| 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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| 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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Name for Contacts: Noel Gyger
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Pro Fishing Guide with over 30 years experience. Client stay at a beautiful fishing lodge with best meals.
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Aug 5, 2003; 10:26PM - Albright Knot
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Author Name: Steve vonBrandt/S&K Guide Service
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
Albright Knot
The albright knot is most commonly used for joining lines of different diameter, for creating shook leaders and when Bimini Twist is tied in the end of lighter casting line. It is also used to connect monofilament to wire.
1.Create a loop in the tag end of the heavier line, then feed the tag end of the lighter line through it.
2. Bring the tag end up and over the loop to make your first turn.
3. Make a series of turns around all three stands, keeping it as tight as possible.
4. make a minimum of 10 turns, bringing the tag end out of the end of the heavier line's loop.
5. To tighten the knot, pull the standing part of the heavier line. At the same time, slide the turns toward the loop end.
6. When turns are in a neat position, pull both standing parts to make the knot tight. Trim ends.
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Dec 9, 2007; 09:35PM - Custom Fit Boat Cover
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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.
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Dec 8, 2003; 10:48AM - 'Fly Hooker Daily 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
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
1 Striped Marlin 120 pounds tagged and released
1 Striped Marlin 160 pounds tagged and released
1 Striped Marlin 110 pounds kept
9 Dorado to 30 pounds kept
14 Yellowfin to 22 pounds kept
Lots of Bonita released
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 30, 2003
Today was the last day of fishing for our friend Bob Deeter and I got a chance to
spend it with him. During his days here Bob had caught BIG Wahoo, BIG Yellowfin, too
many “Stinkin’ Marlin” but had not gotten any Dorado yet. With our fingers crossed,
and expecting only Yellowfin, Manuel and I went south. We cruised for a half hour then
put lines in the water. About 45 minutes later Manuel got a call on the radio that a
friend had found Porpoise and there were birds working as well so we pulled in the
lines and ran to the spot. We were the fourth boat there but no one had hooked up yet.
A few minutes after we arrived one of the boats hooked up to a Striped Marlin, a pretty
small one, but that was all the action. We left after working the Porpoise for about 45
minutes, looking for something that would produce fish for us. An hour later Manuel
saw a boat doing slow circles, way off in the distance. I was driving so I picked up the
speed and we headed that way. A few miles later I saw something off to the right, it
looked like a jug in the water, so we detoured to check it out. It turned out to be a tree
root with a couple of birds sitting on it. Eureka! There were Dorado around the wood
and in the next hour we fought and landed 8 Dorado, all on live bait. The first fish were
the largest and we caught four that were between 20 and 30 pounds, the others were in
the 10-20 pound class. With all the bait gone, Bob and I decided to try jigging and
Manuel pulled the boat right up to the log. Manuel yelled “Dorado” and pointed right to
the log. Both Bob and I kept looking into the water but could not see anything
swimming around. Finally I realized that the Dorado he was talking about was what I
had mistook for a root off of the log. Bob and I thought that the fish was either one that
had come off when we first arrived or one another boat had caught and it had come
entangled on the wood and broken off. I mean, this fish was nose up to the log,
hanging vertically. Manuel backed the boat up to the fish and I gaffed it, fully expecting
a rotten fish to come up. To our surprise the fish was in rigor, had bright red gill,
beautiful color and bled when cut! The only thing I can think of is that either it was the
first fish we lost and it banged against the log or it had been chasing bait and killed
itself running into the log. Anyway, we caught eight Dorado and ended up with nine!
There was more than enough fish fillets for Bob and we decided to go in early to give
Manuel a chance to get to his baseball game. Thanks Bob, once again I had a great
time with you! See you again next year!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 1, 2003
Howard Grodenski called us from Virginia on Saturday and wanted to know if the
boat was available for today and tomorrow. It just happened to be open and he flew in
yesterday. This morning Juan and Manuel took him to the same spot where Manuel
and I had found the log yesterday and started to search. They came across another
piece of wood that held a lot of bait and had birds sitting on it, but no Dorado. They
also came across two separate pods of Porpoise but had no Tuna strikes. Tossed bait
to three of the four Marlin they saw and had no takers. One of those kind of days. The
water was beautiful though, and I got some projects taken care of so I am going along
tomorrow. I sure hope we find fish!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 2, 2003
Howard invited me so I was on the boat today. We had decided yesterday afternoon
that today we would either go up the Sea of Cortez to the Gorda Banks area or up the
Pacific coast, depending on the weather and on what other boats had been doing.
