Thursday
May122011
Sea lion yanks fisherman overboard
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 12:00AM 
A sea lion yanked a 62 year-old retired pharmaceutical company manager out of his boat and into the 51-degree Willamette River channel.
Clinging to the gunwale with his right hand, he held fast to the net with his left but was no match for what likely was a male California sea lion.
He had to let the $150 net and the fish go. Gone, too, were his son's G. Loomis rod and Penn reel, valued together at about $500.
LINK (Via: Oregon Live)
tagged fish in the news, salmon thief, sea lion in News
fish in the news, salmon thief, sea lion in News
Reader Comments (7)
That really sucks about the $500 rod an $150 reel! At least nobody got hurt though.
Just shoot the things already! They did on the Columbia.
seal skin slippers! seal flipper pie! oil for our lanterns! I think its really time for a hunting season on these menacing creatures! It goes for sea lions as well!
Awesome! Major congrats to the sea lion for winning the match! An important reminder to anglers: there is still a food chain, and we are still just one link, in spite of our giant petrol-spewing power boats.
Go pinnipeds!!!
I'm very disappointed to see Moldy Chum supporting the jaggoffs who make those stickers. Referring to pinnipeds as "thieves?" Come on guys, are you really on the bullshit bandwagon? What a crock of shit! You are better than that...
Thank You "Suckit" that is a very helpful comment... However, just because the sea lions are smarter than you and actually know how to catch a fish, doesn't mean we should shoot them. Marine mammals are protected, those shot on the Columbia were shot with runbber bullets to "haze" them. Did it work with them? no. I think we should worry about the dams before we worry about the sea lions. "Support Your Local Salmon" ...what a crock!
Shoot, let it sink and shut up!!
In the North Atlantic they went from 800,000 to 10 Million what a mess..