| 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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March 2004 best fishing photo
$50 free fishing tackle for the photo with the most votes. Contest open to all anglers 8 contestants minimum to start the contest. Sponsored by
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Mar 23, 2004; 01:15PM - In depth spinnerbaiting
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Category: Freshwater Bass Fishing Tips
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Author Name: Steven Narup
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
The equipment that Steven Narup
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Tip&Trick Description 2:
Gambler Pro Series Spinnerbait
In-depth Spinnerbaiting
By: Steven Narup
When most people are asked, “what is a spinnerbait?” They will more then likely reply with this, “it has a hook with a wire attached to it, with a lead head and a silicone skirt, with either one or two blades.” The majority of the time they will automatically describe the clothes pin spinnerbait. Well in essence, there is much more to that. There is more then just that style of spinnerbait, this is what most people do not understand. Two other spinnerbait types are just as productive when presented in the right situation. These two baits are the tail-spinner and the in-line spinner. These baits are slowly catching on to the clothespin spinnerbait.
There are quite a few styles of spinnerbaits, including tail spinners, in-line spinners, and clothespin style spinnerbaits. Each style has there own time and place. The most widely used of these spinnerbait choices, is the clothes pin style.
Tail spinners can be a great choice when fishing for smallmouth bass and or finicky largemouth due to the bait’s compact size.
In-line Spinners became obsolete for many years by most bass anglers. Until now, they are slowly catching on to both Smallmouth and Largemouth anglers.
In-line spinners are a great bait when the fish are active but they can also be great when presented it other situations. Most people use in-line spinners when the fish are in a negative feeding mood, due to the bait’s smaller more compact size. There is one problem with in-line spinners, which keep the majority of people away from them, the fact that they will give you line twist. To help with this scenario try a high quality stainless steel ball bearing, this will cut back on the line twist. A ball bearing helps prevent line twist like so, when the bait starts to spin and twist in the water column the line will most likely twist without a ball bearing. However, if you have a ball bearing connecting the leader to the main line, when the bait twists the ball bearing spins the line back so that the line will not twist. If by any chance you do have line twist, let out a couple hundred feet of line into the water and turn your trolling motor on, this will get most of the twist out of your line. Another trick is the tie your line to a heavy object and stretch the line out by tightening your drag and pulling the line.
The clothespin style spinnerbait comes in many different combinations including blade size and style and different size heads. There are Steel and Titanium wires. The Titanium version is nearly indestructible, and needs little or no tuning at all. Titanium also lets off quite a bit more vibration then steel. The heads on clothespin spinnerbaits are starting to be produced with different materials as well, such as Lead, and Tungsten. Spinnerbait anglers are slowly starting to make the switch to Tungsten spinnerbaits, due to the fact the head is almost ¾ the size of lead, making the bait work through cover almost effortlessly.
. In general, spinnerbaits are a very versatile lure, which is one main reason why most bass anglers use them. Bass anglers have been using them for many years now and they still produce fish as if they came out yesterday, you just have to know the different ways to fish the bait.
Tail spinners can be great finesse baits and they can be fished shallow or deep, because the body of the bait is lead, with a little blade on the back. The majority of tail spinners come with a single treble hook, making them not as easy as the clothespin style spinnerbait when trying to fish through thick cover. To work the tail-spinner you can just reel the bait back to the boat, but doing this you will reduce the odds of catching more fish, but it does work. Instead, you should give the bait a little action. You can yo-yo the bait by letting the bait fall to the bottom, then pick your rod tip up to about a 10 o’clock position, just keep repeating this procedure unless you are not producing. On the other hand, you can do a combination of things, to give the fish something different to look at. You can yo-yo the bait during part of the cast, then reel, or twitch it back to the boat. One last way to fish this bait would be to vertical jig it, in deep, clear, cold water. This technique will work in different conditions, but works best in deep, clear, cold water. When you vertical jig a tail spinner you cast the bait out a few feet and let the bait fall vertically, on a semi-slack line then you slowly lift your rod tip and shake the bait, let the bait fall and keep repeating this process. I like to use baitcasting gear when fishing tail spinners, but there are times when you need to fish lighter baits and that is when spinning gear comes into play. I mainly fish Pflueger rods and reels. The rods are very nice they come with premium Fuji guides and a Fuji reel seat, making the rod one nice package. I really like the Trion Baitcasting reel because they come with five ball bearings, one roller bearing and a smooth multi-disc main gear applied star drag system, making this a great reel for mostly any type of fishing. The reel is great if you want to fish a lighter line, because you can set your drag and the drag is so smooth that when a fish pools there will not be as much stress on the line itself.
