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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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| 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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| 2023 Best Fishing Photo contest |
| Photo with the most votes will receive a free tackle package. |
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Feb 23, 2018; 07:00AM
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Category: Guide Services
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Name for Contacts: Quepos Fishing Charters
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Phone: 1-800-388-9957
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City: Quepos
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Country: Costa Rica
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Quepos Fishing Charters is located
in the Quepos, Costa Rica and we
offer Full Day and 3/4 Day trips.
We’re ready to give you the fishing
experience of a lifetime!
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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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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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Country: usa
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Description 1:
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comfortable ride and spend more time on the water.
Every OCEAN-TAMER product is 100% marine grade and
built to last right here in the USA. These marine
bean bags have been tournament tested and approved
by professional offshore fishermen all over the
country. With our vast color selection, styles, and
sizes you are sure to find the right marine bean
bags to fit your boating and fishing needs. Come
visit our user friendly website and customize yours
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Oct 30, 2006; 12:30PM - Gordo Banks Pangas San Jose Del Cabo
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric
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October 29, 2006
Anglers –
Lots of activity now in Los Cabos, thousands of anglers traveling south now to get
in on the excitement of the world’s richest marlin tournament, the Bisbee’s Black
and Blue. Sportfishing operations, including both cruiser and panga fleets, have
been operating at capacity levels. The week started off with the formation of a late
season Hurricane named Paul, originally it developed in an area southwest of Cabo
San Lucas, but then changed course and headed in the direction of the Southern Baja
peninsula, gradually loosing strength and on Wednesday morning when it passed within
some 50 miles of Cabo it was a mere tropical depression. Paul’s main impact was
rainfall, anywhere from 1 to 4 inches of measurable rain fell in various areas,
ocean conditions were stormy and the Cabo marina was shut down for the days of
Tuesday and Wednesday and there was also no launching of panga fleets in any of the
locations out of San Jose del Cabo, this meant a lot of lost business since
fleets had full schedules of charters scheduled for those days. Fleet operators
were very busy trying to reschedule and accommodate clients the best they could. By
Thursday fleets were back in action and the Bisbee tournament was changed to a
two-day event instead of the normal three-day. Friday we experienced wind up to 18
miles an hour from the north, the first significant blow from that direction of the
season, this made for rough seas, but over the weekend conditions settled back down
and were ideal once again. Water temperatures were still a bit above average for
late October, ranging from 84 to 86 degrees.
Tournament time also means heavy pressure on the bait supplies and the local fishing
grounds. Despite the storm scattering schools of sardinas into new locations the
commercial pangueros were able to find sufficient supplies. Yellowfin tuna remained
the dominant catch for the charter fleet and most of the action continued to be off
of San Jose within one mile of shore from off the Estuary to La Laguna. Before the
storm, on Monday the bite was wide open for yellowfin tuna in the 20 to 25 pound
class, but since the storm the action has dropped off considerably, the size of the
tuna was also down to about an 10 to 15 pound average. The color of the water is a
little murky, but not bad, the main factor in the bite slowing down seems to be the
build up of a heavy concentration of boats, since this apparently has been the only
area that is producing any consistent action. Charter boats over the weekend reports
average catches of tuna down to 2 to 5 per boat.
Only a handful of dorado were found mixed in and most of them were smaller fish,
some larger bulls were reported further offshore and more so on the Pacific by boats
targeting billfish.
Local San Jose del Cabo pangueros reported that the yellowfin tuna were coming up
and biting early, but once the cruisers and yachts from Cabo San Lucas have been
arriving the action has quickly vanishing. Apparently these Cabo operators have a
different set of rules of courtesy while fishing. It is pretty much common sense
that if you see other boats with fish feeding in a chum line and hooking fish that
you do not motor right through the boiling fish, but that is not how many of these
cruiser skippers operate, they go right into the boiling fish and scatter the bite
for everybody. You would think that they would have the knowledge that it would be
more courteous to just go up current and start chumming themselves and drift through
the same area, apparently not, they have their own set of protocols.
Wahoo season continues to show no signs of coming to life and everyone is just
crossing their fingers that it will be late season for these elusive gamefish.
Other miscellaneous catches included a mix of pargo species, amberjack, sierra,
rainbow runners, sailfish, grouper, skipjack, pompano, triggerfish and cabrilla.
The combined panga fleet launching off of La Playita beach sent out approximately
154 charters for the week, with anglers accounted for a fish count of: 3 wahoo, 1
roosterfish, 2 striped marlin, 11 sailfish, 54 dorado, 860 yellowfin tuna, 225
skipjack, 24 pargo, 8 cabrilla, 4 grouper, 16 sierra, 14 rainbow runners, 7 pompano,
8 amberjack and 15 triggerfish.
Good Fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson
Owner/Operator
800 4081199
Los Cabos 1421147
ericgordobanks@yahoo.com
www.gordobanks.com
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