Guest guest Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 You'd think this would gradually affect which salmon spawn and thus we'd end up with fewer and fewer biting in annoyance. On Friday, September 5, 2003, at 10:42 AM, (AT) (DOT) com wrote: > Message: 3 > Thu, 04 Sep 2003 17:35:14 -0000 > " ~ P_T ~ " <patchouli_troll > Re: Scientists highlight fish 'intelligence' > > Our local river, The Rogue River, is not polluted nor is it > murky (thankfully), but sadly many of our rivers are in > this world. > I asked a local salmon fisherman why they bite at the > hooks as they seem so intent and focused on their fall > run right now to return to spawning grounds. He told me > I was correct, they aren't hungry and they aren't looking for > food right now. He went on to explain that they will pretty > much only bite at the hooks out of annoyance because they > are in their way as they head upstream. So the easily annoyed > salmon get caught I guess. Bummer. *sigh* > > " My experience has been that if any of them are conscious of terrestrial races at all, they are concerned only with UFOs, and the races we're encountering, without realizing it, in the sky. That's what I would call intolerance, even prejudice. " Philip K. Dick, Confessions of a Crap Artist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 Yeah! That would seem logical. Maybe some day people will stop sport fishing and annoying these creatures and just let them alone. I can dream; always dreaming. ~ pt ~ You get more joy out of the giving to others, and should put a good deal of thought into the happiness you are able to give. ~ Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> , The Stewarts <stews9@c...> wrote: > You'd think this would gradually affect which salmon spawn and thus we'd > end up with fewer and fewer biting in annoyance. > > On Friday, September 5, 2003, at 10:42 AM, (AT) (DOT) > com wrote: > > > Message: 3 > > Thu, 04 Sep 2003 17:35:14 -0000 > > " ~ P_T ~ " <patchouli_troll> > > Re: Scientists highlight fish 'intelligence' > > they will pretty > > much only bite at the hooks out of annoyance because they > > are in their way as they head upstream. So the easily annoyed > > salmon get caught I guess. Bummer. *sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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