Sentences with word «baitfish»

North of Isla Mujeres, snorkelers swim with whale sharks and manta rays while divers plunge beneath swirling schools of baitfish corralled by circling sailfish.

I get that say a pier with a permanent light might well attract baitfish at night which in turn attracts predators, but I feel a whole lot comfortable fishing a quiet beach somewhere if as much of my fishing is done in darkness.

Striking white Cape Gannets put on spectacular aerial displays as they plunge - dive for baitfish in the wake of the boat.

As we push off, a pair of dolphins troll lazily back and forth no more than 20 feet away, lunching on baitfish discarded by fishermen along the canal banks.

Crabs and lobsters are drawn to a totally synthetic bait, which could reduce the large take of live baitfish from the sea

Blackfin feed on a variety of small baitfish, but be prepared for a battle royal because this fish is also a favorite food of legendary blue marlin.

Tarpon flash through schooling baitfish at Bari Reef.

At Koh Bida Nai there is a beautiful archway filled with tiny baitfish which leads to a shallow hard coral garden.

Get enveloped in swarming baitfish as they are corralled by tuna and Napoleon wrasse.

Sheeny baitfish school through his air bubbles.

Others have been deliberately released, like earthworms or baitfish set loose by fishermen, or exotic lizards and snakes set free by careless pet owners.

Here the Boyne River glides gracefully through an untouched rural landscape; peace and tranquillity rules with jumping baitfish and soaring sea eagles your companions.

Humpback whales focus mainly on eating krill and small baitfish such as herring.

They can be entertaining to watch as they lunge open - mouthed at schools of baitfish while sending flocks of seabirds into the air to escape accidental consumption.

Also, as mentioned in our previous blog, the crucial baitfish species that they are utterly dependent on for survival are all declining in drastic and alarming ways in the past couple of decades.

Seven to 9 miles off the coast, sprinkled along a 20 - mile stretch between Dangriga and Placencia, these narrow shallows rise from 50 to 70 feet of water where Spanish mackerel, bonito, bar jacks and jack crevalle constantly tear into schools of baitfish beneath frigate birds hoping for an easy meal.

Usually several fishers line the perimeter of a boat and catch tuna at the same time using baitfish.»

These seamounts, or underwater mountains, rise more than a thousand feet off the ocean floor, triggering a natural upwelling of nutrient - rich seawater that in turn attracts baitfish and the open - sea predators that feed upon them.

Baleen whales completely lack teeth and filter small prey such as plankton, worms, and baitfish from the water using rows of baleen arranged in their mouths like sieves.

They feed mostly on plankton, pelagic crustaceans, squid and tiny baitfish, as well as sardines and anchovies, just by moving through the water with mouths open wide.

The island's southwestern corner offers a rocky coast with some of the island's best shore diving, with grottoes and swim throughs that attract tarpon and swarms of baitfish.

We encourage anglers to vigilantly follow the regulations prohibiting the movement of baitfish and other fish between waters to protect New York's high - quality fishing.»

Sailfish hunt cooperatively, encircling a school of anchovies or sardines and leaping dramatically to herd the baitfish into a tightly packed, panicked ball.

This «free» meal is too good to pass up for whale sharks, which can be seen feeding on the baitfish around the bagans all year round.

Indonesian fishers in the area target schools of baitfish by suspending large nets beneath specialized bagan floating platforms and using bright lights at night to attract the baitfish above the nets — which are quickly lifted in order to catch the entire school at once.

I don't know that Amiel ever tops his credit sequence - swirling stars morphing into dividing cells, or pods of baitfish, shifting flocks of birds, a little dance of life.

The nutrient - rich rivers also dump a wealth of biomass into the ocean which is utilized by zooplankton, crustaceans and baitfish, providing a veritable smorgasbord for game fish.

It's home to millions of baitfish, crabs, shrimp, and other small aquatics, serving as the first link in the undersea food chain that supports the most abundant marine life in the Caribbean.

The complicated ecosystem of the reef supplies food and shelter to a huge variety of baitfish and small crustaceans that, in turn, attract larger predators.

Bring some baitfish patterns in all white and red and black.

The baitfish also keep the more common minke whales locked into their favorite summer feeding sites in the San Juans.

Gray whales, as described by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), are stated to feed primarily on swarming mysids, commonly called opossum shrimps, tube - dwelling amphipods, and polychaete tube worms in the northern parts of their range, but are also known to take red crabs, baitfish, and other food (crab larvae, mobile amphipods, herring eggs and larvae, cephalopods, and megalops) opportunistically or off the main feeding grounds.

Its superstructure rises to 50 feet and is often engulfed in schools of baitfish, rainbow runners and patrolling snappers.

You will cruise over fields of staghorn coral, looking out for black tip sharks and leopard sharks as well as hunting trevallies enjoying the rich supply of baitfish.

In the shallows, jacks and trevallies are hunting the baitfish and big Napolean wrasse are found.

A crocodile fish and clouds of baitfish were the special points of this dive.

Their hyper - real tendency creates a playful resistance that outmodes their real predecessor of baitfish and insects, giving way to the imitation and simulacra at play and developing a dialectical relationship between being an observer and a contributor to the tradition of painting.