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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 22, 2025
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24 Sep 2013 - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo September 22, 2013
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric Bricston
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
San Jose del Cabo
September 22, 2013
Anglers –
Crowds of tourists visiting Los Cabos were relatively light this past week,
this is the normal pattern for the later part of September, though with the
fall season just about ready to start in earnest, surely there will be a
flood of visitors swarm the area in the coming weeks, as this is always one
of the busiest times of the year. The great all around fishing action and
ideal weather conditions, along with world famous high stake fishing
tournaments attract people from all over the world. Another reason for
limited numbers of tourists this past week was the highly publicized
forecast of the most recent Tropical Storm Manuel, which first struck the
southern mainland near Acapulco and cause disastrous flood damage, resulted
in many deaths, the system was downgraded to a depression after making
landfall but then regenerated strength once getting back over the warm
ocean waters and heading in the direction of the Sea of Cortez, forecasters
were unsure of its erratic path, with water temperatures near 90 degrees
Manuel did reach category one hurricane status and ended up making landfall
in Sinaloa, where it again caused major flood damage.
The Southern Baja region was bracing for probable impact, though they were
spared any major damage, on Wednesday afternoon there was wide spread
lightening, thunder and rain squalls, but there were not any reports of
high winds or heavy ocean storm conditions developing. Local ports were
closed for both Wednesday and Thursday, reopening for Friday morning. As a
precaution the government also closed schools for the same two days,
despite clear calm conditions on Thursday, this seemed a bit over
overcautious, as there are already so many holiday vacation days scheduled.
Building up to this latest storm, anglers reported the most consistent
fishing action for dorado and yellowfin tuna. The majority of the dorado
were now juvenile sized, with a small percentage of these fish going over
15 pounds, scattered throughout the area in medium sized schools, striking
on lures and various baits. Baitfish were scarcer during this period, as
bait suppliers were finding it harder to jig up caballito during the dark
hours and the squid that had been in the area the past couple of weeks had
all but vanished, the commercial fleet is now scouting out new bait
sources. The East Cape had been finding good supplies of sardinas, but
apparently these schools were scattered from higher surf conditions that
struck this area with the passing of TS Manuel.
The best action for the yellowfin tuna was found from Iman to San Luis
Bank, anglers were using strips of squid to entice tuna up to 25 lb., while
fly lining these baits on the surface they could find limits of five fish
per license. Then when the source of fresh squid disappeared anglers had to
rely again on trolling hoochies, smaller feathers or cedar plugs and the
numbers of yellowfin were not as high. East Cape boats had been making the
long run south to these same fishing grounds and with live sardinas they
were having a field day for the yellowfin tuna, but now they are scrambling
for bait as well. With the weather once again settled down we expect the
bait situation to improve, even though we are also now dealing with the
full moon phase, which never seems to help the abundance of bait sources.
We do expect to see sardinas moving into local waters very soon, as this is
the annual migration pattern.
On Friday, the first day that the port reopened after Hurricane Manuel, a
group of three local La Playita pangeros hooked into a super cow sized
yellowfin tuna while trolling a live bolito on the Gordo Banks from a 22
ft. panga, after a two and a half hour battle they were able to bring the
fish to gaff, back at the docks the yellowfin was weighed in at 367 pounds,
largest tuna reportedly caught this season, a definite tournament jackpot
contender.
There has been limited bottom fishing opportunities due to very persistent
strong currents, almost unprecedented, we do expect with weather patterns
now transitioning that this current will reside and will open new option
for anglers.
With the arrival of fall, we see the water temperatures start to fall and
with this species such as wahoo normally become more active, so are all
anticipating this, as well as improved bait resources. Though this is now
always the period when we feel high humidity, the worst of the summer heat
is past and we will now be enjoying ideal weather in the coming months.
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 48 charters for this storm shortened week,
with anglers accounting for a fish count of: 2 striped marlin, 1 sailfish,
4 wahoo, 2 amberjack, 4 dogtooth snapper, 225 yellowfin tuna and 160 dorado.
Good fishing, Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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