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Fish Facts Vote which one you feel is true.
Goldfish can't close their eyes without eyelids. ? 
1 Puffer Fish has enough poison to kill 30 people ? 
A koi fish named 'Hanako' lived for 225 years. ? 
Fish can drown in water. ? 
Fish can see 70 times further in air than in water ? 
Fish in polluted lakes lose their sense of smell. ? 
Many fish can change sex during their lifespan. ? 
The goliath tigerfish can eat small crocodiles. ? 
There is a Jellyfish that could be immortal. ? 
There's a shark in Greenland that eats polar bears ? 
What color trolling lure catches the most fish for you?
Green and yellow ? 
Green red yellow ? 
Mean joe ? 
Red white ? 
Red yellow ? 
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Around 10% of the world's total fish species can be found just within the Great Barrier Reef.
The toxin in puffer fish is 1200 times deadlier than cyanide.
Strange fish facts
Many Fish can taste without even opening their mouths.
Fish Facts
Most brands of lipstick contain fish scales
Did you know?
American Lobsters have longer life spans than both cats and dogs, living over 20 years.
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.
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.
In three decades, the world's oceans will contain more discarded plastic than fish when measured by weight, researchers say.
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.
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
One fish is called a fish. Two or more are still called fish.
However than one species of fish are called fishes.
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.
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.
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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fishing wanted
 Jul 21, 2010; 05:22PM
 Category:  Guide Services
 Name for Contacts:  Ralph Solano
 Phone:  (506) 88620214
 City:  Playa Potrero, Santa Cruz
 State:  Guanacaste
 Country:  Costa Rica
 Description:  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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Kids 12 and under only in this contest A free tackle package to the photo with the most votes. Contest ends Jan 1, 2012
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fishing tips and tricks
 May 19, 2003; 09:01AM - Circle Hooks for Billfish
 Category:  Trolling techniques
 Author Name:  Carlos Morales
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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fishing reports
 Dec 16, 2002; 12:05PM - 'Fly Hooker Daily Report
 Category:  Mexico Cabo San Lucas
 Author Name:  George Landrum


