| 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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Oct 14, 2009; 05:26PM
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Category: Boat Motors
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Name for Contacts: Dorothy Holland
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Phone: 334-797-4700
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City: Dothan
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State: Al.
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Country: USA
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Looking for Mercury 4 stoke motor for 21 foot suntracker pontoon boat.
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2011 fishing photo contest
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Mar 5, 2009; 05:22PM - Meat Stock Cube Chemical Lure
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Category: Fishing tips and tricks
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Author Name: Mike Cobb
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
MEAT STOCK CUBE CHEMICAL LURE
This started off by being an applied science project in school linked to fishing for predatory species. I am happy for anyone to try it out. It takes some preparation but is worth the experiment. You can use it for river, lake or sea fishing from a bank, beach, pier or boat. Use the strongest line you have for dragging. Have a camera to get evidence of your catch.
First get your meat stock cubes – the red varieties are the best imitation of the fluids that leak from wounded prey. They are much cheaper if bought in the large boxes and cost even less if you can get them put on someone else’s shopping list.
You also need a pair of tights or stockings so ask nicely – particularly if someone is wearing them at the time!
Cut the tights/stockings up into 10cm (4in) squares and put them onto a flat surface.
Take the foil wrapping off of each stock cube being careful not to crumble it and place one centrally onto each square of the tights/stockings.
Tie the four corners of the material together into a firm knot – a test of your dexterity – you may need to use bigger squares at first and trim them up afterwards.
Then tie a length of line inside the knot of each lure bag leaving plenty of spare to attach to the eye on your lure. Store your bags in a waterproof and crushproof container.
When you are ready to fish attach a bag to the eye of your lure making sure that you tie the knot so that a used bag can be easily removed from the eye but cannot slip off during movement underwater. A pair of fine scissors will useful to do the cutting during bag changing. Dispose of used bags and line responsibly please – not into the water or onto the site.
Keep safe – wear a lifejacket if you are fishing on or by deep water. Keep yourself warm and waterproof. Do not fish on your own – it is safer with others. Let someone know where you are going and have a means of contacting him or her.
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May 13, 2019; 08:07PM - OCEAN-TAMER Marine Grade Bean Bags
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Category: Boats
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Price: $79.95 - $139.95
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Name for Contacts: Frank Abruzzino
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Phone: (941) 776-1133
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City: Palmetto
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State: Florda
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Feb 3, 2003; 11:56AM - 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
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 27-FEBRUARY
2, 2003
WEATHER: Most of this past week was partly to
mostly cloudy. The exceptions were the first
and last day! A lot of people found out that you
can still get sunburned in an overcast. Our
nighttime lows were in the low 60�s and the
daytime highs were in the high 80�s on our sunny
days and the mid 80�s on the overcast days. With
all the overcast we still had no rain, but that is
normal here in Cabo this time of year. (Part Two)
WATER: The Pacific side had some swells this week,
but they were spaced far apart and there
was little if any wind, so there was no chop, just
light wind riffles for most of the time. The
Cortez side of the Cape was almost like glass this
week. Most of the water around the Cape has
been in the low 70�s but about 35 miles to the
southeast there has been warm spot. Earlier in the
week there was a band of warm water around 15 miles
offshore on the Cortez side but that has
been pushed up to the northeast by cooler Pacific
water. (Available Space)
BAIT: Mostly Mackerel this week but there are a
few Caballito showing up in the bait tanks.
The normal $2 per bait. A few bait boats up in the
Chileno bay area have been selling Sardinas at
$20 a scoop. (Side One Suite)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There have been Marlin everywhere this
week and in no particular concentrations.
Both he Pacific side and the Cortez side were
delivering at least one or two shots a day and most
boats were coming in flying multiple Marlin flags.
Live bait, either slow trolled or dropped deep.
have been steady producers, and when tossed at fish
sighted on the surface have gotten good
responses as well. Lures have also worked well,
but not quite as well as the live bait. The old
reliables such as Mean Joe Green, Purple/Black and
Petrolero have been the top colors for the
lures. Most of the fish have been averaging #100
with a few over the #150 mark. (Perforated
Sleep)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: I saw a lot of nice fish brought
in this week. There were a lot of Yellowfin
over #100 and a few that broke the #200 mark.
While you always remember the large fish, most
of the Yellowfin caught were smaller football and
school fish. The footballs averaged 10-20
pounds and made up the preponderance of the fleets
catch but there were a lot of boats getting
into the school fish of 35-60 pounds. All the fish
were found mixed in with Porpoise and they
were scattered, with no steady, reliable locations
except for the current line 15 miles to the south.
The best lures in order of production were deep
running plugs such as Marauders and Bonitos,
cedar plugs and feathers. A few of the larger fish
were caught on live bait. (Strange)
DORADO: Most of the boats were able to find a fish
or two this week, but the concentrations
just were not there for large numbers of fish.
Most of the Dorado that were caught were found
mixed in with the Tuna and the averaged #20-#25.
Several boats did find floating debris and
loaded up on nice fish in the #30 class, but for
everyone else, they were lucky to get one or two
fish a day. As with the Tuna, the Dorado were
scattered around with no specific areas producing
better than others. (Little Shoes)
WAHOO: There were a few nice fish in the #50 class
brought in this week but except for the
report of one private boat catching an even dozen
Wahoo off of a piece of debris (no idea where,
and this is an unconfirmed report) there was no
steady bite. The Wahoo that I know of were
caught at the Banks while the boats were working
for Tuna. There were other strikes but they bit
through the mono leader used on the Tuna lures.
(Jib�s Hat)
INSHORE: A few Roosterfish as well as a scattering
of Sierra, Snapper and Grouper made up
the inshore catch this week. No large amounts of
any of these fish were found, and with the
number of Tuna just offshore and Marlin in close,
combined with the great water conditions,
many of the Pangas that would normally be fishing
the beach were found up to 15 miles out.
(Agile N.)
NOTES: The fishing has been great this past week
and we are also finding Whales, Porpoise and
Turtles on every trip. The only thing that has
been making me sad is seeing all the Marlin brought
in to be hung for pictures. There is no need to
kill the fish, no one needs the skin for a mount
anymore, it�s all fiberglass nowadays. If you
want a picture, get one of the fish beside the
boat!
A lot of the crews tell the clients that they need
the fish to feed the family. Maybe if you tell
them
that if they kill a Marlin then they can consider
that their tip, they might change their mind, then
again, maybe not.....This weeks report was written
to the sound of Leo Kottke on his 1981
Chrysalis release �Guitar Music�.
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