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| Around 10% of the world's total fish species can be found just within the Great Barrier Reef. |
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| About a third of male fish in British rivers are changing sex due to pollution, |
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| Fishing is an ancient practice that dates back to at least the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic period about 40,000 years ago. Isotopic analysis of the remains of Tianyuan man, a 40,000-year-old modern human from eastern Asia, has shown that he regularly consumed freshwater fish. |
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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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| Whats in a name you ask? |
| If we’re going to be strict about it, jellyfish and starfish are not really fish because they don’t have a backbone. As a correction, many public aquariums are now using the terms “sea jellies” and “sea stars”. |
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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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| 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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Sep 14, 2008; 01:01PM
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Category: Guide Services
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Name for Contacts: Robert Hudson
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Phone: 760-209-3260
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City: June Lake
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State: California
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Country: USA
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I am the owner of Sierra Fly Guide in June Lake, Ca. and would like to add a link to my web site, www.sierraflyguide.net or an ad for it. Maybe you could add a catagory for guides or fly fishing? Contact me and let me now what you need.
Thanks
Robert
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December 2004 Fishing Photo Contest
$50 free tackle for the photo with the most votes contest must have 10 contestants minimum to be active.
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Aug 5, 2003; 11:53AM - Muddy Water Baits
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Category: Freshwater Bass Fishing Tips
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Author Name: Steve vonBrandt/S&K Guide Service
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
Muddy Water Baits
By Steve VonBrandt
Nothing ruins the occasional fishing trip more than driving a long distance to your favorite spot, only to find out its been raining for the last few weeks and the water is the color of Chocolate milk! Many years ago, I was like most weekend anglers, and would immediately try to find another lake or river that might be a little more clear, or just turn around and go home. But I found over the last 20 years, that it isnt necessary to give up so quickly on muddy water.
There are many times when a creek arm, or a certain portion of the lake or river isnt as muddy, or there is a transition zone where it goes from muddy to stained, which can be a good area, but, even if there is no clearer water, there are many things you can do. Most gamefish react the same way to muddy water, they go shallow and they move closer to structure. This could mean a lot of different types of structure, such as brushpiles, laydowns, rocks, stump fields, pads on shallow flats, anything! When the bas are holding tight to cover, because of low visibility, the lure presentations sometimes need to be precise, such as when flipping a log or tree roots with a jig. Bellow are the 6 basic choices you should have rigged for fishing muddy waters.
Plastic Worms: I know this sounds like a strange choice, but a lot of times when bass are holding real tight to cover, a larger, bulkier worm, with some rattle inserted, possibly with a paddle tail, worked real close in the cover, can work well. I used a black or a black/red combination in muddy water. I also use the new Big 7 inch Senko that is out now, and drop it right into heavier cover. I have been using the new Cut-Tail worm for this also.
Vibrating Rattlers: These baits such as the Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap, Cotton Bordell, Diamond Shad, or the Rattlin Rapalas, are excellent choices for probing different depths of muddy water, and where muddy changes to stained. The noise and vibrations of these baits, along with a realistic shad shape, make these great baits and stained to muddy water.
Crankbaits: I use a lot of the real fat bodied crankbaits in muddy water. I choose different baits with a wide wobble, and sometimes rattles. I usually stay with darker colors with red in muddy water. These colors with a wide wobble, are easier for bass to find.
Spinnerbaits: The bass will be using their lateral line more in the muddy water, so a spinnerbait with a heavy pulse such as a Terminator night bait, with a black skirt, and Colorado blade, is a perfect choice. You could even add rattles to this bait, which I have had success with in the muddy rivers and lakes in the Northeast. I always use a single Colorado blade on the spinner baits in muddy water, but in stained, or warmer stained water, I do go to an Oklahoma Blade sometimes with good results.
Topwaters: These are my favorite baits to use in muddy water. There are so many baits that shallow, muddy water bass will hit! The buzzbait worked slowly around cover will draw tremendous strikes. The walking type baits, such as a Zara Spook, and Fenwick walking baits, Jitterbugs, Crazy Crawlers, and a variety of other topwaters, including poppers with rattles, are excellent and exciting choices for muddy water bass. The bass will all be in water that is 1-4 feet deep, eliminating a lot of the water, making them easier to catch!
