One Mans Sport is Another Mans Fear

While the introduction of a invasive species to a water system can destroy local fisheries, it can make for a pretty funny news report. Especially when the reporter is afraid of fish.

Sadly, these asian carp are on the verge of entering Canadian waters; which is bad news for any fisherman.
View the Asian Carp Invasion documentary here: Part 1, Part 2

Bao Xishun, Worlds Tallest Man and Dolphin Saver

Bao Xishun, 54, is the now confirmed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s tallest living man. Bao came to the aid of 2 dolphin in a Chinese aquarium, reaching his 41.7-inch arms down the dolphins mouth and removing pieces of plastic the dolphins had nibbled from their tank. Attempts to use surgical instruments failed to remove the plastic, Bao had no problems.

via CNN

How to Remove a Fishing Hook From You Skin

Just about every fisherman knows first hand how sharp hooks can be. On several occasions I have hooks burried in my fingers and hands, luckily they were always smaller hooks that were easily removed. I remember seeing Mr. Bill Dance hook himself pretty badly on his show several years ago and he used a pretty interesting procedure called the string yank technique.

The American Academy of Family Physicians has put together a great article that illustrates several methods (including the string yank)that you can use to remove barbed hooks from your skin. This is a must read for and fisherman!

Warning, the links below are graphic.

When fishing Lures Strike Back:
Photo of a small lure hooked into a fishermans eye(seen above).
The Surgical removal of a hook in the eye (with video).

Lost Mexican Fishermen Could Make Millions

Three Mexican fishermen who spent nine months lost at sea, eating raw fish and sea birds, in a beaten fiberglass boat caught something they never dreamed of. Soon after their rescue, their story caught the ears of film-makers and the three men were offered a $3.8 million dollar deal to transform their story into a movie. The deal would give the Atlanta-based company an 8-year exclusive rights deal on merchandise, books, and film, but the deal hasn’t been completed.

“The $3.8 million, they said it could be double that. That is a base. That is still an initial agreement,” Aspericueta, part of a team of federal, state and municipal officials who led the negotiations on the fishermen’s behalf, told Reuters by telephone.

The Open Prosthetics Project

“Robert Haag has started another interesting project for his son Michael: a prosthetic fishing rod. The idea is to attach the rod as a terminal device on Michael’s prosthetic arm in place of the usual gripper. Pretty much anything can be made into a body-powered terminal device by attaching 1/2-20 male threads to it, although it’s a little harder to make it do something when you pull the cable. The first stage of the project is to modify the rod so it can be attached as a terminal device.”

The Open Prosthetics Project is producing useful innovations in the field of prosthetics and giving the designs away for free. By substituting public good for profits we believe that we can generate far more societal benefit than if we commercialized and sold our ideas. This project is an open source collaboration between users, designers and funders with the goal of making our creations freely available for anyone to use and build upon.

Open Prosthetics Project

Tear Up the Beach, Then Tear Up the Surf

Im sure most of you will remember the aquatic sports car, or perhaps even the lesser known (perhaps because even I don’t know the name) aquatic classic that Clive found at the Carlisle Kit Car Convention.

Well, the same company that brought you the aquatic sports car, now has a nice addition to their transforming aquatic lifestyle vehicles.

Behold the Quadski! Part ATV, part Jetski, but 100% Fury.