Fish returning to where they live
Ive read several different studies that show fish return to where they were after being released but i was a little skeptical about it until yesterday. Last december on dale hollow i caught a big largemouth and realized i had left my camera in the truck, so i put her in the livewell and took her back to the ramp with me. Snapped some pictures when we were done fishing and released her at the ramp. She had a definitive black spot above and on her eye that made her easy to identify. Yesterday i was fishing the same spot i caught her last year, and sure enough i caught her again. Looked at pictures from last year to make sure, and it was her. Last year she was a beautiful specimen and this year she had a big sore on her head and didnt look as good. Being that she was an extremely big, old fish i wonder if she is at the end of her life cycle. She is in the 7lb range.
Also the spot i caught her is probably close to a mile from where she was released last year