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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 21, 2025
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13 Jun 2013 - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo June 11, 2013
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
San Jose del Cabo
June 11, 2013
Anglers –
Late spring crowds of tourists are relatively light, as many families are busy
preparing for school graduation events and in planning stages for their summer
activities. Ideal time to travel to Southern Baja, weather is not too warm yet,
highs near 90 degrees and Pacific breezes have kept conditions comfortable. Southern
swells are now steady and are attracting surfers from around the world. Ocean water
temperatures are on the rise, now ranging from the mid to upper 70s throughout the
zone, from Cabo San Lucas to north of Los Frailes. There were some unpredictable
shifting winds on some days, but for the most part anglers found very comfortable
offshore conditions. Most of charters fleets are concentrating efforts in the
direction of warmer currents, the water temperatures on the Pacific Banks remain in
the 60s.
There are more mullet moving along inshore stretches, but not in massive schools as
we have seen in past seasons, most common baitfish available through the commercial
bait suppliers were caballito, being found in the marina area, with some moonfish,
jurelito and mullet mixed in. Ballyhoo are being sold by suppliers, they were good
offshore baits to rig for striped marlin or dorado.
Striped marlin action has been found scattered all throughout the zone, most of the
time from 5 to 20 miles from shore, the stripers were striking on lures and various
baits. No huge numbers, but some charters were accounting for multiple fish days. On
the Gordo Banks and other high spots, anglers were able to find bolito and skipjack,
trolling small hoochies early in the morning was the best chance, these preferred
baitfish were working well for surface trolling. Dorado are being encountered in
limited numbers, scattered throughout offshore grounds, there were isolated reports
of finding larger concentrations of dorado associated with floating debris, but
other than that most charters did well to find just one dorado. This is the season
when we typically see a greater percentage of large sized dorado and recently there
have been a few nice bulls to 35 pounds accounted for.
Only an occasional report of any yellowfin tuna action, mostly smaller sized, found
while trolling on the normal offshore marlin grounds. With the ocean conditions
shaping up how they are, we do expect to hear more reports of tuna activity. Same
story for wahoo, only a handful of these elusive speedsters were being reported,
though you never know, these fish do really prefer ocean currents that average in
the upper 70s, we are nearing that now, so anything could happen if anglers are at
the right sport at the correct time.
Roosterfish action remained steady inshore, every day we are hearing of fish in the
40 pound or larger class being hooked into while slow trolled just outside of the
surf zone. The season started early for these prized fighting gamefish and is still
going strong. Despite locals enjoy capturing and eating these jacks, these fish have
dark red meat, can grow to 100 pounds, they are not known for eating quality, but
rather for their aggressive surface strikes, unpredictable acrobatics and powerful
runs, anglers need to take the future protection of this species into their own
hands and practice the sport of catch and release.
Same story should be mentioned for striped marlin, this so called protected gamefish
species is being blatantly exploited, sold commercially as though there are not even
any laws against this illegal black market business. Whatever the problem, lack of
official personnel or particular priorities, lead to this sad situation, while costs
of local fishing licenses have reached inflated rates, certainly there should be
funds to enforce existing regulations. Further thoughts also have to go in the
direction of why authorities continue to allow commercial inshore gill netting to be
practiced, this form of fishing does irreversible damage to this fragile fishery,
something has to be done to abolish these gillnets before they completely destroy
this unique and diverse World Class fishery.
This is now the season when dogtooth snapper, pargo colorado, amberjack, pompano,
leopard grouper and other species follow baitfish schools close to shore and this
action had showed great early season promise, but with recent sightings of expanses
of set gill nets, this has coincided with a sharp drop off on inshore action for
anglers. Global population increases commercial pressure on this fragile inshore
fishery, the situation needs to be monitored and given a chance to survive.
The combined local panga fleets launching from La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina
sent out approximately 70 charters this past week and anglers reported a fish count
of: 4 sailfish, 22 striped marlin, 2 wahoo, 9 hammerhead shark, 5 yellowtail, 18
amberjack,
16 cabrilla, 24 dorado, 55 various pargo species, 18 dogtooth snapper, 14 sierra, 4
yellowfin tuna, 16 pompano, 32 jack crevalle and 135 roosterfish.
Good fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson
Owner/Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos 011 52 624 142-1147
ericgordobanks@yahoo.com
gordobanks@gmail.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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