| 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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| Did you know? |
| 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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Sep 14, 2008; 01:01PM
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Category: Guide Services
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Name for Contacts: Robert Hudson
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Phone: 760-209-3260
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City: June Lake
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State: California
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Country: USA
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I am the owner of Sierra Fly Guide in June Lake, Ca. and would like to add a link to my web site, www.sierraflyguide.net or an ad for it. Maybe you could add a catagory for guides or fly fishing? Contact me and let me now what you need.
Thanks
Robert
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2012 Fish Photo Contest
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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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Category: Boats
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Name for Contacts: Frank Abruzzino
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Phone: (941) 776-1133
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City: Palmetto
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State: Florda
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May 12, 2003; 12:54PM - '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 MAY 5, 2003
Our good friend from Guam, Bill Gowder, is fishing aboard the “Fly Hooker” today and on the
7th. He would really like to get a Marlin or two or three but today it was Tuna time. Juan and
Manuel headed out at 150 degrees for 6 miles and put lines in the water. It was not until they
were 20 miles out that they finally spotted Porpoise. First boat on the scene always has the best
catch and that’s what happened today. Three passes in a row had all four lines hooked up and the
fish ranged in size from 15 to 35 pounds. After a while they had the 15 fish limit and sore arms
and went in search of Marlin. They did spot a few but those fish were not hungry as they all
passed on the offering of live Mackerel. We’ll keep our fingers crossed for Bill on the 7th, I
might get to go along on that trip!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR MAY 6, 2003
Roald Petterssen is a repeat client and loves to fish with Juan. He has booked today and the
8th on the “Fly Hooker” and like Bill yesterday, really prefers to catch Marlin. Almost first thing
in the morning they get a big hit and instead of a Marlin, it’s a Wahoo of about 60 pounds! Nice
fish! With it in the boat they continued to search for Marlin and finally spotted on and tossed it a
live Mackerel. The fish ate the bait and started jumping. It made four series of jumps before
going deep. It took Roald almost 40 minutes to get the fish to the boat, the fish had died after
getting tail wrapped. They saw a few other fish but none of them were in the mood to eat. Lets
see if they can do it again on the 8th!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR MAY 7, 2003
I got to go today with our friend Bill Gowder and Juan and Manuel set the lines as we reached
the line-up between the Arch and Missiones Resort. The lures had not been in the water for more
than five minutes when there was an eruption on the long rigger lure. No knockdown though, but
several seconds later the Bridge rod started to scream. I thought it was a Marlin but Juan said he
had been looking at the lure when it happened and it was a Wahoo. Sure enough, Bill put the
pressure on and in about 15 minutes had the fish to the boat. What a fish! Juan had a difficult
time getting the fish into the boat but after hitting the deck, it looked at least 60-70 pounds, by far
the largest Wahoo Bill had ever caught. We continued trolling up into the Sea of Cortez toward
the Gorda Bank area and after a while Manuel spotted a fin. He ran the boat to the spot as Juan
pinned on a live Mackerel and stood ready to pitch it out. The fish went down before we arrived
and we continued our search. Almost two hours later Manuel spotted another fish on the surface.
As Juan tossed the bait, this fish went down. We slow trolled that bait for a few minutes then
continued on. We saw Porpoise, Seals and Turtles and finally, we had a Marlin come in on the
Bridge rod lure. This fish came in charging hard and as Manuel gunned the boat to keep the fish
coming, Juan dropped back a bait. Nothing. Sigh. We continued the lure trolling but at about 1
P.M. trolled live baits for about 30 minutes. Still no action so out went the lures. As we were
about to pull lines, and in about the same area as this morning, we had a repeat. A knock-down
on the long rigger, then the same lure struck again. Manuel called down “Tuna”, I was hoping for
a Marlin but it ended up being another Wahoo, this one about 45 pounds. Thanks Bill, I sure
wish we had hooked into some Billfish for you, but maybe next time!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 8 MAY, 2003
Roald Petterssen had such a good time on the 7th that he is going again tomorrow as well.
That decision was made before todays trip, but todays result verified that it was a wise choice.
Juan and Manuel put lines in the water after cruising 45 minutes and when they were about 15
miles out spotted the first Marlin. This same are ended up producing three Marlin for Roald, two
were tagged and released and one was badly injured during the fight. Several other fish were
sighted and had bait tossed at them, but with no result. A little after leaving the area they
managed to hook into a 15 pound Yellowfin as well. Now that is the type of Marlin action that
everybody would like to have. It is always about being in the right place at the right time! Good
luck tomorrow Roald!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 9 MAY, 2003
Roald “The Fishing Machine” Petterssen is out for his third day of Marlin hunting today, and
Juan and Manuel took him back to the same area that they found all the fish yesterday. Their luck
was not as good today however, and they only managed to tag and release on Striped Marlin.
The were able to get a nice 35 pound Dorado in the boat, along with a small Yellowfin of about
25 pounds, so there were fish out there. Roalds total for three days of fishing was 5 Striped
Marlin, two Yellowfin Tuna, one Dorado and one Wahoo. Pretty good I think, and Roald had a
lot of fun doing it! Thanks Roald, we look forward to seeing you again!
“FLY HOOKER” FISH REPORT FOR 10 MAY, 2003
Ed and Charles were our anglers for today and they brought along their wives and another lady
so they could enjoy being on the water. Well, the wind switched a bit and the water was a bit
choppy out there. The trip was supposed to be a half day but ended up with only three hours on
the water as three out of five were feeling a bit ill. Of course for Ed it had nothing to do with the
amount of tequila consumed the afternoon and evening before! The objective of the trip was to
catch something for dinner and hopefully get something that would do a lot of jumping. Half of
the plan worked as they hooked into a lot of Tuna, but there were no Dorado or Marlin fooled by
the lures. Eight Yellowfin, with the largest 4 at 35 pounds, supplied plenty of fish for dinner, as
well as plenty of fish to be smoked and taken back home. We are glad you found fish and sorry
the water was choppy. Have a great time eating the smoked Tuna and thinking about your next
trip back!
Until next week, Tight Lines from George, Mary, Juan and Manuel, the “Fly Hooker” crew!
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