If, like me, you're not a professional angler, have a job and other commitments, you often have to squeeze a few hours fishing in when and where you can.
When I can only spare a few hours I head for the local river. Fish roam around but fishing the same stretches you're bound to bump into the odd fish more than once, but I wonder how often it happens?
Some fish are specimens, with closely studied photos, some have distinctive marks and are easy to recognise. But would you recognise an average size, none distinctive fish next time you caught it? Probably not.
How many fish have you caught? Probably a lot less than you think...
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Interesting, but how did you manage to catch those pike in November 2012
ReplyDeleteCrap! I was warned not to mention the time travel, now I'm going to have to go back and not do it.
Deletepike to the future
DeleteA very interesting thought. I have had two repeat captures of Red Drum over the last few years and on Sunday I caught a tagged Red Drum. So that makes 3 reds plus two tagged sharks in the last 6 years. In addition to that I fished with a friend last November who also got a tagged Red. So thats six fish total recaptured in the vastness of the Atlantic. Five of those by just one angler, me.
ReplyDeleteSo in a river, especially a small river, the odds really should be high of recaptures. Another good argument for keeping the closed season perhaps?
Paulos
Recaptures in the Atlantic, we stand no chance!
DeleteAt least you are having good luck and are catching fish at the moment. Sometimes it is nice to go back and try and catch a fish you caught before and see if it has grown, it is a even tougher challenge than trying to catch fish normally
ReplyDeleteYeah, but we don't want to over do it. I hope that barbel buggers off for a bit, puts on some weight and doesn't re-appear until I catch it as a twelve pounder in March :)
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