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Willi wrote:
My home river, as it goes through town, has a bike path along the side
on one bank. The path is heavily used by bikers, horseback riders,
joggers, walkers, kids etc. In several areas, the fish will move into
shallow water to feed during a hatch and are undisturbed by the people
passing by. However, if you stop on the path to watch them feed, unless
you are behind a tree or bush, they will spook off into the depths.

I've been seeing this same behavior in eagles. Moving cars and trucks are no
problem, stop the car and watch and often the birds will continue to feed on a
salmon carcas, but just get out of the car and the eagle flies up into a tree.


And yes, all the rest of your post fits with my experience.

I wonder about fish in Germany where they don't allow catch and release. Most
of the fish in the river have never been hooked, so they aren't educated about
fishermen, but they have seen people stumbling around on the banks and in the
river.

Mike, do you see a difference in behavior in Germany from other countries?

Chas
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Willi wrote:
My home river, as it goes through town, has a bike path along the side
on one bank. The path is heavily used by bikers, horseback riders,
joggers, walkers, kids etc. In several areas, the fish will move into
shallow water to feed during a hatch and are undisturbed by the people
passing by. However, if you stop on the path to watch them feed, unless
you are behind a tree or bush, they will spook off into the depths.

I've been seeing this same behavior in eagles. Moving cars and trucks are
no
problem, stop the car and watch and often the birds will continue to feed
on a
salmon carcas, but just get out of the car and the eagle flies up into a
tree.


And yes, all the rest of your post fits with my experience.

I wonder about fish in Germany where they don't allow catch and release.
Most
of the fish in the river have never been hooked, so they aren't educated
about
fishermen, but they have seen people stumbling around on the banks and in
the
river.

Mike, do you see a difference in behavior in Germany from other countries?

Chas
remove fly fish to e mail directly


Nope, my general experiences are much the same as Willi´s. Some behaviour
is obviously water and environment specific. As I have never fished on
catch and release water, I simply am not qualified to comment on behaviour
which may be observed there. On compulsory catch and kill water, the vast
majority of fish have indeed been hooked before, as undersized fish, or out
of season, when one is obliged to release them. Catch and kill only
requires that legally sizeable and otherwise takeable fish be killed, all
the others must be released.

This affects the number and size of fish in any such water, but it does not
seem to affect their behaviour much at all.

TL
MC