At Fishing Fury, we love shiny things as much as fish do - especially shiny reels. As odd as it may sound, it’s not only important that our reels function well, but that they look great too. Beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder when it comes to reels though. Personally I prefer the appearance of a round baitcast reel, where as Jon prefers low profile. One thing with both agree on though, is that if we had the money, we would have a serious collection of pimped out reels. Here’s a list of the reels we wish we had, but probably never will.
Continue reading Dream Reels
I have always been fascinated with traveling and seeing new sights around the world. Thanks to the internet you can view the world without ever leaving your home. If still photographs are not good enough for you, check out EarthCam’s 25 most interesting web cams of 2005. These cams feature many places all over the world, including the Pyramid Cam, St. Thomas Virgin Island Cam and a live piranha Cam as well.
Sit back and enjoy!
I hope that everyone is having a wonderfull holiday. I’ve been very busy with work, travelling, and shopping (unfortunatly not for fishing gear). However, I found some time to post our final article for 2005. Adam Guy does it again, with another amazing article on fishing in Japan. This time Adam takes us indepth in to the ancient art of tebane.
How do you catch fish in water over ten meters deep using a rod that does not have a reel, or even guides for your line? Simple: fashion the rod from bamboo, hollow out the centre and run the line through the middle and out the very end of the rod. Wrap your spare line around a couple of pegs at the other end, and you are ready to indulge in the traditional Japanese fishing technique known as tebane.
A Different Kind of Fishing by Adam Guy
The shore fishing in the British Islands is always exciting wether you are catching fish or not. During the day, the view is filled with breath taking colour in any direction you look. Crystal clear water means that you will be sighting fish before you cast. By night, anywhere street lights hit the water, especially bridges, will hold fish. I have spent many nights fishing off of the Queen Elizabeth bridge, which is the bridge that connects Tortola (the biggest island in the BVI) and Beef Island (home to the airport of Tortola)
The channel separating the two islands is home to numerous species of fish. By day you can watch jacks feet on small baitfish and if you are lucky you will see one of the channels biggest consitent residents, a five foot long barracuda. By the darkness of night the bridge area become a nightclub for tarpon. On any given day you can spot 10-20 tarpon lounging around the bridge. One would think this would make for an easy catch, but in my two months of fishing for them at night, they show little to no interest to lures, flies and live bait. I havent decided if they are just really smart fish, or extemely lazy.
For 2006, I will be keeping a log about the tarpon activity here in the BVI. To end 2005, I’ll be heading to Anegada with my girlfriend to take advantage of some of the best flats fishing in the world. Expect pictures, and enjoy your holidays.
Happy holidays everyone!
As economic difficulties increase in Indonesia, some fishermen have turned to banned fishing methods which are the quickest and easiest way of catching fish.
In the style of Crocodile Dundee, fishermen are tossing dynamite into the water to kill the fish below. Unfortunately using explosives to help catch more fish causes great damage to surrounding sea life such as coral.
Thanks to the World Wildlife Fund, patrols have been set up to help stop the use of explosives and cyanide to catch fish.
Catching the fishermen in the act of illegal fishing is only half the problem however. The other half is trying to arrest disgruntled fishermen.
“When we tried to arrest them, the fishermen threw their bombs at us,” he said.
“It was very dangerous.”
More info on CDNN World News.
With the server move looking like a success I thought it was time to share some more interesting news. While I haven’t been fishing much the past few weeks because the weather is changing here in La Paz, I have been hard at work on numerous other things. Such as Fishing Fury stickers! Once they are printed and in my hands I will post information on obtaining a few for yourself.
And Im still looking for mobloggers!
Fishing Fury will be moving to a new server today or tomorrow. If you have any problems connecting please just try again in a few minutes.
UPDATE - Everything should be updated, if you notice any problems please post a comment and let me know.
Most major manufacturers have released their new lures for 2006. Not only have new lure designs been released, but also new colours and patterns to help you catch more fish.
Here are a selection of links to new products and catalogs from your favorite lure companies:
Booyah, Heddon, Rapala, Smithwick, Bomber, Williams, Excalibur, Mepps, Rebel, YUM, Daiwa
Re: Martin Reels In First Place On Sturgeon
Clive Mathias (13 hours, 3 minutes ago)Nice job Martin! That smallie is a beast!
Re: Bass Season Is Now Open In Ontario!
Jonathon Marshall (16 hours, 23 minutes ago)Abdullah our recent interview in the Toronto Sun is all about fishing spots in the GTA. http://www.fishingfury.com/ 20080629/the-fishins-fine-furious-i n-toronto/ If you're willing to travel there are more options as well.. Lake Scugog http://www.fishingfury.com/ categories/places/lake-scugog/ J ack Lake http://www.fishingfury.com/ca tegories/places/jack-lake/
To Be Carter (16 hours, 31 minutes ago)Just puttin the line in to start fishen, in CABO ya Bouy!!!
Re: Bass Season Is Now Open In Ontario!
Abdullah (19 hours, 1 minute ago)grt bass.Does any1 know good spot for bass around GTA.I am willing to travel up to 3 hour from Toronto.Let me know.thank you send me email at ontariofishing@gmail.com
Missy M (21 hours, 57 minutes ago)More like scary. These people can VOTE, dude! As in PICK THE LEADER OF OUR COUNTRY.
Re: New Theme!
adam (2 months ago)Just checking! I'll be sending you some general fishing photos for catch the fury soon too.
Re: Get Girls Fishing! A How-To Guide for Men
cool_water (1 week ago)oh, cool posts!!! how many of "your kind" of men still exist on earth? did you happen to have a relative of my age?,,,no, i'm just joking around. but seriously speaking, seldom can you find a man who has the attitude like yours so i wish you and your girlfriend all the best!!!
Re: Potential World Record Pike
Fishing Fury - A fishing blog about two guys with a serious passion for fishing, the great outdoors, crazy adventures, and heart-pounding entertainment. (1 month, 1 week ago)[...] Check out more monster pike at Meter Snoeken, including out highly debated friend, Mr 3 fingers. [...]
To Be Carter (16 hours, 31 minutes ago)Just puttin the line in to start fishen, in CABO ya Bouy!!!
Re: Chasing Barracuda - Anegada, British Virgin Islands
Clive (29 months ago)Hey Peter, Spoons will catch you several varieties of fish including two of my favorite, barracuda and jacks. If you plan to fish for tarpon the best bet is using live bait and fishing at night. Tarpon can be found though out the Virgin Islands by day and night and you should be able to find them as long as you have good eyesight! (look for schools of baitfish and pelicans) Anegada probably holds some the best fishing in the BVI with a wide variety of species, including world class bone fishing. If you plan to fish from a boat you are [...]
