Fishboy Spotted in Naples, Florida

Ed's Mom spots Fishboy's popular "Bassturd" t-shirt at tourist mecca Tin City in Naples, Florida.

Review: Gringo's of Bar Harbor

Gringo's burrito shop in Bar Harbor, ME gets one star simply for being open year round (weekdays only off season). After all us locals don't have too many choices in the deepest depths of winter when everyone else closes up and heads presumably south. Some places only close for a few months but the majority of restaurants and inns close for a good part of the year.

We are basically left with only old reliable Getty's, China Joy, EPI pizza, Two Cats and a few scattered others. Gringo's also gets points for being open at lunch time for the working crowd. A second star gets awarded for currently being the only Mexican place in this land of New England seafood. Local and tourist fav Miguel's is for sale after being sold to some Boston restaurant kingpin who monkeyed around with the menu and jacked up the prices. Sure it was good food on a higher plateau then the previous more traditional fare, but the locals had their favorites and when they disappeared from the menu I suspect a lot of people stopped making Miguel's a regular visit.

Right down the street from Miguel's, directly behind Timberland, Gringo's provides a solid menu of specialty burritos such as "Thai One On" with roasted veggies, black beans, rice, lettuce and a tasty peanut sauce wrapped up in a spinach tortilla. The Fish Taco which really is a burrito with fresh fish, sautéed in tequila citrus marinade with rice, lettuce, tomato, onion and cheese.

Besides the burritos you can also get fruit smoothies, quesadillas, nachos, salads and chili. Gringo's is basically a take out place but there is limited seating inside and they do offer beer. A kid's menu is available. Bottom-line Gringos makes a great break from all of the clam chowder, steamers and lobsters.

Letterboxing In Seal Cove

What is Letterboxing?

Letterboxing is an intriguing pastime combining navigational skills and rubber stamp artistry in a charming "treasure hunt" style outdoor quest. A wide variety of adventures can be found to suit all ages and experience levels. Follow the clues to a letter box and bring a small notebook. "Collect" an unique stamp in your notebook when you find the letterbox.

Right down the road from us is a letterbox hidden and maintained by Memlili of Southwest Harbor. The directions start from Southwest Harbor.

Memili calls this box the Algerine Coast box because this is what some of the locals call this rugged stretch of coastline. Legend suggests that the name comes from the long-ago wreck of a ship from Algeria. Or perhaps its just that its such a wild looking place, like one where you might find pirates. For those who have discovered this place, it is a lovely spot for a picnic or just for walking along the shore and exploring the tidal pools.

Directions

From Route 102 in Southwest Harbor take Seal Cove Road into the Park. This begins as a paved road but as it enters a sections of Acadia National Park land it becomes a narrow "washboard" dirt road. Slow down and enjoy the forest. You will pass several Park roads and trails for future excursions. Be watchful for hikers, bikers, horses and other cars as this is a VERY narrow road. When you reach the end of Seal Cove Road turn right onto Route 102A. Continue for just over 2/10 mile. The road
curves bridging water emptying from Seal Cove Pond into Seal Cove and then you will see a land locked red bell buoy on your left. Turn here (Cape Road) and continue down the road, your pass Zoom Resounds Riding stable where you can purchase a limited edition "Seal Cove, Lobster T-Shirt" - just pull in and give a honk for Peggy, further down the road you'll see a tree on the left that has Fishboy flyers to pick up, proceed down to the landing. Park on the right.

Clues

Facing the water, go to the right of the picnic area and you will find a path down to the shore. Take time to notice the unusual geology around you and enjoy the peaceful view. Walk along the beach toward the boat launching ramp until you can see the ramp, and a large ledge of stone (looking rather like an overturned boat) is to your right. Search among the varied stones for one with a hole in it. The Algerine Coast box lies hidden here. This area is best enjoyed at half tide or lower, though it can be reached at high tide. This replaces the first box I ever planted. I hope you enjoy it. I would love to hear from you - memlili54@yahoo.com. (Note: This is a popular spot for campfires and kayakers so please be discreet and be sure to replace the box so that it is well hidden. Thanks!)

New Lobster Shirt! "Return of the Claw"

Put the bib down and run for your life! RETURN OF THE CLAW It's back and it's steamed!

Front/back design. Silkscreened design on a 100% cotton pigment dyed t-shirt.

