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Fish may not be a regular treat on Rover's menu, but you may have heard about the benefits derived from feeding small amounts of fish every now and then. Fish is rich in protein and is often the main ingredient in low-allergen diets for dogs. Fish oil is great for Rover's coat. Beyond having fins and scales, however, not all fish are good for dogs. Some species harbor dangerous parasites. Some are poisonous or contain potentially harmful bones. Even the best fish pose a variety of hazards to consider.
One great way to bring a little extra flavor into your life is through a well made tuna fish patty sandwich. Find out how to make a tuna fish patty sandwich with help from an expert in culinary topics in this free video clip.
Just because you're eating tuna fish doesn't mean your meal has to have a lot of calories. Make tuna fish with less calories with help from a registered dietician in this free video clip.
"Night crawler" is an alternative name for the common earthworm that inhabits most people's yards. These long, wriggling worms are a favorite meal item for both birds and fish. When properly hooked, night crawlers make an excellent bait for a wide variety of fish. As opposed to artificial baits, night crawlers are inexpensive and plentiful. Convenience stores and bait shops near fishing hot spots usually stock night crawlers in Styrofoam soup cups. If you're an enterprising angler, you can always harvest them from your backyard on warm summer nights.
Home bakers prize royal icing because it's easy to make, can be thickened or thinned as needed, and mixes easily with food coloring. As a result, royal icing is a great choice for colorful cookie designs. Use the right technique and you'll be delighted with the results. Apply it carelessly, however, and the result can be clumps and a shapeless mess.
With its comfortable seat and wide, padded back, a wingback chair is a functional and stylish addition to a lounge or office. Exposed to a lot of wear and tear, the fabric of the piece of furniture may begin to tear, appear outdated or stain considerably, reducing its appearance and use. Instead of seeking professional assistance, consider reupholstering the fabric yourself. Despite its numerous parts, recovering the chair is a straightforward procedure, even for a novice.
Fish are cold-blooded, aquatic, vertebrates of the scientific phylum Chordata. Fish encompass more than 30,000 species and occur naturally in almost every body of water worldwide. For thousands of years, people have consumed fish and have been known to display fish in aquariums in ancient Asia, Egypt and Rome. While aquarium fish generally thrive in environments that are either strictly freshwater or saltwater/marine, many require freshwater habitats with small amounts of added aquarium salt.
Fin rot is a bacterial infection that affects the fins of betta fish. It can result from a variety of factors such as an unclean living environment, unhealthy fish or an overcrowded tank. Telltale signs of fin rot include tiny holes in the fins, inflammation, frayed edges with black, white or red outlines and portions of fins breaking off in chunks. If left untreated, fin rot can spread to the rest of your betta’s body and destroy it. Encourage fin re-growth by treating fin rot as soon as you observe tiny holes or frayed edges on the fins. Fin restoration…
The chain pickerel, redfin pickerel and grass pickerel are closely related to each other and to the northern pike, a larger gamefish of similar appearance and habits. All members of the family are streamlined, voracious predators. Their bodies are in the form of an elongated cylinder, tapering to a large and toothy mouth.
Capturing water drops through a camera’s eye is usually a fascinating and beautiful sight. However, it’s also very challenging. Snapping a perfect photo of one requires some planning and time. The easiest route is to set up your own conditions and create a self-made droplet. Along with the proper lens, timing is a key element for the perfect effect.
An ice dam forms on the eaves of a house, creating a solid ridge of ice that prevents snowmelt from draining off the roof properly. Water is trapped behind the dam and backs up underneath the shingles. If you notice an ice dam forming, take immediate steps to open up holes for water to drain through before you experience water damage.
Water marbling with nail polish creates beautiful swirled patterns but takes time to master. The process involves floating nail polish on water in a small container then swirling to create a marbled effect and applying the design to nails, which is often where the process gets messy. As with all works of art, practice makes perfect and a less-than-perfect first try should not discourage a repeat attempt.
Fishing with live bait, such as minnows, is generally preferable to fishing with most other baits -- including dead or cut bait, or artificial lures. Keeping the bait alive on the hook makes it more appealing to your potential catch, as the squirming minnow does much of the work for you. Keeping your minnows alive and properly hooking them are keys to successfully fishing with them.
