea Lion Crossing" signs on the highways. :shocked:
love2fish
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02-10-2004, 07:21 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Re: Sealion carnage
Gee, I wonder how much that cost taxpayers? cheaper to shoot the poor thing. 
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02-10-2004, 12:24 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Milwaukie, OR
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Re: Sealion carnage
There one creature that if I see it on the road.. I aint slowing down.
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02-10-2004, 01:21 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Portland, OR
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Re: Sealion carnage
The least those rescuers could have done was a quick vascetomy. The population has expolded and here is a volunteer!
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02-11-2004, 07:54 PM
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Guest
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Olympia Wa.
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Re: Sealion carnage
F.Y.I.
Sealions usually do not eat smelt they just follow them in for the Salmon.
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02-13-2004, 06:27 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: troutdale
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Re: Sealion carnage
:shocked: 
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02-13-2004, 06:55 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Portland
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Re: Sealion carnage
Not that I'm a tree hugging, dirt foot or anything, but I would rather compete with a natural predator of salmon/sturgeon than...well... um.... lets say.... gillnetters. :shocked:
There, I said it!! Whew, glad I got that off my mind. Hopefully I'm not stirring the pot here, and I probably don't understand the whole situation. But than's my .02 worth.
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02-13-2004, 11:31 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Salem, OR
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Re: Sealion carnage
kinda like a deer, WRO....it might <mess up> your car pretty good!~
hehe
[ 02-13-2004, 12:34 PM: Message edited by: skein ]
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02-14-2004, 02:55 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Albany
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Re: Sealion carnage
I read another article on the sea lion, and it said that his directional compass was off because of a 22 bullet lodged in his head. Looks like somebody lost a salmon to him. I remember the first time a sea lion ripped a chinook off my hook. It's a good thing I didn't have a gun. $7,000 is a little expensive!!!!!
,Ed
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02-14-2004, 07:31 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Aloha
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Re: Sealion carnage
It would probably take four skin divers to give a sealion a vasectomy. 
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02-14-2004, 10:46 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Hillsboro, OR, USA
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Re: Sealion carnage
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<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helv"> Nobody's Vasectomizing my boat
An I never took anybodys fish off their line. I have been accused of bragging but I was only stating fact :grin:
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02-15-2004, 08:37 AM
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Re: Sealion carnage
Lobotomies are easier to do.
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