| 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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May 14, 2007; 06:42PM
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October 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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Mar 23, 2004; 01:15PM - In depth spinnerbaiting
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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:
The equipment that Steven Narup
prefers to use is a Pflueger Trion. |
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Tip&Trick Description 2:
Gambler Pro Series Spinnerbait
In-depth Spinnerbaiting
By: Steven Narup
When most people are asked, “what is a spinnerbait?” They will more then likely reply with this, “it has a hook with a wire attached to it, with a lead head and a silicone skirt, with either one or two blades.” The majority of the time they will automatically describe the clothes pin spinnerbait. Well in essence, there is much more to that. There is more then just that style of spinnerbait, this is what most people do not understand. Two other spinnerbait types are just as productive when presented in the right situation. These two baits are the tail-spinner and the in-line spinner. These baits are slowly catching on to the clothespin spinnerbait.
There are quite a few styles of spinnerbaits, including tail spinners, in-line spinners, and clothespin style spinnerbaits. Each style has there own time and place. The most widely used of these spinnerbait choices, is the clothes pin style.
Tail spinners can be a great choice when fishing for smallmouth bass and or finicky largemouth due to the bait’s compact size.
In-line Spinners became obsolete for many years by most bass anglers. Until now, they are slowly catching on to both Smallmouth and Largemouth anglers.
In-line spinners are a great bait when the fish are active but they can also be great when presented it other situations. Most people use in-line spinners when the fish are in a negative feeding mood, due to the bait’s smaller more compact size. There is one problem with in-line spinners, which keep the majority of people away from them, the fact that they will give you line twist. To help with this scenario try a high quality stainless steel ball bearing, this will cut back on the line twist. A ball bearing helps prevent line twist like so, when the bait starts to spin and twist in the water column the line will most likely twist without a ball bearing. However, if you have a ball bearing connecting the leader to the main line, when the bait twists the ball bearing spins the line back so that the line will not twist. If by any chance you do have line twist, let out a couple hundred feet of line into the water and turn your trolling motor on, this will get most of the twist out of your line. Another trick is the tie your line to a heavy object and stretch the line out by tightening your drag and pulling the line.
The clothespin style spinnerbait comes in many different combinations including blade size and style and different size heads. There are Steel and Titanium wires. The Titanium version is nearly indestructible, and needs little or no tuning at all. Titanium also lets off quite a bit more vibration then steel. The heads on clothespin spinnerbaits are starting to be produced with different materials as well, such as Lead, and Tungsten. Spinnerbait anglers are slowly starting to make the switch to Tungsten spinnerbaits, due to the fact the head is almost ¾ the size of lead, making the bait work through cover almost effortlessly.
. In general, spinnerbaits are a very versatile lure, which is one main reason why most bass anglers use them. Bass anglers have been using them for many years now and they still produce fish as if they came out yesterday, you just have to know the different ways to fish the bait.
Tail spinners can be great finesse baits and they can be fished shallow or deep, because the body of the bait is lead, with a little blade on the back. The majority of tail spinners come with a single treble hook, making them not as easy as the clothespin style spinnerbait when trying to fish through thick cover. To work the tail-spinner you can just reel the bait back to the boat, but doing this you will reduce the odds of catching more fish, but it does work. Instead, you should give the bait a little action. You can yo-yo the bait by letting the bait fall to the bottom, then pick your rod tip up to about a 10 o’clock position, just keep repeating this procedure unless you are not producing. On the other hand, you can do a combination of things, to give the fish something different to look at. You can yo-yo the bait during part of the cast, then reel, or twitch it back to the boat. One last way to fish this bait would be to vertical jig it, in deep, clear, cold water. This technique will work in different conditions, but works best in deep, clear, cold water. When you vertical jig a tail spinner you cast the bait out a few feet and let the bait fall vertically, on a semi-slack line then you slowly lift your rod tip and shake the bait, let the bait fall and keep repeating this process. I like to use baitcasting gear when fishing tail spinners, but there are times when you need to fish lighter baits and that is when spinning gear comes into play. I mainly fish Pflueger rods and reels. The rods are very nice they come with premium Fuji guides and a Fuji reel seat, making the rod one nice package. I really like the Trion Baitcasting reel because they come with five ball bearings, one roller bearing and a smooth multi-disc main gear applied star drag system, making this a great reel for mostly any type of fishing. The reel is great if you want to fish a lighter line, because you can set your drag and the drag is so smooth that when a fish pools there will not be as much stress on the line itself.