Thousands of fishing vessels operate off the coasts surrounding the United States. Whether a fishing vessel is used for recreational or commercial fishing, there are procedures and regulations that must be observed when it is approaching an offshore rig. Each type of rig has federal regulations dictating the safety zones that fishing vessels must maintain.
The sight of a swordfish breaking on the surface is a magnificent one, especially if it happens to have a hook from your fishing line in its mouth. These large billfish, which can run as much as 500 pounds or more, are known to be extremely fierce fighters and can take several hours to land once they take the bait. Although you can catch swordfish during the day, they are known to be night feeders. You will find them at any water depth due to the adaptability to changing water temperatures. Using the right equipment and bait can help you…
Snap spring bobbers are useful in ice fishing because they are extremely sensitive and reveal even the softest bite. Many anglers use them when targeting species such as crappies, perch, sunfish and walleyes through the ice. Unlike traditional fishing bobbers, spring bobbers are extensions of the rod tip and do not actually sit in the water. For them to function as they should, ice fishermen must set them up properly.
Using a hand spear, a practice commonly referred to as spearfishing, is an ancient fishing technique that has been reinvented in modern times with more modern equipment. It is also ecologically sustainable and a great way to be active in the water. Though there are many different kinds of spears that vary in their technological sophistication, a common spear with both beginners and professionals is the simple pole spear, which consists of a long shaft, a pointy end and a rubber loop for providing propulsion.
Lake trout are a fun fish to catch because they will fight the angler right to the end. Various lures can attract these fish at multiple depths, but they are most commonly caught by trolling flatfish and other moving lures in open water. Lake trout, and many other fish, tend to swim in the deeper water in the summer and in the shallower water in winter, as the temperature of their habitat changes with the seasons.
Whether you're managing your household budget or keeping a finger on the pulse of finances for your own company, a basic knowledge of bookkeeping is essential. A two-column ledger, a calculator and good organizational skills are all you need to get started in tracking what's going out, what's coming in and how much you have left over for saving, investing or allocating to future purchases and debt reduction.
A tube bait, such as a jig, is an artificial lure that has been hollowed out with a closed end on the top and an open area near the hook covered by thin cut strips, or tentacles. When cast into the water attached to a bobber or float, these tentacles sway in the water in a manner that attracts fish such as lake trout. Add a small minnow or cut bait to the hook of the tube jig and you can be well on your way to catching your limit of lake trout.
Prepare yourself for a fight when you hook a sturgeon while pier fishing. Adult sturgeons typically run about 100 pounds and between 7 to 12 feet in length, making them North America's largest freshwater fish by a large margin. Commercially, certain species of sturgeons are harvested for their roe, which is turned into caviar. Catching sturgeons from a pier requires the right tackle, bait and the ability to bring the fish from the bottom of the sea to the pier.
As a man, you may have worn sideburns for a long time--even short and simple sideburns. However, as you grow older and more hair begins growing on your face, you may be tempted to try out new sideburns styles. One sideburns style, known as ice pick sideburns, is a short, skinny and pointed sideburns cut that runs down the length of the face and comes to a point well below the ears.
Ice fishing holes are cut into the ice with augers and chisels. When this exposes the water to air which is 32 degrees Fahrenheit or lower, periodic freezing will trap any line or bobber the fisherman puts into the hole. Fishermen use many methods to keep ice fishing holes open, ranging from windbreaks to patented plugs, covers, heating devices and cutting-edge technologies that move warmer water toward the opening.
There are numerous species of fish plying the cold waters of the world and, providing fishermen with plenty of pull and cooks with plenty of flavor and nutrition. The pollock, along with its various cousins of the cold deep, is among these.
The city of Sequim (pronounced "skwim") is located in Clallam County near the base of the Olympic Mountains in Washington state. The town's proximity to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and placement along the Dungeness River provide its area waters with a large variety of aquatic life. Sequim's location makes it is a favorite fishing location throughout the year for both visiting and area anglers.
In "MySims Kingdom" for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii, players explore King Roland's kingdom and go through a variety of quests to complete the game. One quest, "A Fishy Proposition," requires players to capture all 24 fish to earn the Octopus Hat from the Costume Corner. Players can start the mission by speaking to Barney Cull on Capital Island after completing the "Inside Barney's House" mission.
