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10-19-2009, 07:57 PM
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Ruled only by the tide
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Truro
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Not for the weak of heart
This is what we can expect soon on the cape beaches and harbors if we don't get a reasonable seal management policy.
Video Of Sea Lions. They Have Taken Over Pier 39 - iReport.com |
Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.
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10-19-2009, 08:25 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: weymouth
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I am feeling sick
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thats why they call it fishing not catching
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10-19-2009, 08:27 PM
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Permanently Disconnected
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 12,647
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%$%$%$%$in vermin  |
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10-19-2009, 08:45 PM
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Work hard. Fish harder.
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 764
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Unatural balance
Nature likes balance.
One species tends to "balance" off another species.
Clearly, the sea lion population has risen to an unnatural balance.
I just wonder if a natural or unnatural phenomenon is going to reset this balance.
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10-19-2009, 08:53 PM
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Ruled only by the tide
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Truro
Posts: 801
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fish360
Nature likes balance.
One species tends to "balance" off another species.
Clearly, the sea lion population has risen to an unnatural balance.
I just wonder if a natural or unnatural phenomenon is going to reset this balance.
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Speaking of "imbalance," I'd like to reference this editorial that appeared in the Cape Cod Times.
Seal protections create imbalance | CapeCodOnline.com |
Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.
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10-19-2009, 09:05 PM
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You rang?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Lowell
Posts: 946
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I was there Saturday and I almost puked!!!
The smell was horrible and all the people could say was "look how pretty they look".
The seals were fighting trying to get on the dock and some of them were all scraped up and had visible wounds.
I took a picture on my iphone of one of the cute ones 
Last edited by lurch; 10-19-2009 at 10:50 PM..
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10-19-2009, 10:58 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: North Cambridge, MA
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Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
%$%$%$%$in vermin |
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10-20-2009, 04:47 AM
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Trophy Hunter Apprentice
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: THE Other Cape
Posts: 2,508
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soooooo, why so many on the docks???
could it be that they are staving off their natural selection? where's the underwater vid of ALL the Orcas/Great Whites that are missing out on their meaty morsels and being denied their forage by man's hapless intervention!!??!!
i say kick 'em back into tha DRINK where they can meet their Fate!!
only the swiftest swimmers survive, BAYYYY BEEEEE!!  |
"The first condition of happiness is that the connection
between man and nature shall not be broken."~~ Leo Tolstoy
Tight Lines, and
Happy Hunting to ALL!
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10-20-2009, 05:03 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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bang some spikes in those piers and then cuts the heads off
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10-20-2009, 10:37 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
Posts: 4,152
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Keep in mind that this was a gradual process.
It began with only a few sea lions sunning themselves on ONE dock and as more and more began to follow suit, they took over more of the pier. The state didn't wouldn't do anythng to discourage them so they eventually took over the entire pier. Now it's considered a "tourist attraction" but that would be like making the local town dump or wastewater treatment facility a tourist attraction: they all STINK to high heavens.
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10-20-2009, 10:39 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
Posts: 4,152
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Oh, and thankfully we don't have the same environmental yahoos running things here..... oh, wait, I forgot our little piping plover fiasco. I guess we do have the same yahoos here as well. |
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10-20-2009, 11:00 AM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 8,672
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I go to SF every year and we always make the pilgrimage down there with the kids to see the sea lions. I guess Im one of the guilty ones.
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10-20-2009, 01:18 PM
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You rang?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Lowell
Posts: 946
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FishermanTim
Keep in mind that this was a gradual process.
It began with only a few sea lions sunning themselves on ONE dock and as more and more began to follow suit, they took over more of the pier. The state didn't wouldn't do anythng to discourage them so they eventually took over the entire pier. Now it's considered a "tourist attraction" but that would be like making the local town dump or wastewater treatment facility a tourist attraction: they all STINK to high heavens.
