| 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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Jan 3, 2009; 11:36PM
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Category: Looking for
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Name for Contacts: JEFF TALLEY
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Phone: 205-369-9689
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City: MOODY
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State: AL.
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Country: USA
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I HAVE FOUND A TYPE OF MINNOW BUCKET AND I'M WONDERING WHAT IT'S WORTH. IT IS MADE OF A PAPER COMPOSITE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, IT HAS 'J. C. HIGGINS SEARS ROEBUCK CO. INSCRIBED ON IT. IT IS IN FAIRLY GOOD CONDITION.I HAVE LOOKED ON THE COMPUTER FOR IT AND CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING FROM THE 40'S OR 50'S ON IT SO I'M THINKING IT IS OLDER THAN THAT. IF SOMEONE HAS ANY INFO. PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL ME.
THANKS,
JEFF
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Ladies Only Fishing Photo Contest
$50 worth of free fishing tackle for the photo with the most votes. Contest open to Ladies only.
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May 19, 2003; 09:01AM - Circle Hooks for Billfish
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Category: Trolling techniques
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Author Name: Carlos Morales
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
What are “circle hooks”? To a fisherman seeing one for the first time you kind of wonder why anyone would use them or took time to invent them. They are similar in size to the more common “J” shaped hook but the opening is smaller and the barb points toward the body of the hook forming a circular shape, hence their name. At first glance it would appear fish would seldom be caught with circle hooks because the barb points the wrong way and the smaller than usual opening would difficult hooking anything.
Surprise, surprise, first impressions are wrong. Depending which study an angler consults, circle hooks have been shown to be as effective or more effective than “J” hooks for catching all types of fish including billfish. Some studies say fishermen catch 60% more fish, others 100% more fish with circle hooks than with “J” hooks. Catching more fish is a bonus but the real advantage of circle hooks is that they are designed to hook a fish in the lip or corner of the mouth and this happens about 95% of the time, preventing “deep hooking” and “foul hooking”. Removing a circle hook is fast and easy, take a pair of pliers and rotate the hook out of the mouth.
A “J” hook works by attaching itself wherever soft tissue is available. Normally, as soon as a fish bites, the first thing an angler does is “set the hook” by swiftly pulling the rod up and reeling in some line. This violent maneuver guarantees (anglers wish) that the barb of the hook will penetrate some soft tissue inside the mouth thus hooking the fish. Some fish, like billfish, have bony mouths so when the “J” hook tries to find purchase it just slides along and it either pops out of the mouth with the bait or attaches to the the upper palate, throat, pharynx, oesophagus or in the stomach. Anglers who practice catch and release know deep hook injuries, caused by any type of hook, are often mortal due to bleeding and that the hook sometimes is left inside the fish since its so deep there is no way to remove it without killing the fish. This is not a problem for the angler fishing for tasty, sought after fish like Dorado (dolphin), flounder, mangrove snapper, redfish, grouper, etc., since the whole point of going fishing is catching fish to eat.
Here is where circle hooks come in. They have been around for years and were adopted in the late 1970’s for use by longline commercial fishing boats because not only did fish hook themselves but also studies showed they were 85% more effective than “J” hooks and the hooked fish were alive when the longline was retrieved. It is ironic that recreational anglers, to preserve fish, have recently adopted commercial fishing hooks known and used for their ability to catch large numbers of fish.
We did say fish hooked themselves and we are not joking. When fishing using circle hooks and a fish takes the bait, do not set the hook! Wait. Count out one Mississippi, two Mississippi, etc., meditate about why there are no pregnant ladybugs, speculate on the price of bananas on Mars, just don’t set the hook! As the fish swims away the line becomes taut allowing the hook to rotate inside the fish’s mouth and lodge itself in the corner of the mouth. When the rod is flexed and the line taut that means the fish is hooked. Patience is very important because if the angler tries to set a circle hook the same way as a “J” hook, more often than not it will just be pulled out of the mouth of the fish. After a bite a mate on our boats grabs the rod but doesn’t do anything until the billfish swims away pulling the line taut and bending the rod, then he counts to five and “tests” whether the hook has been set by reeling in some line. This technique usually works very well.
If a “self-hooking hook” was not good enough, circle hooks have other advantages. Once hooked, billfish tend to leap and violently shake their head side to side to try and loose the hook. It looks spectacular and anglers love it but “J” hooks are sometimes dislodged this way. The circle hooks round shape and the direction of the barb helps to prevent dislodgement so fish don’t de-hook as much when doing their aerial stunts. Another great advantage is that humans hook themselves less in the hand, ear and/or other body parts and clothes with circle hooks because the barb points toward the body of the hook.
Not all circle hooks are created equal though. Besides “normal circle hooks” there are “offset circle hooks” whose barb does not point to the body of the hook but opens up, similar to a “J” hook’s. Depending on the degree that the barb is offset, 4 to 15 degrees, they become about as effective as “J” hooks at deep hooking as in their ability to catch fish. Like “J” hooks, “offset circle hooks” also cause more foul hooking of fish. Foul hooking means hooking a fish by the eye, gills, etc. Billfish depend on their eyesight to hunt and catch their prey so an eye wound seriously diminishes a billfish’s ability to feed and damaging the gills hampers the billfish’s survivability. Some circle hooks are made out of stainless steel and will not degrade with time so if a fish is lost with a stainless steel hook in it, that hook will be in the fish forever.
