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| Around 10% of the world's total fish species can be found just within the Great Barrier Reef. |
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| When Anglerfish mate, they melt into each other and share their bodies forever. |
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| Not all fishes lay eggs. |
| Fishes like split fins, surf-perches, and some sharks instead carry and give birth to live young. Scientists have also discovered that the embryos of some of these fishes actually consume each other in the womb. How’s that for creepy fish facts? |
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| The Sea Anemone looks like a flower, but it’s actually a carnivorous animal that eats small fish and shrimp. |
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| Fishes hear with both their ears and their skeletons, sensing the vibrations of sound in the water. |
| Scientists even suspect that sharks can clearly hear sounds from over 3 km away. |
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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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| 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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| Fish have built in radar? |
| Built-in Radar Many species of fish have a powerful sense organ called the lateral line running across their body. It can detect motion in the water, allowing them to hunt prey, avoid predators, and navigate in the dark. |
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Oct 14, 2009; 05:26PM
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Category: Boat Motors
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Name for Contacts: Dorothy Holland
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Phone: 334-797-4700
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City: Dothan
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State: Al.
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Country: USA
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Looking for Mercury 4 stoke motor for 21 foot suntracker pontoon boat.
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Aug 5, 2003; 11:53AM - Muddy Water Baits
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Category: Freshwater Bass Fishing Tips
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Author Name: Steve vonBrandt/S&K Guide Service
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
Muddy Water Baits
By Steve VonBrandt
Nothing ruins the occasional fishing trip more than driving a long distance to your favorite spot, only to find out it’s been raining for the last few weeks and the water is the color of Chocolate milk! Many years ago, I was like most weekend anglers, and would immediately try to find another lake or river that might be a little more clear, or just turn around and go home. But I found over the last 20 years, that it isn’t necessary to give up so quickly on muddy water.
There are many times when a creek arm, or a certain portion of the lake or river isn’t as muddy, or there is a transition zone where it goes from muddy to stained, which can be a good area, but, even if there is no clearer water, there are many things you can do. Most gamefish react the same way to muddy water, they go shallow and they move closer to structure. This could mean a lot of different types of structure, such as brushpiles, laydowns, rocks, stump fields, pads on shallow flats, anything! When the bas are holding tight to cover, because of low visibility, the lure presentations sometimes need to be precise, such as when flipping a log or tree roots with a jig. Bellow are the 6 basic choices you should have rigged for fishing muddy waters.
Plastic Worms: I know this sounds like a strange choice, but a lot of times when bass are holding real tight to cover, a larger, bulkier worm, with some rattle inserted, possibly with a paddle tail, worked real close in the cover, can work well. I used a black or a black/red combination in muddy water. I also use the new Big 7 inch Senko that is out now, and drop it right into heavier cover. I have been using the new Cut-Tail worm for this also.
Vibrating Rattlers: These baits such as the Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap, Cotton Bordell, Diamond Shad, or the Rattlin’ Rapalas, are excellent choices for probing different depths of muddy water, and where muddy changes to stained. The noise and vibrations of these baits, along with a realistic shad shape, make these great baits and stained to muddy water.
Crankbaits: I use a lot of the real fat bodied crankbaits in muddy water. I choose different baits with a wide wobble, and sometimes rattles. I usually stay with darker colors with red in muddy water. These colors with a wide wobble, are easier for bass to find.
Spinnerbaits: The bass will be using their lateral line more in the muddy water, so a spinnerbait with a heavy pulse such as a Terminator night bait, with a black skirt, and Colorado blade, is a perfect choice. You could even add rattles to this bait, which I have had success with in the muddy rivers and lakes in the Northeast. I always use a single Colorado blade on the spinner baits in muddy water, but in stained, or warmer stained water, I do go to an Oklahoma Blade sometimes with good results.
Topwaters: These are my favorite baits to use in muddy water. There are so many baits that shallow, muddy water bass will hit! The buzzbait worked slowly around cover will draw tremendous strikes. The walking type baits, such as a Zara Spook, and Fenwick walking baits, Jitterbugs, Crazy Crawlers, and a variety of other topwaters, including poppers with rattles, are excellent and exciting choices for muddy water bass. The bass will all be in water that is 1-4 feet deep, eliminating a lot of the water, making them easier to catch!
