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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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| Starfish can re-grow their arms. In fact, a single arm can regenerate a whole body. |
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| Starfish do not have blood. Their blood is actually filtered sea water. |
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| Starfish don't have brains. Special cells on their skin gather information about their surroundings |
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| Not all animals with the word fish in their names count as fish. |
| Though their names may suggest otherwise, cuttlefish, starfish, and jellyfish aren’t actually fish. Generally-speaking, fishes must have skulls, gills, and fins. Surprisingly, though, not all fishes have proper spines. |
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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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| 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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| A bit of Humor |
| My brother has 2 German Shepherds named Rolex and Timex. You guessed it they are Watch Dogs. |
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From Jan 01, 1999 To Sep 23, 2025
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Jun 2, 2002; 02:40PM - Okinawa fun
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Category: Japan- Okinawa
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Author Name: Kyle Snider
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The best Memorial Day I've had was spent doing what I love to do...Fishing!! Went out with local american Chris Pancoast. We were Drift fishing the Piles out of Awase and had a hell of a day. We trolled out of the maribna all the way to the piles, and on the first pass right at the the piles both rods went off. The Wahoo hit a yellow fin colored marauder and the Mahi hit a marlin lure. Throughout the day we caugt fish everytime we trolled and numerous mahi and tunas drift fishing. Lastly, we lost many fish drift fishing live rainbow runners. One was cut in half. All-in-All 12 Mahi and 1 Wahoo, with many Yellowfin and Rainbow Runners.
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Jun 1, 2002; 02:23PM - Bonitas and Marauders
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Category: Diego Garcia
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Author Name: Jose Caban
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Another great encounter with the toothy critters of Diego Garcia,both Marauders and Bonitas are doing their job,along the coastline of the island.From wahoo to yellowfins,these babies are like candy to them.Tight lines outhere!
Jose
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May 28, 2002; 02:22AM - No Teasers Necessary!!!
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Category: Diego Garcia
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Author Name: Jose Caban
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Recently catches of yellowfin and wahoo are confirming that Diego Garcia still remains the #1 unexplored waters in the world. Savage attacks on spreads of Yo-Zuri Bonitas, Wahoo Express and Wahoo Bombs are just an example of the almost guaranteed hot bite in these waters, including the hook up of an estimated 300 pound blue marlin on the Bonita Purple Ninja pattern! No teasers are really necessary on the island's surrounding waters, anything that swims will be eaten, including your bird teasers, bowling pins and fishing lures.
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May 1, 2002; 01:48PM - LAKE LBJ (TX.) GUIDE REPORT
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Category: Texas
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Author Name: JR'S GUIDE SERVICE
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Water stained; 76 degrees; 824.85':
BLACK BASS are slow to fair in the lower end using Rat-L-Traps,gold shiner Terminator spinnerbaits and plastic jerkbaits. Very early the points between stump fields at mid-lake are producing on Pop R's and Ball Buster buzzbaits.
WHITE BASS are good in numbers but small very early on 1/8 Spin Traps and clear Rat-L-Tops.
CRAPPIE are good in 8'-15' on minnows, silver 1/32 oz. Mini Tubes and white or chartreuse Curb's crappie jigs.
FOR INFO. OR TO BOOK A GUIDED TRIP WITH THE ONLY GUIDES FISHING THIS LAKE FOR OVER 40 YEARS CONTACT JR'S GUIDE SERVICE Call
(830) 833-5688
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May 1, 2002; 01:45PM - CANYON LAKE (TX.) GUIDE REPORT
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Category: Texas
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Author Name: JR'S GUIDE SERVICE
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Water clear; 77 degrees; 909.46':
LARGEMOUTH are good in 8'-14'' on chart/pepper 4' BBB Disc Worms, 1/4 oz. white/chart. Terminator spinnerbaits and Rat-L-Traps. Upriver, working 3'-8' along channel breaklines with a pumpkin/char. BBB Disc Worm and Tiny traps will produce.
SMALLMOUTH are good around South Park and Holiday Cove using chartreuse Devil's Tongues,
3' Super Tubes and smoke twin tail grubs.
STRIPERS are fair over humps and on points in 40' on large minnows and vertically jigging Pirk Minnows. Topwater action limited to daylight and dusk.
WHITE BASS are good on lake points early on 2' Lit'l Fishie Shad, No. 3 Terminator In-Line spinners and Tiny Traps. Try a clear Rat-L-Top topwater early.
CRAPPIE are fair upriver along treelines on minnows, blue/white
1/16 oz. Tiny Tubes and white or chartreuse Curb's crappie jigs.
FOR INFORMATION OR TO BOOK A GUIDED TRIP WITH THE MOST EXPERIENCED, RECOMMENDED AND ONLY FULLTIME, PRO.
BASS SPECIALISTS AND ALL SPECIES GUIDES ON CANYON LAKE CONTACT JR'S GUIDE SERVICE Call
(830) 833-5688, or stop by to see us at FISHERMAN'S CORNER FM
306 at Potter's Creek Rd., (830) 935-2933 for the best selection of tackle, quality lures and live bait of any dealer on Canyon Lake.
