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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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| Starfish can re-grow their arms. In fact, a single arm can regenerate a whole body. |
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| Not all animals with the word fish in their names count as fish. |
| Though their names may suggest otherwise, cuttlefish, starfish, and jellyfish aren’t actually fish. Generally-speaking, fishes must have skulls, gills, and fins. Surprisingly, though, not all fishes have proper spines. |
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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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| 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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| A bit of Humor |
| My brother has 2 German Shepherds named Rolex and Timex. You guessed it they are Watch Dogs. |
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From Jan 01, 1999 To May 02, 2024
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5 Jan 2011 - Action till the end
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Endless Season Update January 2, 2011
REPORT #1239 'Below the Border'
Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
After a week of great weather, with
clear days and low-80's midday, the
north wind fired back up on New Year's
morning.
Pressure was light all week with just a
handful of boats getting out each day.
Those that did make it out were rewarded
with some nice-sized dorado outside of
Punta Pescadero, a few very respectable
thirty-pounders included. There are
still a few billfish but the water temps
continue to plunge.
Inshore, remarkably there are still some
leftover roosters from one of the most
productive rooster seasons ever
recorded. Slowly, however, they are
being replaced with sierra and jacks, as
well as good sized pargo and grouper.
Current East Cape Weather
http://tiny.cc/EastCapeWeather303
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
New Year's brought cooler weather and
water temps to the entire area. Partying
seemed to be more important to most with
few interested in braving the cold to go
out into the Pacific to find the white
sea bass or grouper.
Same thing inside the bay; the
transition for most locals now is to
focus on whale watching to satisfy the
impending horde of tourists seeking
their own close encounter with one...…
Bob Hoyt
Current Magdalena Bay Weather
http://tiny.cc/MagBayWeather150
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The terafin.com satellite photos show
the blue water moving out and away from
Zihuatanejo Bay to the north to about
the 15 mile mark. But, on a 200º to 180º
heading to the south, it is still within
six miles from the lighthouse.
And, the fishing has been excellent. We
are coming out of the full moon period,
and going into our most productive blue
water time of the year for sailfish…
January.
Each boat is averaging about three
sailfish a day released in the blue
water. High boat in the fleet this week
was Martin on the cruiser Gaviota with
nine sailfish releases.
But, the biggest surprise is that the
roosterfish have come back. Actually, I
don’t think they came back, as our local
fish headed south for warmer water in
early November, but we are getting a
great showing of a southerly migration
from parts unknown to the north of us.
Adolfo, on the panga Dos Hermanos went
1½ hours north on Tuesday and raised 28
roosters, hooking and releasing 10. He
was using surface poppers and slow-
trolled live bait. Per Adolfo, they
varied from “fairly small to medium to
large”. Cheva, on the panga Dos Hermanos
II, worked the areas to the south to the
antennas and below, doing well on three
roosters and lots of large jack
crevalle.
Jose Pino, in Puerto Vicente Guerrero,
where I am going tomorrow, told me there
are lots of roosters and jacks.
Hopefully, we will get into some of the
action.
Ed Kunze …Ed Kunze
Current Zihuatanejo Weather
http://tiny.cc/zihuatanejo582
Cabo San Lucas
This past week was probably the slowest
for striped marlin that I have seen in
some time. There were fish out there,
but for some reason, perhaps the cold
water, they did not want to bite. A few
boats were able to get a released fish
or two, but they were few and far
between. For the most part, seeing the
fish was the best anglers were able to
do. Most of the fish were seen in the
cold water on the Pacific side, or just
along the temperature break on the east
side of the cold water plume.
Yellowfin tuna fishing continues to be a
hit-or-miss proposition as the fish
moved a lot. The most consistent action
was close to shore between the Palmilla
resort and the Inman Bank for boats that
slow-trolled live bait or chummed with
sardina. Catching two or three fish to
35 pounds was not unheard of but most of
the fish were slightly smaller.
Offshore, finding the white-bellied
porpoise was key, as there were very few
fish found that were not associated with
them. If you were one of the first
boats to the porpoise you had a decent
chance of getting bit on fish to 70
pounds (most of them much smaller), if
the porpoise held fish, and many did
not. One of the largest groups of
porpoise we have seen in a very long
time showed up mid-week 30 miles to the
south. There were porpoise to the
horizon, and a mix of yellowfin with
them, bigger fish in one spot, smaller
fish in another.
We are almost ready to hang it up as far
as trying to target dorado this new
year. There are still fish out there as
many boats have shown this week, but
there are no consistent concentrations
to be found. A few boats came in with
great catches this week, some with four
of five fish to 30 pounds, some with
just a couple, but most of the boats did
not get any at all.
Sierra were found by pangas working the
beach on the Pacific side up around
Migraino. These fish were not large but
they were there in large numbers. Many
shore fishermen got into these fish as
well! In other areas a few amberjack as
well as a few yellowtail provided
action, and just off the beach some very
nice-sized jack crevalle (to 35 pounds)
and bonito provided excitement. .…
George and Mary Landrum
Current Cabo Weather
http://tiny.cc/cabo191
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