Entries in legends of fishing (41)
The Greatest Angler on the River
From PBS’ Ireland’s Wild River, this is how the vibrantly-colored, diving Kingfisher hunts for fish on the River Shannon.
The man with the salmon plan
Howard Tanner changed the ecology of the Great Lakes in 1966 when he imported Pacific Ocean salmon in order to control invasive alewives -- and create a salmon fishery like none other on the planet. Tanner was faced with critics and skeptics but he proceeded to prove his theories that salmon species could be landlocked, survive and propagate in the Great Lakes.
LINK (via: The Journal Sentinel)
Ernest Hemingway's Cuba logs could be source for deep-sea fish data
"He was a fisherman," grandson Patrick Hemingway said, looking at the men gathered to greet him. "He considered them his brothers."
Along with a team of US researchers, Hemingway and his brother John were on a five-day mission to leverage their famous name to encourage closer ties between the United States and Cuba and, hopefully, open the way for scientists to gain access to the writer's fishing logs, a long-concealed and potentially valuable source of knowledge about the area's massive predatory game fish.
LINK (via: ABC News)
Your Andy Reed Dude....
Got his Columbia tucked in with a nice ass belt on.
How Many Fish Does Gollum Need?
Gollum lives on an island in an underground lake, right? He lives on fish and stuff that he can steal from the goblins. How often would he have to eat?
LINK (via:Wired)