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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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| About a third of male fish in British rivers are changing sex due to pollution, |
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| Fishing is an ancient practice that dates back to at least the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic period about 40,000 years ago. Isotopic analysis of the remains of Tianyuan man, a 40,000-year-old modern human from eastern Asia, has shown that he regularly consumed freshwater fish. |
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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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| Whats in a name you ask? |
| If we’re going to be strict about it, jellyfish and starfish are not really fish because they don’t have a backbone. As a correction, many public aquariums are now using the terms “sea jellies” and “sea stars”. |
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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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| 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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Dec 27, 2009; 11:38PM
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Category: Looking for
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Name for Contacts: Annette Bowman
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Phone: 828-322-7176
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City: Hickory
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State: NC
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Country: USA
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Looking for the Excalibur (Bill Dance signature series) Fat Free Fry in Crawfish. The lure is 2' long and the body is practicly see thru (with the exception for where the crawfish design and color has been airbrushed) I would like to purchase as many as you have. I will take old, new, it doesn't matter. This is all my boyfriend fishes with and he is almost out of these.
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Jan 2003 Best Photo
$50 worth of fishing equipment for the photo with the most votes by January 31st, 2003
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Jan 5, 2004; 10:17PM - Spanish Mackerel Tricks
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Category: Fishing tips and tricks
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Author Name: Tony
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
I love fishing for Spanish mackerel, so I do it often. When I shove off to go fishing, I often stumble upon a very large school of mackerel, but sometimes they all don't want to feed and reject anything you throw at them. When this happenes, a good trick to get them to bite is to get them exited so they just want to catch what the think is a little fish just for the fun of it. To do this you would want to swich immediately to anywhere from a 1/4oz to a 1/2oz kastmaser-(like a spoon but a lot better). I make a long cast to where the fish are and as soon as that lure hits the water I begin to reel in just fast enough to get the kastmaser poping out of the water kinda like a fleeing baitfish. After it jumps out of the water a couple times keep it fast just below the surface. Do this at least 4 times during your retrieve and pretty soon you will have dozens of mackerel chasing your lure just for the sport of it until the lure bites back and then you get to have all the fun. |
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Tip&Trick Description 2:
When you get those swarms of mackerel chasing the your line, sometimes your lure will come to the boat a little early and the fish will ignore the katmaster and just swim away. To prevent this you want to go to the opposite end of the boat, make your cast, and then maneuver the lure so it will swim parallel to the boat, instead of directly at it, taking the mackerel with it. You will be catching mackerel right at the side of the boat. |
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Tip&Trick Description 3:
These techniques have worked for me many times and gotten me coolers full of fish and I hope they work for you, too. Good fishing till next time. |
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Dec 9, 2007; 09:35PM - Custom Fit Boat Cover
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Category: [other]
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Price: Varies
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Name for Contacts: Elite Outdoors
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State: MO
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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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Oct 31, 2005; 10:44AM - 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
Oct. 24-30, 2005
WEATHER: We had sunny skies all week long with just a few scattered high clouds. Our day time highs were in the low 90s and our night time lows in the low 70s, just about as perfect weather as you can ask for.
WATER: On the Pacific side of the Cape the water at the beginning of the week was pretty rough and choppy with swells at 3-5 feet and a strong NNW wind blowing starting in the mid afternoon and lasting until early morning. At the end of the week the wind had shifted a bit and tapered off so things got a lot better. I was fishing on the Golden Gate on Saturday and it was very nice, small swells and no chop at all. When we came around the lighthouse on the way home the wind was from the east and things chopped up a bit, but it was still not bad. On the Cortez side of the Cape conditions were great all week, even out to the Cabrillo Seamount. There was a small 2-3 foot swell with almost no wind until you got far enough north for the effect of the breeze around the east cape to hit you and even then it was very light. The Cortez side has cleaned up quite a bit and the blue water has moved in to within a couple of miles of shore, and the water temperature has been 80-82 degrees with a few spots at 83 degrees. The Pacific had a lot more green water as there has been a strong southward current pushing the warm water back toward us and has started collapsing the very defined vortex we had early in the week, with alternating bands of warm-cold and green-blue water centered around the Golden Gate bank. As it has moved south, it has also moved a bit toward the east, and caused a very defined blue water band just off the coast that extended out for 6 miles.
BAIT: It was tournament week so of course the price of bait went up. As an example, I paid $40 a day for three or four Caballito and a scoop of Sardines and felt lucky to get those. Oh well, the bait guys deserve to make money this time of year just like everyone else.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Since we just completed the 25th anniversary of the Bisbee Black and Blue tournament with over 180 boats fishing three days for Marlin, the catch report should give you a good idea! On the first day almost all the boats except for about a dozen fished the Cortez side. The largest fish of the day was caught just past the 95 spot on a rootbeer-petrelero colored lure, was a #581 Black Marlin and took home $504K in the daily jackpots. One other qualifying fish was weighed, a #321 Black caught on live bait at the outer Gorda Bank and took home $378K. There were approximately 100 Striped Marlin, Sailfish and a few small Blue and Black Marlin released. On the second day only one qualifying fish was brought in, a #381 Blue Marlin that was caught on a Petrelero colored lure up around Punta Gorda and was worth $881K in the daily jackpots. There was also a #304 Yellowfin Tuna weighed by a boat that was not in the tournament but just wanted to get an official weight on the fish (pay attention for those of you in the Tuna tournament this coming week!). On the second day there were approximately 140 Striped Marlin, Sailfish and small Blue and Black Marlin released. On the third day there was only one qualifying fish weighed in, a #319 Blue Marlin and that fish brought in $378K while the rest of the daily jackpot rolled over to the fish caught the day before, another $504K to add to the $881K. There were about 1oo reported releases on the third day. Over all, 4 qualifying fish weighed, 4 underweight fish weighed and about 350 fish reported released for an average of .66 fish per team per day. My team had no fish on the first day as we fished the Pacific side, on the second day we fished around the 1150 spot and had one Striped Marlin and one Sailfish released (with one other Striped Marlin to the boat but we were not able to get a picture of it quickly enough). On the third day we went back to the same area and released two Striped Marlin and at 17 minutes before lines out hooked up a Blue Marlin that we ended up releasing as it was only about #225-#230.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: It was extremely slow for Yellowfin this week as the only large fish I know of was the one weighed in during the Bisbee. I dont have any details on that fish, as I was pretty busy at the time. There were almost no porpoise found on either the Pacific side or the Sea of Cortez. The Yellowfin that were caught were caught while making bait during the morning prior to the start of the Marlin tournament, and these fish were about 8-10 pounds and caught on Sardines close to shore. Lets keep our fingers crossed that things get better for the tournament this coming week!
DORADO: No change in the Dorado report this week. Most of the Dorado action came from the Pacific side and while there were a few fish in close to home, from the arch to the lighthouse, most of them were found much farther north, around the inside of the Golden Gate Bank. There were also scattered fish found along the warm side of the temperature break. Average sizes were 15-25 pounds with a few hitting 30 pounds. Bright colored lures worked well on them and it seemed that the dorado color was a favorite!
WAHOO: Repeat: I saw very few Wahoo this week so have nothing to report on them.
INSHORE: Repeat: Almost all the inshore Panga action was on the small Yellowfin, Bonita and Skipjack along the Sea of Cortez coast.
NOTES: All right, the Bisbee Black and Blue is over and now we are gearing up for the Tuna Tournament. I am fishing this one as well and will give you information on the results on the next report! Until then, Tight Lines!
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