In-line spinners have been around for over fifty years, and they are still going strong, Mepps has been in the in-line spinner business for a while now, and they still sell great. Most anglers do not use in-line spinners while fishing for bass instead they are using bigger in-line spinners fishing for pike or musky. However, I know they are missing a lure that can catch bass like it can pike and musky. I have had great success fishing in-line spinners in creek openings, where the creek empties into the main river, fishing for smallmouth bass. In-line spinners can be worked shallow or deep, they come with or without tails, painted blades or non-painted blades. When you work an in-line spinner, the best possible way to fish these is to reel them in. If you try to jerk the bait, you will lose a lot of action, because in-line spinners are not made for jerking. In-line spinners let off a lot of flash, and maximum flash happens when you just reel it in. When I fish in-line spinners I like to use spinning gear preferably the Pflueger Trion spinning rod in a 6 ½ foot medium action, with a Pflueger Trion spinning reel, because they come in a 6:3:1 gear ratio which will allow you to speed up the bait without getting as tired out. They are very smooth and cast light baits a mile.
Clothespin spinnerbaits are one of your more versatile bait in the spinnerbait family. You can work them quite a few different ways, and give the bait a great action if you desire. When I work a safety pin spinnerbait, I really like to use a Pflueger Trion Baitcasting rod, anywhere from 6-foot medium to a 7-foot medium heavy action. The 6-foot rod will help you when you want to make accurate casts, and the 7-foot rod will help when you want to get distance with your bait. With the Trion rods, they are extra sensitive high modulus graphite, which will give you the ability to feel the blades turn on your bait. I will throw the bait on 15-20 pound test Berkley Trilene XL. When you work a safety pin spinnerbait, you can just reel it in, but again you are going to be missing some fish. When I fish a safety pin style spinnerbait, I sometimes jerk the bait, doing this gives the bait sort of an injured baitfish presentation. You can also let the bait flutter down, then you pick up your rod tip, and repeat, doing this gives the bait a yo-yo type effect. If I am going to be fishing a spinnerbait in cold water, I will look for anything that lets off heat because this will warm up the water just a little bit, fish do feel the difference, and I will fish the bait around that. If the fish are just coming up and nipping at the bait, you may want to add a trailer hook for extra insurance. I will usually throw a spinnerbait with a trailer hook in any tournament situation. If the fish are coming up and hitting that bait and not taking it you can use a soft plastic trailer, I like to use the Gambler Pro Series Spinnerbaits, beacause they come with high quailty blades and ball bearings, making it almost effortless to slow roll them and let them flutter down. To dress the Gambler Pro Series spinnerbait up I prefer the three-inch Bear Claw Grub from Bearpaws Custom Handpoured Baits. I like the Bearpaws grub because it comes with the scent baked right in to the bait, this will give you a definite edge on other anglers, because you will not need to use scent on the exterior of the bait.
Spinnerbaits are a great and versatile lure that have made a lot of many for companies in the fishing industry. The only thing I can say is next time you go out on the water I dare you to tie on a spinnerbait, and I know that you will not regret it.
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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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City: Palmetto
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Apr 21, 2003; 10:25AM - Fly Hooker Daily Fishing Reports
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR APRIL 14, 2003
Our clients for today are friends of Mary’s cousin and they brought another couple with them,
four people in all. This was their first time in Cabo and on our boat . The water was a little bit
choppy but they managed to hang in there and ended the day with a nice Dorado for dinner.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR APRIL 15, 2003
David and his new bride Angela were walking around the Marina yesterday when we started
talking and they decided to go fishing with us on the “Fly Hooker” today. The water had calmed
down since yesterday and Juan and Manuel were able to put them on to a Striped Marlin early in
the day. David made short work of it and had it to the boat in about 20 minutes. They also
caught a Tuna of about 20 pounds and a Dorado of the same size. A good day on the water for
the honeymooners from Arizona.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR APRIL 16, 2003
Mike Cope is fishing the second of two days today and he has Tony and Chris Marauto with
him today. After blanking out on Sunday they were really hoping to get into the fish today. They
did! A 40 pound Dorado, a couple more at 25 pounds and a 50 pound Wahoo put some meat in
the cooler for them, a good change from the last trip. It also put a big smile on their faces!
Thanks guys!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR APRIL 17, 2003
Stephane Van Den Bergh, his wife Georgina and daughter Louise have come all the way from
France and fished today on the “Fly Hooker” with Juan and Manuel. Stephane has fished for
Tuna in the Mediterranean between France and Spain but has never caught a Marlin as the waters
where they are normally caught are to far away. He has brought two new reels with him in order
to try and catch his fish. They are Penn Senator 4/0’s with left hand retrieve since he could not
find any Shimano’s set up that way. Georgina and Louise spent the day on the bridge with
Manuel and Juan stayed below to assist Stephane. He wanted to do it all him self so Juan was
there as coach. They spotted tow Marlin and tossed bait on both. On the first fish Stephane
tossed the bait out and had the reel in freespool with the clicker on as the fish ate the bait and
started off. His thumb was not on the spool though and the clicker broke, resulting in complete
freespool and a major backlash, placing his line between the spool flange and the sideplate. Yep,
the fish broke off. The other Marlin refused to eat but everyone had a good time anyhow.
