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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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| 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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| 2023 Best Fishing Photo contest |
| Photo with the most votes will receive a free tackle package. |
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Oct 8, 2008; 02:13AM
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Category: Fishing Tackle Wanted
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Name for Contacts: Frank
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Looking for Rapala Rattlin Fat Raps and
Rapala Rattlin Deep Downs. Will buy at
reasonable price. Doesn't matter what the
color, thanks
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May 19, 2003; 09:01AM - Circle Hooks for Billfish
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Category: Trolling techniques
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Author Name: Carlos Morales
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
What are “circle hooks”? To a fisherman seeing one for the first time you kind of wonder why anyone would use them or took time to invent them. They are similar in size to the more common “J” shaped hook but the opening is smaller and the barb points toward the body of the hook forming a circular shape, hence their name. At first glance it would appear fish would seldom be caught with circle hooks because the barb points the wrong way and the smaller than usual opening would difficult hooking anything.
Surprise, surprise, first impressions are wrong. Depending which study an angler consults, circle hooks have been shown to be as effective or more effective than “J” hooks for catching all types of fish including billfish. Some studies say fishermen catch 60% more fish, others 100% more fish with circle hooks than with “J” hooks. Catching more fish is a bonus but the real advantage of circle hooks is that they are designed to hook a fish in the lip or corner of the mouth and this happens about 95% of the time, preventing “deep hooking” and “foul hooking”. Removing a circle hook is fast and easy, take a pair of pliers and rotate the hook out of the mouth.
A “J” hook works by attaching itself wherever soft tissue is available. Normally, as soon as a fish bites, the first thing an angler does is “set the hook” by swiftly pulling the rod up and reeling in some line. This violent maneuver guarantees (anglers wish) that the barb of the hook will penetrate some soft tissue inside the mouth thus hooking the fish. Some fish, like billfish, have bony mouths so when the “J” hook tries to find purchase it just slides along and it either pops out of the mouth with the bait or attaches to the the upper palate, throat, pharynx, oesophagus or in the stomach. Anglers who practice catch and release know deep hook injuries, caused by any type of hook, are often mortal due to bleeding and that the hook sometimes is left inside the fish since its so deep there is no way to remove it without killing the fish. This is not a problem for the angler fishing for tasty, sought after fish like Dorado (dolphin), flounder, mangrove snapper, redfish, grouper, etc., since the whole point of going fishing is catching fish to eat.
Here is where circle hooks come in. They have been around for years and were adopted in the late 1970’s for use by longline commercial fishing boats because not only did fish hook themselves but also studies showed they were 85% more effective than “J” hooks and the hooked fish were alive when the longline was retrieved. It is ironic that recreational anglers, to preserve fish, have recently adopted commercial fishing hooks known and used for their ability to catch large numbers of fish.
We did say fish hooked themselves and we are not joking. When fishing using circle hooks and a fish takes the bait, do not set the hook! Wait. Count out one Mississippi, two Mississippi, etc., meditate about why there are no pregnant ladybugs, speculate on the price of bananas on Mars, just don’t set the hook! As the fish swims away the line becomes taut allowing the hook to rotate inside the fish’s mouth and lodge itself in the corner of the mouth. When the rod is flexed and the line taut that means the fish is hooked. Patience is very important because if the angler tries to set a circle hook the same way as a “J” hook, more often than not it will just be pulled out of the mouth of the fish. After a bite a mate on our boats grabs the rod but doesn’t do anything until the billfish swims away pulling the line taut and bending the rod, then he counts to five and “tests” whether the hook has been set by reeling in some line. This technique usually works very well.
If a “self-hooking hook” was not good enough, circle hooks have other advantages. Once hooked, billfish tend to leap and violently shake their head side to side to try and loose the hook. It looks spectacular and anglers love it but “J” hooks are sometimes dislodged this way. The circle hooks round shape and the direction of the barb helps to prevent dislodgement so fish don’t de-hook as much when doing their aerial stunts. Another great advantage is that humans hook themselves less in the hand, ear and/or other body parts and clothes with circle hooks because the barb points toward the body of the hook.
Not all circle hooks are created equal though. Besides “normal circle hooks” there are “offset circle hooks” whose barb does not point to the body of the hook but opens up, similar to a “J” hook’s. Depending on the degree that the barb is offset, 4 to 15 degrees, they become about as effective as “J” hooks at deep hooking as in their ability to catch fish. Like “J” hooks, “offset circle hooks” also cause more foul hooking of fish. Foul hooking means hooking a fish by the eye, gills, etc. Billfish depend on their eyesight to hunt and catch their prey so an eye wound seriously diminishes a billfish’s ability to feed and damaging the gills hampers the billfish’s survivability. Some circle hooks are made out of stainless steel and will not degrade with time so if a fish is lost with a stainless steel hook in it, that hook will be in the fish forever.
