Sea Lion Tolerance

Not wanting to beat a dead horse but this is a growing story and certainly is front and center of Rob Maxey's mind... sea lion danger. It's also on the mind of the Kelly and Michael show. The other day they showed a huge picture of a sea lion snatching a fish out of the hand of the fisherman who caught it. It might have been the San Diego incident. Anyway, I digress, here's Rob with more. "We were releasing a rock fish that you have to release. When we were hell of it fishing and caught the wrong kind of fish, it jumped in to my boat and tried to take it from me. I have personally seen sea lions jump on docks and steel halibut just like the one in San Diego. It's nuts. My personal take on this is that it is a very simple thing. These animals have to call themselves up on shore and sleep during the day. We need to shoo them off the places they are not supposed to be. Peoples private property, beaches, boats, the problem will take care of itself. They will self regulate but as long as we allow them to come up and as soon as it lays on your dock you can't touch it, then they learn and more and more come there. If a bear came and built a den on your deck you would kick him off. If a lion grab something out of your hand and bit you you would have it killed. But it's a sea lion and we can't touch it. It's just a matter of time until someone gets killed."