Shirt Color: Beluga Blue



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Rock Lobster Lyrics

Rock Lobster Lyrics copyright - The B-52s

 

We were at a party
His ear lobe fell in the deep
Someone reached in and grabbed it
It was a rock lobster

We were at the beach
Everybody had matching towels
Somebody went under a dock
And there they saw a rock
It wasn't a rock
It was a rock lobster

Motion in the ocean
His air hose broke
Lots of trouble
Lots of bubble
He was in a jam
S'in a giant clam

Down, down

Underneath the waves
Mermaids wavin'
Wavin' to mermen
Wavin' sea fans
Sea horses sailin'
Dolphins wailin'

Red snappers snappin'
Clam shells clappin'
Muscles flexin'
Flippers flippin'

Down, down

Let's rock!

Boy's in bikinis
Girls in surfboards
Everybody's rockin'
Everybody's fruggin'

Twistin' 'round the fire
Havin' fun
Bakin' potatoes
Bakin' in the sun

Put on your noseguard
Put on the lifeguard
Pass the tanning butter

Here comes a stingray
There goes a manta-ray
In walked a jelly fish
There goes a dogfish
Chased by a catfish
In flew a sea robin
Watch out for that piranha
There goes a narwhale
HERE COMES A BIKINI WHALE!

New! Pot Party Lobster Shirts

A great new lobster t-shirt from Fishboy. Front and back design. Silkscreened design on a 100% cotton t-shirt. Shirt Color: Fog

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Is Bass Fishing The Next Nascar?

By Christine Selvaggi Baumann
Orlando Business Journal
Updated: 7:00 p.m. ET March 20, 2005

LAKE BUENA VISTA -- The results of a corporate synergy campaign involving ESPN Inc., its parent, Walt Disney Co., and the world's largest fishing organization soon will shine a big-time national spotlight on Central Florida.

In October, fishing group BASS announced it would move its headquarters from Montgomery, Ala., to Osceola County. Since that time, company officials have developed an intricate plan to partner the growing BASS brand with the marketing prowess of Disney, whose sports network bought BASS four years ago.

In the coming years, company officials and experts familiar with synergic value of branding believe the results will be staggering. If done right, they say, Orlando's Walt Disney Resort will become known as a private-lake bass fishing paradise.

Additionally, through ESPN's huge audience reach, lakes throughout Central Florida will garner national attention. And, experts say, with more professional tournaments being held here, the region could enhance the immeasurable: Its reputation, credibility and prestige.

"It's not an overstatement to say it's clearly a new era for bass fishing," says George McNeilly, a BASS spokesman.

"We think that bass fishing is where NASCAR was 10 years ago, but it's on its way up," adds Greg Waldron, fishing operations manager for Walt Disney World Resort.

ESPN -- with its seven networks, two radio stations, magazine and five Web sites -- is credited with muscling the effort it took to launch NASCAR into a full-fledged sport. Now, McNeilly says it's fishing's turn.

"We're working closely to build upon the momentum that already has begun."

The beginning of something special
Though Disney stocked its 850 acres of lakes with bass in the 1970s and has since operated a catch-and-release program, fishing excursions were never marketed or advertised until recently.

Slowly, Disney grew its daily fishing trips from two to 23. A year ago, it branded the $200 to $400 trips as BASS fishing excursions, added a trademark and created a logo.

"Any time you get a company the likes of Disney behind a sport, it can do nothing but propel it to the next level," says Drew Townes, new business development director for three fishing lifestyle magazines for Winter Park-based World Publications Inc. "It's going to be a shot in the arm for the freshwater angler."

Townes says blue-collar sports such as NASCAR and bass fishing are elevated only when corporate america takes notice and invests attention, time and branding to the sport.

That kind of treatment draws sponsors -- and sponsors bring big money.

"This will give us more sponsorship opportunity," says Neal Lazarus, president of the 80-member Central Florida Bass Anglers organization.

Branding expert Eli Portnoy says Disney could find success in its bass-fishing push if it enhances the sport while maintaining fishing's integrity. But, he says, Disney should tread lightly on such a beloved pastime. If anglers feel their experience was fabricated or unnatural, they could reject the branding.

"If they undermine the key essence of the sport, they actually may cause a problem," says Portnoy.

Growing in popularity

Florida is serious about its fishing industry.

More than one-third of the 3.1 million anglers who fished in Florida in 2001 were not residents, according to the U.S. Census. That translates into tourism dollars for the state.

