2/26 Feeding Pups

[fishshep]

Yesterday, went to O.C. and found these all over the place, and still alive
washed up on the shoreline, and some swimming in the water.
Fished that area for about an hour for the skunk, which is no surprise,
figuring fish swimming there had fat guts full of them So, loaded
the freezer with the big bag, and saved a little container for today, being
it was going to be a low tide in the morning, and thought throwing the crabs
at some low tide boilers in N. SAMO would produce Skunked
Again !!! When the perch, and or bass start biting, those crabs are
going to be some killer bait !!!
Saw this seal pup come out of the water, while throwing the LC for Halibut.
He went way up on the sand and just sat on a rock, while I was moving down towards him throwing the LC. when I got by him, I went to check him out, and take a pic. Poor thing looked real sick and weak, so looked in my jacket pocket for something from yesterday and found
two crabs, (did not have the container at this spot) Surprise was, he let me hand feed him the crabs Called the Sheriff, and they connected me with some agency to report it, but after an hour still fishing by him no one came What am I paying taxes for !!! Anyways, hope someone came to help him .

[billystein]

looks like pelagic crabs.

[Stray Cat]

looks like pelagic crabs.

Yup , tuna crabs good sighn.

[Stray Cat]

I remember piles of them on the beach during the 80s.