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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 do not have blood. Their blood is actually filtered sea water. |
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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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| 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 Apr 24, 2024
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Aug 5, 2004; 05:19PM - Hawaii Freshwater
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Category: Hawaii
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Author Name: Stan Wright
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Peacock bass action has slowed a little. We're still seeing some big spawners, but not like a few months ago. When the big tukes are guarding their schools of babies, they are hard to trick into biting. Action on the one and two pounders and some schooling fish chasing shad is picking up.
Lots of Red Devils. They can be very aggressive and will take small lures and nympth & streamer flies. Really fun on light tackle. The other day we stopped counting at 100. The kids had a ball.
Lots of summer rain in Hawaii, and the water level is up and down from week to week making the fish move all around. But when you finally find them it's worth the effort.
Aloha,
Stan
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Apr 20, 2004; 09:28AM - Kauai
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Category: Hawaii
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Author Name: Val McDannel
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I chartered “Kai Bear” to take me fishing on the 20th of March 2004. The cost was $110 for 4 hours. There were 4 other fishermen on board. Prior to going out I had specifically asked if we would be allowed to keep the fish. I was told that they would split up “some” of the fish for all the fishermen to enjoy. (The fish belong to the charter in Hawaii) One of my desires was to catch and eat some of the fish we caught. Well the fishing was pretty slow. About 3 hours into the trip we had a double strike. 2 fish on at once. (We were using 5 poles) There was a line up that dictated which pole and which fisherman would haul in the catch. Well anyway the first gal got to bring in an Ahi, (tuna) and the second girl in line was feeling seasick, so the rod defaulted to me. When I was able to get the fish in it turned out to be a 25 to 30 lb Mahi Mahi. (Dolphin fish, not the mammal) It was a fight I will remember for a long time.
So when we got back to the dock, I was ready to take some of the Mahi Mahi home to my family for a fresh fish dinner. I was told that the Ahi would be split up among the fisherman but that the Mahi Mahi was going to market. Needles to say I was furious. I had just spent $110 to see my fish kept. (Side note, Ahi is typically eaten raw, as in sushi. I am not into sushi.) Prior to this happening I was planning on coming back on Monday with my daughter for a 6 hour trip, approx $350 to the charter. After the episode with them keeping the prime fish I decided I didn’t need to spend that kind on money to let them keep the catch.
Now let me elaborate, if we had caught 6 Mahi Mahi, and they wanted 4 of them to sell, I would have had no problem with that. We would have been eating fresh fish. But when there was only 1 caught that I wanted to eat, (not into sushi) I was taken aback. We were scheduled to remain on the island for another week, and there were 8 of us. None of the fish would have been wasted.
So I learned a valuable lesson from this. Make sure the boat will share the fish with you BEFORE you pay your money. Get the specific details as to which fish you will be allowed to keep. I would not recommend Kai Bear to anyone wanting to keep some fish. I would recommend Hana Pa’a, if their boat is running. (They had some engine trouble at the time I wanted to go out.
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Apr 13, 2004; 07:28PM - Peacock Bass turn Aggressive
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Category: Hawaii
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Author Name: Stan Wright
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The peacock bass have finally started to get aggressive. I don't know if it's the water Temp (78), or the water is starting to clear up, or if they are in a pre-spawn mode. What ever it is, the 3 to 6 pound fish are chasing almost any lure or fly tossed close to them. The white, 4 inch Senko drew lots of strikes. A chartruse streamer fly seemed to be a favorite. What ever the reason, the fishing sure got better this last week.
Aloha,
Stan
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Mar 23, 2004; 10:12PM - Big Peacock Bass
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Category: Hawaii
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Author Name: Stan Wright
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The big peacock bass, the 6 to 8 pounders have moved into the shallow waters of Lake Wilson. The males have a big hump on their head and bright orange fins. Makes them easy to spot. Problem is the cold fronts comming through the islands about every 10 days has kept the water temp around 69 degrees. Not exactly what these 'tropical' fish enjoy. It's so bad you have to poke the red devils with your rod tip to get them to move. If this rain would stop and the sun would get the water temp up to the magic 78 degrees. Look out!
We are catching some large mouth on spinner baits and deep diving crank baits. But the rain, cold water, and 25 mph north wind makes for some hard fishing conditions..... Come on sunshine!!!
Aloha,
Stan
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