6/11 santa cruz- a plague of seals

   Fished the afternoon over by the lighthouse. At least 150 seals between there and the wharf. Annual migration , I guess.Mostley young adults and juveniles.  Tried over by the black point buoy and all and all , not a bite anywhere. From a fishes point of view the scent of seal  must be overwhelming and they probably headed to healthier territory.  This town ain't big enough for both us and so on.

Lame!!! 

Thanks for the report though 

-FF

probably pretty fun to see all those seals if you don't mind not catching.

thanks for the report casey.

Thanks for the post. Someday some fish will show up.

Hi Yakers:

    The Seals are now a "Seal/ Otter watching tour" which is making money for the "Velocity"  . Lots of Seal poop in the water!
     A couple of years back in La Jolla I hook a nice Yellow Tail on a live Green back only to have a Bull bite it in half. The Herd has now taken over "Casa Cove" which at one time was a Kiddie Cove.
     I will most likely fish East of them around Cap., Pleasure Pt. which, is a long windy paddle back to the west harbor.
                                                                       Sea Ya
                                                                       Ernie
                                                       
   

Thanks for the heads up!  The can be so cute, when girls are looking down at them from the wharf, tossing chovies to them and stuff.  But man, the ones at stillwater seem to be seriously annoyed at yakers.  Think I will wait a while before hitting SC then, dont wanna end up with one in my lap  

Not to start a thread jack, but was wondering where black point actually is?

  Black point is the first feature immediately to the east of the harbor after the beach, about .25 mile. The buoy is out about .5 mile and is a popular halibut spot.
   
    It is fun running into the critters out there. Sort of like having a "makes it all worthwhile anyway" card.

  With the party getting out of hand with the young seals, I found myself wondering  why the landlord  hasn't stepped in and done something about it. I,ve heard  that he used to patrol that area  until the 1960's or so when he became almost extinct. An absentee landlord as it were.
   I wonder if there weren't two breeds of  landlord, a migratory sort ,and a coastal sort( possibly nearly extinct). The seals have certainly recovered enough to whereas they've become an unexploited resource ,
but sharks take so long to mature. If you build it, they will come?
 

Hi Casey:

        I was thinking about the food chain also but, I did'nt want to bring the "S***K" word.
                                                                     Sea-ya
                                                                     Ern

there have been sightings in there even fairly recently a kayaker here had one go under him.

but ;erhaps they don't hang around in close proximity like they do at ano neuvo, pigeon point, or the bean.

they are probably waiting for compa to take his float tube out to the kelp to show up, 

i was thnking about  doing  some spear fishing over in Capitola for those sea bass.  When was the lst sighting? Thanks, J

I think it was a month ago.

   last year,5/1/07, I saw a 2.5 to 3 foot tail fin from 150 yards away.It was in the southernmost part of the kelp bed  off the lighthouse where  the kelp is really spotty. It moved along at about 1 knot for 10 -15 feet and then slowly descended like a sub submerging and then did the same thing  again. I think there was a dead baby greywhale washed up at Capitola at the time. Not a definite sighting , but I would say a probable. It had that white shark shape and was not in anyway a seal finning or anything like that.
   The whole scene out there is like a machine with a part missing without gws's. Like the serenghetti without lions. I worry that the young ones are too good at what they do and are  getting hooked in commercial gear and not making it to maturity,( in the news all the time, that.). It would be a healthier system with more of them. Go sharks!!

If there's seals outside head inside through the kelp. Most likely the fish will take cover there. If you pothole around I'd say that's your best bet. I do that whenever the seals come after me in Capitola.

Z