Jigs: Jigs in Brown/Black or Blue/Black with a Zoom or uncle Josh trailer, with some rattles, are an excellent choice to flip into laydowns, and shallow stump fields, and of course on docks. Make repeated casts to give them a good look and provoke them.
If you stick with these baits and methods the next time you run into muddy water, you will never be afraid to see it again. It will become a friend, as it has become to me.
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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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Jan 12, 2014; 09:55PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo January 12, 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
January 12, 2014
Anglers
The Holiday Season has come to an end, schools are back in session,
work schedules are set and it is now time to start the New Year. Also
a great time to start thinking about planning another adventure south
of the border, where there is plenty of warm sunshine and activities
to enjoy. While there was an Arctic freeze that swept through much of
the United States this past week, Southern Baja was basking in balmy
winter weather conditions, sunny days with highs of 75 to 80 degrees.
Winds were blowing predominately out of the north, but not overly
strong and anglers enjoyed comfortable ocean conditions most days.
Water temperatures ranged from 72 to 75 degrees, warmest areas located
30 to 40 miles offshore, in the direction of the Sea of Cortez.
Sportfishing fleets found action for striped marlin on the Pacific,
close to shore near the Old Light House, where concentrations of
baitfish schooled. On the outside of Cabo San Lucas, 30 miles of more
offshore, charters were finding action for yellowfin tuna which were
associated with moving porpoise, many of these yellowfin were of the
football sized, several days there were tuna close to the 100 pound
class being accounted for while trolling lures in the area where
porpoise were working. Still no source for sardinas, which would help
start up a consistent bite for schooling tuna. Though one local
pangero that acquired sardinas from a boat that netted them near
Vinorama on Friday, landed a 80 lb. yellowfin tuna on a dead sardina
while drift fishing the San Luis Bank. There good numbers of tuna on
these grounds, though you need the correct baitfish to entice them, we
are hoping the sardina situation becomes a more reliable consistent
source. There have been caballito and ballyhoo available most days,
skipjack and bolito have also been found on the fishing grounds, a
good option for cut baits.
Inshore action was just starting to pick up on the Pacific side of
Cabo San Lucas, lots of good sized sierra were being hooked into while
trolling with hoochies. Though we have now heard of reported
commercial gill net activity on these same stretches of beaches, these
nets are set in the evening and hauled out early in the day in hopes
of being more discrete, though the damage is blatantly evident, these
pirate coop operations never seem to get much bad publicity until
whales or porpoise become entangled, this form of fishing is
absolutely indiscriminate, trapping any species that happens to swim
through the particular set zone, including fish, turtles and mammals.
New sanctions are definitely in order to help protect this fragile
inshore ecosystem from complete collapse, this unique diverse fishery
is such a valuable natural resource and can be sustained for future
generations if managed properly.
San Jose del Cabo fleets are now working areas from Santa Maria to the
Gordo Banks and north to San Luis, ocean conditions were greenish as a
result of the cooler north winds, though a few dorado and an
occasional wahoo are still being encountered while trolling surface
lures or rigged baits, though no significant numbers for these fish,
these pelagic species are migrating south now, following their
preferred temperate currents and food sources. Anglers have been
finding good action on bonito while jigging yo-yos or trolling
smaller sized rapalas, these fish averaged from 4 to 8 pounds. There
were a handful of smaller sized yellowfin tuna being hooked into on
the yo-yo jigs where the concentrations of bonito are. A few cabrilla,
pargo and triggerfish were also in the mix.
Scattered billfish action off of the San Jose del Cabo, quite a few
mako sharks in this region now, some even struck on high speed lures
and many were hooked into on various baits, most resulting in cut
lines. These sharks always seem prefer these cooling currents, usually
a sign that mackerel schools are not far away.
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los
Cabos Marina sent out approximately 85 charters for this past week,
with anglers accounting for a fish count of:
5 striped marlin, 3 wahoo, 16 yellowfin tuna, 315 bonito, 14 sierra,
10 roosterfish, 88 dorado, 8 mako shark, 2 grouper, 18 pargo and 40
triggerfish.
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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