BATTLE with Sea Lion for Yellowtail - Vid

Made it out for a day at the channel islands this week and found some schools of small yellowtail mid-afternoon. An aggressive sea lion was giving us a hard time, but fortunately we were able to land all of our fish and not lose any gear.

Here's a vid of the action we caught on camera:
 

Very cool video.  Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the great video clip Matt 

Epic footage, Matt!

That's a legit gun too!

That is mind boggling footage. Had my heart racing!

Pretty sure that’s the same scenario that happened with Granitedive a few years ago but the outcome was different. Went to guard his yellowtail from a furbag and got bit in the hand by a hammerhead.

http://www.spearboard.com/showthread.php?t=185189

I believe it was at Cortez Tanner Banks but not sure.

They had to chopper him out of there.

Sweet Vid 

Whoa that was wild! Nice fish

Wow that was an awesome video. It has happened to me a few times over the years and only while I am diving

You should have shot that fucking seal

Very cool video.  Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the great video clip Matt 

Whoa that was wild! Nice fish

Thanks guys!

Wow that was an awesome video. It has happened to me a few times over the years and only while I am diving

Thanks! Interesting... I would think it would happen to hook and line fisherman more often given the longer length of time it generally takes to land the fish.

That is mind boggling footage. Had my heart racing!

Mine too! Was definitely an intense couple minutes!

Epic footage, Matt!
That's a legit gun too!

Thanks man! Was fortunate to borrow it from a friend.

You should have shot that fucking seal

Haha usually just a poke would do the trick. Plus I was without a loaded gun. Tried to call a buddy over to poke him, but the current had pushed me away from my buddy. It's hard to see in the video, but I may or may not have given him a jab with the back of my spear 

Pretty sure that’s the same scenario that happened with Granitedive a few years ago but the outcome was different. Went to guard his yellowtail from a furbag and got bit in the hand by a hammerhead.
http://www.spearboard.com/showthread.php?t=185189
I believe it was at Cortez Tanner Banks but not sure.
They had to chopper him out of there.
Sweet Vid 

Damn that's crazy... I've heard hammerheads can be an issue out there, but have never seen one. We were out at SBI, so not quite as wild as Cortez or Tanner. Thanks for sharing that!

Pretty sure that’s the same scenario that happened with Granitedive a few years ago but the outcome was different. Went to guard his yellowtail from a furbag and got bit in the hand by a hammerhead.

http://www.spearboard.com/showthread.php?t=185189

I believe it was at Cortez Tanner Banks but not sure.

They had to chopper him out of there.

Sweet Vid 

Hahahaha I didn't know this story was about Rich! I dove with him on the peace for a week last year. He said after the attack, he never gets in the water without a shark shield!! =P

Pretty sure that’s the same scenario that happened with Granitedive a few years ago but the outcome was different. Went to guard his yellowtail from a furbag and got bit in the hand by a hammerhead.

http://www.spearboard.com/showthread.php?t=185189

I believe it was at Cortez Tanner Banks but not sure.

They had to chopper him out of there.

Sweet Vid 

Hahahaha I didn't know this story was about Rich! I dove with him on the peace for a week last year. He said after the attack, he never gets in the water without a shark shield!! =P

Yeah I met him while diving off of the Island of Roatan back in 1998.
Cool dude and crazy incident for sure.