| 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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| Most brands of lipstick contain fish scales |
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| 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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Sep 14, 2008; 01:01PM
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Category: Guide Services
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Name for Contacts: Robert Hudson
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Phone: 760-209-3260
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City: June Lake
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State: California
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Country: USA
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I am the owner of Sierra Fly Guide in June Lake, Ca. and would like to add a link to my web site, www.sierraflyguide.net or an ad for it. Maybe you could add a catagory for guides or fly fishing? Contact me and let me now what you need.
Thanks
Robert
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Ladies Only Fishing Photo Contest
$50 worth of free fishing tackle for the photo with the most votes. Contest open to Ladies only. Contest will begin when 8 or more contestants have entered at beginning of the following month.
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Aug 12, 2003; 10:50AM - Jiggin' It
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Category: Freshwater Bass Fishing Tips
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Author Name: Steven Narup
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
Jigs come in all sorts of shapes, colors, sizes, and even skirt materials. There are a bunch of different ways to fish them as well. However, to be able to catch them when the fishing is tough, you have to be very versatile. In this article, I will go through different ways of fishing jigs and I will begin to get you acquainted with this wonderful lure called a jig, in this little guide called “Jiggin’ It”.
Let me first give you a little bit of “background” about jigs. Jigs come made with many different kinds of materials. Just to name a few hair, tinsel and silicone. However, in this guide we will mostly be talking about silicone jigs. Silicone jigs are much easier too fish. Being that when they get wet, they become waterproof making them easier to slide through thick vegetation. To help aid the jig going through the thick milfoil some people use scent.
Jigs come in many different shapes and size, they even come with different shaped heads for different types of applications. They come made with a flipping, swimming, and even a stand-up type head. They also come in an array of different weight heads.
Jigs even come in countless colors and even different shades. It is best that when you first start out fishing a jig you should stick to basic colors. Some of the basic jig colors would include brown and orange, moss green and even black and blue.
When selecting a jig by its size you want to use as less weight as possible. Using less weight will give the jig a more realistic action and presentation. You also need less weight because bass will normally hit the jig when it is on the fall, and using less weight will help the jig fall slower. While we are talking about fall rate lets talk a little about jig trailers. Plastic trailers work great for cooler water, when the fish are more active. Jigs with pork are a deadly combination when the water temperature drops below 60. When you pick a trailer, you should keep in mind to match the trailer color to the color of the jigs skirt.
Now lets get into how to fish a jig. There are many different ways to fish them. One of the more popular ways to fish them is to do a hop and swim type retrieve. When you do this, you should make a long cast and then let the jig rest on the bottom for a few seconds, and then slowly lift your rod tip and let the jig fall back to the bottom. Then after a few hops you swim the jig a few feet, then begin to hop the jig again. This hop and swim method has produced greatly for many people all throughout the country.
Another way to fish a jig is to just hop the jig on the bottom or even drag it. However, one of the deadliest ways to fish a jig is to swim it close to the bottom or above a weed line. A seven-foot heavy action rod will give the jig enough action to entice big bass, be sure to pick a rod with a soft tip and enough backbone to horse the big boys out of the thick stuff.
The last technique I am going to cover is flipping and pitching. To do this you should flip the jig into weed pockets or into shoreline cover. When you do this, a good choice is a seven and a half foot heavy action rod and thirty-five pound monofilament. The heavy action rod will be stout enough to pull a five pound bass out the roughest spots you can flip your jig into.
This is just a little guide on how to fish a jig. If you experiment with different ways to fish them and you find out which technique the bass wants, you will have a killer day out on the water!
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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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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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Sharkskin color chart...also, available in Sunbrella |
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Jul 27, 2015; 06:52PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo Anglers – July `19, 2015
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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
Anglers –
July `19, 2015
After a quiet few weeks of calm weather with no tropical storm activity,
things became busy once again in the Eastern Pacific. With two named
systems developing quickly early in the week, Hurricane Dolores and
Tropical Storm Enrique, of which only Dolores moved close enough to impact
Southern Baja, this storm reached category four strength at one point while
churning over warm waters some 200 plus miles west of Cabo San Lucas, we
all felt fortunate that this storm stayed far enough from land to not cause
any devastating damage. The main impact we felt was that all ocean
activities were halted on Tuesday, as the Ports of Cabo San Lucas and
Puerto Los Cabos were closed with posted Red Flag conditions. There was
only scattered rainfall felt, more of this towards Todo Santos, with winds
to 30 mph, ocean swells peaked close to 15 feet high on Thursday. We do
expect that the Ports will reopen over the weekend sometime and
sportfishing charters and other outdoor activities will resume.
Prior to the stormy ocean conditions forcing port closures we were seeing
improved action for yellowfin tuna and dorado. Dorado were just making more
of a presence before the latest storm system, weights up to 20 lb. Most of
the yellowfin were smaller 5 to 10 lb. fish, though there were some larger
tuna in the area. Skipper Chame Pino on the super panga “Killer II” out of
La Playita landed a 140 pound yellowfin tuna off of the Gordo Banks while
using a fresh lively bolito for bait. This area has been plagued with
sharks recently, making it hard to keep a bait in the water long enough
without having a shark grab onto it, before any other gamefish has a
chance. Hopefully these pesky sharks move elsewhere soon so that anglers
have more opportunities. Ocean temperatures were nearing the 85 degree
range in some areas, likely that currents have cooled slightly with choppy
seas through much of the week, clarity will be stirred up for a bit as
conditions take time to rebound.
Live bait sources remained much the same, with caballito and a mix of some
moonfish being available. Only limited supplies of sardinas were found for
a few days before the storm, now bait suppliers will need to search all
over again for possible resources.
Roosterfish had become much more scattered during the past week, most
productive reports came from areas near Vinorama, where good numbers of
quality sized roosterfish were encountered. Only a handful of dogtooth
snappers were reported, most of these were seen very briefly, as they
engulfed slow trolled bait and immediately headed for the nearest rock
outcropping to cut the leader. Time we should see these big snapper showing
up on the offshore banks.
There continued to be chances at early morning action off of San Luis Bank
for red snapper (huachinango) while working yo-yo jigs, with some of these
fish nearing 15 lb., though this action was showing signs of slowing down
in the rapidly warming waters.
Billfish action was scattered, no particular hot spot, warmer currents had
the main migration of striped marlin moving towards Southern California.
Sailfish were encountered in limited numbers, as we near August we expect
more black and blue marlin to arrive on the local fishing grounds. With all
of the smaller sized yellowfin tuna now present, these are a favored food
source for big gamefish.
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 21 charters for storm shortened week, with
anglers reporting a fish count of: 1 sailfish, 2 striped marlin, 26 dorado,
2 wahoo, 78 yellowfin tuna, 1 dogtooth snapper, 7 yellow snapper, 6 jack
crevalle, 9 bonito, 16 roosterfish and 18 huachinango (red snapper).
Good fishing, Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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