| 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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Jan 19, 2003; 05:48PM
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Category: Looking for
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Name for Contacts: Dee Katt
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City: Maui
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State: Hawaii
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If you will be visiting Maui in the future, I am available as your personal assistant (business and personal services).
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Nov 2002 Best Photo
$50 worth of fishing equipment for the photo with the most votes by November 30 th, 2002
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Debbie Dardeen38 lbsStriped Bass |
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Jan 5, 2004; 10:17PM - Spanish Mackerel Tricks
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Category: Fishing tips and tricks
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Author Name: Tony
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
I love fishing for Spanish mackerel, so I do it often. When I shove off to go fishing, I often stumble upon a very large school of mackerel, but sometimes they all don't want to feed and reject anything you throw at them. When this happenes, a good trick to get them to bite is to get them exited so they just want to catch what the think is a little fish just for the fun of it. To do this you would want to swich immediately to anywhere from a 1/4oz to a 1/2oz kastmaser-(like a spoon but a lot better). I make a long cast to where the fish are and as soon as that lure hits the water I begin to reel in just fast enough to get the kastmaser poping out of the water kinda like a fleeing baitfish. After it jumps out of the water a couple times keep it fast just below the surface. Do this at least 4 times during your retrieve and pretty soon you will have dozens of mackerel chasing your lure just for the sport of it until the lure bites back and then you get to have all the fun. |
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Tip&Trick Description 2:
When you get those swarms of mackerel chasing the your line, sometimes your lure will come to the boat a little early and the fish will ignore the katmaster and just swim away. To prevent this you want to go to the opposite end of the boat, make your cast, and then maneuver the lure so it will swim parallel to the boat, instead of directly at it, taking the mackerel with it. You will be catching mackerel right at the side of the boat. |
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Tip&Trick Description 3:
These techniques have worked for me many times and gotten me coolers full of fish and I hope they work for you, too. Good fishing till next time. |
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Dec 9, 2007; 09:35PM - Custom Fit Boat Cover
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Category: [other]
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Price: Varies
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Name for Contacts: Elite Outdoors
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State: MO
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Description 1:
When only the best will do! A perfect fit: measured, tucked, darted and approved by Hurricane's own pattern and design craftsman. Vulnerable wear and stress points are double reinforced with an extra tough material sewn to the underside of the cover. An unbreakable 1/4' poly draw rope sewn with the perimeter hem enables the cover to be cinched tight to the hull. 1' poly loops are sewn around the perimeter of the cover to accept a Hurricane strap/buckle tie down kit, bungee cords, or rope ties for positive securing to the boat. Built tough to take the exposure and abuse that boat covers are exposed to when trailering, storing, or mooring.
Westland has over 16,000 Exact Fit Custom Cover patterns for over 200 different boat manufacturers. You will have your choice of 3 fabrics and over 30 colors.
To check to see if we have a custom cover pattern for your boat please Email Us your year - make - model - any accessories like towers, swim platforms, bow rails, radar archs, etc. |
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Sharkskin color chart...also, available in Sunbrella |
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Dec 23, 2002; 10:00AM - Cabo Fishing 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
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 16-22, 2002
WEATHER: Sunny skies at the beginning of the
week turned into overcast starting Friday
afternoon but with no rain here in Cabo. You could
see it coming down in the mountains though.
We have maintained the same temperatures as last
week with the morning lows in the 60 area and
daytime highs up to 90 at times. We did have some
pretty windy days, Tuesday and Wednesday,
but the winds tapered off when the clouds started
to move in. (Silver Bells)
WATER: The water on the Pacific side was choppy
almost all week and on Tuesday and
Wednesday it was downright rough. More than a few
boats came in early because of that. The
water on the Sea of Cortez side has been much
better but the fishing there has not been as good
for some reason. Our surface temperatures have
been in the 75-76 region this week, warming up
just a bit from what we saw last week This
temperature has extended out to 40 miles in all
directions except south, and there it warms up a
degree at a distance of around 20 miles. (Joy To
The World)
BAIT: Mostly Mackerel this week with reports of
some Sardinas. Larger baits at the normal $2
each and Sardinas reported at $25 a scoop. (O
Little Town Of Bethlehem)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The full moon and Striped Marlin fishing
do not go together well here in Cabo so the
catch rate was down this week. A few boats were
finding one or two Striped Marlin that were
hungry but most of the fleets were lucky to see a
Marlin. The Blues are gone (but there will
always be one that doesn�t realize the water is
too cold!) but there have been a few Sailfish still
around. The Marlin and Sailfish that have been
caught have mostly been fooled with slow trolled
live bait and very few have been caught on lures or
found tailing. (Hark! The Herald Angels Sing)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Scattered football 5-15 pound fish
in the blind on the Pacific side through
Thursday then that dropped off. No reports this
week of anything much larger than 25 pounds
nor were there any reported found with porpoise.
The Pacific football size fish bit on cedar plugs
and dark colored feathers and a few anglers told me
they had luck on them by dropping iron after
hooking up on the troll. (Winter Wonderland)
DORADO: Most of the Dorado found this week were
fish in the 12-25 pound class. A few were
caught up to 50 pounds and most of the fish were
found either under floating debris (the larger
fish) or in the blind close to shore. Live bait
worked wonders on the larger fish and most of the
smaller ones were hooked on lures pulled for
Striped Marlin or Tuna. Most boats were finding
two to five fish to put in the box. (Jingle Bells)
WAHOO: The Wahoo flags I saw this week were flown
for inshore Sierra. That�s it folks!
(Silent Night)
INSHORE: Some nice Roosterfish and reports of a
scattered Yellowtail or two. There had been
steady action on the smaller Dorado as well as the
Bonita and Skipjack but all that pretty much
disappeared as of Wednesday and the appearance of
the green water caused by the winds. The
rest of the week the Pangas worked a bit further
offshore looking for Dorado, but not with a lot
of luck, at least from the anglers reports I
received. (Have Yourself A Merry Little
Christmas)
NOTES: This has not been an outstanding week for
fishing , but at least the weather has been
warmer than up north! people are always asking me
when is the best time to come to Cabo to fish
for certain species. All I can do is tell them
generalities based on past catch records, there is
no
way to predict how the fishing is going to be.
What it comes down to is this; �You will NOT
catch a fish if you are sitting on the beach
sipping a cervesa!�. No guarantees of fish, enjoy
being on the water and keep your fingers crossed,
remember that the worst day of fishing is better
than the best day in an office!. This weeks report
was written to the Christmas music from the
CD �Merry Christmas From Alaska�, a CD produced
in 1999 to help raise funds to benefit the
Children�s Hospital in Providence, Alaska.
Produced by Nightworks Records and in our hands
thanks to our good friends and clients Tim and Jill
Lawrence! �Felize Navidad� from George,
Mary, Juan and Manuel!
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