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1000 garfish

The long beaked fighter

Your host
Martin Joergensen

This episode
A trip to the Danish coast in May means garfish. This particular day was quite windy but sunny and nice most of the time. It started off as an orgy with so many fish that we lost count. Once it settled a bit I started recording to talk about these entertaining and easily caught fish, which run in the millions every spring.

PS: We didn't catch or even see 1000 garfish, but it was the name I gave the folder with the pictures on my computer, and it stuck.

Images for this day's podcast
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Hooked - This garfish was hooked on a fairly large sea trout fly rather than the very efficient smaller flies we usually use for this long and slender fish
Hooked
Martin Joergensen
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Green scales - Garfish have green scales and green bones
Green scales
Martin Joergensen
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Dances with garfish - The garfish is a very energetic fighter
Dances with garfish
Martin Joergensen
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Good weather, great fun - Garfish are most active when the sun is shining and there\'s a decent wind blowing. That makes for some really convenient days on the water.
Good weather, great fun
Martin Joergensen
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The box - Not many garfish flies in here, but they will try to take anything you throw at them anyway.
The box
Martin Joergensen
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The jump - This is the very fish caugth on the podcast, shot while I was recording.
The jump
Martin Joergensen
 

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Published May 23rd 2006
Duration 30 minutes and 09 seconds
File size 13.83 Mb

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From: Percas · percas·at·orangemail.sk  Link
Submitted May 23rd 2006

Martin, great photos...

zdar a sílu

percas



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