| 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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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
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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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Jan 5, 2004; 06:27PM - Fly Hooker Daily Fishing Reports
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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
One Striped Marlin T&R (#120)
12 Tuna kept (#54,46,35,35,35 and smaller)
4 Dorado kept (#30-15)
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 29, 2003
Mark McLeod was my angler for today. I say my angler as other than Mark, I was the
only person on the boat! Juan has been sick since the 24th with the flu and it sounds
as if his family is getting it as well. I discovered at the end of the day that Manuel had a
very bad cold this morning, called Juan and let him know he would not be able to get in.
Juan said “all right” then rolled over and went to sleep! Oh well, Mark and I managed
to handle it all right between the two of us! The day started off real slow, but at least
the water conditions were great, very little swell and no chop, a beautiful sunrise to
start us out. I went to the south east, running out to the 95 spot to start, as there had
been a finger of warmer water working it’s way up from the south that I hoped would
hold fish. Well, at around 11 am I was beginning to think that I would have to have my
head examined when off in the distance I spotted a couple of birds working. Signs of
life other than the flying fish! As we slowly got closer I started to see more birds and
when we were a half mile away the air was suddenly filled with at least 60 Frigates
diving down from very high up, and there were seagulls popping up as well. As we got
even closer we became more excited, there were Porpoise jumping now! This was the
right stuff, and we were the only boat there! As we passed the porpoise, the bridge rod
went off, then the short line got whacked, then the long rigger had something try for it
three times. From the time of the first strike I kept the boat moving, speeding up,
slowing down, doing turns, anything to get all the lines hooked up. Finally we were at
the point we had around 300 yards out on the first fish and he was still in full run. Time
to stop and fight! I got Mark into the chair and handed him the short position rod,
knowing that there was less line out on it and a better chance of getting that fish in. It
took him around 15 minutes to get the Yellowfin, scaled at 46 pounds, to the boat. I
placed the gaff in the head, brought him on board, ripped a gill and closed the fish box.
Mark didn’t realize we still had the first fish hooked up and the look on his face was
great when I had to try very hard to get the rod out of the holder before passing it down
to him! The next fish was a little more difficult for him, and me as well. While I had
been keeping an eye on the birds during the first 10 minutes of this fish, the last 10
minutes I forgot about them and I was finally able to get a good gaff shot on the 54
pound fish Mark brought up! All right, fish in the boat, the birds had disappeared, time
to get the lures back out and try and find them again. We worked in the direction they
had taken off in but were unable to spot any signs so after about 20 minutes I played
with the knife and filleted out the Tuna loins. This had to be done as we were not able
to close the fish box on the two tuna, their tails stuck out to far! After that project was
done we turned the boat and worked our way back home. A Striped Marlin came into
the lure pattern while we were at the 95 spot and struck at each lure we had out. Mark
has caught a lot of Striped Marlin and had no real interest in catching one so I did not
drop back a live bait. About 30 minutes later another one appears and inhales the
short rigger lure. This time Mark had no choice and with a lot of jumping from the fish
was finally able to work it into leader distance. I leadered the Marlin, Mark backed the
drag off and placed the rod in the holder then placed the tag. I removed the hook from
the middle of the bill and we watched the fish swim away sporting the new orange tag.
It was a good feeling but Marks arms were starting to feel the workout and he told me
that the next darn Marlin I would have to reel in! Just as well we had no other strikes
for the day, I don’t need to catch another one anyway! Thanks Mark, I had a wonderful
time, and the sashimi was great!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR DECEMBER 30, 2003
Our friend from Colorado Rod L’Anglais and his wife Karen are in town and last night
Rod met another Rod who liked to fish. This morning Manuel and I left the marina on
the “Fly Hooker” with the two Rods and the second Rod’s wife ( I am so sorry I forgot
your name) and their son (Matt? I am sooo bad at names! Sorry!!). The water was
great again and this time Manuel headed out to his favorite area, the southeast side of
the San Jaime Banks. Rod wanted his son to have a chance at Marlin so we put out all
large, dark colored lures. We had a Marlin strike not long after putting the lines in the
water but the fish did not stick around although we dropped back a live bait hoping for a
friend to show up. No dice, and off we continued. Things were seeming very slow,
both from our lack of action and lack of radio chatter. Manuel got me behind the wheel
hoping for a change in luck. I guess it worked because about 45 minutes later we both
spotted a couple of splashes on the horizon. The boat was turned toward the area and
about 30 minutes later we finally saw Porpoise. There were a few birds working as
well, maybe a dozen Frigates and a few Seagulls. We could see Tuna busting water
now and then, mostly footballs but a few larger fish as well. Just like yesterday, we
were the only boat on the scene. In the next two hours I became a bloody mess and
made a mess of the cockpit as we proceeded to catch 10 Tuna, the three largest
around 35 pounds. After that we had enough and the bite dropped off. Manuel turned
the boat toward home. I filleted the seven smaller fish and after that Manuel did the
three larger ones. With the clean up done and lures in the water there was still hope
for a Marlin! I was driving as Manuel was watching the lures when he said there was a
Dorado coming in. I glanced back just as the fish did a 180 degree turn and slammed
the bridge rod lure. 15 minutes later Manuel had the fish gaffed and in the box, 20
minutes later it was in zip lock bags! It was a good day and a joy to be fishing with
people who have so much fun! Thanks folks!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 31 DECEMBER, 2003
The last day of the year was a good charter for us. Both Manuel and Juan were
back in good health and we had great clients. It was only booked the day before and I
was not able to get the names written down, but I remember faces, Dad, Mom, two
Daughters and one Son. Super nice folks, and they had a great time. Or at least, most
of them did. Son and one of the daughters started to get a little seasick as the water
got a bit rougher today. They were able to get three Dorado to the boat. Juan said that
he farmed three more, plus they had a shot at a Marlin, but it would not eat the bait.
Well, good fillets for dinner and a little smoked fish to take home! Thanks for ending
the year with us guys, we enjoyed having you on the boat!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 2, 2004
Today was supposed to be a share trip between John Brawley (a return client) and
our friend Tim McGee and his two friends. Sorry John, I tried the cell phone # on the
back of the booking sheet, I tried calling the hotel you were supposed to be at and tried
calling all the other resorts in the book, but I was not able to get hold of you. Tim and
his friends went out and though the water was a bit rough in the afternoon, they did
enjoy the trip. Unfortunately they did not catch any fish, but they did have a chance to
throw bait at one Marlin. That fish was not hungry. I’m sorry Tim, we had hoped for
better results. Maybe next time will be better.
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR JANUARY 3, 2004
Well, unfortunately for our clients starting the year with us, our luck has not been
good so far. Today we had return client Don Noble and two friends on the boat. At a
distance of 17 miles to the southwest, at 9 am, Dons buddy had enough. The water
was rough and he was sick. While leaning on the Starboard outrigger while running
him back to the Marina the outrigger snapped two feet from the base. No fish on the
boat so far. he was dropped off and his wife and Don returned. Juan and Manuel went
tot he 95 spot. There had been some fish caught in the area and they tried slow trolling
live Caballito in the area. Juan said that they had two Dorado take the baits, but both
fish managed to get the hooks turned back into the baits and they were not hooked up.
That was at the tail end of the trip and they returned to the marina with no flags flying. I
sure hope things pick up for us on the fish side of the scale! Keep your fingers
crossed! Until next week, Thanks and Tight Lines!
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