On average, each enthusiast who fished in Florida spent 16 days on the water and $1,341. In total, anglers spent $4 billion on the sport in Florida and $36 billion nationally.

Depending on the bass population's natural ebb and flow, Florida often is considered a fishing epicenter, says Marty Mann, a fisheries biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. He estimates there are 100 fish per acre in Kissimmee's West Lake Tohopekaliga and about 20 to 30 of those are harvestable.

"Florida is again becoming a premiere venue for trophy fishing," says Jeff Weakly, editor of the Stuart-based Florida Sportsman magazine.

Consider: The largest state-verified largemouth bass caught was 17.27 pounds in an unnamed lake in Polk County.

The world's largest largemouth bass was 5 pounds heavier, caught in 1932 in Georgia's Montgomery Lake.

In Disney's Bay Lake, the largest so far has been 14.3 pounds.

Bringing jobs

Osceola County is expecting a windfall from BASS's new-found relationship with Disney.

In announcing its move from Alabama, BASS said it would bring 120 jobs to Osceola County with an average salary north of $47,000. The company is taking 20,000 square feet of office space in Celebration.

"We want to be known as a sport and ecotourism destination and this will have a huge impact," says Osceola County Chairman Paul Owen.

This year, four BASS-sponsored tournaments are scheduled in Central Florida, including next month's BASS Federation Championship for amateur fishers. A portion of that fishing will be on Disney lakes.

In keeping with the synergy, Disney next month is opening a 20-acre pond at Coronado Springs, designed for experienced anglers. The pond is supposed to help Disney with the influx of solo fishers and corporate executives using the excursion to woo clients.

Additionally, Disney is expected to announce that it will host the 2005 ESPN Great Outdoor Games.

And in what would be considered the finishing touch of the push, the non-profit Central Florida Sports Commission is making a bid to bring here the next two Bassmaster Classics, considered the SuperBowl of bass fishing.

"We're starting to prepare what we hope is an aggressive bid package," says John Saboor, commission executive director.

Saboor says the event, flanked with a family festival, outdoor expo and junior fishing tournament, carries with it a $40 million economic impact. He expects to hear BASS' decision in the next 4 to 6 weeks.

"This serves as a perfect way to introduce the BASS organization into Osceola County," says Saboor.

Recipe: Mussel Chowder from Thurston's Lobster Pound

From The New England Clam Shack Cookbook: Favorite Recipes from Clam Shacks, Lobster Pounds & Chowder Houses

By Brooke Dojny (Storey Books, 2003; $16.95/trade paperback; ISBN: 1-58017-473-6)

Mussel Chowder

My favorite is the mussel chowder, which the Radcliffes, owners of Thurston’s [Thurston’s Lobster Pound, Steamboat Wharf Road, Bernard, Maine], adapted from a recipe on Epicurious.com. It’s a light, delicate, creamy chowder, made pretty with finely diced carrots and orange bell peppers in addition to potatoes. One or two mussels in the shell go into each serving, where their glistening black shells create another dramatic color contrast. And it goes without saying that Thurston’s uses only clean, locally caught wild mussels.

Makes 16 first-course servings; 8 main-course servings

3 cups water

4 pounds mussels, scrubbed

6 tablespoons butter

3 tablespoons olive oil

3 cups finely diced peeled potatoes

1 teaspoon salt, plus additional to taste

1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus additional to taste

2 carrots, peeled and finely diced

2 small leeks, cleaned well, white and pale green parts thinly sliced

1 orange bell pepper, finely diced

1 large shallot, finely chopped

3 tablespoons minced garlic

3/4 cup dry white wine

1/2 cup heavy cream

In a large pot, bring the water to a boil. Add the mussels and return to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium, and cook, covered, until the shells open, 4 to 8 minutes, depending on their size.

Using a slotted spoon, transfer the mussels to a bowl, discarding any that do not open. Set aside 16 mussels in their shells and shuck the rest. Pour the mussel broth into a glass measuring cup and let the impurities settle to the bottom.

In a large pot, heat the butter and oil. Add the potatoes, salt, and pepper. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Add the carrots, leeks, bell pepper, and shallot. Cook, covered, until the vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the clean mussel broth (leaving any impurities behind in the bottom of the measuring cup) and the wine, and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the shucked mussels and the cream and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the reserved mussels in their shells. Taste and season with additional salt and pepper if necessary. (The chowder is best when made ahead and refrigerated overnight.)

