Parts of a Bowie Knife
Bowie knives are fantastically versatile, enabling you to accomplish numerous different tasks with a single knife. However, what exactly are all the features of the blade used for? This can be hard to understand, as you’ll find bowie knives with different features from another. Part of the confusion is simply due to the modern evolution of the knife, while other models try to remain historically accurate. Here are a few features that you might find and need to understand.
Clip Point – Your bowie knife has one defining feature; it has a clipped point. This is the end of the blade and it looks like someone cut a section out of the tip. This is an important feature and serves several purposes. First, it serves to narrow the point of the knife, giving you greater control during use. Second, it ensures that the bowie knife has better penetrative (stabbing) power. As you might imagine, these benefits come in quite handy.
False Edge – The false edge of a bowie knife is the portion of the point that curves inward and upward from the point to meet the spine of the blade. This has little use unless sharpened (these are called Sheffield Bowies). When sharpened, the false edge allows for back cutting, but also provides better performance when skinning, gutting or stabbing, as it increases the tip’s cutting surface significantly.
Spanish Notch – The Spanish Notch is another sometime inclusion. You’ll find that this notch offers little in the way of enhanced usability, but it does provide you with a handy point to start sharpening the blade. The notch sits at the back edge of the blade, just before the ricasso. This might have originally been used to help skin branches, or have been used to work with nautical rigging or other rope forms, but today it has few uses and is rarely found except on historically accurate bowie knives.
You will find a bowie knife that offers features that fit your needs with a bit of searching. Make sure that you understand the different uses of all the blade areas, prior to making any purchase decision, though. This is the only way that you can ensure you get the right bowie knife for your particular usage needs.
Dylan Sabot is the owner of an online bowie knife store featuring the jim bowie knife as well as lighters for camping.
Marketing And Advertising Your Boat For Private Sale
Determining the right price for a boat or yacht that you are about to put on the market is crucial in the sales process. But taking the right steps for marketing the boat is just a crucial to ensure a timely sale at a price that you are going to be happy with.
If you get the right amount of interest for your boat sale yourself thanks to good do-it-yourself advertising, you will save yourself the expense of a costly yacht brokerage. This will impact the amount of money that you will be left with at the end of the whole deal.
To start with effective boat marketing, you should make sure that the boat is well presented, and also that you are able to reach out to the maximum number of potential buyers. Putting a listing on the internet is a great way to achieve both.
It’s good to take lots of quality digital pictures of the boat, not only of the whole boat from the outside but also of details and of the interior. Good pictures from a past trip may do the trick, but don’t just rely on travel photographs and make sure that you have the best possible photos, as this could make or break your search for prospects.
Research the advertisement and classified sites on the Internet where you could put an ad on, and after having chose a couple that look best, design and place that ad. Don’t make it comprehensive but concentrate on making buyers interested, you can always send them a full spec list later. Get a paid for advertisement if it means that it will be placed in a better position.
Use the Internet classified ad as a basis for another ad that you are going to put up in yacht marinas and boating clubs in your area. If you can find local potential buyers for your boat, it will make the sales process much easier.
When preparing the ad, your focus should be on making sure that it stands out. Of course you should list all the technical specifications, but concentrate on what makes your boat unique and especially valuable. Adding an anecdote from your use of the boat is nice, as it personalizes the vessel.
Once a serious potential buyer has been found, you will need to be ready to answer lots of questions, so be ready with all the specifications, history, extra pictures, and other info that you need. It’s often good to go through a question and answer process before actually visiting the boat, as this will save you time during the visit.
After the buyer’s vetting process, if he or she is really interested you will have to fix the price together. You should always be ready to concede a bit on this point, so it’s important to take this onto consideration when fixing the initial boat asking price.
If you are well prepared and friendly but businesslike, you will make a good impression on the potential buyers of your boat, and you will quickly find a taker. Be sure to know what makes your boat uniquely attractive and valuable, and you are guaranteed to get a price for your boat that will satisfy you.
For newbie sailor and experienced mariner alike, no site but BoatValueWorld.com gives you all the tips and info on boat prices. Old seaman or young cabin boy? Make sure that you know all there is to know about yacht evaluation by following the links above.
