Lots of seals and sea lions in the lower Nisqually during the chum run. In years past, when you could walk the riverbank almost to the mouth, we would see the chum being chased, caught and consumed by the pinnipeds. A tribal member told me they had counted two hundred marine mammals in the lower river during their fishing season. Along with the nets, that's quite a gauntlet for the fish to pass through on their way to the spawning gravel.