Reheat gently. Ladle into cups or bowls, making sure each portion contains at least one of the mussels in the shell.

This recipe may be reproduced with the following credit: Recipe from THE NEW ENGLAND CLAM SHACK COOKBOOK: Favorite Recipes from Clam Shacks, Lobster Pounds & Chowder Houses by Brooke Dojny (Storey Books, 2003; $16.95/trade paperback; ISBN: 1-58017-473-6)

And I thought Gas Prices Were High

Today's Sunday drive recorded not only the huge spike in gas prices but some very expensive lobster prices. The local lobster pounds were posting a steaming price of $9 a pound! Yikes! I guess I'll be eating chicken all through mud season.

Luckily for the tourists, prices will back down in the summer time when the local fishermen and women are working their traps. Right now the lobsters being sold have either been held in lobster pounds (holding tanks) or brought in from boats fishing way off shore. Lobsters migrate up to 50 miles or more in the winter and then come into the rocky shore of Maine in the spring to lay their eggs.

The local lobstermen catch them as the come in to shallow water and go out back out in the Fall. In the summer during "Shedder" time when a large amount of lobsters are shedding old shells for new, the prices are usually at their best. Especially since recently shed lobsters, or softshelled lobsters are tough to export and end up in the local markets and restaurants. These softshelled lobsters are usually cheaper then the hardshell lobsters.

This choice between hard and soft always confounds the tourists and even some locals who may not dine on lobsters all that often. Which is better soft or hard shell? Well, the theory is that the hardshell is more packed with meat since it hasn't shed yet and thus the higher price. More meat less shell. But the locals know that the softshells have a couple of great benefits - one they tend to be "sweeter", no bitter claw pieces and they certainly are easier to open. If you don't have to use crackers you know you have a softshell.

Well, despite the depressing prices in gas and lobsters, I for one caught Spring fever big time today from the warm sunny day and the melting snow. My mind has started to drift towards warm summer nights having some hot mussel chowder, a plate of steamers and lobsters down at Thurstons overlooking Bass Harbor and hoisting a few cold Real Ales.

Check out our newest lobster shirt - "Pot Party"

Fishboy In Your Store

Spring is here and its that time of year when store owners take stock of their inventory and plan out the brands they will carry for the busy summer season.

From Bait Shops to Resorts, product buyers are looking around their store and muttering to themselves, "Man, what a boring bunch of chit. God I'd love to carry something new and exciting instead of that same old fish jumping out of the water crap that has been around since the dawn of time. If only there were a fresh new look in outdoors clothing that actually appeals to outdoors people".

Well, look no further than FISHBOY! Fishboy provides your store with a high quality, premium brand of silkscreened t-shirts and embroidered hats and a fresh and fun look. We are talking front of the store, window display, stop them in their tracks stuff here (put "Bassturd" in the window and see what happens!).

Help is only a phone call away - call our wholesale distributor, Lakeshirts for more info about the Fishboy line and how we can save your fishing and hunting customers from utter boredom. (800) 627-2780 - serious inquires only please.

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Recipe: Beer Margarita

We make up batches of these quite often around Fishboy. Not only is it a very easy way to make margarita's, it actually tastes great and even has a bit of fiz due to the beer. The list of ingredients seems strange but give it a try!

1 lime, cut into 8 wedges
1/4 cup coarse salt
2 (12-ounce) bottles your favorite beer, chilled
1/2 cup frozen concentrate limeade, thawed
1/2 cup chilled tequila
Ice cubes

Rub lime wedges around rims of 4 margarita glasses. Dip rims into salt to coat lightly. In a medium pitcher, combine beer, limeade, and tequila. Fill prepared glasses with ice, then with margarita mixture. Garnish with remaining lime wedges. Serve immediately.

New! Fish Control My Brain Can Coolers!

Keep your beverages (cans or bottles) cool - Fishboy style! Set of three Fish Control My Brain koozies for only $5.95

Movie Review: Fishing With John

On most fishing programs the hosts catch fish, but this is no regular fishing program! This one stars independent film and musician John Lurie.

John Lurie knows absolutely nothing about fishing, but that doesn’t stop him from undertaking the adventure of a lifetime on Fishing With John.

