| 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 3, 2009; 11:36PM
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Category: Looking for
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Name for Contacts: JEFF TALLEY
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Phone: 205-369-9689
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City: MOODY
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State: AL.
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Country: USA
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I HAVE FOUND A TYPE OF MINNOW BUCKET AND I'M WONDERING WHAT IT'S WORTH. IT IS MADE OF A PAPER COMPOSITE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, IT HAS 'J. C. HIGGINS SEARS ROEBUCK CO. INSCRIBED ON IT. IT IS IN FAIRLY GOOD CONDITION.I HAVE LOOKED ON THE COMPUTER FOR IT AND CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING FROM THE 40'S OR 50'S ON IT SO I'M THINKING IT IS OLDER THAN THAT. IF SOMEONE HAS ANY INFO. PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL ME.
THANKS,
JEFF
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Kids Only Fish Photo Contest
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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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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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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May 26, 2003; 11:49AM - 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
Flyhooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT MAY 19 - MAY 25, 2003
WEATHER: Clear skies all week long and our highs were in the mid 90’s with our nighttime
lows ranging from the high 60’s to 80 degrees. Great weather conditions until Tuesday evening
when the wind started to jack it up in volume and speed, and it was coming from the west! That
gave us almost nowhere to hide on the way in and it did not die down overnight as it had been
doing. This gave us very rough conditions on the Pacific side of the Cape for the rest for the
week but the wind slowly shifted to a bit more north and the Cortez side actually shaped up very
well. (Lush)
WATER: The cold water from the Pacific continued it’s incursion in the area through
mid-week but by Friday afternoon it had weakened and the warm water was beginning to come
out of the Cortez once again. On the Pacific side it remained cold with temperatures in the high
60’s and low 70’s through the end of this reporting period, but we were once again seeing 80-82
degree water on the Cortez side. By Saturday afternoon the 95 Spot, 1150 and the outer Gorda
were once again showing readings of 80 degrees and the water was back to a lavender color.
Inshore the water remained warm but was still off-color, out to a distance of about a mile. The
temperature and color have been shifting on a daily basis, ebbing back and forth, but steadily
working warmer and bluer water westward. (Soma)
BAIT: Mackerel were once again the bait of the week at the usual $2 per bait. (Dream)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Hot spot for the week was the 95 Spot and areas to the east of there from
Wednesday afternoon to the weekend, then the fish shifted inshore and started to show in large
numbers within 3 miles of the Cortez coast with the largest concentrations from Chileno to San
Jose. The down side of having the fish closer was that they were not in as good a mood to bite as
the ones offshore had been. A lot of multiple hook-ups were reported mid-week but by Friday the
bite had fallen off and a lot of boats came in flying no flags at all. On Sunday the action shifted
offshore again and the bite improved. Live bait was the ticket for getting fish to the boat. (Duende
Del Amor)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Yellowfin remained off the bite and pretty much out of the area for
most boats this week, and that may have been due to the rough conditions out on the Pacific side
of the Cape. On Saturday there were reports of Large Tuna, the size of “Volkswagens”,
appearing with Porpoise off of the Seamount and outside the outer Gorda, but they were being
extremely picky about eating, and very line shy as well. Cedar plugs were the ticket to getting
any Yellowfin this week. (Black Stone Buleria)
DORADO: Dorado bite was down as the Pacific side roughened up but there were still some
nice fish coming in, just not in the numbers we had been having the last few weeks. Most of the
fish were falling to bright colored lures (what a surprise, huh?) and live bait. Most of the fish
were found as blind strikes with following fish being taken of live bait dropped back. (Santa Fe)
WAHOO: I guess three weeks was pushing it a bit far, but it was a great run while it lasted!
Very few fish were caught as the week neared it’s end, and those that did bite were blind strikes.
(Snake Charmer)
INSHORE: The Pacific side north of the lighthouse was blown out but there was good action
this side of the Cape on Pargo for those using bait in the rocks. Some Roosterfish were found up
in the Sea of Cortez in the San Jose area but the cooler off-green water closer to Cabo put them
off the bite. I did see some very nice Cabrilla come in from a few commercial Pangas working
outside of Cabo, in the Grey Rock area. (Buddha’s Flower)
NOTES: The turn in the winds really did a number on the fishing this week but it appears that
it is just temporary as the warm water is returning. The fish of the week was definitely Marlin,
and as you can tell from the report, the action in the first half of the week was outstanding! I
received a note from one of my music idols and since this was the first (and only) response from
any artist I have ever listed, I would like to express my appreciation by letting all of you know
that Ottmar Liebert is not only an awesome guitarist, he is also an all around nice guy! Thanks
OL, you made my day, and my next purchase of music will be your “Lava” album. Meanwhile,
for those of you who have not had the pleasure of his music, check it out at www.lunanegra.com.
This report was written while listening to his 1995 Sony release “Viva”.
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