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Title: Sealion at Drano
Post by: castie2504 on April 18, 2023, 08:24:26 PM: Anyone else see the sea lion at Drano on Friday/Saturday? I was there last Friday and it was dead. Saw the sea lion right under the bridge but it was too far from me to confirm. All I could see was something swimming with its head just above the water, thought it was a river otter but after thinking about it it was not the right shape. It was still there on Saturday, someone got pictures of it. Saw the pictures captured on Saturday via Facebook. How in the heck are these damn sea lions making it past Bonneville? Are they getting over via the locks maybe?
Title: Re: Sealion at Drano
Post by: Stein on April 18, 2023, 08:41:37 PM: That's crazy if it is true, isn't Bonneville a pipe with bars over it to keep those fat furbags out?
Title: Re: Sealion at Drano
Post by: Limhangerslayer on April 18, 2023, 09:49:05 PM: Quote from: Stein on April 18, 2023, 08:41:37 PM
That's crazy if it is true, isn't Bonneville a pipe with bars over it to keep those fat furbags out?
a few years ago there were 4 or so all the way up at Dalles dam during the sturgeon opener. Not sure what they were doing that far up that time of year
Title: Re: Sealion at Drano
Post by: huntnnw on April 18, 2023, 10:33:24 PM: The Dalles has had them in the past
Title: Re: Sealion at Drano
Post by: carpsniperg2 on April 18, 2023, 10:53:53 PM: :yeah: they had live traps out for them at the dalles marina area. Pretty crazy stuff
Title: Re: Sealion at Drano
Post by: spin05 on April 19, 2023, 12:31:01 AM: Quote from: Stein on April 18, 2023, 08:41:37 PM
That's crazy if it is true, isn't Bonneville a pipe with bars over it to keep those fat furbags out?

Bonneville has ship locks. im sure they come in thru there
Title: Re: Sealion at Drano
Post by: Jake Dogfish on April 19, 2023, 12:39:30 AM: Quote from: spin05 on April 19, 2023, 12:31:01 AM
Quote from: Stein on April 18, 2023, 08:41:37 PM
That's crazy if it is true, isn't Bonneville a pipe with bars over it to keep those fat furbags out?

Bonneville has ship locks. im sure they come in thru there
:yeah:
Yup.
I think they will be targeted for removal for being up there? :dunno:
Title: Re: Sealion at Drano
Post by: slavenoid on April 19, 2023, 01:21:55 AM: I have seen them around Hood River in the past. I didn't think anything about it at the time.
Title: Re: Sealion at Drano
Post by: metlhead on April 19, 2023, 06:58:42 AM: They can also walk around the dams. And let is not talk about dead ones. Just smile and move along.
Title: Re: Sealion at Drano
Post by: h2ofowlr on April 19, 2023, 07:08:29 AM: They have been doing this for years. I don't know if they are going through the locks or the fish ladder, but we had them swimming around us many times at the mouth of Wind River while we were fishing.
Title: Re: Sealion at Drano
Post by: Rob on April 19, 2023, 07:49:40 AM: Is it possible for them to walk around the dam? They are not restricted to water travel and I have seen 1500 lb bulls shoot 6 feet out of the water to get on rocks near the waters edge.
Title: Re: Sealion at Drano
Post by: h2ofowlr on April 19, 2023, 07:59:18 AM: Quote from: Rob on April 19, 2023, 07:49:40 AM
Is it possible for them to walk around the dam? They are not restricted to water travel and I have seen 1500 lb bulls shoot 6 feet out of the water to get on rocks near the waters edge.

I would think they would be hard pressed to walk around Bonneville Dam. It would just be easier to swim into the lock when a barge or boat is traveling up stream or travel through the fish ladder.
Title: Re: Sealion at Drano
Post by: Rob on April 19, 2023, 08:17:41 AM: That would make more sense
Title: Re: Sealion at Drano
Post by: LDennis24 on April 19, 2023, 08:29:28 AM: Yeah they have been coming up to the Dalles for about 30yrs. Relocating them doesn't even work either. There's one at the zoo with a freeze brand tattoo that they tried taking to California and it kept coming back a few weeks later. Couldn't resist the buffet at Bonneville and the Dalles apparently. They set a trap on the rocks at the Dalles about 20yrs ago and caught one in the middle of the night and someone showed up and shot it. The local tribes threatened to start hunting them but I don't know what they ultimately decided to do. I haven't spent as much time down there in the last 20 yrs.
Title: Re: Sealion at Drano
Post by: borntoslay on April 19, 2023, 09:55:34 AM: Sealions walk? I thought they just flopped around :chuckle:
Title: Re: Sealion at Drano
Post by: Rob on April 19, 2023, 10:06:40 AM: There is one in every crowd!
Title: Re: Sealion at Drano
Post by: castie2504 on April 19, 2023, 07:20:39 PM: Here’s the pics.
Title: Re: Sealion at Drano
Post by: castie2504 on April 19, 2023, 07:22:01 PM: Another
Title: Re: Sealion at Drano
Post by: Mfowl on April 19, 2023, 07:26:40 PM: Nowhere is safe!
Title: Re: Sealion at Drano
Post by: LDennis24 on April 20, 2023, 11:01:50 AM: Is that second pic an "as they lay" pic? :chuckle:
Title: Re: Sealion at Drano
Post by: castie2504 on April 20, 2023, 12:49:16 PM: Quote from: LDennis24 on April 20, 2023, 11:01:50 AM
Is that second pic an "as they lay" pic? :chuckle:

We could only hope. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Sealion at Drano
Post by: metlhead on April 20, 2023, 05:04:25 PM: Rumor has it one is at Cowlitz barrier dam. Poor things are hungry.
Title: Re: Sealion at Drano
Post by: Special T on April 20, 2023, 05:28:29 PM: I think Tribal members need some ceremonial furs, whiskers and such.