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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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| About a third of male fish in British rivers are changing sex due to pollution, |
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| Fishing is an ancient practice that dates back to at least the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic period about 40,000 years ago. Isotopic analysis of the remains of Tianyuan man, a 40,000-year-old modern human from eastern Asia, has shown that he regularly consumed freshwater fish. |
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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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| Whats in a name you ask? |
| If we’re going to be strict about it, jellyfish and starfish are not really fish because they don’t have a backbone. As a correction, many public aquariums are now using the terms “sea jellies” and “sea stars”. |
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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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| 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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Category: Sportfishing Charters
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Name for Contacts: Pro Sportfishing - Brian Barragy
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Phone: 713-398-7764
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City: Houston
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State: Texas
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Country: USA, Guatemala, Mexico
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At Pro Sportfishing, we are dedicated to providing our customers with the best professional sport fishing charter experience in Mexico and Guatemala. Sport fishing is our passion and we put that same passion into how we approach the fishing charter service that continues to grow thanks to our many happy customers. We feel that the most important thing for our customers is to be able to relax and enjoy the important things about the trip instead of worrying about the details, that's what we are here for. As the largest owner/operator fishing charter in Guatemala, you can count on us to exceed your expectations. We want to see you back for your next trip! Visit us at http://www.prosportfishing.com
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Kids Only Fish Photo Contest
Kids 12 and under only in this contest A free tackle package to the photo with the most votes. Contest ends Jan 1, 2012
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Feb 15, 2009; 04:24PM - Make 'Em Last : Save A Grub
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Category: Fishing tips and tricks
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Author Name: Nathan
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
Make your grubs, curly tails, dingers, etc last by sliding the grub past the eye of the hook and then stick a toothpick/shaved wood into the eye and cut the ends. This prevents throwing the grub off even after a few hits. Also play with the cutting to change a lure's action. |
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May 13, 2019; 08:07PM - OCEAN-TAMER Marine Grade Bean Bags
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Category: Boats
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Price: $79.95 - $139.95
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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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Description 1:
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May 29, 2004; 01:06PM - Summer Starts to Sizzle Big Time
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT FROM GARY GRAHAM'S BAJA ON THE FLY:
PROVIDING QUALITY SALTWATER FLY-FISHING 365 DAYS A YEAR SOUTH OF THE BORDER.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: bajafly@bajafly.com; USA toll-free (800)
919-2252; Mexico 011-52-624-14-10373
Sat., May 29, 2004. Report covers the period Sat.-Fri. (5/22-5/28)
EAST CAPE, MAGDALENA BAY, ZIHUATANEJO, MEXICO; AND SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA CONDITIONS
EAST CAPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Wed. (5/26), all five of the Gikkas party (Isabel and Alan Gikkas, and 3-year old Alysa, Novato, Calif.; Diane and Al Williams, Corte Madera, Calif.) headed out looking for marlin on light tackle. They had plenty of it with 4 hooked and one landed. We saw at least 2 dozen and a few would have been an easy shot with the fly. Yes, we even took Alysa to where she could catch a few bottom fish.
Scott Nobles and Bill Bruling, Chicago, are a couple of young guys who were experiencing saltwater for the first time. It only took a few minutes and the ladyfish, sierra and roosters were busting all around us right in front of the spa, just as I was explaining to the group how difficult roosters could be. Scott set some sort of record by hooking a rooster on his second cast. They really caught on to the retrieve and hook-setting techniques and we continued to hook and land good numbers of fish all day. It was a classic Sea of Cortez kind of day roosters, jacks, ladies, trumpets, needles, and sierra.Scott fought a jack crevalle for almost an hour while mantas and sea lions surfaced all around us. They loved it!
Dentist John Grim, Del Mar, Calif., and his buddy Phil arrived Thurs. night and were anxious to get on the water. Every day is different and yesterday (5/28) I saw more roosters come up to the teaser than any other trip so far. Unfortunately, they were also as picky as I've ever seen them . . . and that's picky! They did manage to boat some ladyfish andI saw at least two good rooster eats on the flythat were blown. Like most new-comers, they missed some great opportunities management, hook setting, etc., before they began to get the hang of it. There was so much rooster action that we spent the entire day in the same area. I'd say we had about 50 come up on the teasers.
- East Cape report by Baja on the Fly guide John Dickenson
Hotels full! Fish feeding! Welcome to summer and take a moment to reflect on all of those who have sacrificed so much to allow us to live in freedom. Have a great Memorial Day weekend.
