| 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 3, 2009; 11:36PM
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Category: Looking for
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Name for Contacts: JEFF TALLEY
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Phone: 205-369-9689
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City: MOODY
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State: AL.
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Country: USA
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I HAVE FOUND A TYPE OF MINNOW BUCKET AND I'M WONDERING WHAT IT'S WORTH. IT IS MADE OF A PAPER COMPOSITE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, IT HAS 'J. C. HIGGINS SEARS ROEBUCK CO. INSCRIBED ON IT. IT IS IN FAIRLY GOOD CONDITION.I HAVE LOOKED ON THE COMPUTER FOR IT AND CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING FROM THE 40'S OR 50'S ON IT SO I'M THINKING IT IS OLDER THAN THAT. IF SOMEONE HAS ANY INFO. PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL ME.
THANKS,
JEFF
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Aug 12, 2003; 10:50AM - Jiggin' It
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Category: Freshwater Bass Fishing Tips
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Author Name: Steven Narup
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
Jigs come in all sorts of shapes, colors, sizes, and even skirt materials. There are a bunch of different ways to fish them as well. However, to be able to catch them when the fishing is tough, you have to be very versatile. In this article, I will go through different ways of fishing jigs and I will begin to get you acquainted with this wonderful lure called a jig, in this little guide called “Jiggin’ It”.
Let me first give you a little bit of “background” about jigs. Jigs come made with many different kinds of materials. Just to name a few hair, tinsel and silicone. However, in this guide we will mostly be talking about silicone jigs. Silicone jigs are much easier too fish. Being that when they get wet, they become waterproof making them easier to slide through thick vegetation. To help aid the jig going through the thick milfoil some people use scent.
Jigs come in many different shapes and size, they even come with different shaped heads for different types of applications. They come made with a flipping, swimming, and even a stand-up type head. They also come in an array of different weight heads.
Jigs even come in countless colors and even different shades. It is best that when you first start out fishing a jig you should stick to basic colors. Some of the basic jig colors would include brown and orange, moss green and even black and blue.
When selecting a jig by its size you want to use as less weight as possible. Using less weight will give the jig a more realistic action and presentation. You also need less weight because bass will normally hit the jig when it is on the fall, and using less weight will help the jig fall slower. While we are talking about fall rate lets talk a little about jig trailers. Plastic trailers work great for cooler water, when the fish are more active. Jigs with pork are a deadly combination when the water temperature drops below 60. When you pick a trailer, you should keep in mind to match the trailer color to the color of the jigs skirt.
Now lets get into how to fish a jig. There are many different ways to fish them. One of the more popular ways to fish them is to do a hop and swim type retrieve. When you do this, you should make a long cast and then let the jig rest on the bottom for a few seconds, and then slowly lift your rod tip and let the jig fall back to the bottom. Then after a few hops you swim the jig a few feet, then begin to hop the jig again. This hop and swim method has produced greatly for many people all throughout the country.
Another way to fish a jig is to just hop the jig on the bottom or even drag it. However, one of the deadliest ways to fish a jig is to swim it close to the bottom or above a weed line. A seven-foot heavy action rod will give the jig enough action to entice big bass, be sure to pick a rod with a soft tip and enough backbone to horse the big boys out of the thick stuff.
The last technique I am going to cover is flipping and pitching. To do this you should flip the jig into weed pockets or into shoreline cover. When you do this, a good choice is a seven and a half foot heavy action rod and thirty-five pound monofilament. The heavy action rod will be stout enough to pull a five pound bass out the roughest spots you can flip your jig into.
This is just a little guide on how to fish a jig. If you experiment with different ways to fish them and you find out which technique the bass wants, you will have a killer day out on the water!
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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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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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Jul 12, 2004; 10:33AM - 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 JULY 5 to JULY 11, 2004
WEATHER: Highs in the high 90’s with humid air, night time lows in the high 70’s. Thank goodness for air conditioning! There have been light winds during the morning hours while at sea, but almost no breeze in the morning here in town. In the afternoons and early evening it has picked up a bit and cooled things off. Slight cloud cover at the beginning and the end of the week and some good, dense clouds in the middle, and these clouds dropped some rain to the north of us, but none here.
WATER: High water temperature was 85 degrees on the Sea of Cortez and the low was around 74 on the Pacific side. Straight south 15 miles we saw water temperatures in the middle. The surface conditions were good almost all week on the Cortez side of the Cape and on the Pacific they only got rough during the middle of the week when the cloud cover and wind moved in.
BAIT: The usual Caballito at $2 each, some Mullet but not much else.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Ok, the bite is still good but not as red hot as last wee, but the variety is improving. There were trips where both Blue Marlin and Striped Marlin were caught, some where a Striped Marlin and a Sailfish were caught, or a Blue Marlin and a Sailfish, and at least one boat came in flying flags for all three! The bite has moved to the south of the Cape and there seems to be a preference for lures right now, and live bait dropped back in the pattern just gets picked at, not really eaten. Darker colors worked the best but the Bleeding Mackerel still got a lot of strikes.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Not a lot of changes on the Tuna bite, there have been a lot of footballs found as well as fish in the 20-25 pound class, and most of them have been in Porpoise pods. The best area has been to the south of the Cape 20 miles and to the south side of the San Jaime Banks. I did talk with one boat that went and worked the Golden Gate Bank and did well on fish from 20-40 pounds, but there were no other boats around at the time, and they did not find the fish on the next day’s trip to the same area. Small feathers in bright colors did well, as did cedar plugs.
DORADO: The Dorado bite keeps getting better and the bite moved on up into the Pacific this week with great action being found up in the Migranios area and the beach off of Margarite. The fish have not been large, averaging 12 pounds, but there have been plenty of them, and there has been the occasional beast mixed in. The larger fish have been farther offshore, and have been much more scattered. Slow trolled live bait under working Frigate Birds has provided a lot of action as has trolling medium sized bright lures.
WAHOO: A decent Wahoo bite this week with a few boats getting doubles on fish averaging 30 pounds. Most boats of course never had a Wahoo strike but that is the way it often goes with these fish. The favorite lure seemed to be anything in either Bleeding Mackerel or Bleeding Dorado run either very short (second wake) or very long (back on #8 or #9).
INSHORE: Most of the boats were working a bit farther offshore than usual due to the number of Dorado to be found, and those working for the normal; inshore fish were a bit disappointed. There were some Roosterfish caught as well as Jack Crevalle, but not in the numbers to be expected this time of year.
NOTES: Well George finally left on his trip north yesterday and he wrote this report Saturday morning just before he left. So if you are in San Diego, say hi to him when he passes by.
Cheaptickets.com has a deal from LAX this week. $180 roundtrip plus the taxes. Finally!
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