Mission: Love

Mission : Love
Photographed By Tuncay Uyanık










 

 

Fishing (not to be confused with catching)

I can't think of anyone who took the cold snap this winter more personally than Pete Frezza. A widely published National Audubon biologist, the research manager at Tavernier Science Center, and reputable catch and release fly fishing guide, he has nurtured an intimate relationship with the Everglades and South Florida since high school. During the second week in January temperatures reached and sustained an all time low in the Florida Keys and Everglades National Park. The sudden freeze affected local fishing businesses, agricultural industries, and most notably, fish and wildlife within the Florida Bay and Everglades National Park area. For an entire month, dead fish, endangered American Crocodiles, turtles, and manatees continued to wash up on the shores. Although exact numbers are impossible to glean from such a large area, while accounting for variety of species scientists estimate the death toll in the hundreds of millions... Ahhem... That's Hundreds of Millions.

Even larger species of fish like this tarpon could not escape the cold. We found this one washed up

at the boat ramp on the C-111 canal at Manatee Bay. I've never held a fish this big, which would explain the schoolboy smile.

For conservation biologists like Pete Frezza who have spent their lives trying to preserve the fisheries and wildlife of the Bay areas, this event seemed, simply, unfair; especially for such a self destructive catastrophe to come from Mother Nature herself.

Finally, after two dark months of reflection and acceptance, Pete has returned to the Everglades optimistic and yet, patient. I had a chance to go out with him this weekend to scout for pockets of surviving snook and redfish in the backcountry of the Everglades. It would be my first official saltwater fly fishing trip.

Pete and I explored all afternoon boating and pulling through the rivers and clandestine creeks finding small groups of healthy (but not hungry) fish. We spotted a total of 4 redfish and around 30 snook in places Pete had seen completely decimated only one month prior. While no fishes tugged at the end of our lines, we were both excited to see survivors and hopeful for a slow but steady recovery.

Pete Frezza fly fishing in Tarpon Bay

Fly Training Story

Fly Training Before Season - Photographed By Tuncay UYANIK

Part Of Eden II

View of Heaven

Photographed By: Erol ÖRKCÜ

Gölcük-Bolu

Yedigöller /BoluGölcük /BoluPürenli Plateau /DüzceYedigöller / Bolu

Sea Fish List II - Latin/Turkish

SUBCLASS: CHONDRICHTHYES (KIKIRDAKLI BALIKLAR)

TEAM : PLEUROTREMATA (KÖPEKBALIKLARI)

1. Family : HEXANCHIDAE (CAMGÖZLER)

Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Boz camgöz)
Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Boz camgöz)

2. Family : ODONTASPIDIDAE (PAMUKBALIKLARI)

Eugomphodus taurus (Rafinesque, 1809) (Pamuk Balığı)
Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810) (Pamuk Balığı)

3. Family : LAMNIDAE (DİKBURUNLU KÖPEKBALIKLARI)

Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus,1758) (Büyük Beyaz Köpekbalığı)
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 (Dikburun Canavar)
Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Dikburun Harhariyas)

4. Family : CETORHINIDAE (DEV KÖPEKBALIKLARI)

Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765) (Büyük Camgöz)

5. Family : ALOPIIDAE (SAPANBALIKLARI)

Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Sapan balığı, Tilki balığı)

6. Family : SCYLIORHINIDAE (KEDİBALIKLARI)

Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810 (Lekeli Kedibalığı)
Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758) (Kedi Balığı)
Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Kedi Balığı)

7. Family : CARCHARINIDAE (HARHARYASLAR)

Carcharhinus brevipinna (Muller & Henle, 1841) (Sivri Camgöz)
Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1841) (Köpek Balığı)
Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Köpekbalığı)
Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) (Büyük Camgöz)
Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pamuk Balığı)

8. Family : TRIAKIDAE (KAYGAN DERİLi KÖPEKBALIKLARI)

Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus,1758) (Camgöz)
Mustelus asterias Cloquet, 1821 (Köpek balığı)
Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Köpek Balığı)
Mustelus punctulatus Risso, 1826 (Köpek Balığı)

9. Family : SPHYRNIDAE (ÇEKİÇBAşLI KÖPEKBALIKLARI)

Sphyrna tudes (Valenciennes, 1822) (Çekiç Balığı)
Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758) (Çekiç Balığı)

