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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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| Starfish can re-grow their arms. In fact, a single arm can regenerate a whole body. |
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| Not all animals with the word fish in their names count as fish. |
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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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| 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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| 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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| My brother has 2 German Shepherds named Rolex and Timex. You guessed it they are Watch Dogs. |
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From Jan 01, 1999 To May 19, 2024
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11 Feb 2014 - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo February 9, 2014
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric Brictson
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
San Jose del Cabo
February 9, 2014
Anglers -
The month of February can be quite unpredictable, locals have a
saying, Febreo loco y Marzo otro poco, conditions can feel like spring
time one day, but then cooler weather fronts can swept back through,
feeling more wintry. Last week we had temperatures reach the mid 80s,
though this week it felt more like winter, with cooler mornings, down
to 55 degrees and on a couple of days the high temperatures only
reached in the low 70s. Despite this trend, there were mostly clear
sunny skies and it felt like paradise compared to the freezing cold
temperatures that has swept once again across the United States. Ocean
water temperatures actually warmed up some, now ranging from 70
degrees on the Pacific to 75/76 offshore of San Jose del Cabo. More
north winds this past week and this contributed to stirring up the
clarity, anglers reported finding mixed up conditions, swift currents
pushed in greenish water, but in other areas the water remained clear
and blue, seemed to vary each day.
Baitfish remained scattered, as were most of the gamefish, though in
recent days baitfish schools have begun to congregate on the
traditional grounds off of the San Jose del Cabo's Hotel Zone, two or
three miles offshore, mainly sardinetas now, with a few mackerel mixed
in. This a favorable sign, hopefully this will continue to develop,
should start seeing more striped marlin on these same grounds. Anglers
found porpoise activity offshore, hit or miss for smaller sized
yellowfin tuna, most of these fish were found 20 plus miles outside of
Cabo San Lucas, at other times jack crevalle and hog sized black
skipjack dominated the offshore bite.
Dorado action has been good this winter season, though this past week
the bite dropped off, some charters had trouble finding even one
dorado, while others were more fortunate and accounted for up to a
half of dozen, these fish are scattered from inshore to offshore and
running in small schools, most of the fish were in the 5 to 15 pound
class. Striking on trolled lures and rigged ballyhoo baits. Earlier in
the week a few wahoo were found, though this is not the normal season
where you would expect to catch these elusive gamefish, there is still
a chance at hooking into one of these prized eating fish. A handful of
football sized yellowfin tuna were landed while drift fishing on the
Iman Bank, fresh dead sardinas was to key to this action, these baits
were sold in limited quantities at the dock area, then you had to try
to stay away from the skipjack, bonito and pesky sea lions, another
factor were the gusting northern winds, making it almost impossible on
certain days.
Sierra continued to dominate the inshore action, striking on various
whole and cut baits, as well as hoochies and small rapalas, which all
worked for these fish, average sizes ranged 2 to 4 pounds. Some jack
crevalle and juvenile sized roosterfish were also encountered. Surf
fishermen reported catching a few much larger sierra taken at first
light, this is always the time when these members of the mackerel
family are more aggressive.
Bottom action produced mainly Eastern Pacific Bonito, a handful of
pargo, cabrilla and triggerfish rounding out this action. Should be
the time when we start to see some yellowtail showing up in the fish
counts. There were a couple of nice grouper landed off of the Palmilla
Point area, this is the time frame when these rock piles start to hold
more of the structure species.
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los
Cabos Marina sent out approximately 68 charters for this past week,
with anglers accounting for a fish count of:
6 striped marlin, 4 wahoo, 21 yellowfin tuna, 135 bonito, 14 jack
crevalle, 115 sierra, 76 dorado,12 roosterfish,18 pargo, 28
triggerfish, 90 black skipjack, 2 grouper and 10 cabrilla.
Good fishing, Eric
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GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson / Operator
619 488-1859
Los Cabos (624) 142-1147
e-mail:gordobanks@yahoo.com
WWW.GORDOBANKS.COM
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