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10-12-2006, 03:38 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: cape cod when my meds r workin right
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flap....you silver tonge devil.....smooos me
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10-12-2006, 06:47 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Warren Vt
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if you just do a little math, 6000 seals eating 50lbs of fish a day thats 30,000lbs of fish. if they started with tasty treats like juvinile fluke, flounder and sundabs that weigh six ozs or less thats a lot of fish each day.one of the last fish that i took home to eat had worms in the belly meat just like cod have,if i am not mistaken this is from seal crap.
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10-12-2006, 07:02 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 5,945
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John, You are right about the parasites, they are showing up in the bass that have been taken from the beaches.. them seal poop capsules, are more than likely, the culprit, as is the case with the codfish.
When the flat fish #'s first started thinning, years ago, even in the late eighties, we (locals) knew there was a connection to the seals.. several started wintering over way up in Pleasant bay, and were observed nosing the flats out of the mud in the ponds up that way.
As the easier pickings dwindled, and the seals numbers increased, they started targeting the bigger fish.
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10-12-2006, 05:14 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 4 hours from my favorite place
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I also like it when a seal beaches itself and a ranger has to stand there and baby sit so people wont try to touch it...... 
Oh and Flaptail you can leave the Flamingos at home...mother natures music is far better (waves). |
Simplify.......
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10-12-2006, 05:29 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 5,945
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Great White ,  Chowing seals on the inside, So. Beach, Chatham today.. confirmed by my co-workers brother who works at Outermost Marine.. heard from several others.. harbor master is in the area, ... wonder if it will make the paper    ....
But.. Great News! |
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10-12-2006, 06:58 PM
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viva the plug-o-lution
Join Date: May 2002
Location: notsob
Posts: 3,476
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got one!!!
just kidding..
there were 5 washups today on bout 7 miles of north shore beach. usually a bunch of dead ones this time of year.
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live to fish. fish to live. rod tips high.
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10-12-2006, 07:42 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Burlington
Posts: 2,290
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A couple of big seals on PI today. DEAD. God bless the lobstermen  Both had a bullet hole in the head. 
Check the surf at PI at 3 PM today. Had to hustle off as the surf reached the foot of the dunes. Driven hard by last nites storm. Those waves are a good 10 or 12 ft. high.
Last edited by gone fishin; 01-14-2008 at 11:48 PM..
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low & slow 37
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