10. Family : OXYNOTIDAE (DOMUZBALIKLARI)

Oxynotus centrina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Domuz Balığı)

11. Family : SQUALIDAE (KATRANBALIKLARI)

Centrophorus granulosus (Schneider, 1801) (Köpek Balığı)
Centrophorus uyato (Rafinesque, 1801) (Köpek Balığı)
Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Küt burunlu köpekbalığı)
Echinorhinus brucus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Çivili Köpekbalığı)
Etmopterus spinax (Linnaeus, 1758) (Siyah Köpekbalığı)
Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758 (Mahmuzlu Camgöz)
Squalus blainvillei (Risso, 1826) (Mahmuzlu Camgöz)

12. Family : SQUATINIDAE (DENİZ MELEKLERİ, KELERLER)

Squatina aculeata Cuvier, 1829 (Keler)
Squatina oculata Bonaparte, 1840 (Keler)
Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Keler)

TEAM : HYPOTREMATA (VATOZLAR)

13. Family : RHINOBATIDAE (KEMANVATOZLARI)

Rhinobatos cemiculus E.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817 (Kemane balığı)
Rhinobatos rhinobatos (Linnaeus,1758) (Kemane Balığı)

14. Family : TORPEDINIDAE (ELEKTRİKLİ VATOZLAR)

Torpedo marmorata Risso, 1810 (Elektrikli Vatoz, çarpan)
Torpedo torpedo (Linnaeus, 1758) (Elektrikli Vatoz, çarpan)
Torpedo nobiliana Bonaparte, 1835 (Elektrikli Vatoz, çarpan)

15. Family : RAJIDAE (VATOZLAR)

Raja alba Lacepede, 1803 (Vatoz)
Raja asterias Delaroche, 1809 (Vatoz)
Raja batis Linnaeus, 1758 (Vatoz)
Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758 (Dikenli Vatoz)
Raja fullonica Linnaeus, 1758 (Vatoz)
Raja miraletus Linnaeus, 1758 (Vatoz)
Raja montagui Fowler, 1910 (Vatoz)
Raja naevus Muller & Henle, 1841 (Vatoz)
Raja oxyrinchus Linnaeus, 1758 (Vatoz)
Raja polystigma Regan, 1923 (Vatoz)
Raja radula Delaroche, 1809 (Vatoz)
Raja undulata Lacepede, 1802 (Vatoz)

16. Family : DASYATIDAE (DİKENLİ VATOZLAR)

Dasyatis centroura (Mitchill, 1815) (Rina Balığı, Dikenli Vatoz)
Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus,1758) (Rina Balığı, Dikenli Vatoz)
Dasyatis tortonesei Capape, 1977 (Rina Balığı, Dikenli Vatoz)
Dasyatis violacea (Bonaparte, 1832) (Rina Balığı, Dikenli Vatoz)
Himantura uarnak (Forsskal,1775) (Uzun kuyruklu rina balığı, Dikenli Vatoz)
Taeniura grabata (E.Geoffroy Saint-Hilarie, 1817) (Dikenli Vatoz)

17. Family : GYMNURIDAE (KAZIKKUYRUK BALIKLARI)

Gymnura altavela (Linnaeus,1758) (Kazıkkuyruk Balığı)

18. Family : MYLIOBATIDAE (KARTAL VATOZLAR, FOLYALAR)

Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus, 1758) (Çiçuna)
Pteromylaeus bovinus (E.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Çiçuna)

19. Family : RHINOPTERIDAE (İNEKBURUNLU VATOZLAR)

Rhinoptera marginata (E.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Çiçuna)

20. Family : MOBULIDAE (KULAKLI FOLYALAR)

Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Kulaklı Folya)

CLASS: HOLOCEPHALI (TÜMBAŞLILAR)

TEAM : CHIMAEREA (CHIMAERIFORMES)

21. Family : CHIMAERIDAE (SIÇANBALIKLARI)

Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 (Sıçan Balığı,Tavşan Balığı)

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Fly Fishing In Turkey                            Photographed By: Tuncay UYANIK

Scenes of a Legend Story -Trout Love

 
Kahramanmaraş
Turkey

Trout Love
Photographed
By Tuncay UYANIK