In this animated story from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI™, Molly and her cousin, Randall, fish for halibut using a traditional hook with special carvings. (Move the cursor over the video progress bar to locate “Sea Lion Crooks and Halibut Hooks” at 01:00.) The hook brings luck—Molly catches a big fish—but a sea lion snatches the fish and hook before she can reel it in. Randall says that he experienced the same thing with his special Wolfhook! Molly notices that the sea lion thief has a marking on its side and discovers that it’s being tracked by scientists. Will the scientists’ tracking system help them recover the lost halibut hooks?

For use in the classroom, see the Sea Lion Crooks and Halibut Hooks Lesson Plan | MOLLY OF DENALI™.