| 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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| 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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Apr 27, 2007; 09:37PM
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Category: Sportfishing Charters
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Name for Contacts: Tom Welply
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Phone: 361-790-5944
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City: Rockport
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State: Texas
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Country: usa
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Fishing Charters and guide services offered by Affordable Fisherman Charters.361-790-5944
www.fishrockporta.com
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May 19, 2003; 09:01AM - Circle Hooks for Billfish
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Category: Trolling techniques
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Author Name: Carlos Morales
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
What are “circle hooks”? To a fisherman seeing one for the first time you kind of wonder why anyone would use them or took time to invent them. They are similar in size to the more common “J” shaped hook but the opening is smaller and the barb points toward the body of the hook forming a circular shape, hence their name. At first glance it would appear fish would seldom be caught with circle hooks because the barb points the wrong way and the smaller than usual opening would difficult hooking anything.
Surprise, surprise, first impressions are wrong. Depending which study an angler consults, circle hooks have been shown to be as effective or more effective than “J” hooks for catching all types of fish including billfish. Some studies say fishermen catch 60% more fish, others 100% more fish with circle hooks than with “J” hooks. Catching more fish is a bonus but the real advantage of circle hooks is that they are designed to hook a fish in the lip or corner of the mouth and this happens about 95% of the time, preventing “deep hooking” and “foul hooking”. Removing a circle hook is fast and easy, take a pair of pliers and rotate the hook out of the mouth.
A “J” hook works by attaching itself wherever soft tissue is available. Normally, as soon as a fish bites, the first thing an angler does is “set the hook” by swiftly pulling the rod up and reeling in some line. This violent maneuver guarantees (anglers wish) that the barb of the hook will penetrate some soft tissue inside the mouth thus hooking the fish. Some fish, like billfish, have bony mouths so when the “J” hook tries to find purchase it just slides along and it either pops out of the mouth with the bait or attaches to the the upper palate, throat, pharynx, oesophagus or in the stomach. Anglers who practice catch and release know deep hook injuries, caused by any type of hook, are often mortal due to bleeding and that the hook sometimes is left inside the fish since its so deep there is no way to remove it without killing the fish. This is not a problem for the angler fishing for tasty, sought after fish like Dorado (dolphin), flounder, mangrove snapper, redfish, grouper, etc., since the whole point of going fishing is catching fish to eat.
Here is where circle hooks come in. They have been around for years and were adopted in the late 1970’s for use by longline commercial fishing boats because not only did fish hook themselves but also studies showed they were 85% more effective than “J” hooks and the hooked fish were alive when the longline was retrieved. It is ironic that recreational anglers, to preserve fish, have recently adopted commercial fishing hooks known and used for their ability to catch large numbers of fish.
We did say fish hooked themselves and we are not joking. When fishing using circle hooks and a fish takes the bait, do not set the hook! Wait. Count out one Mississippi, two Mississippi, etc., meditate about why there are no pregnant ladybugs, speculate on the price of bananas on Mars, just don’t set the hook! As the fish swims away the line becomes taut allowing the hook to rotate inside the fish’s mouth and lodge itself in the corner of the mouth. When the rod is flexed and the line taut that means the fish is hooked. Patience is very important because if the angler tries to set a circle hook the same way as a “J” hook, more often than not it will just be pulled out of the mouth of the fish. After a bite a mate on our boats grabs the rod but doesn’t do anything until the billfish swims away pulling the line taut and bending the rod, then he counts to five and “tests” whether the hook has been set by reeling in some line. This technique usually works very well.
If a “self-hooking hook” was not good enough, circle hooks have other advantages. Once hooked, billfish tend to leap and violently shake their head side to side to try and loose the hook. It looks spectacular and anglers love it but “J” hooks are sometimes dislodged this way. The circle hooks round shape and the direction of the barb helps to prevent dislodgement so fish don’t de-hook as much when doing their aerial stunts. Another great advantage is that humans hook themselves less in the hand, ear and/or other body parts and clothes with circle hooks because the barb points toward the body of the hook.
Not all circle hooks are created equal though. Besides “normal circle hooks” there are “offset circle hooks” whose barb does not point to the body of the hook but opens up, similar to a “J” hook’s. Depending on the degree that the barb is offset, 4 to 15 degrees, they become about as effective as “J” hooks at deep hooking as in their ability to catch fish. Like “J” hooks, “offset circle hooks” also cause more foul hooking of fish. Foul hooking means hooking a fish by the eye, gills, etc. Billfish depend on their eyesight to hunt and catch their prey so an eye wound seriously diminishes a billfish’s ability to feed and damaging the gills hampers the billfish’s survivability. Some circle hooks are made out of stainless steel and will not degrade with time so if a fish is lost with a stainless steel hook in it, that hook will be in the fish forever.
