| 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. |
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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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Feb 23, 2018; 07:00AM
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Category: Guide Services
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Name for Contacts: Quepos Fishing Charters
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Phone: 1-800-388-9957
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City: Quepos
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Country: Costa Rica
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| Description: |
Quepos Fishing Charters is located
in the Quepos, Costa Rica and we
offer Full Day and 3/4 Day trips.
We’re ready to give you the fishing
experience of a lifetime!
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May 2003 Best Photo
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Capt. Charle...40lbsAmberjack |
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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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Category: Boats
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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 28, 2002; 10:25AM - Cabo Fishing 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 OCTOBER 21-27, 2002
WEATHER: This week has been a windy one. Strong
northwest winds have lowered our
average temperatures so our daytime highs have been
in the low to mid 80�s and our nighttime
lows have been in the low 70�s to high 60�s. We
were worried that Hurricane Kenna might have
been heading right for us, at least until it took
of to the northeast on Friday. It was packing
winds
to 160mph when it veered away, striking at Puerto
Vallerta with 144mph winds instead. I believe
that the jet stream across the top of us helped
out, but I guess we�d really rather have the winds
we are getting now than the winds the Hurricane
would have brought us! A little cloud cover, no
rain and cooler temps sum it up for the week here
in Cabo. (The Wonder of it All)
WATER: Let me start by saying that everyone here
is going to be happy when the A.P.E.C.
conference is over and they re-open the waters on
the Sea of Cortez side of the Cape, in where
there is a bit of protection from the wind. We
have been fishing on the Pacific side all week, or
out deep into the Sea of Cortez, outside the lee.
On the Pacific the water has been a bit tamer
version of �Victory at Sea�, at least for the
most part. Storm swells from the south, currents
from
the southeast and wind chop from the northeast have
resulted in more than a few early returns.
Seas from 5-8 feet and a foot or two of chop in
there, short spaced, uncomfortable ride. The
water temperatures have been good though, with most
of it in the 81-82 degree range. We still
have a finger of warm water wrapping around the
Cape, extending up the Pacific coast to the
Golden Gate Banks. The Sea of Cortez is showing
temperatures in the mid 80�s. (Alberta�s
Child)
BAIT: Caballito and a few scattered misc. fish
were available this week. With very few boats
going out due to the conditions as well as the APEC
events, not a lot of the bait Pangas were
working. One day we got 8 Caballito, a small Black
Jack and a little bitty Permit as baits, and
there were only five bait boats out there. The
prices have remained the same, at $2 per bait. No
word on the Sardinas, and I doubt if there were
many available since they seem to normally come
from the area just off the beach between us and San
Jose, an area that has been off limits for the
week. (Navajo Rug)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: If you were able to stand the
conditions, there were plenty of Striped Marlin
available just to the north side of the light house
later in the week. They were in small groups of
three or four fish and seemed to be hungry. The
difficulty was to get a live bait tossed in front
of
them! Most of the fish were running right around
100 pounds and the live bait was definitely the
way to go. A few Blue Marlin were hooked up as
well, but not many were brought to the boats.
Most of them were caught on lures, but a few were
hooked on lighter gear while slow trolling live
Caballito for Dorado. When the Sea of Cortez
restrictions are lifted this week the catch reports
should start to show a few more Blue as well as
Black Marlin since the water is a bit warmer
there. (Barrel Racing Angel)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: They are there, it is just
difficult to find them. Almost all the Yellowfin
caught this week were Dolphin associated, and the
sheep farm on the Pacific made it difficult to
spot them from a distance. A lot of fish in the
20-20 pound ranges were caught, as well as a few
up to 100 pounds. Again, most of this was on the
Pacific side, and happened anywhere from 3
miles out to as far as the San Jaime Banks. The
bigger fish were hooked on live bait tossed out
after a lure strike, and the smaller fish were
eating small feathers in dark colors and small
Marauders in purple/black run on #300 mono.
(Magpie)
DORADO: It seems that the Dorado bite improves
with rough water, and this week was a case in
point. If you could stand getting bounced around
and could get to the north side of Cabo Falso,
there were Dorado in abundance. There was a color
break most of the week on the north side
and just up hill in the blue water were schools of
fish in the 15-25 pound class. After a hookup on
lures, almost every live bait dropped back was hit.
Live bait was definitely the ticket though. On
this side of Cabo Falso there were Dorado as well,
but they were scattered a bit more and seemed
to be a bit smaller as well. Many of the Pangas
were getting outside the lighthouse early in the
morning then spending the rest of the trip slowly
drifting down and cross swell back to the Friars,
hooking up Dorado and the occasional Marlin on the
drift. (The Gift)
WAHOO: A few boats did well on Wahoo this week,
with the best catch being one of six Wahoo
off of one piece of floating wood. The first boat
to the debris got the Wahoo every time.
Marauders trolled on wire leader were the best
method, and a lot of Dorado were caught on them
as well. Again, the action took place on the
Pacific side of the Cape. (Alcohol in the
Bloodstream)
INSHORE: Due to the rough conditions the water
close to shore was very discolored. Most of
the boats that normally fish there were working a
few miles off shore instead, fishing for Dorado
and Marlin. It was reported that a few Sierra were
caught and I saw some large needlefish
hooked, but for the most part the inshore was non-
existent. (The Old Double Diamond)
NOTES: Everyone here is going to be happy when
things return to normal this coming week.
APEC gives us a lot of exposure but it has put the
damper on local business with all the security
and the lack of tourist traffic for the week. Next
weeks report should let us know if the 12 day
closure on the Sea of Cortez side has had any
affect on the fishing. Oh yeah, fishing licenses.
According to Luis, at the license office, he is no
longer accepting a cash payment for the license,
even if it is correct change, unless the banks are
closed, which means after 4pm. This means that
you now have to go to the office to fill out the
paperwork then to the bank to make the payment
and return to the office with your form 5 and
copies, in order to get your license. He informed
us
of this on Friday the 26th. He did not say why
this had changed as he had to leave the office
because he needed to be in Constitution by 2pm.
This weeks music is Ian Tyson on his CD �All
The Good�uns�, 1996, Vanguard. A little bit
different than the ones I have been listening to,
Ian
is a mix of western, folk, and a bit of something
else, basically call it cowboy music. A great
voice with great stories to tell.
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