| 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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| 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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December 2003 Fishing Photo Contest
$50 worth of free fishing tackle for the photo with the most votes. Contest open to all anglers.
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Aug 5, 2003; 10:26PM - Albright Knot
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Category: Knots to use
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Author Name: Steve vonBrandt/S&K Guide Service
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
Albright Knot
The albright knot is most commonly used for joining lines of different diameter, for creating shook leaders and when Bimini Twist is tied in the end of lighter casting line. It is also used to connect monofilament to wire.
1.Create a loop in the tag end of the heavier line, then feed the tag end of the lighter line through it.
2. Bring the tag end up and over the loop to make your first turn.
3. Make a series of turns around all three stands, keeping it as tight as possible.
4. make a minimum of 10 turns, bringing the tag end out of the end of the heavier line's loop.
5. To tighten the knot, pull the standing part of the heavier line. At the same time, slide the turns toward the loop end.
6. When turns are in a neat position, pull both standing parts to make the knot tight. Trim ends.
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May 13, 2019; 08:07PM - OCEAN-TAMER Marine Grade Bean Bags
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Category: Boats
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Price: $79.95 - $139.95
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Name for Contacts: Frank Abruzzino
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Phone: (941) 776-1133
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City: Palmetto
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Nov 26, 2012; 11:44AM - 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
http://captgeo.wordpress.com/
Cabo Fish Report
November 19 - 25, 2012
WEATHER: I almost put on a heavy long-sleeved shirt yesterday morning as it was 68 degrees outside! That is the coldest I have seen it so far this season and it felt great. As the day went on it warmed to 88 degrees and if that's not great weather, I don't know what is! We had a few clouds over us early in the week but then it cleared and we have had blue skies from Tuesday on through the weekend. The winds have been variable with a few gusty days starting the week, but things leveled out into the normal days flow with calm mornings and breezy conditions starting about noon. Most of the wind has been from northerly directions.
WATER: There were no temperature breaks out there again, the water was a pretty even 81-84 degrees from up on the Pacific all the way to the East Cape, and it was clean, blue water as well. On the Pacific side the surface conditions were great in the mornings once we went past Tuesday, earlier in the week than that and it was a bit bumpy in the mornings due to the winds. The swells were coming in at 2-5 feet and spaced well apart, making it a smooth ride. On the Cortez side the winds were lighter and had little effect on the fishing between here and San Jose, I heard that the wind had more effect the farther up the coastline you went. The swells on this side of the Cape were small and insignificant at 1-3 feet.
BAIT: The water has cooled a few degrees, down from the 86 degree water we were seeing a month ago and as a result there are a few Mackerel showing up as bait. Buying Mackerel or Caballito from the bait boats sets you back about $3 per bait and there have been very few Sardines this week here, but there have been a limited availability if you travel north to San Jose.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: With the water still warm enough there are still Blue and Black Marlin around, but no large ones that I heard of, and no great numbers either. The best results I know of in the past week on these larger fish came from the Pacific side as one of our clients had a double hook-up on small Blue Marlin. He was fishing solo and one fish came off right away, the other was released at the side of the boat after about an hour of fighting time, with plenty of pictures as it was held in the water. The fish looked to be about 225 to 250 pounds. Other boats reported hooking one now and then with almost all of them released or lost, I only heard of one that was brought in. As far as the Striped Marlin go, things are starting to pick up. This is nice to hear since things have been a bit slow. The cooler water bringing in the Mackerel has the Striped Marlin following them, and as most of the bait has been deep, the best results on Striped Marlin have been had by boats that are hooking up live bait and dropping it down to where the bait is. The usual areas such as the ledge off of the lighthouse, the point at Los Arcos and the mouth of Migraino Canyon, areas where the bait tends to stack up, have played host to many of the local fleet boats giving this method a try. Some boats have been working on the Golden Gate Bank as this is often the first area within easy reach for the fleet that these fish stack up on. A few more boats have been traveling as far as 50 miles up the coastline to the Finger Banks in the hope of getting into these fish early, before the pressure intensifies. Many of these fish have been small, between 50 and 90 pounds, but there have been a few large ones of over 200 pounds caught as well. While the fishing is picking up, it is still not a wide open bite, perhaps that will happen withing the next several months as the water cools even more and the Mackerel appear in force. We are really hoping to see large numbers of big Sardines as well, that was the major feed when we had the great fishing several years ago. Folks, if you are going to be Marlin fishing, remember that catch and release will ensure we have these fish for our children to catch!
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The fantastic action that happened several weeks at the Gordo Banks continues to slow down. There were a few fish reported every day the week before last, this past week it was even slower with only a few large Tuna taken. Other than that, there were only a few reports of any Yellowfin being caught. One boat with our clients found a stump with the roots in the air about 25 miles out and caught a large number of football size tuna off of it, but the porpoise pods that have been found have been empty of fish life. Once in a while a Yellowfin has been caught by boats chumming heavily along the coast in front of the Cabo Del Sol area, but most of the fish coming in to these chum lines have been big Bonito.
DORADO: I wasn't sure if I should call Dorado “fish of the week” again or not, since the bite dropped off, but they are still the most common catch. Again, most of the action has been on the Pacific side of the Cape and finding feeding Frigate Birds, being the first one there and slow trolling live bait has been the key to consistent catches. It's either that, or trolling lures until you hook a fish then keeping him in the water as a decoy, dropping back live bait or cut strip baits to any fish that come in to follow him. Both methods worked well for boats that only wanted Dorado. Quite a few fish were caught by boats dropping bait for Striped Marlin, a nice break when the bite on the big fish was slow, and putting something in the boat that was good to eat.
