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Gathering together after a day of toil, fishermen share the bounty of their labor with a joyous feast by the shore. Amidst laughter and camaraderie, they celebrate not just the harvest of the ocean but the bonds that unite them as a community
Xiphactinus (Zih-FACK-tih-nuss) lived around 90 million years ago and grew to be 18 feet (6m) long. With its sharp teeth and hulking size, this fish was a voracious predator. One fossilized skeleton from Kansas had a six-foot (two-meter) fish fossilized inside it! That Xiphactinus may have choked to death on its struggling prey.
Fossil teeth and skull parts were found at Big Bend in rocks from the Boquillas Formation,
Are those happy boys or what?! And what good eating! We kept some big fillets and shared the rest with the kitchen at Glover's Atoll. We caught these Dorado trolling from a panga over deep, blue water off the southern end of Glover's Atoll.
Simply had to post this smile that I received this smile when I joking told him to smile for the camera. As previously mentioned in the past picture...I had met him several times in previous years. Bridge fishermen are like other people that enjoy each others company when the subjects of conversation are always centered around their interest. In this case Fishing. He is holding a very nice Porgie.....whie is another very good eating fish.
Cory is very good on air, so when Bryan the "lionfish slayer" got low on air, Cory offered up the octo
While fishing in Florida with friends on his boat, we kept catching large fish like these, but the season had closed , and they had to be thrown back. These are one of the prized fish caught for the table, bot to be legal we had to place them back in the ocean.
One of my winter fishing friends caught this yesterday in the Gulf of Mexico near the Florida Keys. The other two fellows have been fishing off the keys for nearly 20 years and have never caught one before in this area. This one is considered a juvenile a has long filamentous dorsal and anal fin tips that extend a couple feet back. The are thought to be used defense of some sort for predators. They are considered very good eating but have to be 24 inches to the fork of the tail. This one is about half that length and had to be returned to the ocean.
After traveling to the end of the long fishing pier, my wife and I are two of the admirers of this fisherman's catch. We watched him hook and land this 48" King Mackerel from the pier. People snapping photo added to this man's success.