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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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| Starfish don't have brains. Special cells on their skin gather information about their surroundings |
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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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| 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 Sep 22, 2025
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Jun 24, 2002; 11:25AM - Cabo San Lucas
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISHING REPORT FOR 17-23 JUNE, 2002
WEATHER: Well, it finally looks as if we may be returning to the summertime weather we were expecting so long ago. At the beginning of the week we were still having nighttime lows in the low 60’s, now they are in the mid 70’s. Daytime temperatures have moved up as well, into the low 90’s. We have had partly cloudy skies this week and on Saturday we had fog move in and the entire Pacific coast was socked in all morning. Still no rain though. Winds have finally laid down and we are just getting late afternoon breezes from the west or northwest. (Tahitian Skies)
WATER: On the 17th things were still the same as last week. On the 19th the wind stopped blowing all the time and the Pacific side got beautiful and flat. The warm water that was 40 miles to the west is moving back into range of most of the boats and is now appearing on top of the San Jaime Banks again. The water there is 73-74 degrees while the water between the Cape and the Bank is as cold as 62 degrees and very green. On the Sea of Cortez side the cold water now extends up the coast all the way to Los Frailles. It extends out as far as 40 miles to the east of Cabo but narrows to 10 miles out up on the East Cape. (There’ll Be Some Changes Made)
BAIT: Bait has been a mix of Caballito, Mackerel and Mullet, depending on which day of the
week you went out. Bait is still $2 each. (Poor Boy Blues)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: If you wanted Marlin this week you had to travel to the warm water. At the beginning of the week that meant a long run to and back with little left for fishing. As the week progressed the warm water moved closer and the Marlin catch rate went up. Pretty much all the fish this week came from the Pacific side past the Jaime Banks. We were still not looking at a lot of fish but as the warm water moves even closer things should pick up. Those fish that were found were mostly caught on live bait with about 20% on lures. (Just One Time)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Football fish between 8 and 20 pounds were found on top of the Jaime Banks and there were a few larger fish found among the Dolphin in the area. Best baits were 6 inch feathers and cedar plugs. Elsewhere there were few, if any, Yellowfin found. (Sweet Dreams)
DORADO: Fish of the week as the water got warmer. A few boats got very lucky and loaded up on nice 20-45 pound fish well to the west of the Jaime Banks mid week and there are more of them showing up on top of the banks now. There have been small mats of kelp floating through the area and the first boat to one of them does well. Tuna feathers and Marlin lures, they don’t really seem to care which they strike. It helped to have live bait because there were some good size fish caught while dropping a live bait past a hooked up fish and tossing one around the kelp.. (Yakety Axe)
WAHOO: I have heard reports of a few nice fish caught out at the Pacific temperature break but have seen none of them myself. There have been a few caught around the floating kelp also. Other than that, nada. (I’ll See You In My Dreams)
INSHORE: Sierra have been the main catch this week inshore as the cold water has driven most of the Roosterfish away. There have been a few Roosters caught up in the Margarita beach area on the Pacific but not heavy action. Live baits, either Mullet or small Caballito for the Roosters. The Sierra have been eating slow trolled (4 knots) 4” rapallas with the best colors being green/silver and orange/white. Slow trolled Mackerel have been bitten in halve on a regular basis so a trap hook has worked at times. There have been a few Yellowtail found while working the coast and a few people have targeted them using iron. These fish are running 12-15 pounds. The shore waters have been very cold but appear to be warming up a bit. (The Next Time I’m In Town)
NOTES: No predictions, just finger crossing here, but it looks as if the fishing is finally going to improve for us as the warm water gets closer. This weeks report written to the wonderful guitar sounds of the two masters, Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler on the 1990 Columbia CD “Neck and Neck”. If you like the guitar and haven’t heard this album, do yourself a favor and get it.
