First-Time Fisherman Breaks English-Channel Cod Record Gayle C Young

Chris Proctor is a very lucky man. Proctor broke the fishing record for the biggest cod ever caught in the English Channel. It was his first sea fishing trip. The 31-year-old took to the seas with a group of friends only after being goaded into it. “I almost didn’t go on the trip because I had so much work on but the rest of the guys talked me into it – thank god they did.  None of us could believe our eyes when we got it on the boat and saw it’s size. It was an amazing experience and a once in a lifetime catch,” Proctor told the Metro UK.  [ Read Full Post ]

Thailand is in the midst of a huge rat problem -- and it’s probably not what you think  by Gayle c Young

Thailand is in the midst of a huge rat problem -- and it’s probably not what you think. The problem is that there aren’t enough rodents to satisfy the country’s  growing appetite for rat meat. This shortage has driven the price of the delicacy to over $3 a pound; a price higher than that of chicken or pork. Rat  meat is prepared several ways but is most often barbequed or cooked in oil. The rats come from both the city, where hunters chase them down and clock them with sticks, and from the country where they are trapped in agricultural fields.  Want to learn more about trapping, killing, and eating rat? Of course you do.  Then watch the video by BBC's Tom  Santorelli.

1.Both are attracted to shiny objects
2.More fun to catch while drinking  
3.There's others in the sea and/or bar
4.Three words: catch and release
5.Sometimes I likes 'em wild, sometimes I likes 'em
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Check it ou!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD83dqSfC0Y

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A massive whale shark is now on view in a Pakistani
seaport after fishermen hauled the 15,000-pound fish from the water on Tuesday. The fishermen's haul was greeted with enthusiastic applause at a harbor in the city of Karachi by a crowd numbering in the hundreds, according to NDTV, which cited the Press Trust of India. It took more than four hours to lift the fish, which fishermen said was found dead in shallow water. Reports on the length of
the fish varied from 35 to 40 feet PHOTOS: Massive whale shark
As authorities tried to hoist it from the water, it broke pulley wires on one crane, and a 35-ton crane had to finish the job, reported the Express Tribune. A fisheries dealer bought the carcass, the Tribune said, and will charge visitors who want a glimpse of the  beast. Fish stories abounded among those at the harbor,  according to the news site, with one elderly fisherman saying that whale sharks "had tried to swallow him twice." That's unlikely for the simple reason that the whale shark's favorite meal is plankton. The fish -- the largest in the sea -- is a
filter feeder, meaning that its huge jaws passively filter everything in its path, according to National Geographic.
The massive fish is docile, even allowing swimmers to hitch a ride. National Geographic says the whale shark is currently listed as a  vulnerable species and continues to be hunted.