In-line spinners have been around for over fifty years, and they are still going strong, Mepps has been in the in-line spinner business for a while now, and they still sell great. Most anglers do not use in-line spinners while fishing for bass instead they are using bigger in-line spinners fishing for pike or musky. However, I know they are missing a lure that can catch bass like it can pike and musky. I have had great success fishing in-line spinners in creek openings, where the creek empties into the main river, fishing for smallmouth bass. In-line spinners can be worked shallow or deep, they come with or without tails, painted blades or non-painted blades. When you work an in-line spinner, the best possible way to fish these is to reel them in. If you try to jerk the bait, you will lose a lot of action, because in-line spinners are not made for jerking. In-line spinners let off a lot of flash, and maximum flash happens when you just reel it in. When I fish in-line spinners I like to use spinning gear preferably the Pflueger Trion spinning rod in a 6 ½ foot medium action, with a Pflueger Trion spinning reel, because they come in a 6:3:1 gear ratio which will allow you to speed up the bait without getting as tired out. They are very smooth and cast light baits a mile.
Clothespin spinnerbaits are one of your more versatile bait in the spinnerbait family. You can work them quite a few different ways, and give the bait a great action if you desire. When I work a safety pin spinnerbait, I really like to use a Pflueger Trion Baitcasting rod, anywhere from 6-foot medium to a 7-foot medium heavy action. The 6-foot rod will help you when you want to make accurate casts, and the 7-foot rod will help when you want to get distance with your bait. With the Trion rods, they are extra sensitive high modulus graphite, which will give you the ability to feel the blades turn on your bait. I will throw the bait on 15-20 pound test Berkley Trilene XL. When you work a safety pin spinnerbait, you can just reel it in, but again you are going to be missing some fish. When I fish a safety pin style spinnerbait, I sometimes jerk the bait, doing this gives the bait sort of an injured baitfish presentation. You can also let the bait flutter down, then you pick up your rod tip, and repeat, doing this gives the bait a yo-yo type effect. If I am going to be fishing a spinnerbait in cold water, I will look for anything that lets off heat because this will warm up the water just a little bit, fish do feel the difference, and I will fish the bait around that. If the fish are just coming up and nipping at the bait, you may want to add a trailer hook for extra insurance. I will usually throw a spinnerbait with a trailer hook in any tournament situation. If the fish are coming up and hitting that bait and not taking it you can use a soft plastic trailer, I like to use the Gambler Pro Series Spinnerbaits, beacause they come with high quailty blades and ball bearings, making it almost effortless to slow roll them and let them flutter down. To dress the Gambler Pro Series spinnerbait up I prefer the three-inch Bear Claw Grub from Bearpaws Custom Handpoured Baits. I like the Bearpaws grub because it comes with the scent baked right in to the bait, this will give you a definite edge on other anglers, because you will not need to use scent on the exterior of the bait.
Spinnerbaits are a great and versatile lure that have made a lot of many for companies in the fishing industry. The only thing I can say is next time you go out on the water I dare you to tie on a spinnerbait, and I know that you will not regret it.
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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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Oct 13, 2003; 12:00PM - '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
WEEKLY FISH COUNT
BLUE MARLIN: ONE TAGGED AND RELEASED (#300)
STRIPED MARLIN: ONE TAGGED AND RELEASED (#120)
PACIFIC SAILFISH: ONE TAGGED AND RELEASED (#90)
WAHOO: ONE KEPT (#70)
DORADO: FIVE KEPT (#15-#35)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: SIX KEPT (#15-#25)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 5, 2003
Greg, Vance and Patty were aboard the “Fly Hooker” today and were glad to see
Juan again. I got to go along as it was Manuels day off and we were not sure of being
able to pick up a deck hand this morning. We finally did, on the way out of the Marina
and we did all right as Rigo is a pretty good guy and is normally right on top of things.
