Puget Sound
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Found at LP this evening. Someone else put the stick through the mouth and perched it on the log for us to enjoy. Pretty good sized head on that thing.
After dark
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Several times, I’ve had to walk around passed out people on the trail while on my way down to the beach in the dark. Head hunter raves….Thank god for the glow sticks to guide me on my journey.
SF
It’s always cool to encounter them on the sound. We happened to be the only boat in the area when they came through. We kept our distance and saw some cool tail slaps and breaches. I have a cool video of a breach but not sure how to post. Here is a screenshot.
We also caught some fish. Overall, not a bad day indeed.
We also caught some fish. Overall, not a bad day indeed.
I know they are present, but can’t say I’ve ever seen an elephant seal in the sound.
SF
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Video shows an elephant seal on Bainbridge Island swallowing shark whole
The video, which quickly went viral on TikTok, shows what appears to be a dogfish shark disappearing into the jaws of the massive marine mammal.
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Rainforest Gump
Life of the Party
This picture was in the Whidbey Is. News a few years ago. It looks like they don’t get along with the local harbor seals! 
Ever since March of last year seems like a banner year for transient KW in Puget Sound. A group has been hanging around Camano/Port Susan, and this past week the transients were lurking through hood canal...Bring em on I say, it is cool to see, and if the residents aren't exactly thriving, the transients cleaning up seal populations may help us all out...
speedbird
Life of the Party
One of my reservations about seal culling is that I wonder how much of the transient orca boom is a result of our super high pinniped populations. It would be quite a tragedy if an additional consequence of culling pinnipeds was the transients to decline or spend less time in the Salish sea
Rainforest Gump
Life of the Party
Here’s one helping out.
I saw one last year out in the middle of Commencement Bay, in August, during salmon season.. from far away, I thought it was a big stump floating in the water, but once I got closer, saw it was an elephant seal. Felt like it was getting some sun on its head, or looking around, it didn't move at all, even as the boat got close ish, for at least 10 minutes.I know they are present, but can’t say I’ve ever seen an elephant seal in the sound.
SF
Video shows an elephant seal on Bainbridge Island swallowing shark whole
The video, which quickly went viral on TikTok, shows what appears to be a dogfish shark disappearing into the jaws of the massive marine mammal.
chines42
Steelhead
Went out to a MA 10 beach on Sunday from 10 til 1, with an incoming low tide. Small 6-10 in cutties were jumping just in front of me on a sand to rocky bottom transition. Caught a nasty sunburn and 5 cutties, hooked into at least a dozen. They ignored my beach popper but were all over my conehead bugger in peach
Mammal eaters. Not chinook eaters.