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Sports Fishing Opens Evolutionary Can Of Worms
CBS San Francisco ^ | June 16, 2015 | Devin Powell

Posted on 06/17/2015 7:53:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 06/17/2015 7:53:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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New generations of increasingly timid fish may eat less and be less likely to bite.

Must be using Moochie's kiddy meals for bait?

2 posted on 06/17/2015 7:59:54 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,)
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The key issue in the debate of Evolution is speciation. When the largemouth bass “adapt” and become catfish or something like that, give me a call.


3 posted on 06/17/2015 8:02:07 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Claire Wolfe should check her watch. It's time.)
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Yet more wasted tax dollars on a stupid study


4 posted on 06/17/2015 8:03:03 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk (Hey Newbomb, where's your brothers ElCamino ?)
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It’s OK if they think they’re catfish, ya know....


5 posted on 06/17/2015 8:04:22 PM PDT by Boonie ("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
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What if they think they are black?


6 posted on 06/17/2015 8:05:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: ClearCase_guy

That makes them transcatfish....


7 posted on 06/17/2015 8:05:18 PM PDT by Boonie ("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
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To: nickcarraway

Only if they think they are crappie...


8 posted on 06/17/2015 8:05:58 PM PDT by Boonie ("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
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Inadvertant selective breeding. Like culling agressive dogs with sterilization. Evolution? Not even close.


9 posted on 06/17/2015 8:07:19 PM PDT by dasboot
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No, you bunch of dumb-oxen! It is because there are a LOT more anglers now than in the past and more fish are caught making it appear that fish are biting less! Jeez! The idiocy boggles the mind!


10 posted on 06/17/2015 8:10:19 PM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Why does every totalitarian, political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I?)
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Just like what happens when the gumming interferes with healthcare, you can’t go back to the way it was.


11 posted on 06/17/2015 8:11:57 PM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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(from the article) :" “We need more research to see how things differ by location,” said Hessenhauer."
Newbomb Turk :" Yet more wasted tax dollars on a stupid study"

And now , a reason for more decades long further study, and decades of further funding, in a different location .

12 posted on 06/17/2015 8:14:51 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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Basic evolutionary principle: traits that are selected against do not persist, while those that are selected for tend to spread throughout the population.

Size limits on fish that may be caught and kept has also had an effect on fish size. Fish that grow to be smaller than the size limit reproduce more because the larger fish are all caught.


13 posted on 06/17/2015 8:18:50 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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I’ll be spending a few days at the end of the month on Mountain Fork River in Oklahoma. It’s supposed to be a great place to catch small mouth bass.

I need some help. I’m not a fisherman. What equipment do I need to buy and what lures should I use. And can I fish from the bank? In short, what the hell do I do? ha


14 posted on 06/17/2015 8:19:37 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (I'm very sad for my country. Personally, I've never been happier.)
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I want to sign up to aid in the study...

Pay me a small sum of $25.00 an hour and I will fish all day and turn over the records I keep on the fish I catch...


15 posted on 06/17/2015 8:21:35 PM PDT by Boonie ("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
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Here you go:
http://www.orvis.com/fishing_report.aspx?locationid=7378

If you haven’t fly fished before, this is your chance. You can fly fish for bass as well as trout.


16 posted on 06/17/2015 8:23:21 PM PDT by KC Burke (Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam)
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Get a light to ultra light rod...A small reel that has a gear ratio of 5:1...^ lb test line... It’s a river, so use 1/16th oz. Roostertail spinners that are dark in color with a gold blade... Most baitfish in rivers are goldish to brown in color...In lakes, you’d use a silver spinner because they baitfish in lakes are mostly silver...


17 posted on 06/17/2015 8:24:56 PM PDT by Boonie ("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
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To: VerySadAmerican

That was 6 lb test line...


18 posted on 06/17/2015 8:25:52 PM PDT by Boonie ("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
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To: VerySadAmerican

read this as well:
http://www.flyfishoklahoma.com/mountain-fork/


19 posted on 06/17/2015 8:26:38 PM PDT by KC Burke (Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam)
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To: VerySadAmerican

And yes, you can fish from the bank...
If the stream or river is flowing, cast your spinner either upstream or at a 45 degree angle upstream...Remember...fish are looking for food coming downstream at them...they face upstream in the current...


20 posted on 06/17/2015 8:30:13 PM PDT by Boonie ("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
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