Three days in a row to the south had produced only one good day of fishing and that
was a lot of luck. Manuel said that the fishing up towards San Jose had been slow so
this morning we decided to try the Pacific side. Lines in the water at 7 AM after a 15
minute cruise and the boat kept pointing it’s bow south. After a while I started to get
worried that Juan and Manuel had changed the game plan on us. Nope, Manuel had
spotted three boats about 12 miles out that looked as if they were staying in one spot,
maybe working Tuna or a piece of Debris with Dorado. Eventually we got close to the
area and could see that they just happened to be in the same spot, there was no
concentrated activity. The bow turned towards the coast in the area of Margarite and
when we got about 6 miles off the beach we spotted several Frigate Birds working.
Excitement was in the air and fish on our minds as we got closer and prepared
ourselves for some action. Shoot, it was a big school of baby Dorado chasing little bitty
baitfish. One of the Frigates got hold of a little Dorado and took off with it. Gives you
an idea of their size, huh? We kept going and about 5 miles off the beach we finally
had a hit. The strike was on the rigged Ballyhoo on the stinger rod. It was a hard strike
and took a bit of line but did not stick. Juan ran down and pinned on a Mackerel, which
he then dropped back. I cleared the short line then ran to the bridge and started to
bring in the stinger line, hoping the fish was still back there and would follow the lure in
and see the bait. That’s exactly what happened, but the Marlin took the bait off the
hook. Juan quickly reeled in and rebaited and I brought the stinger lure in. The Marlin
had just had it’s appetite teased and came right back on the second bait. Hooked up!
Howard got into the chair and reeled like crazy. The line came in so easily that he
thought it must be a little Dorado or some other small fish, but after the fish approached
the boat it changed direction and took off! Back and forth, back and forth it went for 30
minutes. Finally Howard was able to get the fish close enough to the boat for Juan to
touch leader and make it a legal catch. I had the camera ready and for the next 15
minutes was able to get some great shots of the fish in the air, and of Howard sweating
as he worked the fish. After 45 minutes Juan was able to get the leader and grab the
bill. I placed the tag in the fish and we released it. Way to go Howard, a nice fight and
release on a #120 Striped Marlin. Just a few minutes later we saw another fish on the
surface and tossed it a bait, but the fish went down. That was all the action we had. As
we approached the lighthouse there were almost 30 boats working the ledge, both
trolling, slow trolling live bait and dropping live bait deep. We slow trolled live mackerel
across the area, two up on top and one deep, as well as having a rigged ballyhoo out
but we had no interest from the fish. Back in the Marina flying a blue Marlin flag and a
red release flag, we were one of very few boats flying any flags today. I don’t know
what happened to all the fish we had around last week, but every day is different and
maybe tomorrow the bite will turn back on. Until then, Tight lines!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 3, 2003
Michael Parker and his friend Eric are here from Seattle with their families and have
arranged today for a fishing expedition. Michael is a fishing junkie so he made all the
arrangements! The girls get tomorrow at the spa while the guys watch the kids, a good
trade off. Juan and Manuel went about 17 miles out to find the fish today but they did
well. Eric got the first Marlin of the day, one that struck a lure. The Striped Marlin was
estimated at 160 pounds according to Juan, and after a very long 30 minute fight it was
tagged and released. The fish did not do a lot of jumping and that increased the
amount of time it took to bring in. They also got into some Yellowfin Tuna, in among
Porpoise, and ended up catching seven of them, most of the fish about 7-10 pounds,
footballs. There were enough fillets that they ended up with about 23 pounds of meat,
which they had smoked to take home. That was all the action out in the deep water
but Michael still wanted to get a Marlin. With several hours left, Juan and Manuel
decided to join the crowd at the lighthouse and drop down live bait and wait for a bite.
It was just about 10 minutes before time to quit when the Marlin finally took a bait.
