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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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| 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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| 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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| 2023 Best Fishing Photo contest |
| Photo with the most votes will receive a free tackle package. |
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Jul 21, 2010; 05:22PM
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Category: Guide Services
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Name for Contacts: Ralph Solano
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Phone: (506) 88620214
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City: Playa Potrero, Santa Cruz
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State: Guanacaste
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Country: Costa Rica
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Hi Fishermen budies!
For kayak fishing trips and charters in Guanacaste,
Costa Rica.
You may see it at:
www.costaricawildfishing.com
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Aug 12, 2003; 10:50AM - Jiggin' It
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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:
Jigs come in all sorts of shapes, colors, sizes, and even skirt materials. There are a bunch of different ways to fish them as well. However, to be able to catch them when the fishing is tough, you have to be very versatile. In this article, I will go through different ways of fishing jigs and I will begin to get you acquainted with this wonderful lure called a jig, in this little guide called “Jiggin’ It”.
Let me first give you a little bit of “background” about jigs. Jigs come made with many different kinds of materials. Just to name a few hair, tinsel and silicone. However, in this guide we will mostly be talking about silicone jigs. Silicone jigs are much easier too fish. Being that when they get wet, they become waterproof making them easier to slide through thick vegetation. To help aid the jig going through the thick milfoil some people use scent.
Jigs come in many different shapes and size, they even come with different shaped heads for different types of applications. They come made with a flipping, swimming, and even a stand-up type head. They also come in an array of different weight heads.
Jigs even come in countless colors and even different shades. It is best that when you first start out fishing a jig you should stick to basic colors. Some of the basic jig colors would include brown and orange, moss green and even black and blue.
When selecting a jig by its size you want to use as less weight as possible. Using less weight will give the jig a more realistic action and presentation. You also need less weight because bass will normally hit the jig when it is on the fall, and using less weight will help the jig fall slower. While we are talking about fall rate lets talk a little about jig trailers. Plastic trailers work great for cooler water, when the fish are more active. Jigs with pork are a deadly combination when the water temperature drops below 60. When you pick a trailer, you should keep in mind to match the trailer color to the color of the jigs skirt.
Now lets get into how to fish a jig. There are many different ways to fish them. One of the more popular ways to fish them is to do a hop and swim type retrieve. When you do this, you should make a long cast and then let the jig rest on the bottom for a few seconds, and then slowly lift your rod tip and let the jig fall back to the bottom. Then after a few hops you swim the jig a few feet, then begin to hop the jig again. This hop and swim method has produced greatly for many people all throughout the country.
Another way to fish a jig is to just hop the jig on the bottom or even drag it. However, one of the deadliest ways to fish a jig is to swim it close to the bottom or above a weed line. A seven-foot heavy action rod will give the jig enough action to entice big bass, be sure to pick a rod with a soft tip and enough backbone to horse the big boys out of the thick stuff.
The last technique I am going to cover is flipping and pitching. To do this you should flip the jig into weed pockets or into shoreline cover. When you do this, a good choice is a seven and a half foot heavy action rod and thirty-five pound monofilament. The heavy action rod will be stout enough to pull a five pound bass out the roughest spots you can flip your jig into.
This is just a little guide on how to fish a jig. If you experiment with different ways to fish them and you find out which technique the bass wants, you will have a killer day out on the water!
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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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Dec 16, 2002; 12:05PM - '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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FLY HOOKER FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 9, 2002
Today is the third of three for our friend
David Reese and pals Mike and James. After the
action on the Dorado yesterday they were hoping for
a repeat, but it was not to be. They
returned to the same area but this time the whole
day was a boat ride. They saw no Marlin or
Dorado today. We sure are glad they managed to get
100 pounds of fillets on the first two days!
Thanks David, we look forward to seeing you again
sometime in April!
FLY HOOKER FISH REPORT FOR 10 DECEMBER, 2002
Today was booked by Dennis Bracken for himself
and five friends. He had originally wanted
five days with us but we were only able to give him
three, so for the last two days he fished
another boat. Well, he was not able to figure out
how to call us once he arrived and even though
he knew where the boat was, he booked another boat
for today. We found this out this morning
as he and his group passed by the gate to E Dock on
their way to the other boat. Wish we had
known as we turned down other charters for him and
could have gotten a trip for today.
FLY HOOKER FISH REPORT FOR 11 DECEMBER, 2002
Dennis Bracken and his group showed up at 7:10
this morning, a bit the worse for wear after
last night. Juan said they slept most of the day.
Juan and Manuel worked the area off of the Los
Arcos and Juan said they had one Marlin eat a live
bait tossed in front of it, but the fish got the
bait, not the hook. That was all the action for
the day.
