05-29-2016, 07:31 AM
I have caught a pickerel twice in the same day and knew it was the same fish because it still had my plastic worm still stuck in it's mouth from three hours ago.
As for a motive to attack lures, I believe fish hit them because lures are an unknown they feel it necessary to attack. Live prey are a biological known locked into their DNA and prone to becoming a meal whereas lures irritate the crap out of fish, forcing it to attack like a bull attacking a matador's waving cape.
If you remember all of the unique lure actions you've caught fish on, you might start to wonder, 'what were they thinking?' Then you might come to the conclusion that fish can no more think than a clam.
To each his own when it comes to why fish strike lures. At least I can now match-the-action needed to get fish to strike rather than match-the-hatch or prey they might be eating that hour or day.
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As for a motive to attack lures, I believe fish hit them because lures are an unknown they feel it necessary to attack. Live prey are a biological known locked into their DNA and prone to becoming a meal whereas lures irritate the crap out of fish, forcing it to attack like a bull attacking a matador's waving cape.
If you remember all of the unique lure actions you've caught fish on, you might start to wonder, 'what were they thinking?' Then you might come to the conclusion that fish can no more think than a clam.
To each his own when it comes to why fish strike lures. At least I can now match-the-action needed to get fish to strike rather than match-the-hatch or prey they might be eating that hour or day.
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