In a natural open estuary salmon can escape by going into the shallows where the seal would run aground due to its size and weight. But in a fresh or brackish water zone with (unnatural) vertical masonry, walls etc for banks the seal can use size and power at will and the fish have no place to escape or seek refuge.
Found this after searching because I saw a seal eating a large fish in the Liffey about a km upstream from where you were. Looks like they caught something eventually and have hung around for a least a day. Very strange to see a seal so far up river, certainly in the Liffey!
Interesting. I've never seen it but I'm moving along the river not particularly looking in to it. I doubt I would have noticed what you saw so perhaps many a time a seal has shot passed with me none the wiser. When I saw the seal it was floating along, head well out of the water, big fish clenched in its jaws.
I didn't think seals would come that far up the liffey.Well done for getting on camera
This seal has been climbing up at the weir there for years and dipping into fresh water . nice to catch him on video 👌🏻
Brilliant! Safe to pack up after seeing that competition 😂
was sad to see this year that the salmon are so low in numbers even in the Moy now due to the seals taking over
I'd have a heart attack mate 🤣🤣 seen that fish at the start of the slomo. Awesome
wonder how bad that river is now, watched 2 destroy one of the best pike rivers in ireland took years for authorites to understand the problem
In a natural open estuary salmon can escape by going into the shallows where the seal would run aground due to its size and weight. But in a fresh or brackish water zone with (unnatural) vertical masonry, walls etc for banks the seal can use size and power at will and the fish have no place to escape or seek refuge.
This fish was grand I think, it went between the islands 👍
Found this after searching because I saw a seal eating a large fish in the Liffey about a km upstream from where you were. Looks like they caught something eventually and have hung around for a least a day. Very strange to see a seal so far up river, certainly in the Liffey!
Very common sight, they come with the tide chase the fish during around 2 to 4 hours window and go back to the sea
Interesting. I've never seen it but I'm moving along the river not particularly looking in to it. I doubt I would have noticed what you saw so perhaps many a time a seal has shot passed with me none the wiser. When I saw the seal it was floating along, head well out of the water, big fish clenched in its jaws.
There eating all the salmon in the weir something needs to be done abt the seal
Bullshit. It mostly the salmon angler battering everything they catch
@@user-qz8wp7hy8x not true i just put back a 10lb trout
Seals have been up that stretch for years, it’s the salmon their after, i use to fish that stretch for the mullet, and it never interested in them..
Wer the location of this
Seal was looking for whales,
Bicycle whales
Wouldn’t be there for too long.
What did he say?
No idea , cant understand a word out of a Dubs mouth - up Cork boy.