FLY HOOKER FISH REPORT FOR 12 DECEMBER, 2002
Dennis Bracken had his brother come down to see
me yesterday afternoon and cancel todays
trip but we were able to put together two of our
repeat clients who were in town and wanted to
fish. Mike Henstra is vacationing with his wife,
her sister and her mother so he said he would be
happy to share a boat with Mike and Teresa rather
than go shopping. Juan and Manuel went 25
miles to the south looking for a band of warm water
that is approaching but found nothing once
they got there, it was on the way back when they
got a strike and that was a nice 35 pound
Wahoo that Teresa got to reel in. Good dinner
material!
FLY HOOKER FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 13, 2002
Today was a payback to our webmaster for all
his effort in building and maintaining our
website. Hats off to Mr. Phil Orr! Myself, Phil,
and our friends Leon and Robert were supposed
to go and Phil had also invited a couple of the
guys he works with at the golf course. Robert
missed the boat as he ended up waiting somewhere
else for us and he had a cooler of chicken and
ribs! Thank goodness Leon showed up with six box
lunches! One of the guys invited by Phil
showed up, Miguel, and this was his first time to
go fishing. We decided to try deep dropping
some live bait off the lighthouse at the beginning
of the trip and worked that for about an hour
and a half with no response from the fish except
for one bait getting scarred and taking a lot of
line but not getting eaten. Then we went in and
fished the area off the beach between the
lighthouse and Punta San Cristobal (Los Arcos) for
Sierra. Miguel got one to the boat and Phil
farmed one. The action shut down and we headed
offshore looking for something larger. Not
until the tail end of the trip did we find anything
except the large Black Porpoise, and as we were
returning to the marina we hooked up a Dorado right
outside the lighthouse, where we began the
morning deep dropping live bait! It was a nice
fish about 20-25 pounds and delivered up some
good fillets!
FLY HOOKER FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 14, 2002
Our new friends Sonny and Randy fished our boat
today. They went out on another boat
yesterday with friend Gary but Gary instructed the
Captain to return after three hours out, he
didn�t want to get that far away from town. They
caught a Dorado yesterday and would like to
catch some more of them today, but Gary is going to
stay ashore and they invited me to go along.
We wanted to be sure to get fish in the boat for
them and started out by working the are off the
beach between the lighthouse and San Cristobal for
about an hour, picking up two Sierra of about
4 pounds each. When the action had been slow for
about a half hour I suggested that we head
offshore to look for something larger. We worked
the deep water for several hours until we saw
a Marlin free jumping about a half mile away.
Another boat spotted it too and were there before
we were. In the same are there were a couple of
Frigate birds circling around way up high so we
decided to try and slow troll the area with live
baits. About 30 minutes after starting to slow
troll
there was action on Randy�s bait. It zipped out
line a few times and there was a big swirl behind
it. Juan had the rod in hand, ready to set the
hook when the rod on Sonny�s side dipped a little
and the line started to sing off of that reel.
Both of these baits were ones that had been trolled
on
top of the water, not the one on the planer. I set
the hook on the fish that had hit Sonny�s rod and
the fight was on! Lots of jumps were done by the
Marlin as he made a big circle. Sonny tired real
quick and Randy got on the fish as it completed the
circle and swam towards the boat. Randy
thought the fish had come off so Manuel goosed the
engines and there the Marlin was, not more
than 20 feet away, still hooked up. Juan was able
to grab the leader for a second before the fish
realized what was going on but it pulled out of his
grip almost immediately. Another series of
jumps took place and the rod switched hands several
times before Sonny took the last up and got
the fish close enough to the boat for Juan to try
and grab it. it was not easy because the fish had
just a little stumpy bill that projected maybe an
inch past it�s lower jaw. The fish was hooked in
the corner of the jaw and the hook was easy to
remove. The fish was tagged and released,
swimming slowly away, tired but in good shape.
After a round of High-Fives another bait was
put out as more rigs were readied. less than three
minutes later the one boat that was out got
eaten by a nice 25 pound bull Dorado! After the
Marlin action this one was easy and Randy had it
to the boat pretty quickly. We tried again but had
no more action and there was no action as we
trolled for the last hour. Not a bad day though,
and I hope we have this good of action
tomorrow!
FLY HOOKER FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 15, 2002
Today and tomorrow we have Larry Quinn and his
adult son Trey as our anglers. Larry
booked two days fishing as a birthday present for
Trey. They were kind enough to be willing to
share the boat today with our friends from Bend,
Oregon, Mike and Teresa. Since it is a birthday
gift for Trey, he is supposed to get first fish and
the guys tried hard but had little luck. They did
have a Marlin rap one of the lures and had another
one hook up just long enough to pull line for a
few seconds, but nothing was hooked solid.
Hopefully tomorrow will be better!
Until Next Week, Tight Lines from George, Mary,
Juan and Manuel, the �Fly Hooker� Crew
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