Too Many Seals

[fishpoopoo]

I gave up fishing the outer beaches of the cape a while ago. One spot I went to scout at daytime had 60+ seals, easily.

They are very intelligent. They see you with a fishing rod, they will follow you. Kinda like dogs.

Anyhoo, FWIW, the fishing is not bad on the Bay side. Not as many seals.

I haven't seen as many seals in RI as I have on the outer cape this summer.

[spinncognito]

Originally Posted by fishpoopoo

I gave up fishing the outer beaches of the cape a while ago. One spot I went to scout at daytime had 60+ seals, easily.

They are very intelligent. They see you with a fishing rod, they will follow you. Kinda like dogs.

Anyhoo, FWIW, the fishing is not bad on the Bay side. Not as many seals.

I haven't seen as many seals in RI as I have on the outer cape this summer.

I beg to differ! I had a seal pup grab my yellow pencil a few weeks ago. Not sure if it was playing or thought it was a fish. Landed the seal but did not get the plug back...

[RickBomba]

Yeah,
I had three gray seals around my baits just outside of Rockport harbor last year.

People are getting harassed on Stellwagen by them. I never saw even ONE in my whole life in either of those places. I spent the better part of my childhood around those two areas.

They are moving beyond the Cape now. I would say that it will be a regional problem in 5 years or so. Just look at everybody arguing back and forth in 2008. It's a given out there now. Seals chase my lures now, as well, just as spin said.

I really don't care either way...I have a boat and can chose to leave them. There's not a lot of stipers on the OB's like there used to be, and the seals seem to hate blues.

Something will happen. Mark my words, it'll be something weird like feline distemper that crosses the blood-brain barrier and then...kaboom.