Look At Virginia Beach Charter Fishing
If you are an addicted fisherman, you are probably looking for new fishing experiences all of the time. Each new experience, just makes your addiction that much stronger. If you haven’t tried it yet, you won’t want to miss out on a Virginia Beach charter fishing trip.
A quick internet search on charter fishing in Virginia will bring you amazing results. There are many different companies you can look at and compare. There are pictures of the boats they use, an overview of their staff and a list of their prices and the kind of fish they catch. You can choose the time you want to go according to the kind of fish you prefer to fish for.
When you decide that a charter fishing trip is what you want, you can choose between a half day charter or a full day one. You will, also, need to decide where you want to fish. You can choose inshore or offshore fishing. The time frame and place will determine what type of fish you will catch.
Many agree that the Virginia Beach area has the best fishing of anywhere on the eastern coast. As a result, thousands of fishermen are attracted to this area each year. Chartering a boat to take you out where the big ones are is icing on the cake.
The Virginia Beach area not only has the best fishing, but it is known for its yearly Striper bass tournaments, beginning around October. Whichever charter company you decide to choose, the crew will do their dead level best to help your group land a trophy size striper. The excitement mounts as each Striper bass is caught and weighed in.
Even the most inexperienced angler can enjoy a Virginia Beach charter fishing trip. The captain of the boat is always a seasoned fisherman with lots of experience to share. He knows when to let you do it on your own, but he’s always available to answer your questions. The entire crew will work to make your trip a fulfilling experience.
If you are an addicted fisherman, you are probably looking for the next fishing experiences all of the time. If you have not tried it, you won’t want to miss a Virginia Beach charter fishing trip.http://www.virginiabeachfishingcharter.com
Capt. Brooks And Fishing On A Winter’s Day
After some practice lessons, my two clients that couldn’t cast worth a darn at first, improved enough to attempt to hit the fishing holes and hook into some fish, for my first evening fishing trip of the week.
The strong southeast winds were approaching with the front at around 7pm this evening, and a bunch of sea grass was uprooted and floating everywhere, making it hard to retrieve baits and messing with their retrieve. The grass bed had floated over many of the best places and hiding lots of redfish and a few speckled trout. Both species were following the grass covered lures but acted skittish and wouldn’t take the bait! The clients anxiously watched, continuously casting for the fish that wouldn’t bite.
Eventually we had to leave the area, which was sand and grass beds around 18-30′ deep. We headed off to areas more protected from the wind. We found some areas with the same bottom structure and depth, but had scattered oyster shell and not as much floating grass. There were not as many redfish here, but the size was better overall.
Because the water was too clear to throw darker jigs, we opted for a Pink Hologram Devil Eye on a 1/16 oz. TruLoc jig head, and decided to jig the baits slowly up and down to see if we got a strike. It didn’t take long to see them striking at the bait and the clients saw them start following the rig because the water was so clear, but they were retrieving it too fast to hook the redfish. Once I told them to relax and let the bait get in front of the fish, wait until you feel the strike and THEN set the hook, and shortly after that, the redfish started sucking their fishing lures down like they were candy.
Five got creel limits of redfish in the two to two and a half foot range, that were hooked so good there was no way they could have gotten away!
So then we decided to try for speckled trout in another area, since we had done so well with the redfish. A channel near the flats with sand and mixed grass beds provided cover and we tried the same action except the color was sandier here. One client rigged with a Root Beer Devil Eye and the other with a Strawberry one, were getting all the hits, and there were trout to 21″ and plenty of them.
While there were not as many of the larger trout, which were lying in holes on top of the flats, they were some good-looking fish. When we checked out the drop off, it actually had more fish that were smaller, but keepers were holding there. The clients ended up boating 14 speckled trout and the action was hot and heavy, making it a great 3.5 hour outing!
I like the new TruLoc jigheads, the hooks are good quality and sharp!!! We never lost any fishing lures because of the hooks, and only lost the tails on two lures because of redfish sucking them into their crunchers. You just can’t help that, no worm is exempt from that kind of smashing.
