Does this count as one fish or two?

Jeremy Wade, 53, from River Monsters spent weeks in the area and finally caught the perpetrator: the Pacu fish, locally known as the Ball Cutter.

The Ball Cutter has an impressive set of teeth, very much like human teeth, which tear off the testicles of innocent swimmers and anglers leaving them to bleed to death.

Note: Buy swimming suits with the netting no matter how dorky you look or feel.

Tom Satre was out on his 62 foot fishing vessel with a charter group when four black-tailed deer swam directly towards his boat. Once the deer reached the boat, they began swimming around the boat looking for a place to climb aboard.

Satre opened up his back gate and his crew helped the typically skittish and absolutely wild animals onto the boat. “In all my years fishing, I’ve never seen anything quite like it!” said Tom.

“Once on-board, they collapsed with exhaustion, shivering. We headed for Taku Harbour. Once we reached the dock, the first
buck that we had been pulled from the water hopped onto the dock, looked back as if to say ‘thank you’ and disappeared into the forest.”

After a bit of prodding and assistance, two other deer followed, but the smallest deer needed a little more help.

Tom’s daughter, Anna, and son, Tim, helped the last buck to its feet. “We didn’t know how long they had been in the icy waters or if there had been others who did not survive. My daughter later told me that the experience was something that she would never forget, and I suspect the deer felt the same way as well!” said Tom.

You can review your State’s Guidelines and Regulations for information on boating safety in your area.

First, you need to find a location where trout are living. Like humans, trout need oxygen to live. You can usually find trout in a rocky stream or creek with some swift moving water. Some trout will be facing up stream waiting for food to flow down stream right to them. Trout are also found swimming in large pockets of water along those creeks and streams.

For most streams, you just need an ultralight rod about 5-6 feet long. I would recommend buying a rod and reel combination where everything is already packaged and your line is already spooled on the reel. You could also use 2-4 test pound.

Fishing with artificial flies is fun and rewarding, but takes a lot more patience and a greater learning curve. Trout will bite grubs, worms, night-crawlers, grasshoppers. It’s easy to place a worm around a No. 10. or No. 12. hook. The worm will still appear alive and attract the trout.

An artificial bait that is extremely easy and effective to use is Powerbait dough in color orange or yellow. You can also go to your local grocery store and purchase a few cans of whole kernel corn. This works just as well.

Most trout streams are fairly clean and you can easily see fish swimming around. Once you have your hook baited, cast your line out near the fish that you can see through the water. At this point, a pair of polarized sunglasses will help greatly.

Most times you can reach the pockets of water containing trout from the bank, but occasionally you’ll need to step into the creek and get your feet wet. Either a pair of chest or hip waders or just a pair of waterproof insulated rubber boots will keep you dry.

Finally, make sure you have your standard fly fishing bucket hat. You should be able to catch some trout now!

What are your trout fishing secrets?

A team of divers reported the killings to Colombian authorities after seeing multiple boats flying the Costa Rican flag inside the sanctuary. Divers spotted large quantities of dead Hammerhead and Silky sharks floating near the oceans surface with no fins.

“They saw a large number of fishing trawlers entering the zone illegally. When the divers dove, they started finding a large number of animals without their fins. They didn’t see any alive.” says Sandra Bessudo, the top environmental adviser to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.

The Malpelo sanctuary spreads more than 3,000 square miles and protecting a lot of sea life, with sharks being the most high profile creatures. Tourists that travel to Columbia and visit Malpelo also see large schools of Hammerheads and the very rare short-nosed ragged-toothed sharks.

An estimated 73 million sharks are killed worldwide every year to supply fins for shark fin soup, a Chinese culture cousine. The fins are usually cut off while the sharks are still alive.

The sale of shark fins is illegal in Hawaii, Oregon and Washington. California passed a similar ban this year that will take effect in 2013.

From my experience, it seems the bass will be in the same spot in the fall as they were when I was catching them back in the spring spawning season. You can usually find them in the creeks and pockets where there is a lot of cover. Also, I would recommend fishing where the fresh water comes into the lake, not near the side of a dam.

I like to fish in creeks, ditches and mid lake creeks. Anything that has a lot of cover. Creeks with stumps and submerged brush is perfect for catching bass in the fall.

You will also want to fish the creeks that are closer to the main channel. The main channel has a current which contains more oxygen. More oxygen means more shad and food for the larger fish in the lake.

Lipless crankbaits, shallow crankbaits and topwater baits all offer great solutions when the bass are feeding below the right surface. A fisherman enjoys nothing less than seeing a bass right below the surface just before opening his mouth and taking a bite of his topwater.

