| 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. |
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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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Category: Sportfishing Charters
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Name for Contacts: Ralph Solano
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Phone: (506) 886-20214
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City: Santa Cruz
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State: Guanacaste
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Country: Costa Rica
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Ralph Solano - Kayak, boat and surfcasting fishing guide
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Location > Playa Potrero.
www.costaricawildfishing.com
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Kids Only 12 and under
$50 worth of free fishing tackle for the photo with the most votes. Contest open to Kids only 12 and under at time of catch. Contest ends October 1st, 2003. Good luck to all.
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Aug 9, 2023; 11:24PM - Interesting fish hook find
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Category: Fish Facts
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Author Name: Fish hooks
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
Was shark meat a part of the cuisine in ancient Israel over 6,000 years ago? Archaeologists
have recently uncovered a significant clue suggesting so. In the archaeological site of
Ashkelon, one of the oldest copper fishhooks was found, shedding light on the past. This
fishhook, originating from an agricultural village during the Chalcolithic period, is believed
to have played a role in community-wide deep-sea fishing expeditions.
Ashkelon, a city layered with history, was constructed atop an ancient seaport bearing the same
name. Its roots extend as far back as ancient Egypt, with previous findings unearthing
structures from the Byzantine and Roman eras. The discovered hook measures approximately 6.5
centimeters in length and 4 centimeters in width. This size indicates its capacity to capture
marine creatures, including sharks measuring between 2 and 3 meters, or large fish like tuna—
both commonly found in the Mediterranean Sea.
Considering the insights marine biologists possess about the deep-sea ecosystems in this
region, it's plausible that sharks were a prime target for these fishing endeavors. |
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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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Nov 25, 2013; 12:29AM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo November 24, 2013
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric Brictson
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
San Jose del Cabo
November 24, 2013
Anglers –
As we enter Thanksgiving Holiday week we are seeing a steady flow of
tourists arriving, it has been a busy fall season, next week is typically
when crowds will lighten, as many people will start preparing the Christmas
Holiday season. Los Cabos weather has been pristine, highs of 80 degrees,
with lows in the 60s, scattered cloud cover, but plenty of sunshine as
well, very nice climate now, how you wish you could feel and enjoy year
round. Winds are now prevalent from the north, though recently have been
moderate and anglers were enjoying comfortable ocean conditions most days.
Sportfishing fleets were traveling in all directions, targeting the normal
offshore fishing grounds, finding a mix of billfish, striped marlin, blue
marlin and sailfish were all reported, with multiple billfish days reported
from charters targeting the Pacific grounds. Water temperature are now on a
cooling trend, down to 75 degrees on the Pacific and still averaging right
about 80 degrees off of San Jose del Cabo and north towards Los Frailes.
Bait suppliers have been working overtime to obtain sufficient supplies and
variety for the full load of charters. Sardinas were being hauled in from
northern areas and were being sold by the bag, as brined fresh dead bait,
also there were limited supplies of live sardinas just in recent days being
offered. These baits have been working well for the for yellowfin tuna on
the grounds off of La Fortuna and the Iman Bank, combined with strips of
giant squid, also available at the dock in the morning, along with ballyhoo
and caballito. Drift fishing while chumming and fly lining baits has been
the most successful technique for finding yellowfin tuna in the 10 to 20
pound class, catches were a bit sporadic, some days fish would bite late
and on others the action was best early. Light leaders of 25/30 lb. worked
best. Catches ranged from a 2 or 3, up to 15 fish per boat. After last
week’s new local record 386 lb. yellowfin was brought in, the action for
the larger cow tuna on the Gordo Banks has been almost zero, surely a
combination of factors are contributing to the slower action, cooling
waters, heavy boat pressure, from pangas to large sportfishers, hungry sea
lions, dive operations anchoring on high spot and ever increasing numbers
of spear fishermen also concentrating on these same banks, this combined
with the fact that we have just not seen as many numbers of these giant
tuna this season.
Last weekend Wahoo Tournament out of La Playita was a success, a 54 lb.
specimen won jackpot honors. This weekend there is a new inaugural
tournament being held, Los Cabos Big Game. Anglers renting a charter boat
can enter free of charge, with $25 K in prize money guarantee, sounds like
a great deal. Anglers can enter one or both dates, participating charters
can depart from Cabos San Lucas, Puerto Los Cabos or Buena Vista. Will be
interesting to see how this goes, maybe next year with further advance
notice in order to promote increased interest, this could be a popular
format, with free entry, it is a no loose proposition, though the 7:30 a.m.
departure time was not to the liking of anglers wishing to target the ever
elusive wahoo.
Other action included drifting larger baits off the bottom structure for a
chance at hooking into a grouper or amberjack, though numbers were not
high, there were some impressive fish accounted for, amberjack to 40 lb.
and grouper to 70 lb. Inshore this past week we have seen more sierra
moving in, striking on trolled hoochies, as well as sardinas. A couple very
nice sized sierra of 8 to 9 lb. were brought in.
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 180 charters for this past week, with anglers
accounting for a fish count of: 9 striped marlin, 6 sailfish, 55 wahoo, 125
bonito, 6 roosterfish, 15 cabrilla, 8 grouper, 32 sierra, 170 dorado and
410 yellowfin tuna.
Good fishing, Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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