04-10-2017, 02:41 AM
I held off of this thread for some time, but thought I would like to toss in my two cents.
SenkoSam sounds like someone either skunked one too many times, or someone on the verge of his own spiritual/fishing understanding. Not quite sure which. ROFLOL
In my 50+ years of fishing, I have seen the live bait outfish the artificial too often to not believe that fish can tell the difference. But, on given days, artificial lures can outfish live bait. I have seen specific colors that would turn fish wild on a given day, when nothing else would touch a fish. I have also seen days when anything would work. Scent, sometimes only a specific one, will work, then sometimes anything that covers human scent will work. Some days you can dip your lure in gas and it will still catch fish.
I agree, stimulus is the key, but understanding the stimulus is important, and almost impossible sometimes. The "pea brain" of a fish is a pretty complex microprocessor that we simply do not understand fully. But, it is true, it is not human and it does not think.
It is important to understand that fishing can be simple, but consistent fishing is seldom simple. Filtering out the commercial hype, figuring out what scientific information is important, or real, and which ones are red herrings, determining what factors are important to each species, now that is what makes fishing fun and interesting.
I would love to discuss what I consider the order of importance, but I think TubeDude did a good job of starting that line of thinking.
Great job guys on how you dealt with this thread.
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SenkoSam sounds like someone either skunked one too many times, or someone on the verge of his own spiritual/fishing understanding. Not quite sure which. ROFLOL
In my 50+ years of fishing, I have seen the live bait outfish the artificial too often to not believe that fish can tell the difference. But, on given days, artificial lures can outfish live bait. I have seen specific colors that would turn fish wild on a given day, when nothing else would touch a fish. I have also seen days when anything would work. Scent, sometimes only a specific one, will work, then sometimes anything that covers human scent will work. Some days you can dip your lure in gas and it will still catch fish.
I agree, stimulus is the key, but understanding the stimulus is important, and almost impossible sometimes. The "pea brain" of a fish is a pretty complex microprocessor that we simply do not understand fully. But, it is true, it is not human and it does not think.
It is important to understand that fishing can be simple, but consistent fishing is seldom simple. Filtering out the commercial hype, figuring out what scientific information is important, or real, and which ones are red herrings, determining what factors are important to each species, now that is what makes fishing fun and interesting.
I would love to discuss what I consider the order of importance, but I think TubeDude did a good job of starting that line of thinking.
Great job guys on how you dealt with this thread.
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