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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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Apr 13, 2002; 07:13AM - White Seabass Biting at Catalina Island
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Category: California Southern
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Author Name: webmaster
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The white seabass are biting full speed at Catalina Island. Party boats from Davey's Locker got into the fish Pacific Star in particular. They called in other boats in the area for full limits all around. A lot of fish were taken yesterday over 100 fish on all the boats there. Smaller boats were in them as well in the area of the east end. Good luck if you get out..........Steve
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Apr 9, 2002; 08:32AM - Military Use Only
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Category: Diego Garcia
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Author Name: Jose Caban
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Yes, Military Use Only, that's the island of Diego Garcia, in the middle of the Indian Ocean and there's only one way to fish here, been deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Long hours of work, but quickly forgotten as you reel screams when world class gamefish attack your spread! On my first two 4 hour trips, the smallest wahoo boarded was 24 pounds! With the other five tipping the scales at over 35 pounds each! The place is so untouched, that on my second trip we started to bottom fish and while the bite was on, using wahoo bellies for bait,I landed 11 species of fish using Yo-Zuri metallic sardine jigs! God bless the USA and bless the lucky ones fishing at Diego!
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Apr 9, 2002; 03:13AM - Marlin seen jumping west of Catalina Island
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Category: California Southern
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Author Name: webmaster
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A marlin was spotted jumping between Santa Barbara Island and Catalina by the Pacific Star out of Davey’s Locker today on the way back from a trip to Santa Barbara Island. I got this from a person on the boat who say's this is true. Very early for marlin but could be a banner year for them..........
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Apr 3, 2002; 01:41PM - White Seabass Biting at Catalina Island
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Category: California Southern
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Author Name: anon
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White seabass were biting this last weekend on the full moon at the back of the island. Several boats limited out on them fishing 40 ft depth at the back of the island using squid and sliding sinker or dropper loop rigs. Seems the bite shut off around Saturday and Sunday maybe due to boat pressure? I think personally that the seabass bite best 2-3 days prior to a full moon and shut off 2-3 days after. They will bite again this weekend I am sure. Good luck if you get out.
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Mar 27, 2002; 08:27PM - White Seabass Biting at San Clement Island
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Category: California Southern
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Author Name: Steve
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White seabass action is good this week at San Clemente Island Pyramid Cove. A few boats got into the bite there catching 30 to 38 lb fish along with some very large black seabass as well. The bit was full speed as anglers were catching the white seabass while some of the rods still had the blacks on in the rod holders. Squid was the bait of choice tipped on a white jig. A lot of red crab in the area also causing the calico bass bite to go on hold with very little action on them. Good luck if you get out and feel free to leave a report if you get out...............<’))))))><
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Feb 23, 2002; 08:13PM - Not really about fishing
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Anon
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MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - A Florida fisherman was recovering on Friday after being stabbed with the bill of a swordfish during a fight with another man, a sheriff’s spokeswoman said.
Police arrested Frank Ashmus, 46, and Garth Spacek, 42, on Thursday after the two fishermen allegedly started fighting near a dock in Madeira Beach, a small city on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Police said that after Spacek hit Ashmus in the head with a beer bottle and left, Ashmus went to Spacek’s apartment and stabbed him in the abdomen with a sharp detached bill of a swordfish.
’We don’t see this kind of thing very often,’ said Pinellas County Sheriff spokeswoman Marianna Pasha.
Both men were drunk, according to police.
Ashmus and Spacek were held without bond on charges of aggravated battery. Spacek was in fair condition, Pasha said.
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Feb 18, 2002; 12:11AM - Okinawa Fishing
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Category: Japan- Okinawa
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Author Name: Jose Caban
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Winter is still kicking in Okinawa, but that means great amberjack and grouper catches on the east side of the island. Just drop one of many japanese jigs available in the local stores and wind fast with some jerks,to sample some of the greatest emotions,by having your jig pounded by a hefty grouper or amberjack.The FADS on the west side,still slow,with some small big eyes tunas,runners and the occasional mahi.But March should bring some warmer water and with that some of the biggest mahis found anywhere,along with big eyes,yellowfins,wahoo and some early migrating marlin. This month troll some medium size liquidators(bleeding dorado color)and you might encounter some of those early bird marlins or hefty bull mahi,always looking for a snack.
Jose Caban
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Jan 13, 2002; 03:17AM - Imacculate Conception?
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Category: [other]
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Author Name: Anon
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Saturday January 12, 6:00 AM
U.S. zoo investigates "virgin" shark birth
OMAHA (Reuters) - Unraveling the mysterious "virgin" birth of a bonnethead shark in Nebraska last month should make an "interesting research paper," a zoo director said on Friday.
The trio of female bonnethead sharks living in a tank at Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha "have never been even close to a male bonnethead shark since they arrived as 2 to 3-pound (1 to 1.4 kg) pups," zoo director Lee Simmons said.
There is a male epaulet shark in the same tank, but it is a different species than the bonnethead, which is a smaller version of the hammerhead shark, and would correspond to "a Chihuahua impregnating a Saint Bernard," Simmons said.
DNA tests were begun this week on tissue and blood samples taken from the 3-year-old female bonnetheads and the pup, which died five hours after it was born on Dec. 14 after being bitten by a stingray that lives in the same tank.
Several weeks of testing will be needed to determine which shark was the mother and who might have fathered the pup.
Though sperm can survive inside a shark's reproductive tract for months or even years, asexual reproduction is unheard of in sharks, Simmons said.
"We want to know if there was a father or if there was a weird hybridization of species. It will make a damn interesting research paper," he said.
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Dec 20, 2001; 06:34PM - Victors Sportfishing
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: webmaster
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I received a report from a friend fishing this last weekend in Los Cabos with Victors Sportfishing that the wahoo are on hold but are in the areas of Iman and San Luis banks. Gordo banks is holding tuna and dorado but this angler was targeting the wahoo to no avail. His buddies fished off the lighhouse at Cabo and caught 2 stripers to 125 lbs on their first adventure there! Not bad for beginners as they outfished the person who brought them down! Their total also included tuna and dorado for the 3 days fished. Good luck if you go!!!!!!!!!!
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Dec 20, 2001; 04:06PM - Catalina Island report
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Category: California Southern
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Author Name: anon
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The bite is slow at Catalina Island with squid available in small quantities at back of the island. Bass sargo and others biting along the kelp at the V's. Not much news on the white seabass which should start to bite next month...........Good luck if you get out!
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