Sometimes trying something like the Carolina rig or a soft jerk bait to get those stubborn fish might work. Experimenting with the retrieve will help determine exactly how the bass want the bait that day.

In conclusion, the most important part is staying near the creeks and looking for the bait fish. Your chances of bringing a fish on board increase greatly if you cast your lures around the baitfish.

I wish you the best of luck this Fall season. Be safe.

One of the best tasting and fun fish to catch are Crappie. They usually swim in large schools and can be found in most US waters. My personal favorite place to fish for Crappie is Grenada Lake. Flights to Memphis are affordable and Grenada Lake is full of them!

When the warm waters start cooling down during the fall, the fish start to get really active and began feeding aggressively to fatten up for the cool winter months. They can be found feeding on anything from Shad to insects.

Crappie love structure, so make sure to fish around areas with cover or underwater rock ledges. Stumps, rock piles and fall trees are all great places to cast but be careful not to get caught up in a huge brush pile.

Spinner baits usually work well in determining whether there are some large fish under these structures. They are versatile, effective and fairly weedless. If you can’t get a bite off a spinner bait, try putting a minnow on the hook. It’s hard for a Crappie to resist a minnow right in front of it’s face.

What other tips do you have for catching Crappie this fall?

So why should you come to New Brunswick (NB) to wet your line? Let me try to give you only ten reasons to fish in NB. Whether they are the top ten would likely depend on how well you can set your hook. So let me try to set the hook into you.

Hook 1:

Water ways in New Brunswick are being well managed by a number of volunteer watershed groups and this has resulted in sustainable recreational fisheries. Most rivers are maintaining their fish numbers while others are seeing an increase, and when one fish is not there, another is taking its place. This strong stewardship bodes well for the fish, the rivers, and your chances of catching your fish of choice.

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There is water everywhere in New Brunswick. The south central region of the province is dominated by Grand Lake, while the western side has the St Croix and Saint John Rivers. The south east rivers all feed the mighty Bay of Fundy with the biggest being the Petitcodiac River. The Miramichi weaves through the north east portion of the province while the Nepisiguit and Restigouche Rivers flow through the north before emptying into the Chaleur Bay. With all this water there is bound to be fish.

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There are a wide variety of species to fish for in NB so you’ll never get bored. Inland species are vast and diverse so when you come make sure you bring all your gear and tackle. Striped and small mouth bass, Atlantic Salmon, trout, and many other species provide any angler with a challenge.

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New Brunswick has a large forest industry, given the size of the province, and this has led to the development of a number of “back roads.” That means that accessing backcountry campsites and fishing hotspots are made easy. Good mapping is also available either through on-line resources or the NB Back Roads Atlas. Whether you are driving a truck, riding an ATV, paddling a kayak, or hiking you will have no trouble planning your route.

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For non-residents of New Brunswick angling fees are affordable even after the $5 stocking fee and the conservation fees are added on to the licence. A licence that allows you to fish for Atlantic salmon is more costlier than one without that allowance so if you wish to fish for salmon here you will pay a bit more to do so. Non-resident packages are set up so that you can customize your purchase based on how long you want to fish for. You can check out the details at http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/services/services_renderer.1115.html#serviceFees


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Coastal vistas, steep ravines, expansive lakes, secluded dead waters all offer something to see. The natural scenery in NB is second to no other part of the globe. A quick flip through an NB tourism brochure will prove this point. As an angler one of the biggest attractions you’ll likely see are the numerous waterfalls and the deep pools that provide many fish with refuge. A good book on this, “Waterfalls of New Brunswick” by Nicholas Guitard will provide you with a small taste of these.

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As a fisherman you likely have many other recreational interests. New Brunswick is blessed with many recreational opportunities. A number of rivers are great for paddling, a number of hiking trails challenge any extreme backpacker, rock walls to test your flexibility, caves for the fishing spelunker, and many world class golf courses for you fins and skins tournament.

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Knowledgeable guides and friendly residents are the norm of New Brunswick. Most of the guides that service the province are long time residents who have a passion and a deep history with the rivers they love. The small, rural settings also allow the guides to know many of the people and thus are able to make you feel right at home whether in the lodge, at a gear shop, or on the water.

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The weather in NB is seasonally moderate with minimal temperature variations. Summer seasons have weak to modest storm events but these typically improve fishing conditions. There is typically no heavily severe wind so casting a line is easier as well. The weather can change quickly so be prepared and be ready to adapt and count that as part of the challenge.

Hook 10:

Just in case you fail to set your hook into a trophy, my final cast to lure you here is that you can always come back and try again. Every angler hits a good stream more than once and I bet that after you turn a fish in New Brunswick, you’ll be back.

I think I have a bite. See you on the water.