| 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 22, 2010; 11:08AM
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Category: Canada Fishing Trips
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Name for Contacts: James Bowden
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Phone: 1 800 585-8069
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City: Haileybury
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State: Ontario
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Country: Canada
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| Description: |
Imagine the opportunity to catch six different species of gamefish while being pampered at a remote island lodge in Northern Ontario, Canada. Red Pine Wilderness Lodge is that place. As hosts for the last 21 years my wife Janice and I have accommodated many satisfied guests from North America and some as far away as Singapore. Although Walleye is the most popular target, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass Whitefish, Perch and Brook Trout are all available on the 28 miles of Lady Evelyn Lake or the portage lakes that we feature. Check out all the details at www.redpinelodge.com or call the toll-free number to book your next all-inclusive fishing adventure.
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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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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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Oct 13, 2003; 11:56AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
'Fly Hooker' Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 5 TO OCTOBER 11, 2003
WEATHER: Once again we are blessed with great weather. Now that fall is
approaching (the only way we can tell is the weather!) the nighttime temperatures are
dropping into the low 70’s and the daytime highs are staying in the low 90’s, plus the
humidity is dropping so it is nice to be out and about. We had light breezes from the
northwest and west this week, not a lot in town due to the ridge blocking it, but very
nice on the water.
WATER: A bit of green water was found out about 3 miles on the Pacific side of the
Cape this week and it came on a bit strong at the tail end of the week. Everywhere
else we have had very blue, warm water. The temperatures within 20 miles of the Cape
on the Pacific side have been in the low 80’s while the same distance out on the Sea of
Cortez side has had temperatures in the mid 80’s. This is looking great for the
tournaments coming up this month. The swells have been small and the wind chop
very light for the most part, we did have a few days when the chop picked up quite a bit
in the afternoon. There has been a temperature break on the Pacific side out at 25
miles to the west, just past the San Jaime Banks, and trailing down to the southwest
from there where the break has been two degrees over a very short distance, and at
times the area really produced well.
BAIT: At the beginning of the week it was hit or miss on live bait while at the end of the
week there was no problem getting Mackerel. The normal $2 per bait when you could
find it.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Thank goodness there are some Blue Marlin beginning to show themselves.
We were afraid that after the hurricanes something had changed and forced them away
from the area. There were quite a few of them hooked up this week, and there was a
good showing on the Striped Marlin as well. These fish were not everywhere though,
you had to be in the right areas. One of the biggest concentrations of Striped Marlin
was in the 1150 area, and they were there in packs. One of the best lures at the time
was a small Dorado colored lure, there must be a lot of the small fish swimming around
there. For the Blue Marlin, the Gordo Banks area and off the Punta Gordo were good
spots, but the action there occurred for boats dropping live Skipjack. There were fish
hooked up on lures while trolling the area, but the results were better on the live bait.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There was not a lot of change in the Tuna this week from last
week. The fish were with the porpoise and it was pretty much hit or miss on finding
them, then getting them to bite. We had times where there were Tuna jumping out of
the water and nothing we tried would work. Most of the fish were running 15-30 pounds
with a few larger fish to 50 pounds being hooked up. I think that if we had small
Sardinas that the results may have been a bit better, but the best most of us could do
was to run a hootchie directly off 30 pound test with no leader and hope that we did not
get broken off if we were lucky enough to get bit. The fish were 20 miles out at least,
regardless of the direction you decided to go, and at times they could only be found 40
miles out. Of course, as usual, the first couple of boats to the fish got the action, and
the last ones just got to see the fish jumping.
DORADO: The Dorado bite was better this week than last with fish scattered all over
the area on the Pacific side of the Cape. The Sea of Cortez side was not providing the
same quality of action as the Pacific but there were still a few fish being found. On the
Pacific, ranging from just outside the shore break out tot he Banks, action was
scattered in the open and good when you could find the right floating objects. The
concentration of debris we had last week and the week before has thinned out and now
when you are able to find something floating the chances are good that there are fish
under it. Bright colored lures and live bait accounted for most of the fish, and when the
action died off at the floating debris, often starting a little chunk line brought the action
back to life. Most of the fish were between 15 and 25 pounds around the debris, but
the fish in the open were a bit larger on average, between 25 and 40 pounds.
WAHOO: Very surprisingly there was little Wahoo action this week. I thought that the
full moon would bring us a lot of fish, but they decided to hold back. I did see a few red
flags, so there were fish found, but not in any numbers or any seeming concentration.
INSHORE: This weeks inshore action was a repeat of last weeks. Jack Crevalle,
Roosterfish and a few Sierra were reported by Captains and anglers fishing the shore
breaks, live bait was the key as lures were mostly ignored. The best action seemed to
come from the Pacific side around the lighthouse.
NOTES: With the cooler temperatures and fall approaching, the Cruise Ships are
back. This means that on almost any given day there will be at least one ship out in the
bay, some days we have had three of them anchored. All the rain we received over the
last 60 days has the hills bright green, it doesn’t look like a desert until you get close!
The town has pretty much cleaned up most of the streets after all the sand washed into
them from Hurricane Marty and you would have a hard time being able to tell we had
anything happen here. The Marina is filling back up as all the war wagons arrive for
the tournaments, and all the talk in town is about fishing, where they are, what they are
biting, what kind of new gear folks have and what their plan of attack will be this year!
Good sounds to my ears and I always learn something new from the pros on the docks.
Thanks for checking out this weeks report, I hope it has helped you somewhat, or at
least been informative. It was written to the sound of Roy Buchanan on his CD “Roy
Buchanan” , a 1972 release. Thanks for the sounds Charlie!
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