Love those pinniped stories! I was in a three way brawl with a sealion and a seal for a nice 14lb BM off of Hat Island a couple of years ago. I had been trying to be very discreet after hooking the fish cause I had seen the sealion. Didnt know the seal was around until it grabbed the fish. Well the sealion soon took notice and actually knocked the fish out of the seals grasp several times and each time I was able to get the fish closer to the boat. After the last time he knocked the fish off I was able to reel like crazy and get the the fish into the boat minus its tail.

Its not uncommon these days to see mamma seals showing their pups the fine art of stealing fish off of fishing lines. Whenever I have one in tow I usually try to troll close to some other boat and can usually get the buggers follow them.