| 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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| Did you know? |
| 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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Aug 16, 2009; 10:41AM
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Category: Fishing Tackle Wanted
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Name for Contacts: Bill Warhol
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Phone: 763-633-0565
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City: Princeton
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State: MN
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Country: USA
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Looking for 9' light up pencil type bobber/float. Originally made by Blue Fox???
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2005 Photo contest
$50 free tackle for the photo with the most votes contest must have 10 contestants minimum to be active.
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Jimmy2 lbsBonito |
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Oct 7, 2002; 06:07PM - Play Around?
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Category: Fishing Jokes
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Author Name: Chris
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
The Castaway
One day this guy, who has been stranded on a desert island all alone for ten years, sees an unusual
speck on the horizon. 'It's certainly not a ship, 'he thinks to himself. As the speck gets closer and closer,
he begins to rule out the possibilities of a small boat, then even a raft.
Suddenly, emerging from the surf comes this drop-dead gorgeous blonde woman wearing a wet suit and
scuba gear. She approaches the stunned guy and says to him, 'Tell me, how long has it been since
you've had a cigarette?' 'Ten years' replies the stunned man. With that, she reaches over and unzips a
waterproof pocket on her left sleeve and pulls out a pack of fresh cigarettes. He takes one, lights it and
takes a long drag and says, 'Man oh man! Is that ever good!'
And how long has it been since you've had a sip of bourbon?' she asks him.
Trembling, the castaway replies: 'Ten years!' She reaches over, unzips her waterproof pocket on her
right sleeve pulls out a flask and hands it to him. He opens the flask, takes a long swig and says, 'Wow,
that's absolutely fantastic!'
At this point, she starts slowly unzipping the long zipper that runs own the front of her wet suit, looks at
him seductively and asks, 'And how long has it been since you've played around?' With tears in his eyes
the guy falls to his knees and says. 'Oh sweet Jesus! Don't tell me you've got golf clubs in there too! |
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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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Phone:
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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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Description 2:
Sharkskin color chart...also, available in Sunbrella |
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Jan 29, 2007; 10:19AM - 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
January 22-28, 2007
WEATHER: We started the week with clouds on Monday and Tuesday and ended the week with clouds on Sunday, but in between the skis were blue and clear! Our nighttime low was 50 degrees and our daytime high was 82 in the sun with no wind. The daytime average was around 76 degrees. Even with the clouds there was no rain to speak of, we did get a little spit on Monday night, just enough to dot the dust on the window of the truck. I know I have lived in the tropics for the last 25 years and my blood is thin, but even friends from the cold climes were wearing sweatshirts in the evenings during the middle of the week.
WATER: Our highs on the water temps were in the 74 degree range while the lows were around 67 degrees, not a lot of difference and there were no really strong temperature changes, no breaks to speak of. The cooler water was closer to the beach on both the Pacific sand the Sea of Cortez, on the Pacific the warmer water was on top of the San Jaime Bank while the Cortez side had the warm water around the 1150 and Cabrillo Seamount. The winds were mainly from the north and northwest so the calmer water was this side of the lighthouse on the Pacific side and this side of the Punta Gorda area on the Cortez side of the cape.
BAIT: Mackerel at $2 per bait and there were occasional Sardinas available up at San Jose if you were there early and they were the normal $20 per scoop. There were a few Caballito in with the mackerel but there were no large numbers of them.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: You had no need to travel very far this week for Striped Marlin as they seemed to be heavily concentrated between the Punta Cristobal area and the Arches, down to Punta Ballena. Almost all the fish were within three miles of the shore and anglers drifting live bait had the best action. Second best was trolling lures and a surprising third best was slow trolling dead bait. Most boats were able to entice at least a few Marlin into eating their offerings and the better boats (or those with better luck) were able to get releases in the range of one per hour. I loved it, close, steady action on fish averaging 120 pounds and since you did not have to run for an hour each way there was more time with bait or lures in the water which translates into more chances to hook up!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Yellowfin were scarce this week once again although I did hear of a few boats getting into a bit of action drifting live sardines or cut bait up at the Gorda Banks. There was a bit of action there a few weeks ago and it appears that a few of those fish decided to stick around, but not in any numbers. For the most part, as I walked around the Marina and asked the anglers and Captains about the tuna flags I saw flying, the answer would come back that they were flown for Skipjack and Bonita.
DORADO: Dorado were kicked down to the number two fish of the week, just behind the Striped Marlin. While there are still fish out there, they are not being found in the numbers were seeing a few weeks ago. There were still steady numbers being caught, and the best results seemed to come from the Pangas as they were fishing slow trolled live bait close to the beach and the Dorado seemed to be in there looking for food. The average size was up just a bit at 15 pounds and there seemed to be about two to three fish per boat for those that tried to target them.
WAHOO: What Hoo? Every Wahoo flag that I saw and enquired about this week ended up being flown for a Sierra. Hew, cool water and the wrong moon phase means that the bite is off, what can I say. It’s not like we get large numbers of these fish all the time anyway.
INSHORE: I had a few inshore groups this week and as an average, there were a couple of Dorado, some decent Sierra, a few Snapper and the occasional decent Roosterfish action to be had. The Sierra bite is very iffy, if you find the schools you can do well, but the schools are pretty scattered. The Dorado are close to the beach and that makes them a good target. There are enough Marlin in close that a lot of the Pangas that would normally target the standard inshore species are going for the Billfish instead.
NOTES: No football this weekend so I am sort of at loose ends. I golfed this morning; I think that I am going to have a few words with my friends that told me this was a fun game. Maybe I just need to spend MORE money on lessons, sigh. We are going to the beach this afternoon so the dog gets some exercise and then it is time to be lazy. Grill the ribs, drink a couple of cocktails and sit back with a good book and nice music in the background. Maybe some Pink Floyd? Until next week, tight lines!
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