Jigs: Jigs in Brown/Black or Blue/Black with a Zoom or uncle Josh trailer, with some rattles, are an excellent choice to flip into laydowns, and shallow stump fields, and of course on docks. Make repeated casts to give them a good look and provoke them.
If you stick with these baits and methods the next time you run into muddy water, you will never be afraid to see it again. It will become a friend, as it has become to me.
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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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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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Mar 6, 2013; 09:47PM - San Jose del Cabo February 24, 2013
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric Brictson
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
San Jose del Cabo
February 24, 2013
Anglers –
Much of the same patterns continue into the last week of February, light
crowds of tourists, cool mornings with scattered cloud cover, days warming
to 75 degrees, persistent northerly winds up to 15 mph are now showing
signs of residing and big numbers of whales remain in the region. Will not
be long now before springtime arrives, always a favorite time to visit and
enjoy ideal weather conditions and the world class sportfishing
opportunities. Ocean currents are now averaging 69 to 71 degrees and
clarity has been fair, considering the temperature.
Schools of mackerel seem to have scattered from the San Jose del Cabo
grounds, where caballito baitfish have taken their place and sardinas
continue to be netted off the beaches near the San Luis and Vinorama. Local
fleets have been finding a variety of action from Punta Gorda, La Fortuna,
Iman and to Vinorama. Sierra have provided the majority of action close to
shore, mostly smaller sized, some reaching up to 3 or 4 pounds. Roosterfish
have been encountered close to shore, just to the north of the PLC Marina
Jetties, some of these fish reaching 10 pounds. Dorado have been harder to
find in recent days, often being found later on when the sun warms the
ocean surface some, no big schools, just a few fish here or there, average
sizes ranged from 5 to 15 lb. Bottom action produced limited results on
pargo, cabrilla, amberjack and triggerfish. Juvenile sized yellowtail are
being found on the Pacific side of Cabo San Lucas, but no yellows reported
off of Palmilla or other grounds yet. We do anticipate much improved action
off the rock piles as weather transitions towards the spring season.
Striped marlin have been most numerous on the Golden Gate Bank and other
Pacific grounds, the billfish are starting to shift in the direction off of
San Jose as well, this migration occurs each season, all species of fish
follow their preferred food source.
Yellowfin tuna were being found offshore of Cabo San Lucas, traveling with
porpoise, charters that did encounter this activity reported fast action
for football sized tuna. This week the Gordo Banks produced a handful of
larger grade yellowfin, up to about 120 pounds, only a few numbers of these
tuna were landed, but it proves they are still schooling in the area, these
are the first tuna heard about on the local banks in several weeks, all of
the hook ups were taken while drift fishing with chunks of skipjack, which
have been very plentiful throughout the area. Encouraging to see that these
fish are hanging around this late in the season, maybe they will never even
leave this year.
On an extreme personal negative side, it would be hard for me not to
mention that this past Saturday night our newest fleet boat, a 26 ft.
Regulator, was stolen right from our panga dock area in La Playita, Puerto
Los Cabos Marina. At his time the boat has not been found anywhere and
investigators believe that the twin Yamaha outboards were removed quickly
at sea and then the boat was shuttled and sunk offshore. This has been the
operational history followed by thieves off of the East Cape region in
recent times, stealing the motors and sinking the boats. This is the first
of this type of crime to occur in Puerto Los Cabos Marina and hopefully
these organized pirates can be arrested and brought to justice so that no
one suffers the same consequences as we have. As in many similar incidents
it just so happens that there were commercial shrimp boats anchored off of
the Marina for several days prior and on the same night that our boat
vanished, the shrimp boats also were gone, quite a coincidence, does not
require being a trained detective to solve this case.
This week the combined panga fleets launching out of Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 59 charters and anglers accounted for a fish
count of: 5 striped marlin, 7 yellowfin tuna, 126 dorado, 325 sierra, 38
roosterfish, 12 jack crevalle, 5 amberjack, 14 cabrilla, 24 yellow snapper,
24 huachinango ( red snapper),
12 barred pargo, 3 dogtooth snapper and 22 triggerfish.
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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