A Fishes Memory

Discovery has a show called Mythbusters. They replayed a show where the myth
was that a goldfish could only rememeber things for 3 seconds (so every time
they swam around the bowl, they thought it was new). They proved gold fish
could be trained to swim more quickly through a simple maze to get food.

Do fish "remember" things? Sure... like a what fills your belly and to stay
away from bigger hungry fish but I doubt they have the capacity to
"rememeber" what a false bait looks like vs real food. Perhaps they might be
more apprehensive about feeding if they were just caught... but I doubt this
last more then a few hours or a day.

That and we probably all throw lures next to hundreds of fish each day that
we don't catch... or someone else did not catch the weekend before.

Just my 2 cents.


"Aa Aa" wrote in message
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I was just curious, how good are fishes memory?

I usually do my fishing on Mondays and Tuesday, and always think I'm
fishing at a bad time because the fish were recently pressured quite
abit (from the weekend anglers).

But do fish have good memory?

I know I have had times where I caught a fish, only to catch the same
fish the next day on the same lure.

Indeed a good question, I used to fish black bungee worms on a lake near me
with great success. Then after a while of landing fish after fish with them
it stopped. I;'ve tried them again after that from time to time only to be
met with the same results. "El Skunko", switch to a senko or spinnerbait and
fishing was once again back on. Maybe it was a confidence thing or maybe the
bass in this small little lake don't like bungee worms no more. Who knows
"Todd Copeland" wrote in message
hlink.net...
Discovery has a show called Mythbusters. They replayed a show where the
myth
was that a goldfish could only rememeber things for 3 seconds (so every
time
they swam around the bowl, they thought it was new). They proved gold fish
could be trained to swim more quickly through a simple maze to get food.

Do fish "remember" things? Sure... like a what fills your belly and to
stay
away from bigger hungry fish but I doubt they have the capacity to
"rememeber" what a false bait looks like vs real food. Perhaps they might
be
more apprehensive about feeding if they were just caught... but I doubt
this
last more then a few hours or a day.

That and we probably all throw lures next to hundreds of fish each day
that
we don't catch... or someone else did not catch the weekend before.

Just my 2 cents.


"Aa Aa" wrote in message
...
I was just curious, how good are fishes memory?

I usually do my fishing on Mondays and Tuesday, and always think I'm
fishing at a bad time because the fish were recently pressured quite
abit (from the weekend anglers).

But do fish have good memory?

I know I have had times where I caught a fish, only to catch the same
fish the next day on the same lure.

Their memory is probably just about as good as mine right now....now
what was I gonna post grin. If I can forget that I didn't catch a bass
yesterday, I would suppose they forget the time I did "bother" them for
a few minutes. I have definately caught the same bass numerous times,
it had a very distingishing marking. My son has also caught large bass
more than once...so maybe his claims of 300 bass over 10lbs should be
modified with an asterik (caught this one 3 times, etc.) grin.
I just don't think they have a great memory.
JK

They do seem to have either good short term memory or they talk to one
another.

Sometimes, I'll go out to my little nearly private bass pond. I'll catch the
heck out of bunch of bass on some new lure. Suddenly..not a bite! Next day
and for weeks after, I can't get bit on the same lure under similar
circumstances. If I wait a year, or even a couple of months..that lure will
once again work... for a while..

Strange little beasts, aren't they???
--
RichG
http://groups.msn.com/CarolinaSkiffOwners

RichG wrote:


Strange little beasts, aren't they???

You ain't just whistling Dixie. I just read an interesting post on TFF
about bass behavior. copy/paste:




Jesse Parker did a survey on Lake Fork several years ago. He had a study
of several dozen trophy fish. He advertised a bounty for any bass
between 10 and 13 pounds that did not qualify for Share a Lunker program.

He had the angler complete a survey and then had local business donate
money for the fiberglass reproduction of the fish. He then tagged the
bass and released them all from the same location. On the tag was a
bounty for any angler who caught the fish again.

The second angler then completed the same survery, un-aware of the the
first survey. They were paid cash money for the second bounty as well.

The results were increadible. The first fish to be re-caught was caught
three days later. She had travel 17 miles by water, caught within
casting distance of her first catch.

Over the course of the next year, the majority of these fish were
re-caught. The results were almost identical for the most part. The vast
majority of the fish, came from the same area, during the same lunar
cycle, and most often, caught on the same or very simular type bait.

The results were published in an Angler's Choice magazine back in 1997
or so. I know Jesse personally and he let me review the surveys one
evening himself. It was quite increadible. Due to the expense of the
program, it only lasted one year. But when you have two anglers who
complete the same survey with no knowledge of what the other one said,
it was remarkable.

It really opened my eyes to how fish migrated and responded to
tournament pressure.

Thanks for sharing that Henry, That was very interesting
"Henry Hefner" wrote in message
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RichG wrote:


Strange little beasts, aren't they???

You ain't just whistling Dixie. I just read an interesting post on TFF
about bass behavior. copy/paste:




Jesse Parker did a survey on Lake Fork several years ago. He had a study
of several dozen trophy fish. He advertised a bounty for any bass
between 10 and 13 pounds that did not qualify for Share a Lunker program.

He had the angler complete a survey and then had local business donate
money for the fiberglass reproduction of the fish. He then tagged the
bass and released them all from the same location. On the tag was a
bounty for any angler who caught the fish again.

The second angler then completed the same survery, un-aware of the the
first survey. They were paid cash money for the second bounty as well.

The results were increadible. The first fish to be re-caught was caught
three days later. She had travel 17 miles by water, caught within
casting distance of her first catch.

Over the course of the next year, the majority of these fish were
re-caught. The results were almost identical for the most part. The vast
majority of the fish, came from the same area, during the same lunar
cycle, and most often, caught on the same or very simular type bait.

The results were published in an Angler's Choice magazine back in 1997
or so. I know Jesse personally and he let me review the surveys one
evening himself. It was quite increadible. Due to the expense of the
program, it only lasted one year. But when you have two anglers who
complete the same survey with no knowledge of what the other one said,
it was remarkable.

It really opened my eyes to how fish migrated and responded to
tournament pressure.

alwayfishking wrote:
Thanks for sharing that Henry, That was very interesting

Makes me wonder.......... 17 miles? How did she navigate? Smell? Surely
she wasn't THAT familiar with that many square miles of water. I guess
there are different kinds of smarts. I know people who can get lost in a
small shopping mall, but I don't think you could fool them with the same
fake food over and over and over.

I know goldfish have some memory. My pet goldfish, knows that it is near
feeding time and will come over to the side of the bowl when ever someone
walks in the room around 5 pm. Rest of the time, he swims around the bowl,
or rearranges the rocks in the bottom.
Bill

"John Kerr" wrote in message
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Their memory is probably just about as good as mine right now....now
what was I gonna post grin. If I can forget that I didn't catch a bass
yesterday, I would suppose they forget the time I did "bother" them for
a few minutes. I have definately caught the same bass numerous times,
it had a very distingishing marking. My son has also caught large bass
more than once...so maybe his claims of 300 bass over 10lbs should be
modified with an asterik (caught this one 3 times, etc.) grin.
I just don't think they have a great memory.
JK