Will fish basket hanging in water be okay?

it would be the same as having the fish hang over on game clip. So sure it fine.

Downey is were I grew up at.

Well it will attract unwanted guests, but will they be able to take them?

Haha cool, I've only been living here for 3 years now.

The concern some have is having the seal grab the fish and flip their kayak while they are sitting on it. Weather they can actually get the fish or not.

I keep an insulated fish bag below deck with a couple of frozen water bottles. If I don't catch fish, then I have cold water. I'd rather go thirsty.

I definitely understand the risk of soaking fish, I personally don't, but do the seals really go after Rockfish? I would like to believe that they are to smart or might try it only once. I've tried to find some info on if they will eat them but can't.
To the guys who have had the seals grab their fish... We're they Rockfish?

Mine was a Yellow tail.

But, I had seals try to steal my rock fish as I was reeling them in.

I have seen seals eating floating dead rock fish that people throw back.

Yes, seals eat rock fish. http://www.ask.com/question/what-do-sea-lions-eat

Thank you! :cheers1:

Yeah, I was going to add that I would not recommend fishing around bait barges and docks with your fish in the water, cause they sure have good cover to sneak up on you. Another consideration might be noisy days (maybe from wind or surf) that may mask the approach of Sealions. I also agree that there are a lot of distractions out there these days, especially with all the bikini clad paddle boarders. And it seems that we have a bumper crop of new pups this year, so those that do keep their fish in the water will need to be pretty vigilant.

Even when you are paying close attention, you should still be prepared to be flipped. Cause even a Whale can surface right underneath you with no advance warning. I did understate the risk, cause you will probably lose the fish in addition to getting wet.

As far as the fish baskets are concerned, just look what they do to crab traps. They don't know that they can't get the fish out until they have stolen the basket from you. The only assumption you can make about Sealions is that if they see food, they probably want it.

Interesting comment about the bumper crop of pups this year. I was thinking it was a DP thing. Not good news for anyone. The other bad news is that there has not been reports of dead/starving ones washing ashore like last year. Nor has the Laguna Beach Pacific Marine Mammal center been whining to the media about lack of funds. Mako's, Great Whites and Orcas are our friends.

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Yea I saw a bunch of them pups on the jetty rocks last weekend. Weird how all of a sudden there's lots of them little buggers.

I was running along Imperial Beach the other day and there were two pups hanging out in the surf and on shore

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Those dogs a pros, they're out there ever day working and learning. I know one guy who got dumped from a dog grabbing his tethered fish and another that bounced a small bass in to his yak and had a dog follow it right in to his lap. Why even take the risk. I don't even like to bleed fishing in to water. I put their heads in the scupper or mirage drive hole to do it. I don't expect to get in to an auto crash ever time I turn the key but I still wear my seat belt. Mike

It is not the Great Whites you have to worry about. They will not really bother much with small rockfish. The smaller sharks if they were hungry might go for them but if a Great White takes interest in you it would likely target the yak thinking it is a large bleeding mammal. It would take a large seabass both white or black to get a great white to really turn it's head. As has been constantly said it is the sea lions that have no issue going after your catch. But that is what the billie club is for:the_finger:
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