Kayak swamped by sea lion at HMB Saturday 2018-08-04?

My brother Matt and i were paddling out of SC Harbor one day. There was a sea lion moving around behind Matt and I yelled “hey matt check out that sea lion”

Matt was looking around for it for a second like wtf is he talking about

Then the sea lion leaped out of the water and kicked him right in the face, nearly knocking him off his kayak.

Funniest thing I’ve ever seen.

Last year I was trolling for salmon, it was slow and I was desperate to get a bite.
I chased bait to the dux reef in 35' of water, this reef usually break however that was a calm day.
An elephant seal popped up and got a big nice salmon in its mouth. I was nearby and saw the salmon float on top, I went there quickly and as soon as I was ready to scoop it with my net, it resurfaced with wide open mouth. Its mouth could swallow me alive. After that I kept a good distant. lol

BTW, I was on my fully rig AI.

Gotta have those salmon!  But this one sounds like one of those, "Don't stick your hand into a reef."   Gotta give you props for trying though!

Last year I was trolling for salmon, it was slow and I was desperate to get a bite.
I chased bait to the dux reef in 35' of water, this reef usually break however that was a calm day.
An elephant seal popped up and got a big nice salmon in its mouth. I was nearby and saw the salmon float on top, I went there quickly and as soon as I was ready to scoop it with my net, it resurfaced with wide open mouth. Its mouth could swallow me alive. After that I kept a good distant. lol

BTW, I was on my fully rig AI.

Wouldn’t that be illegal?

Last year I was trolling for salmon, it was slow and I was desperate to get a bite.
I chased bait to the dux reef in 35' of water, this reef usually break however that was a calm day.
An elephant seal popped up and got a big nice salmon in its mouth. I was nearby and saw the salmon float on top, I went there quickly and as soon as I was ready to scoop it with my net, it resurfaced with wide open mouth. Its mouth could swallow me alive. After that I kept a good distant. lol

BTW, I was on my fully rig AI.

That's hilarious!

Seals/Sealions usually don't jump on kayaks for no reason. Once I had to fend off a sealion from boarding my kayak, just to see, minutes later his buddy getting rag-dolled by orcas 50 yards away...just sayin'

Wow

That's exactly what I was thinking. Good time to head back, I'd guess?