Watch: Notorious Cabo San Lucas fish thief strikes again
Frequent visitors to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, know of and have probably encountered Pancho the sea lion.
The crafty pinniped is notorious for stealing fish from unsuspecting anglers after they return from a productive day at sea.
The accompanying video shows Pancho stealing a dorado, or mahi-mahi, from a Pisces Sportfishing Fleet angler who had collected his catch from a crewman.
Pisces described the incident Tuesday via Instagram:
“You always gotta watch your back when Pancho is around! Today our anglers aboard Pisces 30’ Karina learned the hard way and lost one of their Dorado to our famous & sneaky Cabo sea lion, but lucky for them they caught another 16 Dorado today too (10 released).”
Pancho has been around for years and crews sometimes toss him bait fish while returning to the docks. But as far as Pancho is concerned, all fish belong to him if he can access them, which he often does while in stealth mode.
Pancho is so predictable, however, that crews sometimes stage events such as that shown above for their entertainment and to provide clients with lifetime memories.
Pisces did not respond when asked if Pancho’s latest fish-theft incident was staged.