| 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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| Did you know? |
| 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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Aug 16, 2009; 10:41AM
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Category: Fishing Tackle Wanted
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Name for Contacts: Bill Warhol
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Phone: 763-633-0565
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City: Princeton
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State: MN
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Country: USA
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Looking for 9' light up pencil type bobber/float. Originally made by Blue Fox???
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2009 best fishing photo contest
A free tackle package to the photo with the most votes sponsored by
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Orrin Olsen395 lbs.Pacific Halibut |
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Oct 7, 2002; 06:07PM - Play Around?
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Category: Fishing Jokes
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Author Name: Chris
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
The Castaway
One day this guy, who has been stranded on a desert island all alone for ten years, sees an unusual
speck on the horizon. 'It's certainly not a ship, 'he thinks to himself. As the speck gets closer and closer,
he begins to rule out the possibilities of a small boat, then even a raft.
Suddenly, emerging from the surf comes this drop-dead gorgeous blonde woman wearing a wet suit and
scuba gear. She approaches the stunned guy and says to him, 'Tell me, how long has it been since
you've had a cigarette?' 'Ten years' replies the stunned man. With that, she reaches over and unzips a
waterproof pocket on her left sleeve and pulls out a pack of fresh cigarettes. He takes one, lights it and
takes a long drag and says, 'Man oh man! Is that ever good!'
And how long has it been since you've had a sip of bourbon?' she asks him.
Trembling, the castaway replies: 'Ten years!' She reaches over, unzips her waterproof pocket on her
right sleeve pulls out a flask and hands it to him. He opens the flask, takes a long swig and says, 'Wow,
that's absolutely fantastic!'
At this point, she starts slowly unzipping the long zipper that runs own the front of her wet suit, looks at
him seductively and asks, 'And how long has it been since you've played around?' With tears in his eyes
the guy falls to his knees and says. 'Oh sweet Jesus! Don't tell me you've got golf clubs in there too! |
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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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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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Nov 11, 2002; 09:42AM - 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
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT NOVEMBER 4-11, 2002
WEATHER: Looks like we are in the fall season here
as the weather is almost exactly the same
as it was last week. Our nighttime lows are in the
high 60�s and the daytime highs got up to the
low 90�s once. Very comfortable and easy to live
with! Of course we had no rain and only partly
cloudy skies early in the week. (Baia)
WATER: Water temperature was important this week
and it seemed that almost everywhere you
went the temperature stayed at just around 80-82
degrees. Earlier in the week there was a temp
break to the southwest that ran southeast/northwest
but as the week came to a close this break
kept moving farther away. San Jaime bank was the
only place that showed a good change all
week long and the water there was 79-80 degrees.
The surface conditions were good all week
and only on Friday did we start to get a bit of
wind and that disappeared overnight. (Desafinado)
BAIT: Caballito and Sardinas, the same as last
week. Caballito at $2 per bait and $20 for a small
handful of Sardinas. There was no problem getting
bait if you were early. (Samba Dees Days)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There were Marlin out there, both Blues
and Stripers, but the focus this week for
almost all the boats were Tuna. Marlin were not
targeted and to be honest, not really wanted.
That may seem strange for Cabo, but this week was
the big Tuna Tournament. There were
Marlin found almost everywhere and some of the
larger Blues were found around the 95 and 1150
spots and a few were found at Golden Gate Banks.
Most of the Striped Marlin were found on the
Pacific side and they were running in small packs.
There was about a Marlin for every other boat
this week with the average slightly higher on the
non-tournament days. (O Pato)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The fish of the week and since
there was so much effort put into finding
them we have some good details. First off, it was
a long run to find the fish and almost all the
larger fish were found in the Dolphin. Runs to 40
miles were the norm when heading out and
there were a few boats that went as far as 60
miles. Dolphin action and live baits were the key.
There were 154 boats in the two day tournament and
20 fish over 100 pounds were weighed,
three of them were over 200 pounds. The largest
fish was #256 and was caught at the San Jaime
Bank on a live flying fish. Down the scale we saw
fish at #224, #219, #182, #157 and 15 other
fish in the 100-150 pound range. We quit counting
the 35-60 pounders! As I said, live baits were
the key as only one of the money fish was taken on
a lure. You had to find the right kind of
Dolphin and if you were one of the first ones, or
if you stayed with them after other boats had left,
you had a shot at a nice fish. Lures accounted for
many fish and the favorites seemed to be
Marauders and cedar plugs, followed by straight
runners in purple/black. Samba Triste)
DORADO: There were plenty of Dorado all week long
and they were schooled up. If you
caught one you usually caught more. Of course the
key was to get one hooked up and right
behind the boat, then the school would stay around
long enough to get a few more hooked on live
bait or chunks. Looking for frigate birds was a
good key, as was seeing small showers of flying
fish. The action was good at the San Jaime and on
the Pacific close to the beach. Most of the
fish were running 12-25 pounds. (Samba De Uma Nota
So)
WAHOO: With the number of boats we had out there
working the banks this week there were a
larger than normal number of Wahoo caught. The
largest brought in for the tournament was 74
pounds and the second largest was 60 pounds. There
were numbers of fish in the 40-50 pound
class as well and most of these fish were taken on
lures. (E Luxo So)
INSHORE: There was good inshore action this week
for Dorado and Skipjack, and the Sierra are
starting to show up as well. Smaller Roosterfish
are found every day and there have been fair
catches of assorted bottom fish also. (Baia)
NOTES: Now that tournament season is over for us
things should return to normal. It sure is
exciting but can wear you down quick! I have a new
section on my web site called �Ask The
Captain� that I have just gotten up, so if you
have any questions fell free to ask. Now I have
some time to devote to responding! The Tuna
Tournament we just had was one of the best run
operations I have ever been involved in and my hat
is off to every one involved, thank you for a
class operation and may there be many more to come.
This weeks report was written at 5am to
the sounds of Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd in their
1963 release titled �Jazz Samba�, recorded live
in Pierce Hall, All Souls Unitarian Church in
Washington D.C., February 13, 1962, Polygram
Classics and Jazz, Verve Records. Oh yeah, sit
back and enjoy! Until next week, tight lines!
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