Captain Robert Brooks is a licensed fishing guide who specializes in wadefishing for big speckled trout and redfish on the Gulf Coast using salt water fishing hooksss. Robert recommends that you try out some fishing hookss from Brown Lures for your next fishing trip.
Fat Redfish with Capt. Paul Braly
Texas Tops’ Jeff Austin and I went fishing today and we have been pre-fishing to train further for the Texas Trout Series which will be held this weekend. It had been a tough day for both of us since trout are giving us a hard time looking for one. It?s a good thing we brought with us the Devil Eyes that we were able to do some practice.
As we go through the water, we only found a single inshore fish hopping the wide area, unlike the other day where I saw much of them. Few minutes later, Jeff got the first bite with the Devil Eye of Amber color with 1/4 ounce Truloc. The first hook was empty though. Then I got my hook bitten but it was another empty lure as well. After waiting for another few minutes, the hook got an 18″ Speckled trout on it, and then we went to the second spot.
At this spot the water was a little cleaner so I put on a Dark Strawberry Blue Devil Eye and Jeff pulled out a white stink bait (you know the G word) so we jumped out and got going. We were trading off on schooling trout lock ups but no real weight for either of us.
Then we reached a certain spot where the boat was necessary to get us to the other side. Jeff was always on the go so he brought the boat to the spot and we waded to the other side.
We hopped on back to the boat and we drifted through the deeper area on to the other side. As we drift by, we measured the depth of the water with a rod so we would know where to jump out of the boat but as we continued to drift by, I throw a lure into a sand pocket and suddenly a fat redfish was on the hook. We both waded down at the spot. Jeff started to cast his Devil Eye and after a few minutes he got one redfish. I also got some more redfish with the Devil Eye.
During tough fishing, it is always a good decision to bring along and use the Devil Eyes for fishing. Jeff and I used it with 10-11 o’clock triple bounce pausing every 5 seconds and then repeat the casting of lures. If you are having hard time fishing, like what we experienced, always use a bait that can stand the tough situation and make a pattern with every cast and the reds will surely bite in.
Captain Paul Braly is a professional fishing guide who specializes in wadefishing for big speckled trout and redfish in Texas, and uses Brown Lures’ salt water fishing gears. Kyle suggests you try out a fishing gear from Brown Lures for your next fishing trip.
Is This The Most Amazing Animal On Earth? The Leatherback Turtle That Has Survived A Hundred Million Years
The magnificent leatherback turtle could be the most amazing animal on earth. One of just six remaining species of marine turtle, it left its terrestrial forebears about 110 million years ago, developed flippers, and populated the Seven Seas—before there were Seven Seas.
Then, the planet looked very different than it does now. Mount Everest was not the tallest mountain in the world because it would not be formed for another 65 million years. Antarctica and Australia were still almost connected when the earliest leatherbacks took to the sea. Tens of millions of generations of turtles lived and died before those two continents assumed the positions they occupy today. Antarctica was close to Africa and its weather was still temperate. The southern Atlantic Ocean was still forming as over countless eons South America moved away from what is now Africa.
During the Age of Dinosaurs these turtles occupied the oceans. But, and this is the important thing to remember, that sea turtles, much like those we see today, were on earth millions of years before the first dinosaur lived. They were swimming the oceans 400,000 centuries before the “Terrible Lizard”, Tyrannosaurus Rex, appeared on the planet. Yes, this is not a misprint: 400,000 centuries.
And porpoises or whales? Sea turtles had probably swum the world’s oceans for more than fifty million years before those mighty creatures—which are closely related to hippopotamus—evolved, left the land, and first entered the sea, as well.
Of the six sea turtle species still in existence, these are by far the biggest. They sometimes weigh nearly two thousand pounds. A few years ago one caught off the British Isles near Wales tipped the scales at 1,980 pounds. And, despite its impressive size, this ocean traveling reptile lived through the terrible and extraordinary mass extinction that killed all of the mighty dinosaurs. One of the oldest and most resilient animals on the face of the globe, it is clearly qualified for the “most amazing animal” award but there is more to this animal—much more.