Traveling with his special guests to the most exotic and dangerous places on earth, John Lurie battles sharks with Jim Jarmusch off the tip of Long Island, goes ice fishing with Willem Dafoe at Maine’s northernmost point, braves the Costa Rican jungle with Matt Dillon, takes Tom Waits to Jamaica, and searches for the elusive giant squid with Dennis Hopper in Thailand.

This DVD collection of the entire series created for the Independent Film channel is Narrated by Robb Webb and watches like a combination between those terrible fishing programs on PBS and the audio slide shows you watched in grade school....only those never included Tom Waits dropping live fish in his pants or Jim Jarmusch questioning the morality of shark fishing with a handgun.

A must see for fishing fans who enjoy intelligent, subtle of humor! Does anyone actually catch any thing? I won't spoil the surprise.

New UK Fishing Mag Breaks the Mold

A new fishing magazine has burst on to the scene shattering existing images of what a fishing magazine is all about.

Carpology - The mix of fishing accident pictures, hints and tips pages, expert interviews and the occasional pretty girl has proved a hit with the riverbank community.

"There are plenty of titles already for sale concerning fishing but none offered a package for the beginner, as much as the summer fishing types and the die-hard experts along with an FHM or Loaded-style magazine with humour, girls and fashion.

"Most of them read more like a book than a magazine, with editorial after editorial after editorial," he added.

"But Carpology has turned out as a lads' mag that everyone can enjoy and we've had people in their 40s and 50s saying that they love it.

"And nobody else has a Fitty of the Month, which is just the kind of girl you might meet in the pub," he added.

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Watch For Falling Coconuts! Shark Facts

Check out "Sharky" Fishboy's newest shark t-shirt for kids and toddlers!

SHARK FACTS

On a beach holiday, you are more likely to die from a coconut falling on your head than a shark attack.

Contrary to popular belief, biblical Jonah was swallowed by a Great White Shark (GWS), not a whale. It is thought that a shark may have been landed with a man's body inside, prompting the myth to arise.

Many Greek fishermen call the GWS 'Lamia' - its name in Ancient Greece. Sicilians often still use the old Roman name of 'Pescecane' or 'Dog Fish' in Australia, it called 'White Pointer'.

The biggest GWS on record was 6 metres (19 feet) long and was caight off Western Ledge, Albany, Australia. Shark pups can be more than 1.5 metres (4.9 feet) long at birth.

Great White Sharks can live for 30 to 40 years.

The gestation period for a GWS is more than a year before they give birth.

Great Whites can have thousands of teeth during their lifetime. These are triangular, serrated, razor-sharp and up to 7.5cm long in rows that 'rotate' into places to replace lost or damaged teeth.

One 15 foot great white was found with 200 plus crabs in its stomach.

Great White Sharks have seven senses. They can detect minute electrical charges eg from a seal's muscle contraction - using jelly filled canals in the head, called ampullae of Lorenzini. They can also detect changes in water pressure. They are also able to feel vibrations in the water using a line of canals that go from their head to tails. Called a "lateral line", these canals are filled with water and contain sensory cells with hairs growing out of them. These hairs move when the water vibrates and alerts the shark to potential prey.

Most scientists agree that Great White Shark attacks on humans ofteb stem from territorial aggression because of a perceived invasion of their space, and are usually non-predatory in nature.

Great Whites can swim at up to 25 mph. They must swim continually or they would sink, as they don't have a swim bladder to keep them afloat like a bony fish.

Great White Sharks have a heat exchanging circulatory system, keeping vital organs above the temperature of the surrounding seawater.

Great White Sharks are found throughout the world, mainly in temperate and subtropical oceans; their maximum depths are around 250 to 300 metres (820-984 feet).

Their sense of smell is so powerful that they can detect a drop of blood in 100 litres (25 gallons) of water.


Sharks evolved over 200 million years before the dinosaurs and their highly sophisticated template has remained virtually unchanged for the past 70 million years.

It takes many shark species 15 to 20 years to reach reproductive maturity. So any wholesale slaughter, such as 'finning', to cut off their fin for use in Shark Fin Soup, a 'delicacy' in Hong King is devestating to their numbers. Many species numbers have declined dramatically.

A shark bites with it's lower jaw first and then its upper. It tosses its head back and forth to tear loose a piece of meat which it swallows whole.

Sharks sometimes eat other sharks. For example, a tiger shark might eat a bull shark, a bull shark might eat a blacktip shark and a blacktip shark might eat a dogfish shark!

