Do Bass remember?

Re: Do Bass remember?

feeds@kickapps.com (Wee Hooker) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:21:10 PST

We, I hope that trophy cow i cauht and released a few years back remembers me. After all, she owes me her life!

Re: Do Bass remember?

feeds@kickapps.com (BassYakker) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:47:42 PST

Thanks for posting that, Gillbuster.

Bass certainly have an elephantine memory, IMHO. I would add these theory-to-practice lessons learned:

- "Lonely" lures/flies are remembered best. These are the your catches of the solitary bass that has inspected your presentation and ate it..when bass are feeding, but not with reckless abandon.

- "Catch and Release" compounds the memory effect.

- Flies that imitate something in nature are less likely to be rejected due to memory. The bad memory of a hook has to compete with the memory of hunger satisfaction....a tie.

- Flies that resemble nothing in nature are going to be tried at least once, so enjoy catching fish on that purple Whistler this year, it won't produce next year.

I think a bass' memory makes them a worthy target.

Do Bass remember?

feeds@kickapps.com (gillbuster) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:23:53 PST

Interesting article I read on newenglandfishing.net, thought I would share with Bass Pond Group

Fish Science Do Bass Remember? Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Dr. Keith Jones conducts research for Berkley at his Pure Fishing research station.

More and more in bass fishing, we hear the pros say that bass are "conditioned." The term usually comes up when discussing pressured fisheries and difficult bites. But do we really know whether bass become conditioned? Specifically, whether they become conditioned to avoid certain lures they see time and again?

There are certainly trends on the bass tours that would seem to suggest that. For example, spinnerbaits - once a dominant presentation for top pros - seem a forgotten bait now. Small worms, swimbaits, frogs and other newer trends have replaced it. But no examination of tour results is truly...