| 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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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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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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Oct 16, 2006; 11:43AM - 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
Oct. 9-15, 2006
WEATHER: There was very little change in the weather at the beginning of this week compared to last week in temperatures as our daytime highs were in the low 90’s and our nighttime lows were in the low 70’s, the change was in the feel. It seemed that the humidity dropped a bit, but of course we felt it because we live here. Most of our visitors said that it was very humid. Oh well, I guess it’s all in what you are used to! We had some cloud cover the last half of the wee and that, combined with just a bit of wind kept things feeling cool (comparatively speaking). At the end of the week we had some stronger winds from the northwest and they brought our temperatures down as on Sunday night we had a low of 67 degrees here at the house. No need for the air conditioner now! The humidity dropped as well and it is starting to feel like fall.
WATER: Surface conditions on both sides of the Cape were great this week with the Pacific side being a bit bumpier, much as it was last week. With the wind out of the northwest that is to be expected, but it was not so rough that people were getting sick and coming in early. At the end of the week things changed a bit as the wind blew stronger starting Saturday afternoon. On the Cortez side it was almost like a lake most of the time. Our water temperatures on the Cortez side were an almost steady 85-86 degrees everywhere with no temperature breaks. On the Pacific side this warm water wrapped around across the San Jaime and the Golden Gate banks. Outside of these banks the temperature dropped a degree but there was no real defining edge anywhere.
BAIT: There were Caballito ($2 each) available most days if you were early, with the full moon just past us it was a bit easier to get bait than last week. I also saw a few Mackerel floating in the marina but I don’t know if they were from here or were tossed out of the bait wells of boats coming down from up north for the season. There were plenty of Sardinas available up at Palmilla and La Playita at the normal $20 a bucket.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There were a lot more Blue Marlin reported hooked up this week than there were last week but that may have been an effect of more boats searching for them. With the tournaments coming up teams are getting in the practice mode and actively working for the big mamas. There have been a lot of fish reported in the #200-#350 range as well as a few in the #500-#600 area, but it could all be just story as well. I know of one angler I trust who reported hooking into a fish at around #1,000 on a lure and had it hooked up for just a minute or so. There seems to be a lot of effort spent on the Cortez side for the Blues but with that many boats working out there I was surprised to not hear of more Blacks being hooked up. There were still quite a few Striped Marlin around and again, that is a bit of a surprise for me as the water temperatures are much higher than these fish normally like. They were more prevalent on the Pacific side of the Cape. Almost all the action on the Blues came on trolled lures while the Striped Marlin bite was a pretty even mix of lure fish and live bait thrown at fish on the surface.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: It was nice to find Yellowfin closer to home this week and you did not need to cover 50 miles of water looking for Porpoise. The fish that were up at Punta Gorda a few weeks have moved closer to us with quite a bit of action happening within a mile of the beach from La Playita to just outside the Chileno area. Sardines were the ticket, as well as light line. Chumming with the live Sardines then fly-lining baits or putting ones out with a split-shot on the line worked well on these fish that ran from 15-40 pounds on the average. There were fish reported hooked that were much larger, but very few of them were brought in, I think the largest I heard of being landed was right at #80. Using small circle hooks on very light leader was extremely successful, but also resulted in quite a few lost fish. Most boats had better luck with “J” hooks on floura-carbon leader in the #30 class.
DORADO: Lots of Dorado were being caught this week and almost all the heavy action was on the Pacific side of the Cape, up to and past the Margarita beach area. There was also good action from Gray Rock on the Cortez side to the Arch. Most of the fish were averaging #15 with a few fish being caught in the 30-pound class. I did see one fish weighed at #56, nice Bull Dorado caught on a live Caballito. Most boats that worked for Dorado were able to limit out easily. Best bait was either strip baits cut from Bonita, live Sardinas or Caballito. Lure action was also fairly steady with dark colored plugs from 6-9 inches working best.
WAHOO: I didn’t hear of any Wahoo caught locally but there were quite a few brought in by boats arriving from up north.
INSHORE: Once again there were still a few Roosterfish being reported this week but with there being so many Dorado and Tuna close in it was hard to get the Captains of the Pangas to target anything else.
NOTES: This weeks report was written to the classic Mexican music of Monica Rojas on her 1999 Armonia Productiones Musicales release “La Feria”. I got a chance to hear her sing this week at Miguel Locos, what a great voice! Also, congratulations to Greg W. on the addition of two future anglers to the population! I hope Thomas and Nicholas grow up to enjoy the salt water! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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