Consider this: the world marveled, and deservedly so, at Michael Phelps’s 200 meter freestyle world swimming record. But, in the time it took him to go that distance, a huge leatherback, weighing about as much as the entire offensive line of a professional football team, would pass 1,000 meters. In fact, this magnificent relic is listed in the 1992 Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest reptile on earth!
Leatherbacks may also be the world’s greatest long-distance travelers. Researchers tracked one of these giants 13,000 miles—and that was only one way.
Impressed yet? The best part is still to come. This extraordinary creature regularly does something that Man has never been able accomplish. It can dive from the surface of the ocean down 4,000 feet where pressure approaches two thousand pounds per square inch. How much pressure is that? Well, imagine that you are the captain of today’s strongest, best built, most modern, sophisticated, nuclear attack submarine and you dove right alongside the leatherback. At a depth of about twenty five hundred feet, you would have to stop because even with the best technology and strongest metal and composite materials known to engineers you’d be crushed like a tin can if you went deeper. And the turtle? It would be munching on jellyfish 1,600 feet below.
You probably already know that leatherbacks are found in all the tropical and subtropical waters on earth. But, north to the waters off Alaska, Canada, and Norway? And south of Africa’s Cape of Good Hope and below New Zealand where waters are 40 degrees fahrenheit? These astounding animals, even though they are like all reptiles, cold blooded, have a metabolic rate four times faster than other sea turtles and a unique internal heat-producing device that keeps their body temperature as much as 32 degrees higher than the surrounding water. The water outside its shell may be a frigid 40 but inside this grand turtle is enjoying a tropical 72 degrees. If you are a scuba diver, think of it like the world’s first wet suit.
Disastrously, in literally the last 30 years, this magnificent animal has been decimated in numbers and is now classified as critically endangered. In 1980, Mexico boasted two-thirds leatherbacks on earth. By 2005, its leatherback population had plummeted 99%, a catastrophe by any measurement. In far off Malaysia, on beaches that once had 10,000 leatherback nests a year, there were two nestings in 2008. Never underestimate the power of human stupidity, greed, and destructiveness. The Angels are surely weeping.
Today, more than 100 countries and hundreds of conservation groups are fighting to stem the decline of this magnificent being but it remains to be seen if this most ancient of all creatures can survive your generation and mine.
Tiny Costa Rica is trying to do its part in preserving this most ancient of animals and has set aside refuges on both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Tortuguero is the world’s largest green sea turtle preserve and Ostional Refuge has the planet’s largest arribadas—mass nestings of hundreds of thousands of olive ridley turtles. Costa Rica ecotourism is playing an important role in preserving sea turtles. And, if you take a Costa Rica vacation, be sure to keep your eyes open for the leatherback.
Catching a Tuna Fish is All About Knowledge
There are few fishermen that wouldn?t love to catch a record breaking fish. Fisherman love to catch the ?big one?, too often we cling to what we know to try and produce what we want. Fishermen are the same, it is when we start to branch out that we start to find new solutions. Tuna fishing is one option every fisherman should look into. Tuna fish are clever and cunning and have the potential to grow at limitless size. Those three things are what make tuna fishing such a unique experience and can draw you in. So after you decide to take on the challenge there are a few things you need to be warned about.
First Warning: Tuna fishing takes knowledge. If you think you will be able to jump on a boat and head out to fish for tuna you will be sorely disappointed. Tuna are smart and you need to know what you are up against. For instance tuna travel in schools and travel extremely fast if you don?t know that you won?t know how to pursue them. If you don?t know the typical size you won?t have the right pole. You need to study before you go in order to have success.
Second Warning: Tuna fishing can be dangerous. They can be such large creatures that if you aren?t properly equipped to handle the size of fish it can cause damage to you and the boat you are on. It is important to have the proper equipment when you head out so that you can ensure to be safe and prepared for what you will encounter. One of the biggest things you need is the right pole.
Third Warning: Have a plan. Don?t just boat out one day with no idea of where you are going or where the fish are. Do some research on what the migration pattern is, if there are even tuna traveling in the area you are fishing it and make a plan of places to try and fish. The more research you do off the boat the better your chances are for being in the right spot when the big one gets hungry.
