


| 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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Dec 27, 2009; 11:38PM
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Category: Looking for
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Name for Contacts: Annette Bowman
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Phone: 828-322-7176
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City: Hickory
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State: NC
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Country: USA
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Looking for the Excalibur (Bill Dance signature series) Fat Free Fry in Crawfish. The lure is 2' long and the body is practicly see thru (with the exception for where the crawfish design and color has been airbrushed) I would like to purchase as many as you have. I will take old, new, it doesn't matter. This is all my boyfriend fishes with and he is almost out of these.
Thanks
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Jan 2003 Best Photo $50 worth of fishing equipment for the photo with the most votes by January 31st, 2003
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| It was a balmy 20 degrees on a snowy Thanksgiving Day, Mom actually... |
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Jan 15, 2003; 09:20PM - Zombie Rig
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Category: Rigging techniques
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Author Name: Wes Partain
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
I primarily use this rig for King Mackeral fishing on the East coast. The rig is very simple. When using a ribbon fish deep try attaching a single bait hook roughly 8-10 inches above the ribbon fish. This technique will provide more action to the dead ribbon fish and will also appear to the King Mackeral that the ribbon is attempting to feed on the live bait. All avid King Mackeral anglers know that a large king is more acceptable during a feed. I hope that this rig will help add an edge to everyone who fishes live bait for King Mackeral. The rig should be tied as described below:
30 - 50lb barrel swivel to haywire twist, 4 inch #6 leader wire, haywire twist to single bait hook (sz. preference), haywire twist 8 inch #6 wire, Hookup jig head 3/16, haywire twist to 3 or 4 hook stinger setup. No picture is provided due to the length of the rig. The small wire and hooks are not noticable when whole rig is in frame.
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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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Aug 26, 2002; 11:09AM - HOT Cabo Bite 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
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 19-25, 2002
WEATHER: We had an interesting week weather wise here as the evening temperature dropped
into the high 60’s and low 70’s in the middle of the week. Nice and cool, great for sitting around
on the patio and relaxing! The daytime highs stayed in the mid 90’s and we had very little cloud
cover and no rain. Hurricane Fausto passed 900 miles to the south of us and had no effect on the
weather here. Night time temperatures returned to the low 80’s at the end of the week.(Shoot
Out The Lights)
WATER: Our water on the Pacific side of the Cape has remained in the 76-82 degree range and
the Cortez side has remained in the 82-89 range. The dividing line was the Cape with the Pacific
water staying cool in a line to the west and north of the Cape. Hurricane Fausto brought large,
long storm swells to our area and there was a bit of windy weather early in the week that had died
away by Friday. This resulted in pretty rough conditions late in the day from Wednesday through
the rest of the wek on the Pacific side. (Two Left Feet)
BAIT: Caballito and Mullet were easy to get at the normal $2 per bait but this week I saw no
Mackerel in the bait wells. Again, no word on the Sardinas. (I Ain’t Going To Drag My Feet
No More)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: It must be the full moon affecting the bite because suddenly the Marlin developed
closed mouths. When you toss baits to a dozen of them and not one shows an interest there has
to be something going on. There were still Striped Marlin being caught this week, just not in the
numbers we were seeing the past two weeks until this weekend, when the bite picked up again on
the Pacific side. Blue Marlin were still around and biting this week, but again, not in the numbers
of the past two weeks. The Marlin that were caught were almost all on bait and were found on
both sides of the Cape, with concentrations at the 95 spot, 1150 spot and at the Pacific banks.
(Tear Stained Letter)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were some nice sized Tuna reported this week early on from the
outside of the Gordo Banks. These fish were in the 80-150 pound class and were found with
Dolphin. The bite was good for one day then the fish and Dolphin moved on. On Wednesday
there was a good bite on school fish (35-45 pound) associated with Dolphin in front of the Grey
Rock area. In other areas there were football Tuna found on occasion but not in any thick
schools or great numbers. (From Galway to Graceland)
DORADO: Dorado seemed to be the fish of the week and even with them the bite dropped off a
bit. Most boats were getting between two and six Dorado per trip with the sizes ranging between
15 and 25 pounds with an occasional larger fish, to 70 pounds, tossed into the mix. Best action
was with live bait and many of the boats drifted or slow trolled live bait in areas where they had
either raised or caught a fish on the troll. Sometimes boring, it did produce fish for some of the
boats. (Borrowed Time)
WAHOO: Other than Wahoo found under a dead whale 38 miles out, there were very few taken
this week. Those that were found were caught in the blind while looking for other fish. (Back
Street Slide)
INSHORE: The focus for most of the Pangas this week was Dorado, and most of the boats did
well using live bait slow trolled just off the coast. The best action was on the Pacific side but the
Roosterfish bit well on the Sea of Cortez side off of the Westin and up around La Laguna past
San Jose. The Snapper and Grouper bite was sporadic, perhaps due to the full moon. (Walking
on a Wire)
NOTES: The action we were having the past two weeks dropped off a bit early in the week but I
think it has a lot to do with the giant full moon on Wednesday night. At 6:45 on Thursday
morning it was about 10 degrees above the horizon and looked like a giant tangerine! The bite
picked up again by mid-week so things are looking better. We have last quarter moon on the 31st
and new moon on Sept. 7th so those are dates to look forward to, the time between and just after
them should be great. I’ll let you know either way, and until then, Tight Lines! This weeks
report written to the music of Richard Thompson on the three CD set “The History of Richard
Thompson”, 1993, RYKODISC. If you like Van Morrison or Neil Young and haven’t listened to
anything by Richard Thompson, you owe it to yourself to check him out.
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