During the 1950s the dutch biologist Niko Tindbergen came up with the idea of supernormal stimuli. What his work showed was that male sticklebacks would preferentially attack a redder wooden stickleback model over real fish. That herring gull chicks would preferentially beg to a redder, more cartoon like beak over a realistic representation. That male butterflies would preferentially mate with…
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Fishing estuaries more effectively: tides
The principle is simple and the same around the globe. On beaches, rivers, estuaries and oceans. Find the bait/food and you will find the fish. In all those environments, structure plays and important role in helping you the angler achieve that. Be it a pinnacle that catches the current and concentrates baitfish, a rock bar, a snag that provides cover…
“Vary it up”- musings on fishing dogmas
Inspired by this great gink and gasoline post, I decided to write a short little entry on fishing dogmas in general. Firstly fishing dogmas are usually dogmas for a reason, that is they generally work “most” of the time. They provide an easy to remember short hand of what to do in certain situations. Individually, as we become better anglers,…
Angler position…
I recently started writing a piece on angler position, inspired by the advice Perrin’s guide gave him on the McCloud river a few months ago. Angler positioning was the big lesson the guide tried to instill in him. “Get closer”, “take a few steps to the right”, “The shot will be a lot easier if you walk up 5 meters” etc…
Its obvious, but…
*The Victorian trout season opens in a little under two weeks. So in celebration, here is a bit of “duh” advice. While aimed at trout anglers, the general theme applies to almost all fishing situations. Pay attention and you will catch more fish. * Ok, this is going to sound pretty silly, but here we go. When the trout season…
Northern Territory fishing adventure – tables and statistics from Daly River
One thing that is hard to find out about before a trip such as the one we have just been on to the Daly river is just what to expect and just how much of everything you will really need. Below is a list of a lot of the stuff we used, how much gear we lost, what we ate,…