Tactics to avoiding sea lions stealing your catch? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

5-20 · 09-09-2014, 07:33 AM

The last time I was out there, I had a pair of "ducky-looking" brown birds follow me for probably 30-40 minutes and they were worse than any sea lion I've ever had to deal with. They'd continually dive under the boat looking to see if I'd dropped any bait. I had to stop fishing for almost 20 minutes and paddled away for a good bit. I actually thought they were gone, but they were just shadowing me and once I dropped a bait, one of them made a beeline for it and grabbed it. By that time, I was kind of done fishing, tho.

09-09-2014, 07:33 AM	#11
5-20 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 241	The last time I was out there, I had a pair of "ducky-looking" brown birds follow me for probably 30-40 minutes and they were worse than any sea lion I've ever had to deal with. They'd continually dive under the boat looking to see if I'd dropped any bait. I had to stop fishing for almost 20 minutes and paddled away for a good bit. I actually thought they were gone, but they were just shadowing me and once I dropped a bait, one of them made a beeline for it and grabbed it. By that time, I was kind of done fishing, tho.