| Around 10% of the world's total fish species can be found just within the Great Barrier Reef. |
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| The toxin in puffer fish is 1200 times deadlier than cyanide. |
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| Strange fish facts |
| Many Fish can taste without even opening their mouths. |
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| Fish Facts |
| Most brands of lipstick contain fish scales |
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| Did you know? |
| American Lobsters have longer life spans than both cats and dogs, living over 20 years. |
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| When you need a good reason to go fishing! |
| Going fishing outdoors increases your vitamin D, which helps regulate the amount of calcium and phosphate in your body, keeping your bones and teeth healthy. It boosts your immune system and has been linked to fighting depression. |
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| Some fishes lay their eggs on land instead of in the water |
| The mudskipper even takes this further, even mating on land. These fish burrow and lay their eggs in mudflats before returning to the water. |
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| In three decades, the world's oceans will contain more discarded plastic than fish when measured by weight, researchers say. |
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| As of 2020, there were 34,000 known fish species around world. That’s more than the number of species in all other vertebrates: birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians combined. |
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| God Bless The Troops |
| We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. - George Orwell |
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| One fish is called a fish. Two or more are still called fish. |
| However than one species of fish are called fishes. |
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| Did you know that |
About 60% of US Anglers practice catch and release.
Women make up about 33% of fresh water anglers and
about 85% of fresh water anglers begin fishing at 12 years old. |
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| Just how man species of fish are there? |
| As of 2020, there were 34,000 known fish species around world. That’s more than the number of species in all other vertebrates: birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians combined. |
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| Even Catfish are finicky |
| Taste Buds ? Catfish have a more refined sense of flavor than humans. Our 10,000 taste buds may seem like a lot, but catfish can have as many as 175,000. This helps them find the exact location of their next meal. |
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Sep 14, 2008; 01:01PM
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Category: Guide Services
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Name for Contacts: Robert Hudson
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Phone: 760-209-3260
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City: June Lake
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State: California
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Country: USA
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I am the owner of Sierra Fly Guide in June Lake, Ca. and would like to add a link to my web site, www.sierraflyguide.net or an ad for it. Maybe you could add a catagory for guides or fly fishing? Contact me and let me now what you need.
Thanks
Robert
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December 2004 Fishing Photo Contest
$50 free tackle for the photo with the most votes contest must have 10 contestants minimum to be active.
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Mark Tamim62 poundsRooster Fish |
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Mar 5, 2009; 05:22PM - Meat Stock Cube Chemical Lure
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Category: Fishing tips and tricks
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Author Name: Mike Cobb
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
MEAT STOCK CUBE CHEMICAL LURE
This started off by being an applied science project in school linked to fishing for predatory species. I am happy for anyone to try it out. It takes some preparation but is worth the experiment. You can use it for river, lake or sea fishing from a bank, beach, pier or boat. Use the strongest line you have for dragging. Have a camera to get evidence of your catch.
First get your meat stock cubes – the red varieties are the best imitation of the fluids that leak from wounded prey. They are much cheaper if bought in the large boxes and cost even less if you can get them put on someone else’s shopping list.
You also need a pair of tights or stockings so ask nicely – particularly if someone is wearing them at the time!
Cut the tights/stockings up into 10cm (4in) squares and put them onto a flat surface.
Take the foil wrapping off of each stock cube being careful not to crumble it and place one centrally onto each square of the tights/stockings.
Tie the four corners of the material together into a firm knot – a test of your dexterity – you may need to use bigger squares at first and trim them up afterwards.
Then tie a length of line inside the knot of each lure bag leaving plenty of spare to attach to the eye on your lure. Store your bags in a waterproof and crushproof container.
When you are ready to fish attach a bag to the eye of your lure making sure that you tie the knot so that a used bag can be easily removed from the eye but cannot slip off during movement underwater. A pair of fine scissors will useful to do the cutting during bag changing. Dispose of used bags and line responsibly please – not into the water or onto the site.
Keep safe – wear a lifejacket if you are fishing on or by deep water. Keep yourself warm and waterproof. Do not fish on your own – it is safer with others. Let someone know where you are going and have a means of contacting him or her.
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Dec 9, 2007; 09:35PM - Custom Fit Boat Cover
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Category: [other]
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Price: Varies
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Name for Contacts: Elite Outdoors
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Phone:
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State: MO
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Country: USA
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Description 1:
When only the best will do! A perfect fit: measured, tucked, darted and approved by Hurricane's own pattern and design craftsman. Vulnerable wear and stress points are double reinforced with an extra tough material sewn to the underside of the cover. An unbreakable 1/4' poly draw rope sewn with the perimeter hem enables the cover to be cinched tight to the hull. 1' poly loops are sewn around the perimeter of the cover to accept a Hurricane strap/buckle tie down kit, bungee cords, or rope ties for positive securing to the boat. Built tough to take the exposure and abuse that boat covers are exposed to when trailering, storing, or mooring.
