A Fishes Memory

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

After I struggled with my memory and said:
Once I read about a one eyed brown trout in the Gallatin that had been
caught over 1000 times in one summer. Did he have no memory or was he
just a trout?

J Buck said:
That one's pretty hard to swallow Especially if it was a trout.

As I recall it was written by a bunch of college students casting to a
one-eyed brown. They kept casting to his good eye and he would strike -
blind eye and he ignored the offering. Was it memory or what?

Good luck!
John

"bassrecord" wrote in
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What is memory? What is your definition? What is fish memory? Does
memory vary with fish species?


For a fish, I think if the fish demonstrably exhibits behavior that has
been influenced by previous experience, that fish is showing memory.

Scott

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.

What is memory? What is your definition? What is fish memory? Does
memory vary with fish species?

I had the answers written down somewhere but forgot where I put 'em

No one said there would be a test!!
"Scott Seidman" wrote in message
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"bassrecord" wrote in
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What is memory? What is your definition? What is fish memory? Does
memory vary with fish species?


For a fish, I think if the fish demonstrably exhibits behavior that has
been influenced by previous experience, that fish is showing memory.

Scott

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 people who can get lost in a small shopping mall

The latest radio spot I heard for Onstar features a woman who can't find
her car in a parking lot. If you're that stupid, you have A, no business
driving, and B, no business making enough money to afford a vehicle with
that kind of technology.

"J Buck" wrote in message
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I know people who can get lost in a small shopping mall

The latest radio spot I heard for Onstar features a woman who can't find
her car in a parking lot. If you're that stupid, you have A, no business
driving, and B, no business making enough money to afford a vehicle with
that kind of technology.


I have lost rental cars in parking lots. Came out a different door at
McDonald-Douglas in Long Beach, CA. Would of loved an Onstar sytem, or even
a panic button to honk the horn. For those who have never been in the LB
area, the parking lot, probably can hold 15,000 cars. Couple of yours to
find that little car, between a camper and a truck.

Makes me wonder.......... 17 miles? How did she navigate? Smell? Surely
she wasn't THAT familiar with that many square miles of water

I took that comment to mean she traveled 17 miles in a boat, to be weighted,
then back to be released.
Ronnie

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