FLY HOOKER FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 9, 2002 Today is the third of three for our friend David Reese and pals Mike and James. After the action on the Dorado yesterday they were hoping for a repeat, but it was not to be. They returned to the same area but this time the whole day was a boat ride. They saw no Marlin or Dorado today. We sure are glad they managed to get 100 pounds of fillets on the first two days! Thanks David, we look forward to seeing you again sometime in April! FLY HOOKER FISH REPORT FOR 10 DECEMBER, 2002 Today was booked by Dennis Bracken for himself and five friends. He had originally wanted five days with us but we were only able to give him three, so for the last two days he fished another boat. Well, he was not able to figure out how to call us once he arrived and even though he knew where the boat was, he booked another boat for today. We found this out this morning as he and his group passed by the gate to E Dock on their way to the other boat. Wish we had known as we turned down other charters for him and could have gotten a trip for today. FLY HOOKER FISH REPORT FOR 11 DECEMBER, 2002 Dennis Bracken and his group showed up at 7:10 this morning, a bit the worse for wear after last night. Juan said they slept most of the day. Juan and Manuel worked the area off of the Los Arcos and Juan said they had one Marlin eat a live bait tossed in front of it, but the fish got the bait, not the hook. That was all the action for the day. FLY HOOKER FISH REPORT FOR 12 DECEMBER, 2002 Dennis Bracken had his brother come down to see me yesterday afternoon and cancel todays trip but we were able to put together two of our repeat clients who were in town and wanted to fish. Mike Henstra is vacationing with his wife, her sister and her mother so he said he would be happy to share a boat with Mike and Teresa rather than go shopping. Juan and Manuel went 25 miles to the south looking for a band of warm water that is approaching but found nothing once they got there, it was on the way back when they got a strike and that was a nice 35 pound Wahoo that Teresa got to reel in. Good dinner material! FLY HOOKER FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 13, 2002 Today was a payback to our webmaster for all his effort in building and maintaining our website. Hats off to Mr. Phil Orr! Myself, Phil, and our friends Leon and Robert were supposed to go and Phil had also invited a couple of the guys he works with at the golf course. Robert missed the boat as he ended up waiting somewhere else for us and he had a cooler of chicken and ribs! Thank goodness Leon showed up with six box lunches! One of the guys invited by Phil showed up, Miguel, and this was his first time to go fishing. We decided to try deep dropping some live bait off the lighthouse at the beginning of the trip and worked that for about an hour and a half with no response from the fish except for one bait getting scarred and taking a lot of line but not getting eaten. Then we went in and fished the area off the beach between the lighthouse and Punta San Cristobal (Los Arcos) for Sierra. Miguel got one to the boat and Phil farmed one. The action shut down and we headed offshore looking for something larger. Not until the tail end of the trip did we find anything except the large Black Porpoise, and as we were returning to the marina we hooked up a Dorado right outside the lighthouse, where we began the morning deep dropping live bait! It was a nice fish about 20-25 pounds and delivered up some good fillets! FLY HOOKER FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 14, 2002 Our new friends Sonny and Randy fished our boat today. They went out on another boat yesterday with friend Gary but Gary instructed the Captain to return after three hours out, he didn�t want to get that far away from town. They caught a Dorado yesterday and would like to catch some more of them today, but Gary is going to stay ashore and they invited me to go along. We wanted to be sure to get fish in the boat for them and started out by working the are off the beach between the lighthouse and San Cristobal for about an hour, picking up two Sierra of about 4 pounds each. When the action had been slow for about a half hour I suggested that we head offshore to look for something larger. We worked the deep water for several hours until we saw a Marlin free jumping about a half mile away. Another boat spotted it too and were there before we were. In the same are there were a couple of Frigate birds circling around way up high so we decided to try and slow troll the area with live baits. About 30 minutes after starting to slow troll there was action on Randy�s bait. It zipped out line a few times and there was a big swirl behind it. Juan had the rod in hand, ready to set the hook when the rod on Sonny�s side dipped a little and the line started to sing off of that reel. Both of these baits were ones that had been trolled on top of the water, not the one on the planer. I set the hook on the fish that had hit Sonny�s rod and the fight was on! Lots of jumps were done by the Marlin as he made a big circle. Sonny tired real quick and Randy got on the fish as it completed the circle and swam towards the boat. Randy thought the fish had come off so Manuel goosed the engines and there the Marlin was, not more than 20 feet away, still hooked up. Juan was able to grab the leader for a second before the fish realized what was going on but it pulled out of his grip almost immediately. Another series of jumps took place and the rod switched hands several times before Sonny took the last up and got the fish close enough to the boat for Juan to try and grab it. it was not easy because the fish had just a little stumpy bill that projected maybe an inch past it�s lower jaw. The fish was hooked in the corner of the jaw and the hook was easy to remove. The fish was tagged and released, swimming slowly away, tired but in good shape. After a round of High-Fives another bait was put out as more rigs were readied. less than three minutes later the one boat that was out got eaten by a nice 25 pound bull Dorado! After the Marlin action this one was easy and Randy had it to the boat pretty quickly. We tried again but had no more action and there was no action as we trolled for the last hour. Not a bad day though, and I hope we have this good of action tomorrow! FLY HOOKER FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 15, 2002 Today and tomorrow we have Larry Quinn and his adult son Trey as our anglers. Larry booked two days fishing as a birthday present for Trey. They were kind enough to be willing to share the boat today with our friends from Bend, Oregon, Mike and Teresa. Since it is a birthday gift for Trey, he is supposed to get first fish and the guys tried hard but had little luck. They did have a Marlin rap one of the lures and had another one hook up just long enough to pull line for a few seconds, but nothing was hooked solid. Hopefully tomorrow will be better! Until Next Week, Tight Lines from George, Mary, Juan and Manuel, the �Fly Hooker� Crew

 


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