Westland has over 16,000 Exact Fit Custom Cover patterns for over 200 different boat manufacturers. You will have your choice of 3 fabrics and over 30 colors.
To check to see if we have a custom cover pattern for your boat please Email Us your year - make - model - any accessories like towers, swim platforms, bow rails, radar archs, etc. |
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Sharkskin color chart...also, available in Sunbrella |
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Sep 17, 2007; 10:47AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
Sept. 10-16, 2007
WEATHER: We are back to summertime weather with our daytime highs in the mid to high 90’s. There was a report of low 100’s just to the north of us toward San Jose on Friday. Nights have been a bit cooler with the lows in the low 80’s, but with little wind toward the end of the week it seemed a lot warmer than that. We have had partially cloudy skies with no rain. Forecasts for the next week are a repeat of the same.
WATER: Surface conditions have been great, especially toward the end of the week with the winds light and variable. Swells have been from the west-southwest at 2-4 feet and the water has been a bit warmer than last week. We did have a plume of warm water run across the 95 spot at the end of the week with the temperature there at 85-86 degrees. On the Pacific side up past the Golden Gate Bank there was a defined temperature and color break. At 5 miles north of the bank the water became a deep blue and changed from 78 degrees to 82 degrees in the middle of the week. There was a lot of debris from the hurricane in the well-defined current line, but it was too new to hold and bait or fish. At the same time the water at the San Jaime Banks and toward the Cape was an off-color green but even at 76 degrees was holding fish on the contour lines. On the Cortez side of the Cape we had a warm, blue water plume that ran from the Cabrillo Seamount across the 1150 and onto the 95 spot. At the end of the week things had changed quite a bit and the warm water was closer to home with 83-84 degree water across all the banks both on the Pacific side and the Cortez side of the Cape. The water just off the arch to five miles to the east and 10 miles to the west was cooler at 80 degrees.
BAIT: Prevailing bait this week was Caballito at $2 per bait, Mullet at $2 per bait and Sardinas at $25 per scoop. A few boats were able to make their own Mackerel during their fishing trips and these seemed to be the bait preferred by the fish.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The week began with good fishing for Striped Marlin on the inside of the Golden Gate bank and then the bite slowly shifted to the south. At the end of the week there were still a few Stripers being found at the Gate but there were more fish to the south and east of the Cape, even though the water was more off-colored. A few boats released as many as 8 fish per trip working the area between the Cape and the 95 spot and there were scattered fish on the surface on the Pacific side around the Gate and within 4 miles of the beach. There were reports of some decent Blue Marlin being found as well. I heard a story of one Panga working off of the 95 spot that released two blues, one estimated at #250 and the other at #450 early in the week.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Football fish were still the order of the day for most of the boats, but finding them on a regular basis was a problem. To the north on the Cortez side of the Cape around the Punta Gorda area there were fish scattered around. Not associated with porpoise, they were found by trolling in the blind. Once one was hooked up the crew threw out live Sardinas to try and chum up the fish. The largest of these were reported at around 30 pounds. The good news is that on Friday there were some decent fish found on the west side of the San Jaime Banks at a distance of 30 miles from Cabo. The first boat to these fish caught 5 Yellowfin estimated between 45 and 60 pounds. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come!
DORADO: The Dorado bite was scattered again but the best results were had by boats working close to the beach on the Pacific side of the Cape. Most of the fish were in the 12-20 pound class with occasional fish to 40 pounds being reported. Hooking a fish on a trolled lure then drifting back live bait while keeping the hooked fish close to the boat resulted in some of the better catches. A good day this week was three or four Dorado while a great day was 6 fish. Most of the boats were happy to get two Dorado in the box. Things might improve over time as the debris to the north of the Golden Gate Ban works its way south.
WAHOO: I saw a few Wahoo in the 20-25 pound class come in this week and the new moon may have had a great deal to do with it. I also hear radio reports of larger fish being hooked up but biting through the mono leader being run on the Marlin lures. These Wahoo were reported from the various Banks, in the warm water areas.
INSHORE: The bite was still off after the dirty water from the hurricane. I was hoping that the Rooster fishing would pick back up but it remained slow this week. Most of the Pangas resorted to focusing on Dorado and Striped Marlin within 5 miles of shore.
Hello Cabo Anglers!
The Billfish Foundation is working to ensure the future of Cabo's amazing bill fishing. Efforts have been made before in Mexico to pass laws that would hurt Los Cabos fantastic fishing. While these efforts have all failed, we want to prevent future threats. Local charter companies have identified you as a Cabo angler. Can you please help us by taking a few minutes to complete a survey? The results will be used to help pass stronger conservation laws intended to improve fishing success rates and the Cabo fishing experience. All responses will be completely confidential.
To take the survey, please click: http://www.southwickassociates.com/surveys/cabo_survey/Default.aspx?sicd=AJJMEI-73 . The Billfish Foundation has hired Southwick Associates to administer the surveys. We sincerely appreciate your help in protecting Cabos unique fishery, and hope to see you fishing again in Los Cabos.
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