Post: #29

(12-28-2011 03:15 PM)Lady Cop Wrote:  tear off the testicles of unwitting anglers and swimmers, leaving them to bleed to death.

Holy Moly!

Post: #30

hey Maggot, get your butt over to Maine for some ice fishing!








Bruno Doucette of St. David with his 38-inch, 21.2-pound lake trout, caught in Eagle Lake.

Doucette said the trap sat on ice over 28 feet of water, and during the day he had moved the bait higher or lower in the water column, searching for the lucky spot. When the strike came, he had recently put a fresh smelt on the hook and lowered it down to the bottom of the lake.

http://outthere.bangordailynews.com/2012...ake-trout/

Post: #31

this will probably only be of interest to Maggot, but it is a way of life up here.
good article affecting the people who fish for a living.

link to full story:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/28/us/fishing...hpt=hp_bn1

GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts (CNN) -- By daybreak, much of this town has already been at work for hours.

Fishermen have long since cast off aboard boats named for their sweethearts and chugged out to sea before sunrise.

Clad in yellow and orange rubber suits, these seafarers drag giant nets across the ocean floor during 12-hour work days, hauling back fish that they will later bring to market.

For about 400 hundred years, fishing has sustained communities such as Gloucester along America's northeastern shores, where thousands of seafood processors, wholesalers, distributors and retailers make a living off the waterfront.

"It's kind of the bread-and-butter and the backbone of the community," said Dennis Robillard, who has scooped up fish off the coast of Massachusetts for more than two decades.

Now the federal government is contemplating what for generations seemed inconceivable -- restricting or shutting down most of the cod fishing in the Gulf of Maine, a region that extends from Cape Cod up through Nova Scotia.

"Cod fishing in New England is like cowboys out west," said Frady, stressing New England's historical ties to the bottom-dwelling ground fish. "They don't call it Cape Cod for nothing."

Post: #32

ugly bastard.
my brother lives in Maryland, i sent him this and told him to go fishing.



This fish is even meaner than it looks

Wildlife officials in Maryland have put a bounty on the snakehead, the so-called "fish from hell" that can migrate on land and devastates the eco-systems of lakes, ponds and streams.

The state will give out $200 gift cards for Bass Pro Shops as well as other prizes for catching and killing the fish, which is native to Africa and Asia but is believed to have made its way to America through Asian seafood merchants.

“We do not want snakeheads in our waters," said Maryland Department of Natural Resources Inland Fisheries Director Don Cosden. "This initiative is a way to remind anglers that it is important to catch and remove this invasive species of fish.”
The first time a snakehead was seen in Maryland was when an angler caught an 18-inch specimen in 2002 in Crofton Pond, 20 miles north of Washington, D.C. Since then, the population has grown and they've been caught in dozens of bodies of water, including the Potomac River and tributaries.

The fish are hardy enough to survive up to four days on land, and can migrate up to a quarter mile between bodies of water by wriggling on their fins. National Geographic has dubbed the snakehead "fishzilla," and it is also frequently referred to as the "fish from hell." They can grow to more than 2 feet long and have been found in at least seven states.

“We don’t expect that anglers will eradicate the snakehead population,” said Joe Love, the state's Department of Natural Resources Tidal Bass program manager. “We do believe this promotion and inspiration of anglers can help control the snakehead population. The information we gain from the Angler’s Log reports are also helpful in assessing the abundance, spread and impact of these feisty fish.”

The ravenous appetites that can destroy native populations actually works against the fish when humans go after them. One fisherman told Outdoor Life blogger Gayne C. Young they bite at any type of bait.

“These fish clobber any type of moving bait you throw, Rodney Hose said. "When they smash into your lure, be prepared for a fight -- especially if they are around some sort of cover.”

To enter the contest, anglers must catch, kill and then post a picture of themselves with a dead snakehead fish caught in Maryland on the DNR’s Angler’s Log webpage. Winners will be drawn on November 30, 2012. Last year, 69 anglers entered the contest, killing 82 of the creatures.

Post: #33

Another mammoth swordfish — 683 pounds — has been caught off the Florida Keys.

Fishing on the Mystique, a 61-foot Viking owned by Katherine MacMillan, Marathon captain Billy Rabito Jr. presided over the catch of the broadbill hooked some 30 miles to the south of Marathon Tuesday afternoon. The fish bit a whole 5-pound bonito hooked to 80-pound braid, spooled on an electric Shimano Tiagra reel. Mike Driskell, the boat’s mate who lives on Little Torch Key, manned the reel.

It was weighed on a scale, recently certified by the International Game Fish Association and the state of Florida, according to Byron Goss, co-owner of Big Time Bait & Tackle in Marathon, who witnessed the weigh-in at Key Colony Beach Marina.

About 150 spectators who gathered for the weigh-in were treated to complimentary fresh swordfish steaks, Rabito said. LUCKY BASTARDS!

Rabito said it took about two hours to bring the big broadbill to the boat and additional time to get the fish onboard through the boat’s large transom tuna door with the aid of an anchor windlass. Everyone on the boat, including MacMillan, helped to get the swordfish into the cockpit.

Post: #34

this made me laugh because my Uncle had 'cudas jump into the boat with him all the time in the Keys! hell, one almost made sure my Uncle would never be a daddy! they are VERY toothy!



The captain of a fishing charter boat and TV producer of Tales From The Outdoors got the shock of his life when he was almost flattened by a 40lb barracuda that jumped onto his boat.

Kevin Faver was fishing off the coast of St Augustine, Florida, on Sunday when the fish he was reeling in rocketed from the water onto his boat - mere inches from hitting Faver in the head.

He said: 'I was bottom fishing so I had the drag locked down. It peeled off line, went about 30 feet out and turned.

'I thought it was a king fish or cobia. What's weird is that the rod was still bent like he was running out, but I guess he has so much slack in the line from running back at us.'

The barracuda flopped about on the boat in a frenzy before the captain threw him back into the ocean.

'In 28 years of charter fishing, nothing like that's ever happened to me. And I never want it to happen again,' he said.

Post: #35

that one in post 34 ^ is little!
the great barracuda is prolific in the Keys:





The great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) also known as the giant barracuda is a species of barracuda. Great barracudas often grow over 6 feet long and are a type of ray-finned fish.

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i dived down there all my life, they follow divers all over the place, very closely. within a foot or so. they like shiny things, you have to remove any jewelry. i have never heard of one attacking a swimmer/diver, but they have leapt into boats and chewed people up. like my uncle. and tourists sometimes!

so i took my son out to snorkel when he was very young and a big 'cuda fell in love with him. it followed him everywhere. after enough 'cuda affection my son simply walked on the water to get back in the boat! i had never seen him do that before.