Once again the fish did not jump, and it only took about 30 minutes for Michael to get
the fish in. This one was bleeding from the gills so Juan and Manuel took it. All right,
the boat was flying two Marlin flags, one release flag and four Tuna flags (that’s all the
tuna flags we have) when they came in the Marina, and that was a lot better than most
of the boats did today! Good going guys, we were glad you had a good time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISHING REPORT FOR DECEMBER 5, 2003
I got to go fishing again with our friend Jeff deBrown of “Baja On The Fly” as he
brought three anglers down from the East Cape. Jeff had taken Ken, Lazlo and Ken’s
son Cody out fishing for two days up there, but their luck had been bad, blanked for
both days. The wind was blowing just a little as we left the Marina this morning, but I
thought that it would die off by 9 am. We had loaded up on Sardinas, a necessity when
fly fishing as you generally need a lot of chum to draw fish to the boat. I told Manuel
(Juan was sick today) to keep going until we found Porpoise or something floating. It’s
tough enough having the handicap of being a fly fisherman, you have to be where the
fish are in order to catch them. No sense in blind casting, that’s a waste of time.
Accordingly, Manuel headed out to the west and we kept cruising for two hours before
finally finding Porpoise. The pod was enormous and there were Frigate birds working it
as well. They were moving along at a fairly good clip so we started off by trolling flies.
The first pass resulted in a triple strike! Lazlo, Ken and Jeff fought the Yellowfin to the
boat and they were perfect size, around 10 pounds each. As they were fighting the fish
I was tossing out Sardinas, hoping to keep the fish by the boat and get the guys a
chance to cast to them. Well, a 10 pound Yellowfin on 11 weight rods are not a quick
catch, and even though I could get the fish to boil for a little while, the main school
moved away by the time the guys got their fish to the boat. This happened every time
we hooked up, but since we did not get triple strikes every time, the guys did get a
chance to cast once in a while. It ended up that every fish we hooked up came on the
troll, and there were Bonita mixed in there as well. I got a chance to fight one of the
fish but crossed lines with one Ken had hooked up and got cut off. Oh well, that’s the
way it goes sometimes! I think that Jeff ended up loosing a couple of shooting heads,
once when one line caught in the prop (Jeff was on the rod), and then that one I got cut
off on. Cody got to fight three fish and started to feel bad (a little seasick). Ken gave
him some Dramamine and he knocked out on the engine cover for the rest of the trip.
Ken got the largest fish of the trip when he hooked up to a 22 pound Yellowfin! It took
him a long time to bring the fish to the boat, a lot of runs in a fish that size on fly gear!
Eventually the bite died off and we used up just about all the chum. That is when Jeff
had a big boil behind the fly he was trolling. We both saw it at the same time, and then
it swirled again! A short run of about ten yards then a Dorado that was at least 30
pounds jumped in the air! All right, everyone saw the fish and we were excited! The
Dorado started to make a long run, constantly jumping and putting up huge splashes.
Another boat was in the area and not until it got close to us did we realize the Captain
had never looked our way or noticed that we were hooked up! We yelled and whistled
and finally his deck hand heard us and saw us wave them away, but it was to late. By
the time the Captain turned his head, saw us waving and turned his wheel, he had run
over the line and cut it off about 25 feet from the backing. Ouch, a nice fish and $60
worth of fly line gone! Jeff had handed off the fish to Lazlo but there was nothing any
of us could have done. Well, that was the end of the day for us and we were facing a
30 mile run back to the Marina. It was a really good day on the water and it was nice to
have a successful fly fishing trip! Thanks Jeff, next time I am going to have to charge
more if we are going to be cruising for 5 1/2 hours, it really burns up the fuel! It was
loads of fun and lets do it again! Thanks again, and I am really glad that both Ken and
Lazlo and Cody had a great time. Yes Ken, I agree that if you tied a Steelhead and a
Tuna tail-to-tail that the Tuna would win!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 6 DECEMBER, 2003
Jay, John, Ron and Wes were our anglers today. This trip was arranged once they
had come down and they had inquired about it first, but were undecided on fishing or
golfing for the day. Fishing won out but they may have caught more on the golf course!
Juan and Manuel started the day off the lighthouse on the Pacific side and it was
shortly thereafter that a Marlin was sighted on the surface. A live bait was tossed but
there was no interest shown by the fish. They continued trolling out to where we had
found the porpoise yesterday, almost 30 miles out, and they did find the Porpoise. So
did a few other boats. But no one had any action from fish there, and no fish were seen
busting the surface. On the way back they found two Frigate birds working and
checked it out. There were a few Dorado seen feeding under the birds, but once again,
there was no interest in either the lures or in live bait. Some days you get fish, other
days you get stinky, and today was one of the stinky ones. Sorry about that guys, we
hope you were not too disappointed, and we hope you have better luck next time!
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