| 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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Jan 22, 2010; 11:08AM
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Category: Canada Fishing Trips
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Name for Contacts: James Bowden
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Phone: 1 800 585-8069
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City: Haileybury
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State: Ontario
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Country: Canada
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Imagine the opportunity to catch six different species of gamefish while being pampered at a remote island lodge in Northern Ontario, Canada. Red Pine Wilderness Lodge is that place. As hosts for the last 21 years my wife Janice and I have accommodated many satisfied guests from North America and some as far away as Singapore. Although Walleye is the most popular target, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass Whitefish, Perch and Brook Trout are all available on the 28 miles of Lady Evelyn Lake or the portage lakes that we feature. Check out all the details at www.redpinelodge.com or call the toll-free number to book your next all-inclusive fishing adventure.
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2008 best fishing photo contest
A free tackle package to the photo with the most votes sponsored by
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JACOB SELLSmaybe 1 poundLargemouth Bass |
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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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State: MO
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Country: USA
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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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Description 2:
Sharkskin color chart...also, available in Sunbrella |
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Apr 4, 2005; 12:49PM - 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 MARCH 28-APRIL 3, 2005
WEATHER: We had great weather this week, almost no wind and calm seas. There were some small swells from the north-west and some wind swell from the east once you were to the south of the Cape, but it was very comfortable. Oh, except for a slight chop in the afternoon close to home. Our daytime highs were in the mid to low 80’s while the night time lows were in the mid 60’s.
WATER: Cold water at the end of the week on the Pacific side from just south of the San Jaime Banks on up, the water stayed in the mid 60’s from 10 miles south of the Banks and up to 5 miles from the coast. In close to the coast it warmed up by a few degrees. Due south the water was 68 to 70 degrees and to the east there was a pocket of cold water in the mid 60’s that formed early in the week and got pinched off with a northern movement of the warm water to the south. This pocket of cool water was in the mid 60’s. Elsewhere on the east side the water remained 68-70 degrees until you got 30 miles off shore, then it was 71-73 degrees. There was a pretty well defined temperature break on the Pacific side south of the San Jaime and that break held some floating kelp, these paddies were scattered along the break and occasionally worked loose of the line and eventually formed up to the south of the Cape.
BAIT: There was no problem getting bait this week, only it was Caballito, nice size ones, and they were the usual $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: While still not being caught in large numbers, the fish have moved closer to home. There was a concentration of Striped Marlin within 7 miles of the lighthouse on the Pacific side this week, lots of jumpers in there but they were difficult to catch. Lucky boats were able to get hooked up to one that stayed hooked, sometimes to several, others were just able to get some line stripped from the reels. Luck was pretty evenly split between lures and live bait, some of the guys think that there is so much giant squid in the area that the Marlin are full and don’t have to work that hard for food. There were Swordfish sighted this week again, but I did not hear of anyone catching them. There may have been some landed though, some of the boats did night-time fishing this week.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Wow, I am just going to repeat what I wrote last week! Look for the Porpoise and if you get lucky there will be Tuna mixed in. That was the key for this week, and the key word there is “lucky”. Many of the Porpoise pods found did not have any Tuna with them, so you often had to try and find as many pods as possible. Those fish that were caught were mostly in the 10-15 pound range with a few to 40 pounds. Cedar plugs and feathers worked and boats that were able to get a good bite going found themselves able to catch a limit. Other boats, not so lucky, ended up a trip with just one Tuna in the box.
DORADO: The kelp finally moved to the south of the San Jaime and into the warmer waters, there were a fair number of Dorado, some of them very nice fish, found under a few paddies. Most of the fish were small ones, from 6 pounds and up. The problem was finding a paddy that held fish! You might work a couple of dozen of them, and they were mostly small ones, before you found one that had fish under it. Getting hit on a lure was a start, but most of the boats had better luck soaking live bait around them.
WAHOO: Wow, we had the best day I have seen in a long time on Wednesday as far as the Wahoo catch is concerned! One boat found a big kelp and there must have been several dozen big Wahoo, ranging in size from 60 to 105 pounds taken from it. A few other smaller kelps in the area kicked out a few fish as well. For the rest of the week there were scattered fish found here and there under kelp as well as along the drop offs on the Cortez side of the Cape.
INSHORE: There were scattered Sierra schools this week, most of them found on the Cortez side of the Cape. The fish were averaging 4 pounds with a few to 8 pounds. Good colors were yellow and chartreuse. A few decent bottom fish were caught as well but most of the Pangas were working offshore since the water was in great condition.
NOTES: It was a hit or miss kind of week fishing, not a lot of fish for most of the boats and a few of them were very lucky and really got into the Tuna, Dorado and Wahoo. I would venture a guess that an average catch for the week was a Marlin and maybe a Dorado or a Tuna per boat, or a couple of each except for Marlin. There are still Humpback whales out there but they are continuing to thin out. This weeks report was written to the sounds of Jimmy Buffet on the 1990 MCA release “Feeding Frenzy”. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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