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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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| 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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| 2023 Best Fishing Photo contest |
| Photo with the most votes will receive a free tackle package. |
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May 11, 2007; 12:07PM
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Category: Fishing Tackle For Sale
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Name for Contacts: Niall Kendall
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if you want vintage fishing lures for pennys! which i know you will, email me at niallkendall@hotmail.com and i will send you all you need for them! many thanks!
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Jan 5, 2004; 10:17PM - Spanish Mackerel Tricks
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Category: Fishing tips and tricks
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Author Name: Tony
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
I love fishing for Spanish mackerel, so I do it often. When I shove off to go fishing, I often stumble upon a very large school of mackerel, but sometimes they all don't want to feed and reject anything you throw at them. When this happenes, a good trick to get them to bite is to get them exited so they just want to catch what the think is a little fish just for the fun of it. To do this you would want to swich immediately to anywhere from a 1/4oz to a 1/2oz kastmaser-(like a spoon but a lot better). I make a long cast to where the fish are and as soon as that lure hits the water I begin to reel in just fast enough to get the kastmaser poping out of the water kinda like a fleeing baitfish. After it jumps out of the water a couple times keep it fast just below the surface. Do this at least 4 times during your retrieve and pretty soon you will have dozens of mackerel chasing your lure just for the sport of it until the lure bites back and then you get to have all the fun. |
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Tip&Trick Description 2:
When you get those swarms of mackerel chasing the your line, sometimes your lure will come to the boat a little early and the fish will ignore the katmaster and just swim away. To prevent this you want to go to the opposite end of the boat, make your cast, and then maneuver the lure so it will swim parallel to the boat, instead of directly at it, taking the mackerel with it. You will be catching mackerel right at the side of the boat. |
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These techniques have worked for me many times and gotten me coolers full of fish and I hope they work for you, too. Good fishing till next time. |
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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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Jan 4, 2016; 11:38PM - GORDO BANKS PANGAS San Jose del Cabo Anglers – December 6, 2015
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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
Anglers –
December 6, 2015
This week like clockwork the numbers of visitors were far fewer than in
previous weeks, this is normal for immediately after Thanksgiving and prior
to the Christmas Holiday season. Last week we were all caught off guard by
the latest forming major Hurricane ever recorded in the Eastern Pacific,
Hurricane Sandra reached category four strength and initially was forecast
to pass very close to Cabo San Lucas on Saturday, the system followed a
unpredictable course, it then collided with a powerful wind shear from the
north, which stirred the storm further south and caused rapid weakening.
Southern Baja was spared of any devastation, there was a fair amount of
rainfall recorded in the Los Cabos, possibly up to three inches in certain
areas. Winds never reached much more than 30 mph gusts, but storm swells
did kick up to about four meters and both local ports were closed all day
on Friday and Saturday, rainy day schedule, finally opening Sunday morning.
Since the passing of this storm front there have been persistent northerly
winds, ranging 15 to 25 mph and this created choppy conditions on the open
grounds north of Punta Gorda. The winds did slack later in the week,
helping to settle seas, air temperature are still reaching into the 80’s
and lows dipped to 60 degrees. Ocean water temperature was now ranging
79/80 degrees throughout most of the region. North winds pushed in slightly
greener current close to shore.
The week started off with the wahoo being aggressive and very active early
in the day on the Iman Bank. Best action was on slow trolled baits, either
caballito or chihuil, not much reported on trolled artificial lures. Some
charters landed up to five wahoo, with that many other strikes lost,
weights for the ‘hoo averaged 25 to 40 lb. Not as many numbers of dorado
were found from these same grounds, though the other fleets fishing on the
Pacific did find more numbers of dorado, but not many wahoo or other
species, besides billfish.
Yellowfin tuna action became hampered by persistent winds, harder to find
porpoise activity, and not favorable for drift and chum style fishing.
Other days anglers could see tuna breezing on the surface, but these fish
were just not interested in striking any offerings. A handful of yellowfin
tuna have been landed, some smaller grade football, but other quality tuna
in the 40 to 120 lb. class were accounted for. The day before the recent
storm struck there was a report from commercial pangeros based out of Los
Frailes, who landed one yellowfin tuna that weighed 378 lb. while fishing
on the San Luis Bank with squid. If weather does cooperate we do expect to
have more quality yellowfin tuna action opening up.
The bottom action showing a little more promise in recent days, but again
you need calmer conditions to really have better opportunities. A few
species of pargo, bonito, amberjack, triggerfish and cabrilla, no big
quantities, but better than what we have seen off of the bottom for the
past month, we expect to see improved bottom action, though this will
depend on how persistent north winds prove to be. Normal fall/winter wind
patterns have been harder to predict this year, winds usually blow for
several days, then we have a few nice days and cycle repeats itself, not
like these seven to eight day blows we have had this fall.
Bait supplies remained plentiful for live caballito, not much else was
available, no ballyhoo or sardinas to speak of. With changing ocean
conditions we hope to see sardinas move back within our range.
Surely we will see the annual migration of whales start to arrive soon,
warner than normal water might delay this, but these mammals will arrive
soon enough. Great time to visit now, ideal climate, crowds of anglers are
light and fishing is liable to break wide open on any given day.
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita, Puerto Los Cabos
Marina sent out approximately 78 charters for the week, with anglers
reporting a fish count of: 1 blue marlin, 13 sailfish, 7 striped marlin, 34
yellowfin tuna, 39 dorado, 49 wahoo, 9 sierra, 46 misc. pargo species, 1
amberjack, 12 cabrilla, 13 bonito, 9 rainbow runner, 6 roosterfish and 25
triggerfish
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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