| 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. |
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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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2012 Fish Photo Contest
A free tackle package to the photo with the most votes
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DeeDee Ellis60 pounds fo...Red Snapper |
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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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Description 1:
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by professional offshore fishermen all over the
country. With our vast color selection, styles, and
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May 23, 2014; 06:34PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo May 18, 2014
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
San Jose del Cabo
May 18, 2014
Anglers –
As we enter the later part of the spring season, we are enjoying the ideal
weather conditions, still slightly cool in the evenings and early morning,
though the days have been clear, with warm sunshine up near the 90 degree
mark. Winds settled down this week, but continued to be somewhat
unpredictable. Ocean temperature has been averaging in the upper 70s from
Cabo San Lucas towards the East Cape. Clean blue water is now found within
a mile or two of shore. Schools of bolito are showing on the fishing
grounds towards the north of Punta Gorda, this is always a favorable sign
to attract more gamefish into the area.
Though the fishing action has not been off the map red hot, there has been
good variety and some quality species are being accounted for. Live bait
remains limited, moonfish and limited caballito were available and ballyhoo
has been another option. We expect to see more schooling mullet arriving
anytime. Charters have been mixing things up with the various options now
available, from inshore trolling, to working the bottom structure and then
offshore, which has not meant having to travel very far out.
Inshore the roosterfish were dominating the action, with nicer sized fish
to 30 and 40 pounds now being landed daily, while trolling live baits along
the shore, just outside the surf zone, a few jack crevalle have also been
hooked into, as well as a handful of late season sierra.
Striped marlin has been the main species found offshore, once again these
fish were found very close in, within a mile or two, straight outside the
Puerto Los Cabos Marina entrance. Anglers were drift fishing with the
available live baits, fly ling and using sinkers to soak the baits deeper.
In this same area some marlin could be seen free jumping and occasionally
feeding on the surface. Striped marlin could be found throughout the
region, certain grounds did have larger concentrations. There were a few
marlin even hooked into while bottom fishing with yo-yo style jigs, not an
everyday occurrence. Dorado were found sporadically, no hot spot to find
them on a daily basis. More juvenile sized fish were now found north
towards San Luis and Vinormama, lots of small females that should be
released with care so that they are able to mature.
Wahoo remain on the fishing grounds, actually seen at times in fair sized
schools, roaming the inshore structure, getting them to bite as always is
another matter, a few were hooked on yo-yo jigs and others hit the trolled
Rapalas, sizes ranged up to 35 pounds. A few more yellowfin tuna are now
being accounted for, blind strikes on lures or ballyhoo on the grounds to
the north, and also a few fish to 20 pounds were accounted for off of the
Gordo Banks. There were sizable schools of tuna seen feeding on these same
banks, but they would disappear as fast as they showed, feeding on the
available food source and not much interested in anything else, the few
yellowfin that were taken, hit on strips of squid.
Off the bottom there was a chance at variety, including bonito, amberjack,
cabrilla, pargo, grouper and even a yellowtail or two. Though there were no
big numbers of any particular species being accounted for. Amberjack to 70
pounds were landed, grouper to 40 pounds, yellowtail and dogtooth snapper
to 30 pounds, all quality specimens, striking on baits or yo-yo jigs. One
day a certain spot would produce action and then the next day the same spot
could be dead, also sea lions continue to be present and are causing havoc
for anglers.
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 81 charters for this past week, with anglers
accounting for a fish count of: 4 sailfish, 2 thrasher shark, 11 yellowfin
tuna, 48 striped marlin, 9 wahoo, 4 yellowtail, 17 amberjack, 5 grouper, 13
cabrilla, 14 jack crevalle, 12 sierra, 29 dorado, 4 dogtooth snapper, 82
bonito and 45 roosterfish.
Good fishing, Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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