| 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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Category: Canada Fishing Trips
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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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Jul 21, 2003; 11:16AM - Cabo Bite 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
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR JULY 14 TO JULY 20, 2003
WEATHER: Not just warm, it has been darn hot and starting to get pretty humid as well. We
are having nighttime lows in the high 70’s to low 80’s and daytime highs to the 100 degree mark.
I am not sure what the humidity readings have been but it has not been a problem to break a sweat
by not doing anything at all! We have had some cloud cover the past few days and there has been
a bit of rain up in the mountains but only an occasional sprinkle in our area. (Calling Elvis)
WATER: There has been a band of cool water along the coast where the temperatures have
been around 77 to 78 degrees out to a distance of about three miles. Once past there it has
warmed up to 83-84 degrees on the Sea of Cortez side. On the Pacific, the water has warmed up
a bit and we are starting to get some nice blue conditions around the San Jaime and the Golden
Gate Banks. The water in those areas has been in the low 80’s and it looks like summer is here.
There has been almost no wind this week and the water conditions have reflected that. A low
swell from the Northwest and a slight wind riffle in the morning has made it easy to see anything
floating or breaking the surface. (On Every Street)
BAIT: Mostly Mackerel and Mullet this week at the normal $2 per bait. (My Parties)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Very little change this week on the Billfish, except there are a few more Blue Marlin
being hooked up. The Striped Marlin are not quite as abundant as they were last week and while
there are signs at some booths around the Marina stating that the Marlin fishing is “Hot! Hot!
Hot!”, you would not be able to tell that by talking to the anglers and the Captains. Guess that
some people just have to stretch the truth a bit to get business! There are Marlin out there and an
occasional boat has come in with a couple of flags flying, but most of the boats have been lucky to
get a good solid bite this week. The Blues have been located at the Gorda, 1150, 95 and due
south of the Cape and the Striped Marlin seem to be concentrated closer to the beach and up on
the Pacific side a ways. For a few days, dropping live bait at either Punta Ballena or off the
lighthouse on the Pacific side worked well, as did slow trolling live bait in the same area, but that
action died off. (When It Comes To You)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Looks like the Tuna are going to be the fish of the week! We have started
to find some of the bigger Tuna in the Porpoise this week, just what I was wishing was going to
happen. First few boats to the Porpoise were able to hook into fish that went as high as 150
pounds, with the fish getting smaller, then disappearing as more boats showed up. Most of the
fish were found between 20 and 35 miles to the south and around the 95 and 1150 spots, mixed
with the Porpoise. While there were football Tuna in the mix, the average seemed to be about
20-25 pounds, and there were quite a few fish in the 40-50 pound range as well. Large lures,
large fish, small lures, small fish seemed to be the rule, with more action happening with the
smaller lures. There were fish reported occasionally from other areas as well, but not consistently.
This bite really started to take off at the end of the week, the beginning of the week was a bit
slow. (Fade To Black)
DORADO: A repeat of last weeks report, the Dorado are still scattered, and the bite continues to
improve a bit. Bigger fish offshore, smaller fish inshore, live bait working well. (The Bug)
WAHOO: Almost no Wahoo this week. I did see a few flags and talked to a few anglers who
reported catching one, but there was no “bite” and everything reported was an incidental catch.
(You And Your Friend)
NEARSHORE: Some Roosterfish this week as well as the Jack Crevalle, but that was about it for
big fish action inshore. A few nice bottom fish were caught since the water has been so nice, but
there was little else happening inshore. With the water conditions so nice, a lot of the Pangas
were heading up to 10 miles offshore, looking for action on the Pelagic fish. At the end of the
week the Pangas were starting to find small Yellowfin Tuna and a lot of Skipjack just off the
Arch. (Heavy Fuel)
NOTES: The action has not been hot on any one species and as a matter of fact, has been pretty
“lukewarm” overall. We are in a time of transition with the warm water moving in. There is a
little bit of everything out there but not a lot of any one species, unless you happen to hit on one
of the Tuna schools as the first boat. Another week or so and we should be seeing a lot more
action, and a lot more big fish! Fingers crossed please! This weeks report was written to the
music of one of my favorite bands, and guitar player extraordinary, “Dire Straits” and Mark
Knopfler on the 1991 Warner Brothers release, “On Every Street”. Until next week, Tight Lines!
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