AIR & SEA -
Water temperature 70-82
Air temperature 73-80
Humidity about 37%
Wind: 6mph from the South
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 12 miles
Sunrise 6:33 a.m. MST
Sunset 7:59 p.m. MST
June 2, Full, June 9 Last Quarter, June 17 New, June 27 First Quarter
OFFSHORE: Plenty of action to satisfy everyone. Billfish, tuna (fat ones) and dorado are all out there waiting for your fly.
INSHORE: Rock solid action, enough variety to satisfy most dedicated lifetime list keepers.
BEACH: It is Showtime. June is one of our favorite months for the beach and if the last couple of weeks are any indication the next few weeks should be a barnburner.
BILLFISH Numbers keep creeping up every week.
YELLOWFIN TUNA They are here and its not football season, these are fatties will make you wish for a 12wt.
DORADO Schools out and the schoolies are in.
ROOSTERFISH\\ JACK CREVALLE Bubbas cruising, hens scratching, toros charging. See you on the beach.
BARRILETE OR MEXICAN SKIPJACK Kind of fell through the cracks with all the other action.
PARGO AND CABRILLA Occasionally finding them on the surface feeding and when you do, its bare knuckles all the way.
SIERRA No smiles here, your favorite rooster fly, no wire, gone @##$%^&*(.
MAGDALENA BAY, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
IN GENERAL: Cold and windy most of the week the esteros only yielded a few corvina and spotted bay bass. The ride out to the entrada was long and not very productive with little action on the surface to be found. There were rumors of a good sierra bite down in the southern end of the bay under the bird schools.
Water Temperature 64-70
Air Temperature 66-75
Humidity 73%
Wind 2mph from the NNW
Conditions Scattered Clouds
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:39 a.m. MST
Sunset 8:07 p.m. MST
June 2, Full, June 9 Last Quarter, June 17 New, June 27 First Quarter
YELLOWTAIL No action to be found this week.
CORVINA Poppers and white deceivers kept them coming.
SNOOK Still missing.
HALIBUT You can always find a few in shallow water along the sandy beaches.
SIERRA South end of the bay was the place to be.
ZIHUATANEJO, MAINLAND MEXICO
IN GENERAL: The water is warming up and the blue water is only about 6 miles off the beach. As expected for this time of the year, the fishing is also improving. Almost all species are being taken on a regular basis, even though it can not be considered 'wide open'for any single one.
The blue marlin action has decreased a little from the previous 3 weeks, but we are still getting our fair share of shots.
Sailfish are averaging about 2 to 3 fish per day per boat. The yellowfin tuna are spotty, but anything from football-size to about 60-pounds aregiving the anglers who find the schools about 2 to 4 per boat.
The roosterfish action is getting stronger every day and we are getting the fish along the beachesto both the north and the south. I guided Butch Cooley of Butch Cooley's Worldwide Hunting and Fishing outfitters ofSeattle,on the panga Isamar with Captain Martin at the controls. We had 3 chances at the roosters, hooked and released two of them. The fish were all in the 25-pound class. We also got a small 5 pound dorado right in the surf line while looking for the roosters.
Butch's group, with me guiding a few of them,also fished 7 more days on the cruiser Yellowfin II with Captain Ruben. Rounding out the group was wifeLaurie andfriend Isabelle Caraway. Isabelle was the high angler with 10 sails and 1 marlin released.Not only is Isabelle 70 years young, but this was her veryfirst blue water fishing experience.
Theyraised a total of 27 sails and 5 marlin, catching20 of the 27 sails. The best action was in the latter part of the week, indicating things are going to get better.
Phil Burton, of London, England, fished two days with Santiago on the panga Gitana. The first day saw 6 sailfish released and 2 tuna in the 25-pound class. The second day produced 1 small blue marlin released (estimated at about 200 pounds),2 sailfish released, and 4 football tuna of about 12 pounds.
Water Temperature 72-78
Air Temperature 78-89
Humidity 83%
Wind Calm
Conditions Scattered Clouds 15,000ft
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:10 a.m. CST
Sunset 8:16 p.m. CST
June 2, Full, June 9 Last Quarter, June 17 New, June 27 First Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Zihuatanejo report by Ed Kunze
SAN JOSE, GUATEMALA
IN GENERAL: The action continues to hold up with great numbers for this time of year, despite the rains which have appeared every night. The boats that have gone out are averaging 16 of 23 releases on sails, and some boats have a much higher average. The action on dorado is still very good, with some impressively large ones coming in.
Water Temperature 79-85
Air Temperature 80-82
Humidity 94 %
Wind Calm.
Conditions Chance of T-storms
Visibility 14 miles
Sunrise 5:34 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:27 p.m. CST
June 2, Full, June 9 Last Quarter, June 17 New, June 27 First Quarter
Baja on the Fly's Guatemala report by Brian Barragy and Lissa M. McFarlin.
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