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Bass can reach 12 mph by allowing water to flow through their gills creating laminar flow creating a barrier to turbulence.
When fishing below 40 ft white is the best color, and changing lure size is sometimes more productive than changing color.
Fish can detect chemicals in water so diluted that scientific instruments can barley measure them...so scents do work I guess.
By smell, fish can detect their own species and even identify an individual in a school.
The smell of a predator fish can drive schools of shad into tight schools which make feeding easier.
Shad are made up of amino acids and the injury of a shad can release amino acids into the water attracting predator fish. Bass can detect concentration of amino acids around 2,000 ppm. They can also detect shad odor 25 ft away.
Bass use a "snake-like" motion to track an odor source. Migration to certain feeding areas is also a function of the bass's scenting abilities.
Bass can also distinguish between plant life by smell and establish territorial
boundaries. Smell also plays an important role in reproduction to stimulate hormones which trigger certain reproduction actions.
guess peeing in the water can run them off huh.Some interesting stuff..
[quote=CTFSHWHISKER;306905]guess peeing in the water can run them off huh.Some interesting stuff..[/quote]
ummmmmm I always go to an area that i don,t fish for that--lol :rolleyes:
[quote=CTFSHWHISKER;306905]guess peeing in the water can run them off huh.Some interesting stuff..[/quote]
Yeah like in hunting! Don't pee near your hunting area..! :D