| 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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| 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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Oct 14, 2009; 05:26PM
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Category: Boat Motors
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Name for Contacts: Dorothy Holland
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Phone: 334-797-4700
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City: Dothan
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State: Al.
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Country: USA
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Looking for Mercury 4 stoke motor for 21 foot suntracker pontoon boat.
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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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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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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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Apr 24, 2006; 10:55AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
April 17-23, 2006
WEATHER: Once again most of the week it was partly cloudy skies. We had plenty of sun, just not all the time. Our daytime highs were in the low 90’s and our nighttime lows in the low 60’s. Light winds most of the week from the NW early in the mornings and picking up a bit in the afternoon.
WATER: If you swept across the map from east to west you would see the Cortez side of the cape with water in the mid 70’s, the water from the south of us and out to the San Jaime Banks in the high 60’s to low 70’s and the water to the west and north of there in the mid 60’s. There was no strongly defined temperature break in any of the areas and no strongly defined color break either. The water closer to shore on the Cortez side and off-shore on the Pacific tended to be a bit greener than off shore on the Cortez side. Out around the 1150 spot, the Cabrillo Seamount and to the west of the Outer Gorda Banks the water was occasionally found to 77 degrees.
BAIT: There was a mix of Caballito and Mackerel this week at the usual $2 per bait, and there were reports of some Sardinas as well at $20 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The fish of the week this week was definitely Striped Marlin. You did not have to go very far either in order to get hooked up. Early in the week the fish were showing very close to shore on the Cortez side, within 2 miles of the beach. Later in the week they moved off a bit and the biggest concentration was found at the 95 spot. On Saturday I went out and there were plenty of fish to be found just 3 miles off of Gray Rock and the Santa Maria Bay area. We went one for one for 45 minutes of trolling (lures only as it was a late trip) and saw at least a dozen tailing Marlin in the area. Most of the boats were still concentrated on the 95 spot, on the radar it looked like an armada coming in from the east at 2 PM. A dark colored lure (green/black) at 9 knots worked for us but we were one of the few boats that had any luck on lures, almost everyone was getting bit only on live bait or rigged dead bait. It seems from what I was hearing and was told that the key to getting a lot of action was rigging dead bait and trolling it way back in the spread. Tossing live bait at tailing fish was not working very well, but stunning bait and then tossing it out was better. Almost every fish caught was stuffed full of squid.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were still a few Tuna to be found this week, we are hoping that concentrations begin showing up soon. The fish that were caught were in the 10-15 pound class with a few to 30 pounds, and they were almost all found in the porpoise on the Cortez side, and in the blind on the Pacific side. On the Pacific side they were just 2-4 miles offshore from the arch to the lighthouse. On the Cortez side they were within the boundaries of the 95 spot, the 1150 and the Gorda Banks.
DORADO: The Dorado bite continued to improve this week with a lot more boats finding multiple fish. Most of the action has been in the warmer water on the Cortez side of the Cape. The fish have been ranging in size from 8 to 20 pounds with most of them around 15. The Dorado have been in closer to shore than the Marlin, most of them found just 2 miles form the beach. Bright colored lures have always worked well on them and they continued to do so this week.
WAHOO: There were still some Wahoo caught this week but not the numbers we had last week. Action on these speedsters was found around the inner and outer Gorda Banks as well as on the ledge at Red Hill. Average size was 30 pounds with an occasional fish to 60 pounds. Not only were a few found on the structure, there were also some open-ocean fish found out in the deeps, and these were the larger fish. The 1,000-fathom line to the southeast kicked out at least a couple of fish a day.
INSHORE: The Sierra bit went wide open on the Pacific side up around Punta Cota, even the surf casters were catching until their arms got tired! The fish averaged 7 pounds and were down at 10 feet or more and bright colors or live bait worked great. There were still some Yellowtail being caught just off the arch and yo-yo’s in scrambled egg as well as live bait worked better than other offerings. A few of the fish kicked the scales up to 40 pounds, but the average was more in the line of 12 pounds. Action on other species was off and on with a fair showing of Bonita and Skipjack, a few Amberjack but lots of Jack Crevalle and quite a few Pompano.
NOTES: Good fishing and writing music this week with a Mark Knopfler soundtrack from the 2000 movie, “Shot at Glory”. I just love this one! Until next week, tight lines!
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