Sea lions flipping around giant bass in ca delta.

Tom_walker · Post by **Tom_walker** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 2:38 pm

I was out earlier today noticed big mature sealions around 5 or 6 of them in central delta,and boy just about half of them had a giant largemouth bass ive never seen nothing like this usally i see them with carp but theese were big bass very sad to see.

Bassfishman · Post by **Bassfishman** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 4:24 pm

Is duck season still open?

Freefall · Post by **Freefall** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 4:28 pm

Bassfishman wrote:Is duck season still open?

Unfortunately no...

I saw the same thing recently. Last year I found the remains of what would have been a solid 10. Its truly unfortunate how the D is taking such a decline between the spraying/pellets & sea lions. It's still an amazing fishery but a shell of itself.

Bassfishman · Post by **Bassfishman** » Mon Apr 01, 2019 6:37 pm

I was out today. Launched from Orwood and went further south (BTW water was fairly clear, but fish had lockjaw). Saw 2 seals. I was shocked they were that far into the Delta system.

mark poulson · Post by **mark poulson** » Tue Apr 02, 2019 5:50 am

Bassfishman wrote:I was out today. Launched from Orwood and went further south (BTW water was fairly clear, but fish had lockjaw). Saw 2 seals. I was shocked they were that far into the Delta system.

They are much farther south than that.

monte300 · Post by **monte300** » Tue Apr 02, 2019 6:34 am

I see them in the Empire Cut/Whiskey Slough/Tiki Lagun areas quite often and have twice seen them playing with their food, 5 pound carp. However, I have no doubt they are also eating big bass.