Happy Canada Day!

Categories: Canada, Culture

Tuesday July 1st, 2008 @ 9:59 AM | Clive Mathias | 12 Comments

When Noodling, Always Use Your Head

This head in a catfish mouth thing must be some sort of crazy initiation in the the Catfish Club or something. I’d hate so see the initiation for the Shark Club.

Categories: Catfish, Culture, Fishing, Freshwater, Freshwater Species, Oddities

Monday June 16th, 2008 @ 7:06 PM | Clive Mathias | Comments

Amphibian Truck, For Those Hard To Fish Places

Designed around a Chevy Trailblazer, this green machine can transform from a land love to a sea monster in 18 seconds. On land the truck travels on two one-foot-wide rubber treads and on water the big Chevy engine engine drives an outboard propeller. The best part - this beast can reach 30 MPH!

Designed by 77-year-old Stan Hewitt, the 260-horsepower craft weighs more than 5,000 pounds. Photos by John B. Carnett

via Gizmodo

Categories: Boating, Cars, Culture, DIY, Incredible, News, Oddities

Monday June 16th, 2008 @ 6:28 PM | Clive Mathias | Comments

Argungu Fishing Festival In Nigeria

In Nigeria, fishing is taken very seriously. Thousands participate in the annual Angunga Fishing Festival which has taken place since 1934. The 2008 winner was stripped of his title and thrown in jail after officials learned that he cheated by using a fish he had caught prior to the festival.

On the final day of the festival, a competition is held in which thousands of men and women line up along the river and at the sound of a gun shot, all of them jump into the river and have an hour to catch the largest fish. The winner can take home as much as 7,500 US dollars. Competitors are only allowed to use traditional fishing tools and many prefer to catch fish entirely by hand (a practice also popular elsewhere and known as “noodling” ) to demonstrate their prowess.

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Categories: Africa, Catfish, Culture, Fishing, Freshwater Species, Noodling

Sunday June 1st, 2008 @ 4:45 PM | Clive Mathias | Comments

We Need More Power Captian!

What do you get when you cross a 50 foot boat, eight 250 horsepower outboards and a 15000 litre fuel tank? One badass, 2000 horsepower drug running boat, thats what.

Its doesn’t look real, but according to Snopes.com, it is!

via OFNC

Categories: Boating, Culture, Incredible, News, Non-Fishing, Oddities

Tuesday May 27th, 2008 @ 7:02 PM | Clive Mathias | Comments

Alaska Crab Fishing

If you have ever watched Discovery’s Deadliest Catch you probably know all about crab fishing in one of the worlds harshest environments. It’s extremely dangerous, but the profits are often incredible! Click the photo below to view some great photos from fishing in Alaska.

Categories: Adventures, Culture, Fishing, Photography, Saltwater, United States

Tuesday May 13th, 2008 @ 7:31 AM | Clive Mathias | Comments

Fish Head

I’ve seen people carry a lot of things on their head, but never fish.

via Dark Roasted Blend

Categories: Culture, Fishing, Photography

Sunday May 4th, 2008 @ 1:10 PM | Clive Mathias | Comments