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It' Beginning to look a lot like Fishmas 2019 2020

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It' Beginning to look a lot like Fishmas 2019,  2020 It’s that time of year: Fishmas Day 2019 is approaching. Trout anglers have circled Saturday, April 27, 2019, on their calendars as the statewide general trout opener. The  Eastern Sierra will be the most coveted destination, so expect High-way  395 to see lots of traffic bound for various lakes, rivers, and creeks. “The  bona  fide  trout  fishing  season is the last Saturday in April  through  November 15 every year,” says Jeff Simpson of the Mono County  Economic  Development, Tourism and Film Commission. “This is when most waters in Mono County are open to anglers to fish for as many as five trout to catch and keep per day.” LOTS OF FISH In addition to plenty of wild and holdover trout from previous seasons,  Mono County fisheries will be receiving plenty of trout plants –including private stockings of trophy-size fish – as anticipation grows for opening day. “We plan on stocking all the major front country

world of fish migration

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world of fish migration The migration of fish is a complex and often little understood part of the biology of the marine world. Anglers are usually closely tuned into the way that fish migrate and turn up at a particular spot at a certain time of year. The following article shares a few of my observations based on years of experience, and without doubt, things have changed in the last decade or so, with new species turning up in places they haven’t been seen before and the number and abundance of certain fish changing each year. The East Australian Current is a highway for migrating fish. It starts to wind its way south in September each year and reaches southern Queensland around late November before pushing south along the NSW coastline. It is a strong flow of warm water coming from the northern Great Barrier Reef and carries an abundance of life. Each year is a bit different. In a good season, we encounter juvenile black marlin in big numbers, yet in a poor season, we can