Learn to ride a longboard, a more eco-friendly and cost-effective way to travel over short distances. Many riders enjoy longboarding as a form of recreation and as a substitute to surfing. Longboards share many characteristics with surfboards, including their shape and soft, springy ride that turns easily with the slightest of movements.
Abattoir is the French name for what is commonly known as a slaughterhouse in the United States and much of the English speaking world. A slaughterhouse is a place where animals are butchered for food; it is a gruesome, but necessary, part of the modern human food chain, though criticisms of slaughterhouses do arise form time to time.
In Ohio, more than 1.3 million people fish in public lakes throughout the Buckeye State. The majority of Ohio's public man-made reservoirs and natural lakes receive fish from one of the state's six fish hatcheries. Most fish production happens in the spring and the hatcheries stock Ohio's public lakes in spring and summer. Some of Ohio's largest public lakes are Seneca Lake, Grand Lake St. Marys, Lake Milton and Paint Creek Lake.
Thanks to nonprofit organizations like Fishing Has No Boundaries, privately owned guide companies and manufacturers of adaptive equipment, physically disabled men and women who want to partake in recreational fishing can find both opportunity and equipment to realize their goals. Fishing tackle modified to meet the needs of the disabled ranges from rod holders that fit onto wheelchairs to grips that keep hands steady on the reel.
The shoreline of the Cumberland River is almost as long as the eastern seaboard of the United States. There are 50,000 acres of water to fish, and popular fish include rainbow trout, brown trout and striped bass. Low daily limits, two stripe per day as of July 2011, help many of the bass in Cumberland River reach over 40 lbs. The average catch is 10 lbs., and 20 lb. striped bass are not uncommon, according to Hatches Magazine. The river is large and deep, and the bass are never in one place for long, so they are plentiful, but hard…
Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization, or FISH, is scientific process used to analyze chromosomes. FISH is commonly used to detect Down syndrome in an unborn fetus by checking for chromosomal abnormalities. Due to the high-tech nature of the process, FISH has four primary advantages.
California's lakes and streams are home to several varieties of trout. Some of these varieties are native to their respective habitats while others are introduced through fish stocking. Fish stocking is the practice of raising fish in a hatchery and releasing them into an area to increase the existing population or introduce a new type of fish. California trout varieties include the California golden trout, coastal rainbow trout, Paiute cutthroat trout and Goose Lake redband trout. While the coastal rainbow trout and Goose Lake redband trout have good to average chances of survival, the California golden trout and Paiute cutthroat…
A saltwater aquarium allows the aquarist to house a selection of stunningly beautiful coral reef fish and invertebrates such as living corals. The vividly colored coral fish are highly territorial, so aquarists can't keep as many marine fish in an aquarium as freshwater fish. Saltwater holds less oxygen than freshwater, and marine aquariums require good filtration and careful management. With diligence and the necessary attention, a saltwater aquarium can be exciting and interesting to set up and maintain.
Connecticut is home to two native trout species -- brook and lake -- and one introduced fish, the brown trout. All trout are carnivorous fish, so fishermen use bait such as worms or salmon eggs to lure trout to their hooks. Some of Connecticut's trout-stocked waters are Mill River, Cox Reservoir, Natchaug River and Still River.
Arkansas is home to a variety of lakes that the Arkansas Department of Natural Resources stock with various trout species. Brown and rainbow trout inhabit many of the larger lakes, especially ones fed by rivers. Anglers can employ a variety of tactics to target these trout, which offer exciting catches and are excellent table fare.
There is nothing more frustrating than getting a big fish on the line and losing it because the drag was set improperly. If the drag is too loose the fish may be able to slip off the hook and if it is too tight the line may break. The recommended amount of drag is 25% of breaking strength. Set the drag on your surf fishing rig before you hit the beach to prevent loss of fishing time.
Many wild Pokemon In "Pokemon Pearl" by Nintendo have a wild hold item. One wild hold item is the Deep Sea Tooth. The flavor text in "Pokemon Pearl" describes the Deep Sea Tooth as a silver fang that raises the Special Attack stat of Clamperl. This item is necessary if you want to evolve Clamperl into a Huntail. The only Pokemon that holds the Deep Sea Tooth in the wild are Sharpedo and Carvanha.
