Sea lion plucks Alaska fisherman off boat in King Cove (By the seat of his pants!)

Anchorage Daily News ^ | March 11, 2004 | PETER PORCO

[AlaskaErik]

Ray Dushkin Jr. bent over to pick up a hatch on the deck of his grandfather's fishing boat. The next thing the 19-year-old knew, he was flying backward over the low railing and into the harbor at King Cove near the tip of the Alaska Peninsula.

[AlaskaErik]

Sounds like this sea lion was a real pain in the a$$!!

[cripplecreek]

Strangers in the night......

Exchanging glances......

[nobody_knows]

He was just after the guys trouser trout.

[doug from upland]

Is he sure it wasn't a walrus ---- coo coo ca choo.

[scooter2]

Was it a Great White sea lion?

[Blood of Tyrants]

Time to get some sea lion skins.

[joesnuffy]

If you gotta be 'plucked' off your boat
better a 1500 lb sea lion
than an equally large white shark

[4Godsoloved..Hegave]

bttt

[xJones]

White and other investigators discovered that the victim had been feeding fish to the sea lions off his back deck just before the attack. One grabbed him either because the animal thought the fellow's rear end was the next course, said White, or because the man had placed a fish in his rear pocket and challenged the creature to take it.

Note: never put a fish in your rear pocket when fishing off Alaska. But why anyone would ever want to put a fish in their rear pocket and wave it at a large sea lion is beyond me.:)

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Not funny at all. In Prince William Sound AK I once saw a bull sea lion viciously kill a good sized harbor seal.

Those ill tempered guys are no joke, can move fast as light in the water and come equipped with canines larger than a brownie, AKA coastal griz.

[mhking]

Brings a new method to playing "Grab Ass", eh?

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[hosepipe]

And all the sea lions have been laughing ever since...

Ar.Ar.Ar.Arf..

[CSM]

This thread is begging for your wit!

[Britton J Wingfield]

ping

[shaggy eel]

Ray Dushkin Jr. bent over to pick up a hatch on the deck of his grandfather's fishing boat.

,,, just as a walrus was thinking of a tight seal.

[CSM]

When did you move to Alaska? Oh, wait, the article is about a Sea Lion, not a She Lion!

[Puppage]

Alaska Fisherman..the other white meat

[No Blue States]

I lost my ass playing sea lion poker.

[concordKIWI]

or a San Francisco sea lion

[xJones]

Ray Dushkin Jr. bent over to pick up a hatch on the deck of his grandfather's fishing boat.

,,, just as a walrus was thinking of a tight seal.

LOL!

Butt...if there was punishment for bad puns, you'd be in time-out for a week.:)