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Jun 17, 2002; 10:48AM - Cabo San Lucas
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR JUNE 10-16, 2002
WEATHER: Winter temperatures and September winds have been par for the course this week as our evening lows have been in the mid to low 60?s and daytime highs in the low to mid 80?s and the winds have been steady from the northwest at 12-18 knots. Partly cloudy skies have seemed to promise rain in the morning a few days but failed to deliver. This weather pattern has everyone here very confused. Do we have to go to Seattle to get warm? (Rio Ancho)
WATER: The steady winds have brought choppy but fishable conditions to the Pacific side of the Cape but the water there is still very cold compared to the Sea of Cortez. You had to get well past the San Jaime Banks in the Pacific to find water warmer than 70 degrees and the water close to home in that direction was in the low to mid 60?s for the most part. On the Sea of Cortez we had a band of warmer water extending from the coast out to a distance of about 7 miles where the temperatures ranged from 72 to 81 degrees with the warmer water further north and earlier in the week. This band of warm water had become thinner and the currents had extended it filament-like into the Pacific off of the tip of the Cape. Out past the 95 and 1150 spots the temperatures had dropped into the mid 60?s. As of Sunday night this warm band had disappeared and the only water over 71 degrees was on the Gorda Banks and not until you got past there by 10 miles did it get up past 75 degrees. (Entre dos aguas)
BAIT: Pretty much anything you wanted in the way of larger baits could be found this week with Mullet, Mackerel and Caballito going for the usual $2 per bait from the bait boats. I have no idea if there were any Sardinas available. (Samba pa? ti)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Early in the week the Marlin fishing was so poor as to be almost non-existent. There were fish to be found but it was hard to get anything to bite. An occasional boat had fantastic luck but I would have to say that the percentage of successful boats was around 10%, with 80% seeing fish. Most of the fish found were on the Sea of Cortez side up past the Gorda banks area but a few boats that were willing to go the distance and get beat up found fair results on the
Pacific, well to the west of the San Jaime Banks. It was not uncommon to see 20 tailing fish and have everyone of them refuse a live bait. As the week came to a conclusion the bite seemed to pick up a bit and the success rate climbed to around 30%, with the fish coming from the same areas. Best results were on live Mackerel with lures coming in second by a slim margin, and the lures in lighter colors seemed to do better than the dark ones. (Interludio)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Again, this has been a non-event this week with very few Yellowfin found. Every time I saw a Tuna flag I went to check it out and almost every time found that they were being flow because the boat had caught Skipjack and needed to fly some sort of flag for the client. The few Yellowfin that were caught were smaller fish in the 10-15 pound class and were found while trolling in the blind, mostly on the Pacific side. Dorado size feathers and smaller Marlin lures were what did hook the few Yellowfin caught. (Santa Cecilia)
DORADO: You had to get up past the Gorda Banks, into the warmer water to get a decent Dorado this week. A few were caught closer to home in the warm water band but the big boys were north. About 35% of the boats returned from a trip with a Dorado flag at the end of the week, well up from the earlier 15% posted at start. Close to home the average size was only 12 pounds while northward the average increased to 25 pounds. Most of the larger fish were caught on Marlin lures. (Amor Pecador)
WAHOO: I did hear reports of a few Wahoo caught and did see a few flags for these fish but no one could (or would?) give me any more information on them. My guess is blind strike fish while searching for Marlin at Gorda Banks. (Tu Nombre me Sabe a Yerba)
INSHORE: Never mind the Pacific side unless you wanted to try for Pargo. There was a two day bite this side of the lighthouse but it was not steady as the school moved around a lot. On the Sea of Cortez the Roosterfishing drew a lot of interest from anglers as many days that was the only action available. Roosters from 15 to 30 pounds were found outside of the Westin and off of La Laguna in San Jose and they would eat small Caballito and Mullet, but just terrorized Mackerel. Schools of cruising Jack Crevalle added a dose of excitement now and then. For variety toss in a small Dorado or two here and there. (La Lagrima)
NOTES: I still find it amazing that a boat can come in flying one flag, unload it?s clients, go fuel and return flying three flags. Must be excellent fishing on the way too and from the fuel dock!
Now as far as the fishing goes, there is not much I can say. We are all surprised at the water temperatures since earlier in the year we were expecting warm water to arrive much sooner than normal. Now it is later than usual. Go figure. About all that can be said is it can only get better!
This weeks report has been written to the wonderful music of my new neighbor, Paco Serrano. I loaned him a few CD?s last night and he lent me his newest release ?Amor Pecador? (Til the end
of time), recording studio: volumen zero, recording engineer: Alex Ornelas. Paco does all the instruments on this album and if you have listened to the music of Otmar Liebert (Nuevo Flamenco) I know you will like Paco?s sounds as well. Check him out at www.pacoserrano.com and enjoy.
