Have you seen this striper behavior before?

[Bstratton]

Seals Chasing them? I saw a blackfish jump out of the water the other day and thought i was hallucintating. about ten minuters later i saw a seal with the tog in his mouth.

[Crafty Angler]

Just came back from one of Newport's Points - it was ******* Point, actually

Saw the same thing 200 yds out toward the middle right at the overcast dawn

Small pod of fish broke away from the main school, birds crashing and a big bait slick spread over the water right in front of me

Finally figured out it was a bass slick when a seal popped up right in the middle of it 20 feet away from me

Apparently the seals were working the shoreline, having Kibbles 'n' Bass for breakfast...

Grrrrrrr...

[Finaddict]

It's time to start doing somehting about the Seal explosion ... not sure what it was like here 200 years ago, but who cares? There are too many and will start to impact coastal communities more than we can imagine if we don't level them out.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by Finaddict

It's time to start doing somehting about the Seal explosion ... not sure what it was like here 200 years ago, but who cares? There are too many and will start to impact coastal communities more than we can imagine if we don't level them out.

Start to? A visit to Cape Cod will demonstrate how it already has. Few people are fishing off the Race any more, just a waste of time. No point fishing the Outer beaches, seals littered everywhere.

[Bstratton]

break out the clubs...

they are starting to invade CT and NY waters to, i've never seen them this early on the CT shore, usually a few stay out at the race and the islands during the summer.... every year they feast on the holdovers in the harbor all winter long. that's got to cause the bass alot of stress, they have nowhere else to go.