In Guatemala “catch and release” for all billfish is the law. Since it’s beginning our company has adopted a circle hook only policy for bill fishing and releasing the fish unharmed is a very important goal. Guatemala has the best sailfishing in the world and we do our best to keep it that way.
Happy fishing and tight lines!!
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May 13, 2019; 08:07PM - OCEAN-TAMER Marine Grade Bean Bags
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Category: Boats
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Price: $79.95 - $139.95
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Name for Contacts: Frank Abruzzino
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Phone: (941) 776-1133
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City: Palmetto
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State: Florda
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Country: usa
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Description 1:
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May 12, 2019; 03:50PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
San Jose del Cabo
Anglers –
October 29, 2017
Large crowds of anglers and visitors
alike are arriving in Los Cabos, as we
are now in the midst of the peak fall
season. This past week the huge story
was the Bisbee Black and Blue
Tournament, which is the highest paying
fishing tournament in the world, with
this year’s event attracting 120 teams
from across the globe, with over 800
participants. For final results you can
check on Bisbee’s web site. Swirling
winds from the north finally resided
late in the week, with prevailing clear
sunny skies and warmer than normal high
temperatures, this all made for ideal
conditions, actually still feeling
almost like summer.
Heavy pressure now on bait resources,
but so far supplies have held up,
though if wishing to obtain sardinas,
that meant traveling towards Chileno
and waiting each morning as netters
worked overtime to find enough bait to
go around. Other options were caballito
and slabs of squid. Some panga guides
are starting to scout out chihuil
options, as well as smaller sized
skipjack.
Sportfishing fleets, as well as
tournament teams, have been scouting
fishing grounds in all directions. For
fleets out of San Jose del Cabo,
thought much of the week they were
heading south towards Cabo San Lucas,
in order to find calmer waters, since
north winds had their normal grounds
from Gordo Banks to Vinorama all
stirred up and very choppy. Also with
the sardinas now being located close to
Cabo San Lucas, that is a long back
tack, to travel that far south to wait
around for sardinas and then motor back
to grounds such as Iman or San Luis
Banks, not a normal plan, this takes
way too much time, not to mention how
much extra fuel is needed. Charters
were fishing areas from the Hyatt,
Cabeza Ballena, Los Arcos and to el
Faro around the corner on the Pacific.
Main target species being the yellowfin
tuna. Drift fishing with sardinas was
the most productive technique, the tuna
were seen in flurries, at times proved
to be very finicky, catches ranged from
zero up to ten fish per boat, depending
where you happened to be at a given
time, lots of black skipjack were mixed
in with the yellowfin tuna. Average
size of the tuna were 5 to 10 lb.
though other larger fish were mixed in.
The biggest yellowfin tuna for the week
was taken Friday off of the Outer Gordo
Banks, angler Bob Deeter hooked into
the cow tuna while trolling a live
chihuil, after a crazy surface battle,
the fish actually expired and was
subdued in relatively easier than
normal manner. Back at the docks the
yellowfin weighed in at 304 lb.
Dorado were very scarce early in the
week off of San Jose del Cabo grounds,
better chances were found trolling in
Pacific waters, though later in the
week we saw more dorado showing up,
still not in significant numbers, but
at least somewhat encouraging. Sizes
ranged up to 15 lb. Wahoo action
finally showed much more activity later
in the week, as ocean conditions calmed
down and charters were able to
comfortably work areas such as the Iman
Bank. With a slight change in climate
as well, this seemed to trigger the
wahoo. Many boats reported having six
or more chances of wahoo strikes, most
on baitfish such as chihuil or
caballito. Other reported strikes on
skirted lead heads and Rapalas. Of
course as is usual with wahoo fishing,
a higher percentage of strikes were
lost, as compared with actually wahoo
being landed. Several charters had two
or three wahoo in the box, at least one
had four. Sizes were not huge, but
average of about 20 to 25 lb..
Bottom action was limited, one 60 lb.
amberjack was accounted for, but only
sporadic catches of snapper, cabrilla
and triggerfish were reported. This is
not the normal season for that type of
fishing, with more surface action going
on, nor has much at all been reported
close along the beach stretches.
Billfish was spread out, but the
tournaments have found a respectable
number of qualifying black and blue
marlin that have passed the 300 lb.
minimal weight limits, Not many striped
marlin now, water too warm for them,
with temperatures now averaging 84 to
85 degrees.
The combined panga fleets launching out
of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina
sent out approximately 162 charters for
the week, with anglers reporting a fish
count of: 3 blue marlin, 1 black
marlin, 28 wahoo, 4 amberjack, 215
yellowfin tuna, 75 dorado, 11 yellow
snapper, 34 huachinango, 2 pompano, 18
Eastern Pacific bonito, 13 cabrilla
(leopard grouper), 6 barred pargo and
96 triggerfish.
Good fishing, Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
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