Tuna fishing is a great adventure, it is a challenge that isn?t for every fisherman. However the ones who chose to take it on will be greatly rewarded and they will have memories that will last. Tuna fishing starts with studying and research and ends with the satisfaction of reeling in a fish that breaks all your records.
Using Braided Line for Saltwater Fishing
Some hate it and others love it but spooling reels with braided line is an emerging trend filtering into the hub of the saltwater fishing scene.
Braided line is very hardy and has more strength packed into the smaller diameter, contrary to its stretch cohort, monofilament line. Braided line holds up especially well in the bay systems that are usually full of shell obstructions and submerged rocks. In these areas, monofilament often comes up short.
Greg Bagby, an experienced plugger in the Matagorda Bay system, switched to braided line for saltwater fishing several years ago. “I used to use braided line exclusively for fishing in freshwater for bass,” says Bagby. “It’s really hard to beat braid when your fishing for bass and have to horse them through thick weeds.” “It’s a lot easier to work a topwater, which is the main reason I use it, especially in high winds and at the end of casts”.
Greg Bagby, along with many other anglers, has taken a liking to the 8 diameter-30 pound test. “I rig my line without a leader and normally with a small clip or connector, which works very well for quickly changing out lures.” Loop knots are another good connection choice.
First-time users will quickly learn how easily they can lose a fish when the drag is set incorrectly. “Remember to loosen the drag lighter that you would with monofilament,” says Bagby. He states that the lips of speckled trout are soft and a no stretch line with a tight drag will likely result in lost fish.
The line is durable and strong, especially when saltwater fishing. Bagby said he has found that the line will bury and knot on the spool once in awhile. “Backlashes will be less frequent, but those that do occur will send you trudging back to the boat.” Greg Bagby thinks the pros of braided line definitely outweigh the cons.
Captain Bubba Simons, an offshore and middle coast bay guide says, “I don’t have to change the line nearly as often while saltwater fishing, the sensitivity is better, and the line slack has drastically decreased since I gave up the monofilament and started spooling braid. He also says he is starting to favor braided line while fishing for redfish and trout. “I’ll soon be spooling braid on my offshore reels as well.”
“Braid works extremely well when using spinning reels with live bait.” When keeping the slack out of the line is vital, Simons states braid is less prone to create slack.
Simons proclaims, “When I rig my 10 diameter-40 pound test braid, I like to use a fluorocarbon leader at the end. I know that using fluorocarbon brings more strikes.” ” One time during the past summer, when the surf was very clear, I was fishing beside and angler that used the same lure as I did, but no fluorocarbon leader. The fish were hitting my lure a lot more often than his.
Carp Bait Making Made Simple For Economical Big Fish Captures!
These days saving money on fishing is very important and anything you can do to get better results for less money is worth doing and making your own unique homemade fishing baits is a fantastic example and need take very minimal time! There are a few basics to know about making baits and once you have these you can go ahead and make very unique and successful baits economically for the rest of your life. Making your own baits will save you’re a shocking amount of money and not just in the long-term; so imagine what else you could be spending your hard-earned money on instead!
Carp live on mostly protein based foods which contain essential fats and oils which provide most of their energy; in their natural water environment carbohydrate foods are rare. In contrast to humans therefore, carp do not use carbohydrates, but oils and proteins for their energy requirements and process these extrememely efficiently which is not surprising as carp have long evolved to do this. This is why making baits using protein ingredients is more beneficial from a dietary needs of carp perspective and also why protein ingredients and oils are so feed-stimulatory to carp too.
Proteins are composed of amino acids which carp can easily detect and find stimulating; and there are around 10 plus essential ones which carp cannot synthesise in there own body and must consume in their food to survive. The carp essential amino acids list includes: Histidine, leucine, isoleucine, valine, tryptophan, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine and arginine and carp will eat foods and baits containing any of these as they are essential to them. Exploiting protein ingredients in your baits is obviously a good thing as you are offering something fish need to survive.
It may be no surprise that both humans and carp have evolved in part due to the energy providing foods available for us to exploit in our environments. We can exploit how these foods are detected by smell and taste for example, by boosting the levels of the most highly stimulating substances within our baits. These may consist of natural food sources of soluble amino acids, flavors or even using specialist hormone preparations etc, but there are thousands to choose from!