Stephane wanted to fish with us again but we are already booked for the next few days. I hope he
does well tomorrow with whoever he goes with!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR APRIL 18, 2003
Brian Niecamp has fished every Good Friday for the past six years with Juan and Manuel,
except for last year when Juan decided to go on vacation (and his brother Juan filled in so I guess
what I just wrote is not really true!). On this trip his friend John Dolack is with him again. They
had an early start today as they were at the dock and waiting when we arrived. Juan and Manuel
headed straight south off of the Solmar beach area and at a distance of 8 miles out found porpoise
and birds. One Tuna weighed around 45 pounds and the rest were in the 15-20 pound class, but
they found and caught 18 in all! They were the first boat there and the only one as well. The
Tuna was exactly what they had been looking for and they left with smiles and their cooler full!
The unfortunate thing was that after that, the steering on the boat broke and they had to come in.
I refunded half of the charter fee since they had only been out a half day and Juan and Manuel
spent the afternoon changing the helm and cable.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR APRIL 19, 2003
Mike and Cathy Pilarski have fished this date with Juan and Manuel every year for the past 4
years and like Brian yesterday, last year was with Juan’s brother Juan. Juan and Manuel headed
out to the 95 spot area after first trying straight south, in the area where they found the Tuna
yesterday and blanking out. The water was a bit choppier since the wind had blown all night but
the were able to hook into two nice Dorado, everyone said one was in the 40 pound class, and the
other around 25 pounds. There were three Tuna in the 15-20 pound class as well so they had a
bit of fish to fill their cooler with!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR APRIL 20, 2003
John D. had been wanting to share a trip, a long one, ever since reading about the one I went
on with my webmaster two weeks ago. Today is Easter and it is the last full day of his trip to
Cabo and lucky for him and myself I was able to talk a local resident (14 weeks) Randy into
sharing a 12 hour day with him. Randy has not done this type of fishing before but John has been
fishing for about 4 years, mostly on the long range boats out of San Diego. We finally left the
marina at 6 A.M. (Randy went to the wrong dock and since it’s Easter, we had a bit of a wait to
get a bait Panga to show up). My original idea was to head out on the Pacific side to the San
Jaime banks to look for Tuna. The wind had not blown last night and I was hoping for good
water but as we went past the lighthouse the swell got larger and we started to get some white
caps out there. Knowing that it would not get any better in the next 15 miles, and noticing a few
porpoise breaking water alongside the boat, I decided to change course and try an area 15 miles
to the south of the lighthouse. It was just getting gray morning light when we set the lures but we
did not have any action until 8:00 when we spotted a pair of Striped Marlin sleeping on the
surface. Of course they were not hungry and went down when we turned around and pulled a live
bait by them. Altering our course toward the 95 spot, we were about 4 miles to the west when
we finally got the first fish in the boat. This was a 24 pound Tuna, one of two blind strikes. After
getting the fish in the boat I did a few figure 8’s in the area but there was no more action. 20
minutes later and two miles from the 95mJohn reeled in a 13 pound Dorado and we re-set the
lures. Just after putting the last line in, another Dorado struck, this time on the Marauder run on
400 pound mono leader. It took Randy a while to get this fish to the boat and I had John drop
back a live bait as he worked on the fish. I gaffed the 23 pound Male and put it into the fish box
and John reeled in the head of the Caballito he had dropped back. Wahoo cut! The lures went
back into the water and we worded the area for a bit longer, getting only one more strike that did
not hook up. We turned in toward the Gray Rock area for a few miles and then back out. A
good strike on the long rigger got Randy back in the chair and as he was working that fish,
another one was trying to eat the short rigger lure. It only took Randy about 5 minutes to get the
50 pound Sailfish that had struck to the boat and after a couple of pictures alongside the boat, the
fish was tagged and released. Off in the distance I could see a couple of boats stopped and
decided to go check them out. As we approached we could see the porpoise jumping and we
ended up getting two Yellowfin in the 15 pound class off of them, but only after working them
hard for about 90 minutes or more. The wind had started to blow and I turned us toward the
Chileno area. !5 minutes after leaving the Porpoise we had a hard strike on the bridge rod and I
handed it down to John. Knowing that Randy had been dreaming about catching a Marlin, he was
nice enough to had it off to Randy, who will now be known as “Randy Reel and Puke”! He never
let go of the rod, never let up on the pressure and did finally stop throwing up! It took him about
30 minutes to get the Striped Marlin, about 130 pounds of it and 9 feet long, to the boat. One eye
had been punctured by the hook so we took the fish. Lures back in the water, we continued in
toward the beach where I cleaned the fish as we drifted live bait. Sure enough, the chunk line we
developed attracted a nice Dorado and John worked the fish hard, getting it to the boat twice
before the knot attaching the leader to the line failed and the fish escaped. Oh well, that happens
sometimes. We were supposed to be at the dock at 5 PM since John had a dinner date with his
wife at 7:30 but we were an hour late. I hope she forgave him! It was a great day on the water
and now Randy is hooked on fishing! Thanks for a great time, and we hope to see you again!
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