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Watch: Crafty sea lion swipes Cabo angler’s prized catch

Footage has surfaced showing a notorious sea lion named Pancho stealing a dorado from a fisherman who had been holding his catch.

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.