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Fishin: “The act of mindlessly wandering around a body of water, tossing “artificial “ baits attached to a string, that is attached to a stick. This activity seems to be nonexistent in East TN during the winter months due to global warming. This activity can lead to severe levels of agitation, bordering anger. The person participating in this activity usually can’t wait to exit this body of water, vowing never to return. Upon being absent from said water for approximately 60 minutes, this person cannot wait to return.”Originally Posted by silverside
Not sure what you mean. Please define "fishin"
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I copied this directly from the dictionary. Hopefully it answers your questions.
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Superb quote. I'm in complete agreement when I've had a bad day! ...guess weak minds do think alike.
Strangely interesting the coincidence that I'm going to buy some property in TN in the next year. Hope there are waters I can mindlessly wander. lol
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Oh yeah! You bring the mindless, we’ll add water!
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Rather than think of what a lure looks like - as in what does it imitate or simulate, maybe it would be more productive to notice how a lure moves and base lure choice strictly on that first regardless of any coincidental simulation. The reason I modified the Mr Twister grub was because the action of the tale wasn't cutting it at a near stop in the retrieve:
The subtle motion of the straight tail is what gets more bites in my experience. I don't have the imagination nor the need to convince myself the lure is an imitation of anything. Of the hundreds of lure designs most of you have caught fish on, how many can you say realistically looked and moved like any animal?
The lures below all catch crappie, each lure has a unique action and shape - but do they really simulate anything? On top of a fish-catching motion, design characteristics (shape, size, what jig head the lure is rigged on, surface irregularities) all have one thing in common - they don't look or move like anything in nature, but each has been proven to catch fish anywhere and most of the time (not so much in cold water).
None of the above are artificial, simulations or imitations, but are real objects that move a certain way and provoke fish to strike regardless of species (what some refer to as a reaction strike.) I am sensitive to lure designs I discover that get it done more times than not and not what they may look or move like but simply move and look a certain way. In fact many of the lure designs I tend to use most often don't have action tails or have much vibration (curl tail or shad tail, spinners, crankbaits) but instead have action bodies that dart and quiver.
If one uses the term "artificial or fake" rather than the more accurate words imitation or simulation of a real live object, it suggests the copy is not real but a fake copy even though it might suggest a copy of a real animal.
BTW, I've heard many refer to a prosthetic leg as a fake or false leg in which case I always assume is a simulation.
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You guys are making my head hurt
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Hey, there will always be live bait!
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Is this a real post or just a stimulation ? Making me want to fishing in TN.
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Ok good. Feel better now.
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My question is centered around the notion that a fish has to be "provoked" into biting the offering. If an animal is provoked, its reaction is usually fight or flight ... with "fight" usually meaning biting to inflict pain & injury. Why then would a fish attempt to "eat" the thing that is supposedly provoking them, rather than simply moving away from it (flight) or bumping it with a closed mouth, or even nipping at it with intent to inflict pain/injury (fight). My only conclusion is to think that the fish has every intention of making a meal out of the "thing" before it, regardless of whether it's a correctly imitated version of a food item, a roughly similar version, or a completely wrong interpretation in color, shape, size, or motion.
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