On average, there are only about 100 shark attacks each year and only 10 of those result in a human death.

Raining Cats and Dogs and Cows?

This might be a fish story but the story goes that sometime around 1990, a Japanese fishing boat was sunk in the Sea of Okhotsk off the eastern coast of Siberia by a falling cow!

When the crew of the wrecked ship were fished from the water, they told authorities that they had seen several cows falling from the sky, and that one of them crashed straight through the deck and hull.

At first, the story goes, the fishermen were arrested for trying to perpetrate an insurance fraud, but were released when their story was verified. It seems that a Russian transport plane carrying stolen cattle was flying overhead. When the movement of the herd within the plane threw it off balance, the plane's crew, to avoid crashing, opened the loading bay at the tail of the aircraft and drove them out to fall into the water below.

True story or hoax? One investigation traced the story back to a Russian television comedy series.

New! Fish Control My Brain - Gift Baskets

We've all faced the problem. What to get your fishing obsessed father, father-in-law, brother, aunt, uncle, son, grandfather etc for Easter, Father's Day, Birthday, Christmas, Graduation etc.

Well, at Fishboy we've made it a bit easier to find a unique gift for that special someone. Our new "Fish Control My Brain" gift basket is guaranteed to bring a smile to the face of your fishing obsessed love one. Now keep in mind this gift basket is only for the truly fishing obsessed, not for some timidly amused occasional fisherman. This one separates the REEL MEN from the boys.

We start out with a handsome wicker fishing creel complete with leather strap. Then we add a "Fish Control My Brain" fishing hat so the recipient can warn others. Next a "Fish Control My Brain" can cooler to keep the beers cold and a "Fish Control My Brain" die cut sticker for the car or boat.

If that weren't enough to get his saliva flowing we've added some fish crackers, worm snacks (yes they are made from real worms!), a worm lollipop and some "Hooked On Fishing" candy pills "for those days that feel like if today was a fish I'd throw it back".

We'll even add a Fishboy card with your custom message on it.

Check it out!

Available For The First Time!

Our mascot, Grin Fish, has been found on our hangtags, coffee mugs, die cut stickers, hats and even on our kids shirts but never on an adult sized t-shirt until now. Introducing Grin Fish Adult t-shirts featuring a front/back design!

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Ice Fishing Shanty + Art Gallery = Art Shanty

Hey, you know visually it gets rather boring out there on the frozen water. Some artists out in Minnesota haven't hibernated this winter, rather they've dotted the blank canvas that is frozen Medicine Lake with artistically concocted "Art Shanties". Good art challenges both the eye and conventional thought and to the fishermen who lumbered out of their winter fishing dwelling to see the artists sculptures on the frozen landscape. Maybe someday we can get a Maine Art Shanty project going? Although they are tough around here when it comes to artists and the lakes since most on the island (MDI) are public water supplies. -- Ed

The Art Shanty Project (ice fishing shanty + art gallery = Art Shanty) features thirty-seven courageous artists, who will brave the Minnesota cold to build Art Shanties, present exhibitions, performances, and activities on the frozen waters of Medicine Lake. These offerings will help anyone suffering from cabin fever or art withdrawal to survive the winter.

For pictures and more info:

http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/01/31_combsm_artshanties/ - MPR

http://www.artshantyprojects.org/ - The artists homepage

http://www.mattpeiken.com/Journalism/Visual%20Arts/shanty.htm - "Shanty for the Chic" article

Customs finds something fishy about luggage

Customs officers are investigating the discovery of 16 live fish in the baggage of an airline steward at Melbourne Airport.

Customs alleges the asian arowana fish were found in the 26-year-old's bag after a flight from Vietnam yesterday.

The 20-centimetre-long fish, stored in water-filled plastic bags, were seized after an irregularity in luggage X-rays.

Customs say the fish are highly endangered and could have caused serious quarantine, environmental and health risks.

New Toddler Shirts!

You asked for it and Fishboy delivers! Six new toddler designs have just been added to the kids section on Fishboy.



Designs include Grin Fish, "Fuzzy" the Monkey, "Stripes" the Tiger. "Feelin' Fishy Wet and Squishy" and more!

