| 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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| 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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Jul 21, 2010; 05:22PM
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Category: Guide Services
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Name for Contacts: Ralph Solano
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Phone: (506) 88620214
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City: Playa Potrero, Santa Cruz
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State: Guanacaste
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Country: Costa Rica
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Hi Fishermen budies!
For kayak fishing trips and charters in Guanacaste,
Costa Rica.
You may see it at:
www.costaricawildfishing.com
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May 2003 Best Photo
$50 worth of free fishing tackle for the photo with the most votes by May 31, 2003
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Capt. Charle...40lbsAmberjack |
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Aug 5, 2003; 10:29PM - Bimini Twist
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Category: Knots to use
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Author Name: Steve vonBrandt/S&K Guide Service
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
Bimini Twist
Used primarily for offshore trolling and double-line leaders. A Bimini twist creates a long loop of line which is stronger than the the line itself. A Bimini twist is a simple method of doubling your fishing line in order to prevent chafing or to create the necessary loop in order to attach a wind-on leader. A short Bimini twist (up to five feet) can easily be accomplished by one person. To tie a Bimini twist longer than five feet takes two people, although it could be done alone with a lot of practice. This knot is a 100% knot, meaning, it retains 100% or the original strength of the line being used.
1. Measure a little more than twice the length you will want for the double-line. Bring end back to standing line and hold together. Rotate end of loop 18 - 23 times, by twisting it.
2. Slowly spread the loop to slide twists together about 10' below tag end. You want to spread the lines evenly, keeping the same angle on each side, so they do not wrap on top on one another. Step both feet through loop and bring it up around knees so pressure can be placed on column of twists by spreading knees your apart. It is easiest to learn the knot with two people so one person can hold and spread the lines while the other person ties the knot. Bimini twists over 5 feet long really need two people to tie properly, unless you have 8' legs!
3. With twists now snug together, hold standing line in one hand with tension just slightly off the vertical position. With other hand, move tag end to position at right angle to twists. Keeping tension on loop with knees, gradually ease tension of tag end so it will roll over the column of twists, beginning just below the upper twist. (as the line continues to spread apart the tag end will wrap back down over top of the twists.)
4. Spread legs apart slowly to maintain pressure on loop. Steer tag end into a tight spiral coil as it continues to roll over the twisted line. It take a practice, but avoid the twists jumping back over top. The twists should lay side by side and coil down nicely as shown to the right.
5. When spiral of tag end has rolled over column of twists, continue keeping knee pressure on loop and pinch the end of knot to keep it from unraveling. Put a finger in crotch of line where loop joins knot to prevent slippage of last turn. Now make a simple half-hitch with tag end around nearest leg of loop and pull up tight.
6. With half-hitch holding knot, release knee pressure but keep loop stretched. Using remaining tag end, take half-hitch around both legs of loop, but do not pll tight.
7. Make 2-3 more turns with the tag end around both legs of the loop, winding inside the bend of line formed by the loose half-hitch and toward the knot. Pull tag end slowly, forcing the loops to form in a spiral.
8. Moisten spirals and pull loops tight against main knot. Leave about 1/4' of a tag end when trimming. Keep practicing, it takes some time.
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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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Dec 6, 2004; 04:31PM - More yellowfin tuna action in Venice Louisiana
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Capt. Scott Avanzino
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Spent all last week in Venice doing year end boat
and equipment maintenance..waited until Friday for
the weather to break and after re-launching the
boat Thursday afternoon I was ready to trade a
greasy wrench for a baited pole.. It's always tough
to come off a 7 day weather layover, but we started
in areas we had caught fish the week before..Had
Jeff Milton and the Sylvania crew looking for
tuna..spent the majority of the day looking for
bait netting 2 mullet and 4 hardtails..didn't
matter..for the 5 hours we spent waiting for the
bite all we had was one small yellowfin and one
blackfin to show..missed one big strike around 3pm
and reluctantly headed north in search of
jacks..and fortunately they were hungry..we found
them at the 7 mile rigs about 150 yards off the
platform on the NE corner of 49..they hit
everything we threw at them and in 45 minutes we
had caught 7 fish without losing one..diamond jigs,
dead mullet and tuna bellies..didnt matter..I got
back to the cleaning table and talked to a captain
friend of mine who was down on himself for only
producing one nice yellowfin, 2 stout grouper and a
couple jacks..though he gave it his best effort I
think he allowed the unrealistic expectations of
his customers to get him down..some times the fish
bite like mad and some days there is nothing you
can do to find a single strike and some days,
despite all preparation things still go
wrong..given the weather and the fact that it was a
long time since anyone had fished I think both of
us had a sucessful day..Saturday the bite was wide
open for us and just about everything went wrong..I
headed out with good friend Rick Blount his
daughter Casey and Ryan and Bill Flanagan on Bill's
37 Bertram for our annual year end fishing trip..we
couldn't make up our minds what we wanted to fish
for so we packed a little of everything..someone
had stolen the large fish box so all we had was a
deck box with 120 pounds of ice..could only find 7
mullet but since we only needed 4 fish to make the
day we ventured off to new territory with medium
confidence..first stop yeilded a big zero..a single
barracuda bite left us 5 good baits and one near
dead one..upon stop 2 we had a double on
deployment..the first fish broke off on the run and
the second at the leader after a 40 minute
fight..upon tying up a new leader I found that the
gap between the shank of the hooks and loop of the
eye was sufficient enough to allow for a plier like
effect if more than 20 pounds was applied to the 90
pound leader..even with a power snell the line
would break against the sharp edge of the hook..a
closer inspection of the pack revealed a bad
batch..switched over to J-hooks while Doc searched
his supply for better hooks and had 2 more
misses..and when last bait flew off the hook upon
deployment, things started to look pretty grim..put
out a spread of 2 Braid baits short on 50 pound
chair tackle and two skirted ballyhoo with birds
long on each of the riggers on 30 pound tackle..at
this point one fish would have made the trip but
instead we were blessed with old time tuna
action..hadn't seen a bite like this on trolling
biats for many years..we made 6 passes in the next
4 hours hooking a fish on every pass..ended up with
3 very nice yellowfin from 90-150 pounds..the first
fish in the box was a nice 110 pounder on a braid
plug, fish number 2 was the samllest fish of the
day, again on a plug..pulled a hook on 30 pound
tackle on pass number 3 and broke off the next 2
fish on the 30's on the long baits..not sure if
Bill will bring them on the next tuna outing but I
think the fish did us a favor..the final fish hit
at 3:00pm on the short plug and ripped half the
spool on the first run..14 year old Casey settled
into the chair while dad helped her crank - neither
of them knew what they were getting into and from
my view from the helm, it looked like alot of
forced family fun..2 hours later we sunk the gaff
into a 150# class fish that would test our
collective engineering abilities in order to cool
him and his two friends in an undersized cooler
with 2 1/2 bags of ice..bottom line is we got the
job done and everyone who got to fight a fish is
sore today..I got to drive so next time I may get a
turn on the rod..so long as the wrench's collect
rust for the next few months I wont care..hope to
get back out this week if weather allows..the way
the bite has been, I doubt very seriously if we'll
find them in the same place..hadn't worked for us
this fall..last stretch of trips we ran in late
November we found our fish at Moxie and in open
water 2 miles south of Moxie, but not this
week..not sure where we'll start looking next
trip.... Paradise Outfitters - 985-845-8006
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