In Guatemala “catch and release” for all billfish is the law. Since it’s beginning our company has adopted a circle hook only policy for bill fishing and releasing the fish unharmed is a very important goal. Guatemala has the best sailfishing in the world and we do our best to keep it that way.
Happy fishing and tight lines!!
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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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State: Florda
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Country: usa
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Jan 12, 2004; 12:48PM - 'Fly Hooker Daily Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
'Fly Hooker' Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
THREE STRIPED MARLIN RELEASED (ONE TAGGED) (#100-#130)
FIVE YELLOWFIN KEPT (#12-#30)
THREE DORADO KEPT (#15-#30)
EIGHT SIERRA KEPT (#3-#5)
ONE NEEDLEFISH RELEASED
ONE BONITO RELEASED
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 4, 2004
Dennis and his son Marty have booked three days of fishing with us and today is the
first one. The objective, according to Dennis, is to get Marty hooked up to a fish, it is
his first time! Well, the guys were not able to do it today. Manual and Juan went out
on the Pacific side, almost 22 miles out and only saw one Marlin. They tossed bait to
the fish but it went down as the approached. Our fingers are crossed that the fishing
improves for us, it is not a good start to the new year.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 6, 2004
The second day of fishing for Dennis and Marty was a repeat of their first day, except
Juan said that it was a Dorado they tossed bait to, not a Marlin today. What is going on
out there? Where have the fish gone? I am starting to get depressed, but Dennis says
not to worry, that is the way fishing is sometimes. The only problem with that is there
are fish out there, up in San Jose the Pangas are catching Tuna, Sierra and Snapper.
Ok, keep the fingers crossed and don’t cry, tomorrow is another day!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 7TH, 2004
Ben is the son of a friend of ours. He and his friend Neil and a couple of other high
school graduates were fishing today on the “Fly Hooker” and finally the guys were able
to break the “catch no fish” spell that had been placed on us. The water was great,
they had a good time, saw whales and porpoise and caught a Dorado that weighed just
around 25 pounds! Thank goodness!!!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 8, 2004
This was the third and last day for Dennis and Marty, and Marty had yet to catch a
fish. With the “catch no fish” spell broken yesterday, I was pretty sure they would hook
up today. I was really sure when Dennis said that Sierra would be fine, as long as they
were able to get something on the end of the line! I instructed Manuel to keep them out
a little longer, just to ensure a fish. I also had gone to the market and purchased a
small Octopus and had gotten some hooks for bottom fishing just in case! Well, they
took off and went up to the Palmilla area. Phillipe had heard that the Pangas were
having good luck on Sierra up there and they ended up getting 8 of them in the boat.
The first fish of the day was a nice 10 pound Bonito, which they released. They water
was a little lumpy for bottom fishing though, and they did have a Dorado try for a lure
three times without hooking up. No big fish for Dennis and Marty, but at least they did
not go three days without a strike! Thanks guys!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 9, 2004
Larry and his three buddies have booked us for the next three days and we sure
were hoping that the fishing was getting better. I guess it was because they were able
to come in with five Yellowfin Tuna and one Dorado today. Manuel and Phillipe went
15 miles out toward the San Jaime bank and were the only boat there. Five Tuna, the
largest about #30, and one Dorado about #20 were the result. These guys from New
Jersey had a good time and are now ready for Marlin! We will keep our fingers crossed
for them tomorrow!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 10, 2004
This is the second day for Larry and his friends. Did I mention yesterday that they
wanted Marlin today? Well, Juan and Manuel worked just offshore, out about 8 miles,
and tossed bait to 6 Striped Marlin. Two of the fish were hungry and they guys were
able to fight them to the boat for a release. One other fish came up and got hooked on
a lure, was fought to the boat, tagged and released! They were also able to get one
nice Dorado (#30?) in the fishbox and were kind enough to let us have a piece for
dinner! Wow, what a turn-around in the fishing! You just never know how things are
going to change from one day to the next. These guys have one more day ahead of
them, I wonder what they are going to catch next? Check us out on next weeks report
when I let you know! Until then, Tight lines!
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