| 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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Apr 27, 2007; 09:37PM
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Category: Sportfishing Charters
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Name for Contacts: Tom Welply
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Phone: 361-790-5944
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City: Rockport
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State: Texas
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Fishing Charters and guide services offered by Affordable Fisherman Charters.361-790-5944
www.fishrockporta.com
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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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Sep 2, 2002; 10:31AM - HOT Cabo Bite 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 FOR AUGUST 26-SEPT. 1,
2002
WEATHER: Most of the week we had clear and sunny
skies with the highs up to the 100
degree mark and the lows in the low 80�s at night.
Very typical Cabo weather for this time of
year. We did have a bit of a sprinkle early in the
morning on Wednesday as some low clouds
moved through, but only enough to spot up the
windshields. On Saturday afternoon you could
see the cloud cover start to move in and on Sunday
it was overcast with hints of rain. This is
associated with Hurricane Hernan, which is to the
southwest of us and moving northwest. The
swells and breeze from this band of weather had the
Port Captain close the port at noon on
Sunday but it expected to be re-opened either
Monday or Tuesday. ( Mystical Adventures Part I)
WATER: As the week comes to an end we have a band
of warm water reading up to 89 degrees
stretching across the Cape. This band extends into
the Pacific out to the San Jaime banks and is
about 10-15 miles wide, starting from the shore.
Outside this band the water drops to 83 degrees.
The surface conditions on both the Sea of Cortez
side and the Pacific side have been very good,
with small swells and light chop all week.
Starting Saturday we began to see some larger
swells
moving in, results of Hurricane Hernan, away to the
southwest of us. Mystical Adventures Part
III)
BAIT: Most of the larger baits available this week
were Caballito, though I heard some of the
boats were able to get fresh Mackerel. No word on
Sardinas again. The larger baits are the usual
$2 per bait. (Mystical Adventures Part V)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Lots of Striped Marlin out there! This
week started out with a bang and just
continued to roll, at least for the boats with
clients. Many of the boats were getting multiple
hook-ups on the Striped Marlin and often had three
on at a time! Many anglers said not to toss
bait to the ones they were seeing because it was
taking up all their fishing time! Ouch! The
largest concentration of the Striped Marlin were on
the Pacific, just off shore about five miles and
out at the San Jaime Banks, but there were enough
of them scattered around that all the boats
were getting shots. A few Blue Marlin are showing
up in the catches also, but not in the numbers
I thought there would be at this time of year. On
Sunday there were a lot of bites from Blues
reported, but that often happens this time of year
as a Hurricane comes close. The bite was an
even mix of live bait and lures for the Striped
Marlin with no particular preference in color on
the
lures. (Rhythms Of Hope)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Tuna bite dropped off a bit
from the action last week but there were
still quite a few of the football fish being found
on the Sea of Cortez side of the Cape. Most of
these fish were associated with Porpoise and were
hitting on small 4� feathers. A few toads were
caught by boats lucky enough to be in the right
place at the right time. (As)
DORADO: Plenty of yellow flags were being flown
from outriggers this week, sometimes it
looked like there was a laundry competition going
on! A few of the fish were small, in the 8-10
pound range, but most of them were a bit bigger, in
the 15-25 category. There were a few of the
giants caught as well and the larger fish were
mainly hooked up on Marlin lures. 4� to 6�
feathers
and surface runners accounted for the majority of
the fish but many of them were caught on live
bait when a school was found. The action was
spread out but seemed to be better on the Pacific
side. (Final Truth Part I)
WAHOO: This week is like last week on Wahoo. A
few flags were flown but these fish were
found while searching for other species. (Final
Truth Part II)
INSHORE: Repeat of last weeks fishing as far as
the inshore bite goes, lots of Dorado, a few
Marlin, some Roosterfish and Skipjack along with a
medium bite on Snapper and Grouper. (Jig)
NOTES: The fishing just continues to get better
and better! Our only problem has been the lack
of fishermen. Seems that it happens every year, as
the fishing improves the weather gets warmer
and muggier and fewer anglers visit. Oh well, the
fish are here. If you can get away, now is the
time to come on down. Hurricane Hernan will give
us some large swells and overcast skies, but
that is just for a few days, then back to the
sunshine! This weeks music written to the great
sound
of Jean-Luc Ponty�s violin on the 1982 release
�Mystical Adventures�, Atlantic Recording Corp.
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