| 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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May 14, 2007; 06:42PM
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Category: Sportfishing Charters
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Name for Contacts: Roger Bligh
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Phone: 1.250.934.5530/1.866.934.5533
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City: Tahsis/Zeballos
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State: British Columbia
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Country: Canada
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Come Live the Adventure on the Spectacular west coast of Vancouver Island. Best guides.Great Boats.Majestic Lodge Location. Salmon, Halibut and rock fish abound from our location at the doorstep of the world famous Esperanza Inlet. Bring your camera: whales, sea otters, bald eagles, dolphins, marbled merlot and lots of other superb visual feasts of natural beauty.
newtoncovelodge.com
wildernessbc.com
fishingwithrogerbligh.com
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Ladies Only Fishing Photo Contest
$50 worth of free fishing tackle for the photo with the most votes. Contest open to Ladies only. Contest will begin when 8 or more contestants have entered at beginning of the following month.
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Mar 5, 2009; 05:22PM - Meat Stock Cube Chemical Lure
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Category: Fishing tips and tricks
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Author Name: Mike Cobb
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
MEAT STOCK CUBE CHEMICAL LURE
This started off by being an applied science project in school linked to fishing for predatory species. I am happy for anyone to try it out. It takes some preparation but is worth the experiment. You can use it for river, lake or sea fishing from a bank, beach, pier or boat. Use the strongest line you have for dragging. Have a camera to get evidence of your catch.
First get your meat stock cubes – the red varieties are the best imitation of the fluids that leak from wounded prey. They are much cheaper if bought in the large boxes and cost even less if you can get them put on someone else’s shopping list.
You also need a pair of tights or stockings so ask nicely – particularly if someone is wearing them at the time!
Cut the tights/stockings up into 10cm (4in) squares and put them onto a flat surface.
Take the foil wrapping off of each stock cube being careful not to crumble it and place one centrally onto each square of the tights/stockings.
Tie the four corners of the material together into a firm knot – a test of your dexterity – you may need to use bigger squares at first and trim them up afterwards.
Then tie a length of line inside the knot of each lure bag leaving plenty of spare to attach to the eye on your lure. Store your bags in a waterproof and crushproof container.
When you are ready to fish attach a bag to the eye of your lure making sure that you tie the knot so that a used bag can be easily removed from the eye but cannot slip off during movement underwater. A pair of fine scissors will useful to do the cutting during bag changing. Dispose of used bags and line responsibly please – not into the water or onto the site.
Keep safe – wear a lifejacket if you are fishing on or by deep water. Keep yourself warm and waterproof. Do not fish on your own – it is safer with others. Let someone know where you are going and have a means of contacting him or her.
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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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Country: USA
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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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Jun 11, 2008; 01:00PM - Puerto Los Cabos La Playita
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Gordo Banks Panga Report
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Gordo Banks Pangas
San Jose del Cabo
June 8, 2008
Anglers –
We are now a couple of weeks away from the official start of the summer season. Tourism continues to be in a slump due to the poor economy in United States. Complaints of super high airfares are rampant and with the skyrocketing fuel prices we expect there will not be a solution in the near future. Local weather patterns have been quite pleasant, mostly clear sunny skies, with highs near 90 degrees and lows averaging about 65 degrees. Oceans conditions have been relatively calm in the direction of the Sea of Cortez, this is where the majority of sportfishing fleets are now concentrated. Water temperatures have ranged from 74 to 78 degrees, clarity has fluctuated daily, but general consensus is that it has been favorable. Very extreme tide in recent days, close to a six foot tidal swing, this is about the extreme limit for this region, higher swells has been running as well, particularly on the Pacific side of Cabo San Lucas.
The striped marlin bite continues to be very strong, especially in the areas off of San Jose del Cabo to Desteladera. The only drawback has been the lack of larger baitfish, though there are large concentrations of bolito that have been encountered on the fishing grounds and they are being jigging up and used with good success as trolling baits. Plenty of mullet now schooling along the shorelines, but these never do make the best offshore baits, though when hungry enough the stripers will take them. The marlin which have been weighing in the 100 to 150 pound range have also readily been striking on live sardinas, which are now of very good size and have been found in over abundant quantities inside the Puerto Los Cabos marina. Larger gamefish could be seen feeding in the midst of the dark clouds of balled up baitfish right in the panga docking area. On one morning there was a monster sized snook that exploded through the bait ball and scattered the baitfish up on to the dry dock and even inside of some moored boats. Lots of smaller roosterfish, sierra and barracuda are now following this bait right inside of the marina.
The annual run of larger roosterfish that typically passes through this area during the first part of June has yet to develop. There are large numbers of juvenile sized roosterfish, but only a scattering of larger roosterfish are being encountered by anglers that have been trolling the inshore surf zone with live mullet, the preferred bait. Perhaps by next week we will have better reports in this department.
There has been a lack of pargo close to shore, so far only a handful of dogtooth or mullet snapper have been accounted for, perhaps they will be later this season as well. There are a mix of snapper species being found on the offshore banks, huachinango, yellow snapper and barred pargo. Striking on sardinas and yo-yo jigs. An occasional yellowtail, amberjack and cabrilla are also hitting the decks, some of them weighing over 30 pounds.
Not much to talk about for yellowfin tuna, on some days there are reports of fish seen feeding on the banks, but more often they are not striking, just an occasional tuna in the 10 to 30 pound class being accounted for, these fish were taken on either dead or live sardinas.
Early in the week there were some quality catches of dorado reported, this was when anglers found weed debris in the area of the Gordo Banks that were holding large numbers of do-dos, they were not monsters, but it was fast action for fish in the 10 to 20 pound range. Larger dorado were being found off of San Luis, this is where concentrations of bolito were schooling, one of the dorado favorite meals.
On Sunday, June 1 the annual Dorado Tournament was held out of La Playita. This year the event attracted some 35 teams, mostly pangas, but also a few cruisers. No huge numbers of fish, but at least fifteen respectable dorado were brought to scale by the 1:00 p.m. deadline. Gary Weis from Santa Monica was fishing with Gordo Banks Pangas skipper Chame Pino on the 22 ft. “Killer” and they accounted for the winning dorado, it weighed in at 45.5 pounds, caught on a bolito on the San Luis Bank.
In recent days there has been a early morning wahoo bite that has developed on the Inner Gordo Banks. Anglers with the normal arsenal of high speed wahoo lures have landed one or two ‘hoo at first light, weights have ranged from 25 to 50 pounds.
The combined panga fleets launching from La Playita / Puerto Los Cabos sent out approximately 76 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a fish count of: 8 wahoo,
38 striped marlin, 61 dorado, 11 yellowfin tuna, 205 roosterfish, 98 sierra, 8 yellowtail, 7 amberjack, 14 bonito, 204 various pargo species and 18 jack crevalle.
Good Fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson
Owner/Operator
800 4081199
Los Cabos 1421147
ericgordobanks@yahoo.com
www.gordobanks.com
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