| 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 19, 2003; 05:48PM
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Category: Looking for
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Name for Contacts: Dee Katt
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City: Maui
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If you will be visiting Maui in the future, I am available as your personal assistant (business and personal services).
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Mar 2003 Best Photo
$50 worth of fishing tackle for the photo with the most votes by March 31, 2003
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Jeremy A.Cad...40 lbsGrouper |
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Jan 4, 2004; 08:18PM - Power Drop -Shot Tactic
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Category: Freshwater Bass Fishing Tips
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Author Name: Steve S&K Guide Service
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
We have been using a Power Drop Shot technique that you may have heard of, and it works great in Heavy Cover, and around docks and wood in rivers and lakes. We just rig a heavy weight of 3/8 to 3/4 of an ounce, and then tie on the bait, such as a Yamamoto 'IKA' tube about 10 inches up the line on a 3/0 Gamakatsu hook, and flip and pitch it right in the same way as a jig or other bait. It stays there longer and has more action. Deadly on in-active fish. To view more tips and tactics and chat with other bass anglers from all over North America, stop by and visit us at our Proboards! http://skguides.proboards20.com |
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Dec 9, 2007; 09:35PM - Custom Fit Boat Cover
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Price: Varies
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Name for Contacts: Elite Outdoors
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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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Nov 19, 2007; 10:30AM - san jose del cabo panga reports
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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
November 18, 2007
Anglers -
Southern Baja was full of activity this past week, with the most notable event on the schedule being the 40 th annual running of the Score International Baja 1000 off-road race, which for only the second time in history finished in the city of Cabo San Lucas. Thousands of visitors were greeted with perfect weather conditions, clear skies, with high temperatures in the 80s. The Puerto Los Cabos Marina was now attracting more sport fishers and pleasure yachts, some as large as 100 feet, as several dozen of the larger vessels were moored inside the nearly completed marina. Local panga fleets were in the midst of their busiest time of the year and anglers were enjoying excellent all around catches. Ocean swells were very slight and water temperatures varied from 76 on the Banks off the Pacific to as high as 82 degrees in the direction of the Sea of Cortez, just north of San Jose del Cabo. Live bait supplies were once again plentiful, with a mix of sardinas, caballito and mackerel available, commercial pangueros were now experimenting with new techniques of using lights to attract the sardinas to the surface off of the Puerto Los Cabos jetties during the predawn hours from 4:00 to 5:00 a.m. and have been able to net quantiies of quality sized sardinas.
With the exception of some scattered striped marlin action found off of the Chileno and San Jose del Cabo areas, the main center of billfish activity continues to be found off of the Pacific, particularly on the Golden Gate Bank and north to the Finger Bank. This is where schools of mackerel are now concentrated, enticing the marlin into the feeding mood, charters are accounting for multiple marlin catches of 4,5,6 or 8 fish on a regular basis.
For the San Jose del Cabo fleets the most consistent fishing was found from the Gordo Banks to Iman, with La Fortuna and Iman highlighting the action for the week. The mainstay of the catch was yellowfin tuna that were striking on live sardinas and were weighing in the 10 to 20 pound range, charters had average counts of 8 to 15 tuna per morning. A few larger yellowfin were encountered as well, including one specimen over 100 pounds taken on Friday from a panga while trolling a small sized skipjack for bait. A couple of other big tuna were hooked into while using chunk bait, but these fish were lost due to various reasons, one crazy tuna apparently thought he was a dorado and after feeling the point of the hook it decided to go acrobatic and did a series of spectacular jumps before gaining its freedom.
Dorado counts tapered off slightly, with most of the do-dos being found in the same areas where the yellowfin were encountered, small schools of these colorful fish were attracted by the chummed sardinas, most of the dorado accounted for weighed fifteen pounds or less.
The most exciting fishing news to report was that the elusive wahoo have finally decided to wake up and get into the action. Anglers found good prospects for these speedsters off the La Fortuna, Iman and San Luis reefs. Many of the wahoo were being hooked into on the unconventional method of sardina baits on direct monofilament; surprisingly quite a few were actually landed this way. Of course when anglers switched to using wire leader with the smaller baifish, the weary wahoo did not show any interest. Slow trolling with smaller sized black skipjack on trap hooked rigs also proved to be productive and resulted in some of the larger sized wahoo that were accounted for. The standard array of wahoo lures such as, Marauders, Yo-Zuris, Rapalas and custom rigged skirted lead heads were also accounting for their share of ʽhoo strikes. The majority of the wahoo now being landed were weighing in the respectable 30 to 60 pound class.
Other action included limited counts of pargo, amberjack, cabrilla, sierra and grouper. Several larger sized gulf grouper to over 100 pounds were landed by the local commercial panga fleet, using whole tuna and needlefish for bait , rigged with heavy leaders on stout hand lines in order to muscle them away from their sharp rocky caves.
The combined panga fleets from La Playita sent out approximately 196 charters for the week and anglers accounted for a fish count of: 4 striped marlin, 3 sailfish, 5 roosterfish,
11 amberjack, 68 pargo (various species), 23 cabrilla, 26 sierra, 404 dorado, 1,660 yellowfin tuna and 87 wahoo.
Good Fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson
Owner/Operator
800 4081199
Los Cabos 1421147
ericgordobanks@yahoo.com
www.gordobanks.com
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