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
For those of you that haven’t been checking back regularly to see how the galleries are progressing, all of our photos from 2005 trip to Little Vermilion Lake are now online, including the photos from our road trip. Im also happy to annouce that we will be heading back to Sportsmans Lodge at Little Vermilion Lake again this year.
Hot on the re-release of our galleries I’ve just updated them with 2 more days at our fly-in trip to Little Vermilion Lake and Sportsmans Lodge. Day two was our first day to freely roam around the lake and cast everywhere we pleased and start building a pattern for monster pike. On day three Clive made a quick start to the day by landing the largest fish of our voyage in the early afternoon. There’s still three more days to go and at least one more gallery for road trip photos including a few shore fishing stops along the way.
The greatest fishing gallery on the internet has finally made its return. We’re still in the process of getting everything perfect but there’s no reason not to show off some of the amazing photos we’ve seeded it with. Because Clive and I will be heading back to Sportsmans Lodge on Little Vermilion Lake in northern Ontario, and there was a mysterious lack of images and posts from that time period (probably from when we first moved to wordpress), I’ve uploaded images from our flight and first day there.
Expect more soon, so check back often!
Scientists and divers have videotaped this rare Frilled Shark, sometimes referred to as a “living fossil” because it has evolved very little since the prehistoric era. Frilled Sharks normally live in extremely deep water exceeding depths of 2,000 feet of water, so the fact that this one was out of his habitat already speaks poorly to its health. Alerted by local fishermen the Awashima Marine Park in Shizuoka, Japan scientists and divers were dispatched to the area where they captured the 1.6 meter long (5 feet). The shark was moved in to a holding tank for observation where later it died.
“We believe moving pictures of a live specimen are extremely rare,” said an official at the park. “They live between 1,968 and 3,280 feet (600 and 1,000 meters) under the water, which is deeper than humans can go.”
“We think it may have come close to the surface because it was sick, or else it was weakened because it was in shallow waters,” the official said.
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Thats right, I’ve finally finished our video compilation from 2005 when we were living and fishing in La Paz, Mexico. I had a limited ammount of footage to work with, due to the pressures of wanting to fish over wanting to film, but we captured some of the greatest moments in Fishing Fury history and I think that this will be the best video thus far. I really wanted this video to feel like our first trip to Cerralvo Island and, at least in my mind, it does. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it and please let us know what you think.
Because I really enjoy Adam’s great articles from Japan I’ve asked if he can write us more often with some of the great meals that he creates from his personal fishing trips. Adam’s most recent article Fugu is a great voyage into the myths and reality of catching and eating fresh Fugu. Today Adam is dining on freshly caught Cuttlefish, which despite their name, are not fish but related to squid and other Cephalopods.
Without further delay, start salivating now..
On Monday I went fishing on the Miura Peninsula. It was a wonderful ‘Japanese’ winter’s day, very crisp and dry but also sunny, so when the wind died down it was actually quite warm and pleasant. It was a bit hazy over Yokohama (the best views being of course, from Sagami Bay) but even from where we were Mt Fuji was in fine form, dusted bone-white and regal, keeping an eye on us at sea. Anyway, it was a rather pleasant outing and I secured some quite delicious food for the next few days: three large Japanese Cuttlefish (common name: Golden Cuttlefish, scientific name: Sepia Esculenta). In Japanese they are known as sumiika, or ‘Ink Squid’. One look at the photograph of the squid in my kitchen sink should make the reason for this obvious: they are absolutely brimming with ink, and spew it about most liberally when upset, such as when yanked out of the sea by the eager fisherman.
Cuttlefish have been prized since the Edo Period in Japan, primarily as an ingredient for tenpura, but almost every part of the animal can be eaten. Only the stomach, ink sac (after removing and freezing the ink, perhaps for a pasta sauce) and beak is discarded; even the cuttlefish’s bony plate can be fed to pet birds or terrestrial molluscs. The most obvious dish is tenpura: my own batter is a half-half mixture of flour and cornflour, folded into cold water in which an egg yolk has been whisked, and deep-fried in sesame oil. The next dish is cuttlefish sashimi, that has been cut into thin strips and mixed with finely chopped garlic, ginger, onion, rice vinegar, brown sugar and Korean chilli paste (go chu jang) that gives it its wonderful blood-red colour and a fierce chilli heat. It becomes especially good when left in the fridge for a day or two for all the flavours to blend into each other, but this time sadly none survived the first night.
The curious things wrapped in foil are the livers of the cuttlefish, grilled with nothing more than a shake of sea salt, and served with lemon. The surrounding white flesh is also delicious. The rather stumpy and short tentacles are excellent when par-boiled (then chilled rapidly in icewater) and then tossed in an olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing. I served mine with a mixture of crunchy vegetables - red and yellow peppers, spring onions, watercress and cherry tomatoes - and plenty of black pepper and crushed garlic.
I hope you enjoy the pictures; I certainly enjoyed the eating, Adam Guy.
1. Obtain nylon fishing wire, or any sturdy but colorless thread such as those used in fishing, or sturdy nylon sewing thread.
2. A fishing pole is optional for added effect.
3. Position the ‘beer fishermen’ on a 2nd floor porch, catwalk, or large open window.
4. Grab a can of your legally obtained cheap beer. Depending on the strength of the thread, use a full can, or if necessary, a drained one without the top opened.
5. Secure the can by wrapping the nylon around the circumference of the can and tying using the tab.
6. Carefully toss the can in an obvious place on the sidewalk along a well-traveled route for underage partygoers (”Party Trains”).
7. Wait for the ‘fish’ to notice the apparently free unopened can of fresh beer ready for the taking. Usually, the people in the front of the group are more aggressive and thirsty.
8. Carefully wait for the fish to bend over to pick up the ‘free beer.’
9. Before he grasps it, tug on the line. Repeat as long as possible until the idiot figures out that the bait is not jumping away on its own. You might even pull the cord too hard resulting in the ‘fish’ being sprayed with foam!
10. Meanwhile, your guests are enjoying this from the balcony and going nuts with laughter. This is a great time for home movies or photos of the fish chasing the Possessed Beverage!
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To Be Carter (16 hours, 25 minutes ago)Just puttin the line in to start fishen, in CABO ya Bouy!!!
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