Tim,
I just read about a similar (perhaps the
same) study last week. It mentioned that
the sent of a male biologist repelled the fish, but the sent of a female
biologist had no effect. Go figure.
Crusty
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Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002
4:42 PM
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Subject: Re: Human scent and
fishing success?
I heard of an experiment one time at one of the fish
ladders on the Columbia. It seems that the Steelhead were coming up at that
time and were in pretty good numbers when one of the biologists was experenting
with the scent question, he too put his hand into the water at the head of the
ladder and the Steelhead were noticably put off. They quit moving up and
in fact they dropped back to the rear of the ladder and remained quiet until a
few minutes after the human hand had been removed.
I also heard one time that Enos Bradner used to pick
off some, I believe it was alder leaves in the spring and rub his handle on his
fly rod before the fish fishing of each season.
So maybe there is something to it?
Where's the shrimp oil? :)
Tim <><
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From: Kent Lufkin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 10:30:24 -0800
To:
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> I've marveled for years how one of two anglers will frequently outfish
> the other, even when they have equivalent gear, experience and skill,
> and are fishing the same water. I've been on both ends of this
> sometimes lopsided equation, but question it most when I'm the guy
> catching fewer fish that day.
>
> I recently read about fisheries experiments in which fish bolted from a
> lie when human scent was introduced upstream from them. The source of
> the scent was simply a hand, briefly immersed in the water. Nothing
> more.
>
> Fish, like dogs, apparently have a highly refined sense of smell.
> Sharks are reputed to be able to discern the scent of blood at a
> dilution of a single drop in a cubic mile of seawater.
>
> Our own body chemistries are as unique as our fingerprints. Some people
> sweat bullets at the slightest rise in temperature. Others can at times
> be so 'fragrant' that their scent announces their presence at a
> considerable distance, even to our unsophisticated human sniffers.
>
> As I was tying up some flies this morning, I wondered to what extend
> our success (or the lack of it) as fishers depends on how we may have
> unwittingly 'contaminated' our fly, tippet, leader or line with a scent
> that fish may find utterly repellent?
>
> What do you think? Do you take any precautions to minimize your scent
> when fishing or tying? What seems to work/not work?
>
> Kent Lufkin
>
>
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