Originally Posted by
BassinPLS
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I was on the Patriot that very same day, (if I remember the date correctly). We had great bait, large sardines, and on the way out I figured it was going to be a great day.
The seals at Santa Catalina Island were a real pain in the a**! They followed the boat to every stop. The Captain try his best to get away from them and keep moving, but the seals swam as fast as the boat would move and were waiting for the chum as soon as we stopped. The Yellowtail stayed out away from the boat and the seals ate their fill of the sardines. First time that I have been skunked in a very long time! The yellow were good size and it just broke my heart to see a seal trying to choke down a 30+# Yellowtail it had stolen from a guys hook-up!