Video: Salmon angler loses battle with sea lion
FISHING -- Sea lions on the lower Columbia River are learning to take advantage of rules requiring anglers to release wild chinook salmon.
The video above shows anglers netting a nice chinook. But as they readied to remove the hook and release the fish, a sea lion nearly pulled the man holding the net into the water. Eventually, the net snapped in pieces, and the sea lion swam away with the fish.
See the Portland TV news story.