In Guatemala “catch and release” for all billfish is the law. Since it’s beginning our company has adopted a circle hook only policy for bill fishing and releasing the fish unharmed is a very important goal. Guatemala has the best sailfishing in the world and we do our best to keep it that way.
Happy fishing and tight lines!!
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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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Sep 8, 2003; 11:34AM - 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 31 TO SEPTEMBER 6, 2003
WEATHER: We were surprised this week by a quick storm that struck on Wednesday. With
Hurricane Ignacio having passed, we were thinking that the bad weather was over, but on
Wednesday morning the Port Captain closed the port from 6 to 6:30 AM, then re-opened. Most
of the boats went out, but were back by noon. The swell built all morning as a storm moved
through our area from the east. Captains wee reporting swells to 12 feet with winds gusting to
35-40 MPH. The port was closed again at 1PM. By that night everything had passed but the
port was not re-opened until 10 AM on Thursday. Most of the boats did not go out until Friday.
Naturally, we had overcast skies all week long except for Tuesday, and our nighttime lows were
in the mid 70’s while our daytime highs reached the low 90’s, with high humidity.
WATER: Great conditions early in the week with the passing of Ignacio, terrible during the
middle of the week and things got a bit better at the end of the week as far as the surface
conditions went. By Saturday the water on the Pacific side was back down to 4-6 foot swells
with a little wind chop and slightly smaller swells were reported from the Sea of Cortez side. At
the end of the week the water inshore on the Pacific side was green and did not blue up until
approximately three miles out. From there out to just past the San Jaime and Golden Gate Banks,
the water was blue and 80-81 degrees. Really warm water was not found until well past the
Banks at distances of up to 35 miles. Due south of the Cape the blue, warm water was 15 miles
out. The Sea of Cortez side of the Cape had warm water closer to shore, but it was a bit stirred
up and off colored.
BAIT: Mackerel was the bait this week at the normal $2 each.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: It was an on-off thing for the Marlin this week as the bite just went off on Friday if
you were in the right place at the right time. The rest of the week was not as good, but the saying
still held true. It looked like almost every boat out there came in with a Marlin flag on Friday, just
after the storm passed through, but on Saturday the fish went somewhere else. Early in the week
the Billfish action was consistent and most of the fish were found on the Pacific side out around 5
miles. That is also where the fish were later on in the week, at least until Saturday. Lots of
Stripers were spotted on the surface, but few of them were interested in eating, just like last week
it was a numbers game. Some boats got lucky and hit two in a row that were hungry, but most
guys had to toss bait at a lot of fish to get action. Lures were not working very well this week
except for the Blue Marlin, and they were being finicky. A few were found prior to the storm but
they were not on the feed, and after the storm they were far offshore in the warmer water. In
summary, Marlin action was a bit off this week except for Friday, and there were far more
Stripers found than Blues.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Just about the only area that held Tuna at the end of the week was the
warm water 15 miles and more to the south. The fish were mixed in with the Porpoise and most
of them were football fish striking on small dark feathers and cedar plugs. Great action on Friday,
that seemed to be true of all the species, that Friday was great!
DORADO: The debris washed into the water by Hurricane Ignacio is holding Dorado now, and
there were some great catches made. Most of the action has been on debris found in the current
lines to the south of the Cape and the fish are running from 10 to 60 pounds, with an average of
20 pounds. Live bait dropped into the water around the debris gave up fish and there were quite
a few caught on the troll as well. Of course, for some reason Friday was the banner day, with a
few boats limiting out on Dorado.
WAHOO: A good number of Wahoo flags were flown this week and as last week, most of the
action seemed to come from the Pacific side and of course, off the debris in the current lines to
the south. Lots of Marlin lures had to be repaired or replaced this week due to the razor-toothed
fish, but it was worth it to most anglers. Quite a few fish were found on the troll for Marlin but a
lot were caught on live bait around the debris as well.
INSHORE: Just like last week, with the water inshore being cold and green, there was very little
action. We saw a Pangas as far as 5 miles out on the Pacific side at the end of the week, looking
for clear water.
NOTES: This weeks report was written to the sound of the late Roy Buchanan, off his album
“Second Album”. Great music and a new favorite of mine! Thanks Charlie! Until next week,
tight lines!
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