Night fishing for redfish becomes a different sport entirely from its daytime counterpart. In nighttime angling for these saltwater fish, fly fishing is the best technique for the job. Redfish will often appear with snook and trout, hunting similar baitfish, a notable difference being their proclivity to stay nearer to the bottom of a body of water. Nonetheless, they tend to appear in shallower waters near grasses or protective structures where their prey feed and hide, especially during changing tides when the prey move in or out.
Many people think of leeches, minnows and worms when they think of live fishing bait. They often do not think of water dogs, which are the larval stage of tiger salamanders and sometimes called "mud puppies." But water dogs can be effective live baits, especially when anglers want to catch large fish.
Largemouth bass is one of the most sought-after game fish. Anglers can find these hard-fighting fish in shallow water habitats among vegetation like reeds and waterlilies. They prefer water temperatures of 80 to 82 degree F, and they rarely suspend in the water column deeper than 20 feet. Live bait is an effective technique for catching largemouth bass. Knowing which baits are effective can increase your odds of hooking fish.
People often think about fly-fishing rods and reels when they think about fishing for trout. But there is a contingent of trout fishermen that uses light-action spinning rods and reels. Some people simply feel more comfortable casting with spinning equipment, while others prefer trout fishing with lures such as in-line spinners, which are easier to fish on spinning rods and reels.
Fish make wonderful pets for children and adults alike. When choosing a fish as a pet for a child keep in mind that any pet will require some level of attention and maintenance. Among the better choices for pet fish include goldfish, minnows and guppies. Minnows, while generally not the first option among pet fish, are inexpensive and require very little care. When choosing a minnow as a pet, it is recommended that the minnow be at least three months old.
Surf fishing is a type of ocean fishing that is conducted close to shore, usually on a pier or beach. The size of the hook used in surf fishing depends on the type of fish the angler hopes to catch. Smaller surf fish, like mackerel, require smaller hooks and larger fish, like tuna, require larger, stronger hooks.
The jig is an all purpose lure capable of catching bass and other game fish in a diverse range of conditions. Working a bass jig requires accurate casting, and a knowledge of bass habitat and feeding habits. You also must consider the water conditions and weather conditions as important factors in your approach. Working the jig in an efficient manner is a productive fishing technique. Numerous other lure designs are available for bass, but the jig is one of the most consistent producers.
Kokanee are fish that are closely related to Sockeye Salmon and are appreciated by angler enthusiasts for their fight and their taste. One of the more common baits to use to catch them is corn. The Kokanee can't seem to resist chowing down on pieces of corn. Not just any type of corn, as many fishermen will tell you, but White Shoepeg kernels. The yellow kernels, for whatever reason, do not appeal to them. The drawback to using corn is the almost complete lack of scent to draw them in from a distance. Entire product lines of scents exist for…
Catfish get their name from the whisker-like barbels around their mouths. While wild catfish can be found in both freshwater and saltwater habitats, there are also numerous catfish farms where the fish are raised in a controlled environment. Raising catfish is like raising underwater hogs. You just have to keeping feeding them and feeding them to keep them happy and growing healthily.
The HT Polar tip up is a very common piece of ice fishing equipment. It suspends a live or dead minnow below the ice. When a fish bites, the flag pops up. Anglers can set the Polar tip up to four different sensitivity settings. Lighter settings work well when fish are finicky and might drop the bait if they feel resistance. Heavier settings work better when using large, lively minnows to prevent them from tripping the flag and signaling a false bite.
Hake is a small sea fish, usually weighing between 1 and 8 lbs., although much larger ones are sometimes caught, that comes from the same family as cod and haddock. Commercially, the demand for hake is traditionally greatest in mainland Europe, especially Spain and Portugal and most fish used as a food are caught by trawling. There are12 sub species of hake, found everywhere from the Mediterranean to the USA and across the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The silver hake is also known as whiting, whilst the red hake is also called the ling.
Tuna is one of the world's most valuable commercial fishery. More than 70 countries worldwide fish for tuna, according to the Rhode Island Sea Grant. Tuna is a sought-after food product whether served fresh, frozen, cooked or canned. In the northeast part of the United States, the most important commercial species caught are bluefin, yellowfin and bigeye tunas. Use of baits is an effective way to catch these enormous and delicious-tasting sportfish.
