| 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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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
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2007 best fishing photo contest
A free tackle package to the photo with the most votes sponsored by
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Apr 16, 2006; 08:39PM - Flashing stick baits for pike.
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Category: Fishing tips and tricks
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Author Name: Kasow
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
When fishing for aggressive or active pike try using shallow running stick bait and retrieve the lure until it is about 10-15 feet away from the boat/pier. Then give it a jerk. The lure will create a bright flash that triggers the pike to bite. This technique works best in clear to mildly clear or stained water. You can try this for bass too. |
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Dec 9, 2007; 09:35PM - Custom Fit Boat Cover
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Price: Varies
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Name for Contacts: Elite Outdoors
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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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Sharkskin color chart...also, available in Sunbrella |
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Feb 5, 2007; 10:55AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
January 29-Febuary 4, 2007
WEATHER: We had a couple of days of cloudy skies early in the week but everything cleared up nicely later on. February 3rd brought a brief one-day change in the wind as it blew up from the east instead of the normal northwest direction and that caused a few complications but it was only a one-day blow. Our daytime highs were in the high 70’s and the nighttime lows in the mid to low 50’s.
WATER: Surface conditions were great almost everywhere and all week long with the exception of choppy water on the Cortez side on Saturday when the wind switched and far out on the Pacific for the rest of the week with the normal northwesterly wind. Even then, it was not bad, just a bit bouncy. On Saturday the water off of Solmar beach and to the lighthouse was mixed up, the normal current down the Pacific coast was countered by the easterly wind and that made things bouncy in there as well. At the end of the week the water on the Pacific side ranged from 67 to 70 degrees while on the Cortez side there was a band of warm water running across the Gorda Banks and to the south across the 1150 area. This water was 72 degrees and fairly blue while right in front of town and up around the inside of the Golden Gate Bank on the Pacific the water was a very ugly green.
BAIT: Just like last week, there were Mackerel at $2 per bait and there were occasional Sardinas available up at San Jose if you were there early and they were the normal $20 per scoop. There were a few Caballito in with the mackerel but there were no large numbers of them.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There were still some Marlin being found on the Golden Gate bank but not in the numbers of the past weeks. The green water moved the bait out and the fish scattered a bit. There were still Striped Marlin being caught off of the lighthouse but it seems that most of them have moved over into the Sea of Cortez. This time of year they start to spend quite a bit of time on the surface and that is beginning now. It has been much easier to spot them as they tail along down swell but sometimes it can be very frustrating to toss live bait after live bait at them and have them refuse every offering. Top boats are coming in with three or four Marlin flags this past week instead of the 6 or 8 we became used to a few weeks ago, but the fishing style is changing as well.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were occasional schools of Yellowfin found offshore on both sides of the Cape this past week as well as directly south, but they have been a long way out there, 20 miles. Closer to home there has been a steady if not hot bite on fish averaging 25 pounds at the Gorda Banks. Anglers using live Sardinas had the best and most consistent results on these fish, but bigger fish are there as well. Using chunk baits on flouro-carbon leader anglers got into an occasional fish to 120 pounds.
DORADO: Dorado remained the number two fish this week as the cooler water continued to move in. Finding blue water was the key this past week and that meant going a bit farther offshore on the Pacific side. A few boats were able to score well on fish averaging 15 pounds when they found floating debris such as tree limbs and chunks of wood, but on average boats were scoring one or two fish between 8 and 20 pounds while trolling lures.
WAHOO: The full moon resulted in a few Wahoo being caught and a few boats actually caught more than one. I saw four flags on one boat and it was reported to me that when the anglers were asked if the flags were for Wahoo or for Sierra they assured the questioner that the were for Wahoo. On the radio I overheard a few conversations about hooks being bitten off and lures being trashed. It seems that most of the fish were being found on the Cortez side of the Cape and mostly close to shore and around the Gorda Banks and Punta Gorda.
INSHORE: The Sierra are beginning to show up in large numbers as the water continues to cool. They were in the blue water, not the green, and they were very close to the beach, almost up in the surf line for the most part. The average size is only 4-5 pounds, but that will increase over time. There were a few areas in the rocks that produced Pargo this week.
NOTES: Larry Carlton on his self-produced album “Sleepwalk” was my choice in music for writing this report to. I have had it for a long time and had forgotten just how much I enjoy his guitar style. It’s Super Bowl Sunday and I have a trip from 9-3 today. I guess that the boat will just have to wait until tomorrow to get cleaned well inside! I don’t really care who wins this game as long as it is a close one and our numbers come up on the board. We are starting plans to re-do the kitchen at home, bring down my Jeep and perhaps take a week vacation sometime this summer. Busy, busy, busy! Until next week, tight lines!
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