In fish experiments the essential amino acid requirement of very few fish has been established, but those of carp are known and can be exploited in our baits to good effect. But you do not need to know how to create a balanced profile or high protein bait to catch fish. It does help to use protein foods like hens eggs, fish meals, caseins etc which are high protein sources, because they provide many essential amino acids and are extremely well proven bait ingredients.
But protein based baits are not strictly necessary to get bites of course and a multitude of baits including those based on carbohydrates like wheat flour or corn flour will still catch very well indeed providing they are altered to keep them in effect new and different to previous baits. Many of the most economical bait recipes based on carbohydrate ingredients have consistently caught big fish for decades despite arguments raging over quality food versus crap baits and other theories. If you keep changing your attractors even just by using alternative proprietary flavor dips you can always keep ahead of your fish on any particular fishery; just remember to exploit what stimulates fish naturally and avoid over-dosing with solvent based flavours unless you are fishing single bait style.
So many carp fisheries are over-stocked that the fish need to eat your bait and treat it as natural food. As many carp anglers know well, possibly the greatest edge is to be different and so you can fish with confidence against any well-used readymade commercial bait knowing your unique bait has a great edge of being different and unique. This is one great motivator for me to make my own extremely economical and productive homemade carp baits rather than spend 10 pounds or 20 Dollars on a bag of readymade bait that others are already using!
Other ingredients like bird foods containing hemp and corn, crushed seeds and nuts etc, can be utilised to make very nutritious stimulating baits simply bound together with eggs to make a dough and boiled in water. You can combine these with both carbohydrate and protein ingredients to make any recipe of bait you so desire and bait making does not have to be rocket science to catch fish! However, if all you remember from this article is that carp love amino acids and it is recommended you treat your bait as an amino acid carrier, then you can leverage this fact in your homemade baits and readymade bait dips for the rest of your life; and for more consistent big fish catches!
By Tim Richardson.
What is Fishing Equipment
Fishing equipment is called fishing tackle by fishing aficionados and it generally refers to rods, lines, hooks, sinkers, spears, lures, bait, reels, nets, and so on. The fishing gear that is attached at the end of a line is called terminal tackle
The word tackle referring to fishing equipment comes from ‘takel’ which first meant the rigging of a ship, that is, the gear consisting of ropes supporting a ship’s masts and sails. Later, the same word was recorded as having a different meaning, that of apparatus for fishing and that meaning has been preserved ever since.
The most basic fishing apparatus is made up of of a rod, a line, a hook, a lure, a bait and a weight or sinker. The line is a basic cord specially made for fishing that is both long, strong and yet thin, so that fish can not see it. There are various things that an angler asks about when buying a fishing line, such as its resistance, stretch, strength et cetera. The line will be chosen based on what kind of fish the angler intends to catch.
The sinker or weight, also called a plummet, is actually a weight that assists in casting the hook and the bait as far as possible from the shoreline or from the boat that the fisherman is using. They are usually made of lead as their purpose is also to sink and to get the bait closer to the fish in the water as quickly as possible. However, lead sinkers have been banned in some parts of the world, especially the really small ones, which are often called ’shot’. If eaten by birds or other fish, the lead, which is known for its high toxicity level, will cause the death of the animal.
Another elementary piece of fishing equipment is the hook. This device meant for attaching the bait on the line and for hooking into the fish’s mouth. It is tied to the line and the fisherman can select from a very variety of shapes and sizes.
Last but not least, the fishing equipment is not efficient without bait or lure. A lure is a device tied at the end of the line that looks and moves something like the prey of the fish you are after. Its purpose is to catch the attention of the fish with its colour and vibrations. Artificial flies and sand eels fall into this category. When the fish eats the lure, it gets hooked.
On the other hand, bait is the item actually attached to the hook. Bait is basically of two types: animal or foodstuff: ‘animal’ referring to small fish or other water creatures, insects or crawlers and ‘foodstuff’ referring to human food like grains, such as hemp, bread or whatever else the fisherman believes might attract the type of fish he’s going for.
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