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From what I read, the sea lions all showed up after the 89' quake 20 years ago. I also read that there were originally more but only a "few" stayed behind.
It is funny that a nice looking restaurant is located directly above where the lions are....I can only imagine eating at that place with that horrible smell. |
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10-20-2009, 01:30 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: North Shore
Posts: 1,701
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Yes they are a threat to our beaches and coastal areas for the reasons cited in the Cape Cod Times article ... need to promote that one ...
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"It was the blackest night! There was no moon in sight! (You know the stars ain't shinnin cause the sky's too tight) "
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10-20-2009, 01:32 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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A few M-80's should get'em movin'
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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10-20-2009, 01:41 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: North Shore
Posts: 1,701
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
A few M-80's should get'em movin'
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Yep ... |
"It was the blackest night! There was no moon in sight! (You know the stars ain't shinnin cause the sky's too tight) "
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10-20-2009, 01:48 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
Posts: 9,511
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They are probably on the dock because some old folks thought it wold be cute to feed the GD things. Just like the local parks and the canadian geese. I can see them sitting there throwing little herring in thier mouths.
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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10-20-2009, 02:06 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 397
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RIJIMMY
I go to SF every year and we always make the pilgrimage down there with the kids to see the sea lions. I guess Im one of the guilty ones.
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hmm hint winter into spring south east side of Block Island across st. from the Spring House.. Its called seal cove for a reason and its their natural environment... lol sorry had to say it my ex wife and I walked down to the beach there to see the seals so... I happen to like seals and most other things in the ocean... but dont worry they did release that great white this spring in gansett not even half mile from scarborough they got in the fish trap.. seal population up= sharks eat more hmmmm big reel a fight chair and fish on... lol |
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10-20-2009, 03:39 PM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 8,672
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lurch
From what I read, the sea lions all showed up after the 89' quake 20 years ago. I also read that there were originally more but only a "few" stayed behind.
It is funny that a nice looking restaurant is located directly above where the lions are....I can only imagine eating at that place with that horrible smell.
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the docks are not that close to a restaurant and you're talking Fishermans Wharf, a MAJOR tourist attraction. there are tens of thousands of people on those docks. shops, restaurants all over there. I've never noticed a smell at all. The seal lions are not there year round, but I think mostly in the winter months. |
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10-20-2009, 04:28 PM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RIJIMMY
the docks are not that close to a restaurant and you're talking Fishermans Wharf, a MAJOR tourist attraction. there are tens of thousands of people on those docks. shops, restaurants all over there. I've never noticed a smell at all. The seal lions are not there year round, but I think mostly in the winter months.
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My companies HQ is in SF and I stay at the Fisherman's Whalf Hyatt. I was there 2 weeks ago and it was fine. I didn't see any seals or sea lions. Lot of hookers though  |
No boat, back in the suds. 
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10-20-2009, 09:15 PM
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Too old to give a....
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,505
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Quote:
Originally Posted by piemma
My companies HQ is in SF and I stay at the Fisherman's Whalf Hyatt. I was there 2 weeks ago and it was fine. I didn't see any seals or sea lions. Lot of hookers though |
look real close, things are not sometimes as they seem.
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May fortune favor the foolish....
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10-21-2009, 08:09 AM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 8,672
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MAKAI
look real close, things are not sometimes as they seem.
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was gonna say the same thing |
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10-21-2009, 09:24 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Gloucester, MA
Posts: 404
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Attended a Lecture Last Night
Related to these damn critters. Some nice dead seal photos.
Jaws Revisited: The Great White Shark in New England
Dr. Greg Skomal, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
This presentation will highlight the efforts of the Massachusetts Shark Research Program to study the ecology and life history of the great white shark. It will center on the recent occurrence of this highly elusive species in Massachusetts waters and the first-time use of advanced technology to examine its behavior and movements in the Atlantic.
They filmed it and will have it available online in a couple of weeks at the following link:
http://forum-network.org/search/node...and%20Aquarium |
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