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07-04-2017, 01:04 PM
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Hunter
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: San Diego
Posts: 44
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Sea Dog Road Rage Off La Jolla, 7/3
Shortly after 6:00 yesterday I spotted either a mature seal or a small sea lion on the surface about 50 yards ahead of me and maybe 200 yards south of Scripps Pier as I headed up to make bait. It submerged and a short time later launched itself airborn striking a hard glancing blow off the bow of my kayak as it came up out of the water. It flew past me fully airborne at close quarters and was gone before I could grab my gaff to fight it off or otherwise react. It's ok with me that it didn't stick around to swap insurance information ;-)
Have any of you heard of or encountered anything similar, being rammed by a dog? I had no fish or bait aboard. Maybe this was a random collision, but the water was clear and we all know these dogs aren't blind. I've spent a ton of time ocean swimming off the Cove, surfing and kayaking off La Jolla for over 40 years and am at a loss to conclude if this was some kind of intentional aggressive behavior, rough playfulness, or a random collision.
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07-04-2017, 11:10 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Dana Point area
Posts: 438
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Sea lion could have been conducting evasive maneuvers to avoid a shark? Maybe you were lucky to be hit by a him and not something a lot bigger with more teeth!
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07-05-2017, 08:00 AM
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Fishing Patriot
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 1,121
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Happened to me Saturday in LJ too.
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07-05-2017, 08:09 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 421
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Sea lion rage virus! We're all gonna die!!!!
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07-05-2017, 08:26 AM
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Marginally Irrelevant
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Bahia Asuncion
Posts: 936
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Not as big as yours, thank goodness, but aggressive for sure.
http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwevb/s...ad.php?t=24815
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07-05-2017, 11:07 AM
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Sea Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Where ever I may roam where I lay my head I call home.
Posts: 2,277
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Last time I was out , i saw a sealion jumping out of the water....erratically
In that area....and said to my self is it being attacked by a white shark .I pointed and yelled at two other kayaks but I don't think they saw me.
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07-05-2017, 11:23 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: El Toro, CA
Posts: 244
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Pyscho Seal
About ten years ago there used to be a seal in San Diego Harbor we nicknamed Pyscho Seal.
He would dive down below your kayak and swim up at full speed smacking into you dead center. It made such a loud crack sound that you expected to sink. |
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07-05-2017, 12:12 PM
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Brandon
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: San Diego
Posts: 2,345
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He probably got a mackerel with a ghost pepper in it. Just an fyi it is legal for us to deter seals and sea lions using not lethal tactics. This may or may not include paintball and airsoft guns.
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07-05-2017, 06:09 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: San Diego
Posts: 267
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I've had a dog fallow me after landing a WSB followed me all the way back to the reserve. At one point it popped up right next to me. Though it's next move was going to try to board my yak. My move cracked it over the head with my gaff.
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