A long way from home .....

**David Lee** · 03-30-2005, 02:57 PM

I hear we have a visitor in the Paradise Beach area .... a VERY large , hungry Sea Lion !!

I know that most years we have them in the Sacramento near the mouth of the American , but I've never heard of one coming up this high in the river .

I hope he leaves in a hurry - David

**LostInTheFog** · 03-30-2005, 03:52 PM

My buddy and I saw him (her?) out at the mouth of the American a few weeks ago. I had visions of the sea lions I've seen in the Delta happily playing with a large piece of a striper while we cursed their ancestry.

**Darian** · 03-30-2005, 05:00 PM

I saw the news item on this last night....

Ya know , I can see the outcome of this unfolding

:

A colony of breeder Sea Lions sets up at Paradise Beach

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The State takes over and declares the beach a protected State Park (a la Ano Nuevo State Park)

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Guided tours are the only allowable access

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Andy has to stop guiding Stripers on the Lower American from a boat and David has to stop wading there

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Meanwhile the local fish population declines (leaving town. Hey, they aren't dumb

)

Arnold steps in and declares the Sea Lions are illegal steriod users

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The Sea Lions leave as they're ambarrased by the number of nude sun bathers disturbs their sensitivities (after all, naked humans aren't pretty) and a group of evironmentalists sues for libel of the Sea Lions by Arnold..... :P :P :P

Problem solved

If the fish come back..... (I gotta stop drinking coffe in the AM

)

**David Lee** · 03-30-2005, 05:00 PM

I have really mixed feelings about this ....

1.- Ol' Sea-lions have got to eat , too .... maybe he can make it over a couple of dams and clean some Carp out of Folsom .

2.- Bugger him - hope he stays out of casting range . I fear my dogs will LOSE THEIR MINDS if they see him (they already have "Beaver-madness") .

One more thorn in the ass of the fishes , at least they have water this spring . David

**David Lee** · 03-30-2005, 05:05 PM

Darian - I didn't like the end of line #5 from your post

I didn't like it AT ALL -

it's gonna be friggin' JULY before I get a Stripe this year

Oh , well .... off to the pond this weekend

David

**Hairstacker** · 03-30-2005, 09:38 PM

David not wade the lower American?!? Darian, you are describing the end of life as we know it.

**Darian** · 03-30-2005, 10:51 PM

Hmmmmm,..... Maybe you guys should stop drinking coffee in the AM

**Bill Kiene semi-retired** · 03-30-2005, 11:22 PM

I was told that you can tell how good the fishing is in any lake in Canada by counting how many Loons you see there.

I guess that if you have healthy populations of migratory fish you will have preditors like sealions after them

Natural predation is suppose to be good for the eco-system.

The preditors are suppose to eat the slow or dumb ones making the population healthier.

Where are the Great Whites and Killer Whales?????????

**David Lee** · 03-31-2005, 01:43 AM

Natural predation is suppose to be good for the eco-system.

The preditors are suppose to eat the slow or dumb ones making the population healthier.

Where are the Great Whites and Killer Whales?????????

Bill - I sure as hell hope they are out at the Farillons - can you see me peein' when Whitey swims past my spot at Hoiges

?? Jeeeeez .... I might have to learn the Bimini after all

..... David