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.
Not to be left out in all the Giant Squid news, the Colossal Squid makes its appearance with a new world record. The first ever adult colossal squid to be landed intact, weighted in at an estimated 450kg (990 lbs) and 10m (33 ft) long, and over two hours to land. The Colossal Squid is the largest known squid family in the world normally found in deep Antartic waters where the men were fishing for Patagonian Toothfish when the squid, also feeding on the toothfish, was caught. The fisherman quickly realized the importance of such a catch and took great care to make sure the specimen was in good condition freezing it below deck.
One expert said calamari rings made from it would be the size of tractor tires.
Adam Guy, our biggest contributor, sent in these photos of his fishing cooler now complete with fishing fury stickers. You should also check out Adams great articles like Fugu and his wonderful culinary creations like Japanese Cuttlefish.
If you’re interested in some Fishing Fury stickers, consider contributing. With the galleries now back online I don’t see any reason why we shouldn’t have another “Friends of Fury” gallery, so if you’d like to send in your photos please be sure they are the originals off your digital camera. No resized or cropped images please, we will handle all of the color correction and such. Alternately, you could write an article or fishing log, including photos too, earning you extra points.
It’s always great to get emails from our readers, doubly so when they’re holding up huge musky.
This bad boy was caught in Montreal last year. It was 4ft long( 48 inches) and has a 23 inch girth. Weight was around 30lbs. Put it back to be caught again. Caught on a Williams Wobbler.
I originally wanted to post this video along side with the drunken shark wrestler, but youtube took its sweet time in getting the video processed. Anyway, here is a quick video of Clive catching a small shark while shore fishing in the British Virgin Islands, no word on how much Tang and Bacardi 151 he was drinking though.
Off Australias southern coast near Louth Bay, well known for sharks, and the location of live shark action shots in the 1975 movie Jaws, a “vodka-fueled” local fisherman wrestled with a shark and won. Philip Kerkhof, 41, caught a bronze whaler shark, about 4 feet long, after he spotted it chasing squid lures. Philip said that he just snuck up behind the shark, went for the big grab, and was simply lucky (not to mention inebriated). It wasn’t until the next day that he actually realized the danger of his actions.
“It’s not something I’d recommend to do,” he said. “When I sobered up I thought about it and I said, ’I’m a bit of an idiot doing it’.”
Japanese scientists are learning more and more about these giant squid, this time they have released new footage showing a spectacular array of lights coming from the squid tentacles. These squid, once thought of as gentle creatures, show an increasingly aggressive predatory instinct. The films were taken at depths of 240m to 940m (790 to 3,080ft) and show the squid reaching speeds up to 2.5m (8ft) per second as they attacked the bait, engulfing it with all eight of their tentacles and blinding flashes. Other squid have already shown the ability to communicate by changing color, no doubt the giant squid are capable of the same.
A Scottish company CelluComp has come up with a new nanotech fiber known as Curran that performs better than conventional graphite fiber and carbon fiber. The new material is created using lower energy production methods and is made from a sustainable and renewable resource. Curran is a carrot-based material because the inventors said they were very common and could find large enough quantities to extract the nano fibers. The inventors also said that the same technique could be applied to other vegetables, such as turnips and parsnips.
CelluComp’s first product, a fly fishing rod, goes on sale next month and should prove to be a great step forward in fishing innovation. The new “Just Cast” rods are about 50% carrot, with carbon fiber making the rest, each made from about 2kg of the vegetable. But fishing isn’t the only industry they could be taking over, they are also planning to move on to making snowboards, car parts, even battleships from the carrot based materials.
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/
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
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!!!
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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 [...]
Japanese scientists are learning more and more about these giant squid, this time they have released