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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 May 18, 2024
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4 Apr 2004 - LOUISIANA TUNA BITE
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Category: Louisiana
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Author Name: Capt. Scott Avanzino
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Pretty increadible tuna fishing this week with a few grouper, aj and wahoo mixed in, plus the largest mako I have seen in my career...Friday we got a late start and planned to take advantage of the weather with our 3 man charter of Russ Gran, Terry Lucket and Steve..the tuna started out slow but finished quickly with all but one of 9 yellowfin tuna from 30-80 pounds coming in the boat in 3 hours..the second to last fish was attacked by the biggest mako I have ever seen to date..he was an easy 12 feet long and as thick as a 55 gallon drum after talking with Dan Luke we think the fish was between 500-600 pounds...we were able to get 3/4 of the tuna to the boat where we teased the beast for about 10 minutes before we hooked him up on a waiting shark line..funny thing is the fish never even knew it was hooked..for 20 minutes he swam along side the boat as if to mock us..slowly he swam off taking about a foot of line every few seconds..after getting 100 feet away he figured it out and made a monster run coming loose in the process..figured he broke off but actually it turned out that he bit through a double strand of 300# aircraft cable halfway up the bite leader..after thinking about it it was probably for the better..talked to a long line buddy who said the hinge of the jaw is like a bolt cutter either that or he raked it with his incisors..that's a new one on me..heard Kevin Beech had one bite through a stainless stell hook years ago..after the dust settled it was kind of bittersweet...thought we were going to get him..had the jaws promised to my son before it all began...and probaly for the best that it got off without killing anyone..not sure where we would have put him for the remaining 14 hours of the trip either..and even more, I am not sure how the photographer missed him..we got one picture at the transom but you cant tell what is exactly..we do have 2 really clear shots of the gunnel..he stayed with the boat for about 5 more minutes bumping along side it making a few more laps before swimming off for good and instead of being steel blue in color he was almost yellow in color..anyway he or she is still out there so be careful where you tuna fish..
At about 7pm we pulled up and set out a 3 line swordfish spread..made a drift for 3 hours getting one run-off on the long line..turned out to be a 20 pound escolar...looks like a cross between a tuna and a king mackeral with china white flesh and yellow eyes..also got a blackfin on the short line before calling it to go bottom fishing..picked up one 40 pound aj and 2 scamps 10-20 pounds...weather was superb best I have seen this year..
Thursday was a day trip and the yellowfin bite was early and strong...had the 4 J's and 2 B's from Slidell for a tuna trip..made the hike again and it proved to be the right call from the start..steady singles and doubles on yellowfin from 10am until noon..ended up keeping 7 from 30-60 pounds before the bite wained..finished the day with jacks..all in all a great time..funniest thing was watching 150 pound Justin fight a 150 pound yellowfin on a spinning rod..saw the fish hit right next to the boat..didn't last long..
Wednesday sort of kicked things off on the tuna, in fact we were having so much fun we decided to stay out overnight...Had Capt. Eric and Joe from Ft Lauderdale out yesterday for a fun day of fishing..the all charter boat captain crew was looking forward to pefecting our kite fishing but it was too windy in the morning and too light in the afternoon..think I will invest in a better arsenal..trolled east along a 10 of a rip 7 miles south of the Lump for most of the morning seeing only scatered bait and porpouses..not one strike...should'nt be long before the bulls and bills show up..anyway..the outriggers and fighting chair will be the next off day project..water was cobalt blue and 71 degress..Have to say my new radio antenna is working better than expected..I could hear boats making passing arrangements in Port O'Connor Texas and even talked to a longliner buddy 63 miles to my south..(the guy who loaned us medical gear to fix a barracuda bite that killed my quest for a 40 pound dolphin on fly last November) He said he was fishing the edge of the (Uncle Vic's) loop 110 miles south of the river where he missed 8 bluefin on a single set..evidentally he had a 600 pound fish snap his bandit gear after getting the drop line off the long line..anyway..shouldn't be long before they head north before exiting the Gulf for good but they are here..he was setting along a bluewater current rip with 76 on the south side and 72 on the north side..
On to our report..the yellowfin bite was steady for us with Eric and Joe requiring no coaching from at all..went 8 for 9 on 30-80 pound school fish ..at 7pm we were pretty much done...never did get a bite at night..we broke out the fly tackle for the last fish but it was not to be..lost 2 tippets and 5 flies in the process... one fish I had one for a good while got loose after the 2/0 hook broke at the shank....will have to be for another time ..plenty of blackfin released..even Darryl got to feel the rush of hooking a tuna on fly...he's hooked now too...At 10pm it was still glass calm and we let the boys get some sleep as we travelled to the grouper grounds..about 2 am it started kicking up but we decided to make a few drops..first fish in the boat was a 19 pound scamp, followed by 40 pound jacks..but no big grouper n the boat..had a possible lbut lost it when the drag on the 9/0 reel burned up..can't seem to keep a 9/0 in business for more than 2 weeks..good thing we have plenty of them..taking the day off to catch up on rest today (Sunday - will be back at it in the morning) Paradise Outfitters - 985-845-8006 - Check us out on the WEB for more info!
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