Sea Lions

[gaddy]

sounds to me like they are a nuisance, health hazard & need dealt with.

[Smossy]

sounds to me like they are a nuisance, health hazard & need dealt with.

Wonder how they would taste.. Once you get past all the fat n what not.. Don't the natives eat those things?
Where they at when you actually need them? 

[2labs]

They are protected almost like wolves! I must be an old guy now? Nobody remembers Herchsel at the locks? This see lion  devastated  a fisheries. Wdfw. Tried everything from orca sounds to rubber bullets. They finally. Trapped this very smart seal and moved him to California . After release he came close to beating the release. Truck back to the locks.

[Smossy]

They are protected almost like wolves! I must be an old guy now? Nobody remembers Herchsel at the locks? This see lion  devastated  a fisheries. Wdfw. Tried everything from orca sounds to rubber bullets. They finally. Trapped this very smart seal and moved him to California . After release he came close to beating the release. Truck back to the locks.

Dang. No never heard about that.

[wildmanoutdoors]

sounds to me like they are a nuisance, health hazard & need dealt with.

Wonder how they would taste.. Once you get past all the fat n what not.. Don't the natives eat those things?
Where they at when you actually need them? 

You wont see the Sea Lions on float 17! Thats the tribal dock!

[gaddy]

I remember Herschel. & I remember going through those locks with fish boiling the water while you sat in your boat thinking a hand net ( if legal ) would fill the boat before the gates opened. with all the concerns about fish populations you would think these predators would be dealt with.

[smdave]

Herschel was the first California sea lion spotted preying on steel head at the Ballard Locks in the late 1970s. Herschel has since been accompanied and/or replaced by numerous other California sea lions that frequent the Locks because they can catch fish by corralling them against the cement walls.

From this article.
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19940817&slug=1925665

[Becky]

Herschel was the first California sea lion spotted preying on steel head at the Ballard Locks in the late 1970s. Herschel has since been accompanied and/or replaced by numerous other California sea lions that frequent the Locks because they can catch fish by corralling them against the cement walls.

From this article.
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19940817&slug=1925665

Lazy lions

[Jonathan_S]

I can't stand those stupid things.

They know they're protected too, that's why they sit there on log booms and holler as you leave the harbor.

So sad about them snatching dogs.  I think a lil' shot of pepper spray would work wonders if they're blocking the docks.

[Becky]

I know it's more of an expense, but couldn't some strong sharp wire be ran across the doc fronts? Or maybe not because it will affect the boats.. -pondering- .. hmm stupid smelly things. I have never seen them before like that out there until this year.

[lucky33]

Pepper spray their ass, I wouldn't think twice about doing that if they were beoming an issue

Us eastsiders dont seem to have the kind of Issues you guys do   

[huntnphool]

Pepper spray their ass, I wouldn't think twice about doing that if they were beoming an issue

Us eastsiders dont seem to have the kind of Issues you guys do   

Dont get it twisted, your "eastside" would end up in the same federal law suit as ours if you harmed them.

[lucky33]

Pepper spray their ass, I wouldn't think twice about doing that if they were beoming an issue

Us eastsiders dont seem to have the kind of Issues you guys do   

Dont get it twisted, your "eastside" would end up in the same federal law suit as ours if you harmed them.

I know that, these kinds of problems all seem foreign to me. I dont leave this side of the state much. 

[WSU]

There are many legal deterrent methods.  NOAA has them on their website.  Paintball guns, seal bombs, etc. can be used in the right situation.

[sirmissalot]

They had rubber buckshot at cabelas the other day.

12 gauge

FYI