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Jun 11, 2002; 03:22PM - Cabo San Lucas
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR JUNE 3-9, 2002
WEATHER: The repeatable word for the week is windy. All week long from the west, northwest and the north the wind has been a fairly consistent 12-16 knots with gusts to 20 at times. Daytime highs have been in the low 90?s and nighttime lows in the mid 60?s to low 70?s. No rain all week (of course). (One More Saturday Night)
WATER: The Pacific side of the Cape has been rough with swells to 6 feet and very choppy water. A strong current down the coast kept the water out to the San Jaime Banks cold and green throughout the week. On the west side of the Banks the water warmed up to 74 degrees and became blue. On the Sea of Cortez side the water remained green up to the area of Punta Gorda until Friday. A wide band of warm water has run up the coast from Punta Ballena to San Jose at the Gorda Banks and outside of this band the water has been in the high 60?s, in the band it has been around 72 degrees early in the week warming to 78 by Saturday and turning from green to blue as the week wore on. Much better surface conditions on the Sea of Cortez side until the wind switches to westerly. (Casey Jones)
BAIT: Caballito later in the week, Mackerel early in the week returning to Mackerel on Sunday, no Sardinas reported. Normal $2 each bait. (Sugar Magnolia)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Only a few Marlin were caught early in this week and I think most of the reason was the water color and surface conditions. Once you got out past the San Jaime the water was blue but very rough so not a lot of boats were willing to go there. Once in the area there were Marlin to be found but they were hard to hook up. Those that were caught showed a preference for live bait and as far as the lure choices went you had to pull straight runners and the preferred color was the Bleeding Mackerel. After Friday the bite started to turn on the Sea of Cortez with the return of the warm water and blue color. There was a very defined current break in the area that concentrated the fish, even if they were difficult to get to bite. Sizes of the fish ranged from 120 to 180 pounds. About 10% of the boats fishing this week found Marlin early in the week and by the weekend had gone up to about 30%. (Uncle John?s Band)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Again San Jaime Banks was the supplier of the Tuna caught at thebeginning of this week, at least the majority. There were small football fish (5-15 pounds) to be found at the beginning of the week in an area 16 miles south, but they were not associated with anything and were hard to find each day. San Jaime was consistent with the eastern drop providing most of the fish and they ranged from small footballs to fish in the 60 pound range. Dark lures and dark Marauders worked best this week for the Tuna that were caught. On the weekend we were finding the Yellowfin in the current line with the Striped Marlin on the Sea of Cortez, and again they were not associated with any Porpoise or Dolphin. Again, as with the Marlin, the success ratio was low at the beginning of the week, around 15% of the boats finding Yellowfin, but improved to about 25% by Sunday afternoon with some very nice 60-80 pound fish in the mix. (St. Steven)
DORADO: Slow fishing this week on all species and Dorado were no exception. With their preference being warm, blue water there was not a lot to attract them locally until the weekend. North of Punta Gorda and west of San Jaime produced fish but the local water conditions made it very ?iffy? within 20 miles of the Cape. The fish that were found were fairly nice in size, ranging from 20 to 45 pounds but only about 25% of the boats found any. Striped Marlin lures in bright colors worked well for the fish that were found. (The Golden Road)
WAHOO: Nope, sorry bout that! Got to have that right water temp, color and moon phase. (Mexicali Blues)
INSHORE: Cold green water shut down most of the inshore action until Friday. There were reports of schools of Pargo on the Pacific side but I saw none of the fish. Bonita, Jack Crevalle and Skipjack produced what action there was this week, with an occasional report of a Roosterfish or Dorado, most of this taking place on the Sea of Cortez, and spotty action at that. After Friday, the advance of the warmer blue water helped the bite pickup a bit, but it was still a ?right place, right time? crapshoot. (Friend Of The Devil)
NOTES: I sure hope this changes soon! We are keeping our eye on Tropical Storm ?Boris?, well to the south of us right now, it is expected to pass well to the southwest of our location and not bother us too much! Written to the music of the Grateful Dead on their 1974 release ?Skeletons From The Closet?, Warner Brothers.
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Dec 20, 2001; 06:34PM - Victors Sportfishing
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: webmaster
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I received a report from a friend fishing this last weekend in Los Cabos with Victors Sportfishing that the wahoo are on hold but are in the areas of Iman and San Luis banks. Gordo banks is holding tuna and dorado but this angler was targeting the wahoo to no avail. His buddies fished off the lighhouse at Cabo and caught 2 stripers to 125 lbs on their first adventure there! Not bad for beginners as they outfished the person who brought them down! Their total also included tuna and dorado for the 3 days fished. Good luck if you go!!!!!!!!!!
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