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Apr 29, 2002; 02:04AM - Lake Cachuma Bass and Trout are biting!
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Category: California Southern
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Author Name: Steve Simmons
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This weekend I took my son to Lake Cachuma with a friend to try out the new inflatable boat and motor and just to get away for the weekend. We tried some new lures out for my buddy along with a new rod I purchased from him. On our fishing trip we saw deer on the shore of the lake 5 of them to be exact. Within 10 minutes we had caught a bass and just knew the fishing was going to only get better that day and the next. We followed the instructions given us by the guys at the tackle shop down at the lakes marina by the launch ramp. We trolled the center of the lake almost all the way to the very end of the lake where we decided to troll a little closer to shore where the points of land came down to meet the lake. Here we caught 3 rainbow trout and lost several as the hooks did not stick well enough. We saw several boats on the opposite shore fishing bass but stayed clear of them to give them their own spot also. The wind had come up and we realized we had forgot to bring our jackets from the truck. It got a little cold for my son so we decided to get in early and come back the next day for the hot bite we were sure would be there. Unfortunately for us (and possibly the fish) it rained right when we got up in the morning until we left to go home. I really must say that the campground and Lake Cachuma are on the to do list again!!
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Apr 24, 2002; 10:57PM - White Seabass Biting at Catalina Island
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Category: California Southern
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Author Name: webmaster
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I fished the white seabass last week on the backside of Catalina Island using a bottom jig from Japan called an esso killer and one from Yo-zuri called a Blanka. These are both luminous jigs but the yozuri lure is mostly white with a pink or blue top line. It was the first time I had used them and I must tell you that I out fished my buddy 2 to 1 in catch ratio and I had about 6 more bites than he did that day on the seabass grounds. I had fished the pink/white Blanka jig the night we got there without bait and I outfished his tady #9 one of my favorites also that he had baited with squid. I am very impressed with the results of these lures and will fish them again on my next trip to the island. It was my first seabass trip this season and year for that matter and the reason I farmed so many strikes was my drag was set too high for the white seabass. It seems their mouths are quite soft and not necessary to set the hook or pull quite as hard as say a tuna. Oh well once I reset the drags I did not loose any other strikes. Good luck if you get out!!
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Apr 18, 2002; 07:00AM - Squid downunder
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Category: Saltwater
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Author Name: Amity Bungalows
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Squid jigs are essential to catch the schools of squid as they journey through the Rainbow Channel. A lovely feed of fresh calamari from this lot caught from the private jetty at Amity Bungalows, which is just one hour from Brisbane. Not hard to catch, just dangle the jig in front of them and bang they go for it, careful not to get inked as you pull them in though as we found out, they stain your clothes.
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Apr 14, 2002; 11:50PM - Irvine lake tournament
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Category: California Southern
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Author Name: webmaster
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I fished with Dennis Bills on Saturday April 13th,2002 in his private boat on Irvine lake. We fished a tournament put on by Ronnie Kovac for Irvine Lake. I had a great time fishing with Dennis as he knows the lake as good as anyone I know of. We managed to catch our limit of the rainbows with none of our fish qualifying for any prizes but still a great day of fishing. I do not know a lot about putting on a contest like this but there was a lot of confusion and mix-ups during this event both at the launch ramp and at the awards ceremony.
I am not a big lake or freshwater fisherman but I did manage to get a few fish during my day with Dennis. I was using a Yo-zuri TJ Spoon in gold/pink 7 grams and casting a lot during the times the fish seemed to be biting. My total for the day was probably 3 rainbow trout 3 bass and one crappie with the Tj Spoon. After several hours of casting I thought to myself it may be better to fish with the bait like Dennis to catch up to his fish count. Dennis had chosen to fish with the bait to get the fish on the boat to make sure there was something to weigh in at the end of the days fishing. Dennis fishes the lake a lot and has Power Bait and many others in every color in the rainbow including rainbow color if I am not mistaken. We also used Crave and live worms with success also. At days end we had caught 14 Rainbow Trout 1 crappie 3 or 4 bass of sorts I am not familiar with as they have breeds of bass in there I do not recognize and bass are a release only fish there.
At days end we ended up with our limit of Trout 10 fish and the one crappie that he tells me is a very good eating fish that his neighbor likes best. All in all my day at Irvine lake was a great day of fishing and I recommend it to anyone. We also tried trolling some of my hi-end lures from Yo-zuri like the emperor minnow and others but there were so many boats and float tubers there that trolling was a difficult task and the area we had left to troll in was very limited and crowded to say the least. I did manage to win a fishing rod in the raffle drawing that they almost would not give me as to get thru the crowd was a task in itself.
Good luck if you get out there and tight lines when you go!!!!!!!!!!
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Apr 14, 2002; 11:02PM - White Seabass Biting at Catalina Island
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Category: California Southern
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Author Name: webmaster
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Seems the bite at Catalina shut off as fast as it started. I heard that on Saturday the fish bit but early in the morning between 2:30 am and 4:00 am in the morning. I also hear that there were almost 50 boats on the spot which will shut the bite down with all the anchors dropping on the fish. We will see what happens this week if the wind does not blow too hard........Good luck if you get out.......Steve
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