Hawk,
You kill me man!!!! Ya I did hook up with a seal one time, thought it was a mean a** king and it turned out to be a baby seal!!! The funny part was it went under the boat and was takin' line, I was hollerin' to my buddy man this fish is huge when he tapped me on the shoulder and pointed to the other side of the boat, I looked back and there was the seal bobbin in the water with the hooch and flasher hangin out if it's mouth. Could only get it to about 50 ft from the boat and had to cut the line. Been with a buddy when he hooked up with a diving bird, what amazed me about that is the riggers' were set at 100'!!! Now that was one mean fight!!! Had to just cut that one off to. Anybody else had a close encounter with a seal???
Good luck and tight lines, Jeff

[This message has been edited by salmonhead (edited 07-17-2000).]