Click here - Fishboy For Kids

Strange Catches: Fisherman Catches Dead Rat

Former Classic champion Paul Elias puts a new definition on the term rat fishing. “I once caught a dead rat on a spoon,” the veteran Mississippi pro said. “It was in the finals of a MegaBucks event in Guntersville. I had some flowing water coming out of a pipe. I was seeing a lot of fish, but I couldn’t get anything to bite so I tied on a spoon. I threw it out there, jigged it one time and hooked a dead rat.”

Joke: Nun Fishing

One day a nun was fishing and caught a huge, strange-looking fish. A man was walking by and said, "Wow! What a nice Gauddam Fish!" The sister said, "Sir, you shouldn't use God's name in vain."

The man said, "But that's the species of the fish - a Gauddam Fish." The sister said, "Oh, okay."
The Sister took the fish back home and said, "Mother Superior, look at the Gauddam Fish I caught." Shocked, the Mother Superior said, "Sister, you know better than that."

The nun said, "That's the species of it - a Gauddam Fish." So, the Mother Superior said, "Well, give me the Gauddam Fish and I'll clean it."

While she was cleaning the fish, Monsignor walked in and Mother Superior said, "Monsignor, look at the Gauddam Fish that the sister caught." Nearly fainting, Monsignor said, "Mother Superior, you shouldn't talk like that!"

Mother Superior said, "But that's the species of it - a Gauddam Fish." Monsignor said, "Well give me the Gauddam Fish and I'll cook it."

That evening at supper there was a new priest at the table, and he said, "Wow, what a nice fish." In reply, the sister said, "Thank you, I caught the Gauddam Fish." And Mother Superior said, "I cleaned the Gauddam Fish." And Monsignor said, "I cooked the Gauddam Fish."

The priest looked around in disbelief, quite shocked, and said, "I think I'm going to like this f%$@# ing place!"

Strange Catches: Bass Fisherman Catches Otter

California pro Skeet Reese was asked to name the
strangest thing he’d ever caught while bass fishing. “An otter,” he
replied. “It was February in Clear Lake and I was throwing a jerkbait. I
saw a little bubble trail underneath the water, and I thought it was a carp or
something stirring up the bottom. I threw over there, jerked it a couple
of times and paused the bait. All of a sudden my line took off, and I thought
I had a good one. Then this thing came jumping out of the water, and it
scared the ever-loving daylights out of me. I had no idea. I just saw big eyes
and teeth and a tail. It freaked me out.”


Fortunately, the otter dislodged the hooks. “Thank goodness because there
was no way I was touching that thing,” Reese said.

What about you? Catch anything weird?

Worms and Dirt Recipe

1 package Oreo cookies

4 tablespoons stick margarine

1 - 8 oz. package cream cheese

1 - 12-oz. Cool Whip

2 small packages instant vanilla pudding

3-1/2 cups milk

Melt margarine and mix with Oreos. Save 1 cup for topping. Press remaining mixture into pan for crust. Cream cheese and gradually add milk.

Add pudding and blend well. Blend in Cool Whip by hand. Pour into crust, sprinkle reserved Oreos on top and refrigerate.

Serves 10-12.

Note: Line small flower pots with foil and putting enough for one serving in them and stick a flower (after wrapping stems with foil) in the pot with a gummy worm.

Mooski Brewski - 50% off

Mooski Brewski on white is now 50% off as we try to clear out the old stock and make room for the redesigned Mooski Brewki shirts.

The new Mooski Brewski design will feature front and back designs on a blue pigment dyed shirt.

While supplies last get Mooski Brewski for only $10 - http://www.fishboy.com/mobrsh.html

Mooski Brewski is also available as a hat - http://www.fishboy.com/mobrhat.html

Big Fish On Parade

Wish us luck - Team Fishboy is entering a design for one of the giant salmon sculptures that will be on display in Ellsworth Maine this summer.

The salmon are five feet tall and made out of fiberglass. You've seen these displays before - like the Cows On Parade that started it all in Chicago.

In the fall the salmon will be auctioned off with the proceeds going to local charities.

Gag for kids to pull on their parents

Ask the nearest grown-up the following questions.

1. "think of a country that starts with "D". Don't tell me what it is."

2. "Take the last letter of that country and think of any animal that starts with it. Again, don't tell me what it is."

3. "Take the last letter of that animal and think of a fruit that starts with it. Don't say anything, just think."

The fruit they will (most likely) be thinking of is ORANGE.

Try it! It works. Grown ups think alike.

The steps are Denmark, Kangaroo.