WAHOO: As we approach the full moon the bite on Wahoo has improved a bit. I have heard reports from boats traveling to the Punta Gordo area and past there that they have been getting bit on a regular basis. Once that happened almost every one of them put out a trolling plug on wire leader and worked the area where they got bit. About half of them managed to get a fish in the boat. On the Pacific side the same thing has happened up the coastline toward Cerritos beach. There have been no big numbers of fish, there never are any great catches except by a few people who specialize in these speedsters, but the bite has improved, and hopefully they will remain around for the next month or so.
INSHORE: Inshore fishing remains slow with most boats working outside the beach area for Dorado. Those we have had out, mostly fly fishing, have reported occasional Dorado, small Roosterfish, plenty of Needle fish and green Jacks and loads of Bonito. Working the bottom has produced a few nice snapper and a couple of grouper as well.
FISH RECIPE: Check the blog for this months recipe!
NOTES: Thanksgiving is over and we had a really great time with 30 people attending, lots of food and drink. The only downside was no football! Our TV system (at home)has been having problems for several months and we thought it was finally fixed as the TELMEX tech. Came Thanksgiving at noon, did a quick check and said he would be back in an hour after doing some switch work downtown to improve our service. 30 minutes later, no TV, no Phone Line, no Internet, nada. He finally returned the next day and we still have no TV, sigh. Everyone had a great time anyway, so all is good. Until next week, tight lines!
And as always, George writes this report
and posts it on Sunday morning. So if you
can't wait, click the 'FOLLOW' on the top of the
page! You will know whenever something new is posted!
http://captgeo.wordpress.com/
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
San Jose del Cabo
November 26, 2012
Anglers –
Crowds of visitors tapered off this past week, compared to earlier in the
month, the majority of United States residents stay on home ground for the
Thanksgiving holiday. There were many adventurous family groups that headed
south in search of warm sunshine. While much of the U.S. is now feeling the
chill factor of winter settling in, the Southern Baja Peninsula has felt
very pleasant warm sunny conditions, with high temperatures reaching the
mid 80s. Variable winds are becoming more persistent from the north,
ranging from 10 to 15 mph, this is the normal pattern throughout the fall
and winter months. From Cabo San Lucas to Los Frailes ocean currents have
been ranging 82/83 degrees, not much in the way of temperature breaks.
Water has been exceptionally clear, sport divers reportedly were able to
see the bottom structure of the Gordo Banks sea mount, where the pinnacle
rises to within 110 feet of the surface.
The week began with stiffer winds from the north, before settling down mid
week. On certain days this limited where charters were able to comfortably
fish, when offshore grounds were too rough, there were opportunities in
calmer areas closer to shore that were producing catches of yellowfin tuna,
dorado, wahoo, sailfish and even a few striped marlin. Finding sufficient
supplies of live bait was more time consuming and require long travel
distances at times for minimal supplies, it is the period when schooling
sardinas begin to migrate further into the Sea of the Cortez. These
migratory patterns are now more unpredictable perhaps with the warmer than
usual ocean temperatures. Still plenty of skipjack on the fishing grounds,
no squid being reportedly encountered in the area.
The yellowfin tuna action on the Gordo Banks slowed way down, though a few
of the larger sized tuna were accounted for, there was not much other
action reported from thee banks, nor were the fish seen surfacing. There
has been no drastic change of conditions and there is plenty of baitfish on
these grounds, so we expect the yellowfin are still lurking in the
vicinity. The tuna schooling on Iman Bank recently have averaged in the 10
to 20 pound class, mixed with aggressive skipjack, have have become very
finicky, yellowfin were seen feeding on the surface, but were very shy
towards striking baits with hooks, light leaders proved beneficial in
hooking up, catches would vary from one or two fish per boat, to as many as
a dozen. Dorado were spread out, most of the time single fish were coming
into the chum line, mixed sizes, a handful of nice size bulls were
accounted for. There continue to be reports of larger quantities of dorado
being found on the Pacific side of Cabo San Lucas, same areas that are also
producing some good numbers for striped marlin.
Wahoo became more active this week, anglers trolling chihuil and ballyhoo
baits reported strikes, rapalas produced strikes as well, a larger grade of
wahoo were appearing, not as many as the small juveniles, one 70 pound
class wahoo was accounted for and many others in the 20 to 45 pounds range,
still no big numbers, but anglers were reporting multiple opportunities per
trip. The area of La Fortuna to Iman Banks was where the majority of the
wahoo strikes were taken. Things are shaping up for a good late season bite
for these elusive wahoo, boat pressure, water temperature, food source and
clarity are all key factors as to when these fish really become the most
active, we are anticipating wahoo action through the month of December.
Sierras are being found along the beach stretches now, most of these fish
have been smaller sized, just the beginning of the season for this cooler
water species. Not much consistent action was found off the bottom, though
a few impressive specimens of dogtooth snapper, amberjack, yellowtail and
cabrilla were taken.
The combined panga fleets out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos Marina, sent
out approximately 182 charters for the week, with anglers accounting for a
fish count of:
3 striped marlin, 36 wahoo, 12 sailfish, 2 yellowtail, 96 dorado, 375
yellowfin tuna,
14 amberjack, 10 cabrilla, 70 sierra, 5 dogtooth snapper, 24 misc. pargo,
16 rainbow runners and 400 skipjack .
Good Fishing, Eric
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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