Juan decided that our best chance was south of the Arch so off we went. We cruised
for about 45 minutes before Juan started spotting debris in the water, then the dorsal
fin of a Striped Marlin. I pinned on a live Caballito and dropped it back as we drifted to
a stop. After a very long wait with no pick-up I started to reel the bait in and got it half
way to the boat when it got bit. I must not have given the Marlin long enough because
when I set the hook I could feel it pull out of the bait, but not into the Marlin! The leader
was chafed up so we were sure what had taken the bait. We worked the debris line,
lots of small stuff and a few occasional logs, and finally went further south, looking for
action. At a distance of 21 miles we came across another debris line, this one with a lot
of big stuff in it. A few seconds after having the port rigger clip release because of a
branch that was snagged, we had the center, long line go off. This one was no snag!
Vance fought the fish stand-up and after a little while Rigo was able to sink the gaff into
a very nice Bull Dorado of around 35 pounds. We drifted a live bait back as the fish
was being fought but could not get another pick-up. Back to trolling and then we
spotted Porpoise, actually Spinner Dolphin. We could see Tuna breaking water and
tried everything we had and could not get looked at. Really frustrating! We worked
them for quite a while and then started the trip home. At least we had not gotten
skunked, a lot of boats had. Let us hope that the fishing picks up on Tuesday and
Thursday!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR OCTOBER 6, 2003
Ed and Jennifer Buccigross are fishing with us today and Wednesday. They are
experienced anglers and have fished Cabo before. Unfortunately there was no good
live bait available this morning so the entire days effort was done on lures. Juan said
that Manuel decided to try the San Jaime Banks today and that is where they found the
fish. One nice Dorado and six Yellowfin Tuna were the catch for the day, but Ed said
that there were Porpoise by the thousands and Tuna jumping everywhere, they were
just hard to catch. Not having any live bait also made it hard to get a good shot at the
two Striped Marlin that they spotted on the surface. Hopefully there will be live bait the
rest of the week! Ed and Jennifer had a great time and were nice to say that Juan and
Manuel were without a doubt the best crew they had ever fished with. Lets hope it
stays that way! Thanks guys, and we shall keep our fingers crossed for Wednesdays
fishing!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 07 OCTOBER, 2003
Today we had Don Cartner and his girlfriend June, Vance and Patty on the “Fly
Hooker” with Juan and Manuel. There was a late start due to having a problem with the
transmission coupling for the starboard engine, but they were on their way by 8 AM.
No live bait again and it’s too bad because there was a chance to toss bait to at least
two Striped Marlin during the trip. One of them showed an interest in the lures but
would not bite and the other went down right away. Don did hook up to a very nice
Wahoo late into the trip, the fish was around 70 pounds. Sure did make a nice load of
fillets! They were also able to get two of three Dorado that bit into the boat. That was it
for the day, but at least there were fish.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 10 OCTOBER, 2003
Nick and Carol Fedorka were our anglers on the “Fly Hooker” today and Nick just
celebrated his 50th birthday. His birthday present was supposed to be a Marlin so
Juan and Manuel did their best to make it a good trip. Guess what, sometimes good
things happen to good people! Carol was along for the boat ride and the sun, plus she
was forced into the role of official photographer, getting proof of the fish. Only two
Marlin gave Nick a workout, one of them was an hour and a half fight with a Blue
estimated at #300, tagged and released. The other fish was a Striped Marlin estimated
at #120, also tagged and released. To top it off he caught and kept a nice 25 pound
Dorado, perfect for dinner! It just doesn’t get any better than this folks! Thanks Nick,
we are glad it worked out!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 11 OCTOBER, 2003
Kurt Kennery, Richard Shannon and Mike Sherer were the anglers on the “Fly
Hooker” today, and they really wanted to get something to eat, but more importantly
they wanted some action. Juan and Manual went to the same area they had taken Nick
and Carol yesterday but the action was not as great. The started off the morning with a
Striped Marlin hot on one of the lures, but the fish would not eat it, and when Manual
dropped back a live bait the fish showed no interest in it, who can figure them out? A
little later on they were lucky and hooked up a Pacific Sailfish that they were able to tag
and release after a short fight. Much later on they had another shot at a Striped Marlin,
but this fish was a bit lazy, not hungry, and no action resulted. No strikes from Dorado,
Wahoo or Tuna were to be found on this trip. Sorry about that guys, we hope that next
time the food fish action is red hot!
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