Some of us are obsessed. We didn't plan it, but there it is. Why not observe and incorporate fishing into our daily lives and dealings. Here's what I found out:
1. Big fish eat little fish.
That's how they got big. The predatory nature of fish insures their survival, constantly cruising to expand their presence on the planet. Predators will lie in wait for smaller, weaker creatures to venture into their line of sight or hearing, the weaker the better, less movement and energy to capture another victim. Why expend lots of calorie-burning motion to chase down a healthy, evasive mark? The bigger they get, the less they worry about larger predators eating them. And in this false sense of imagined invulnerability, they will have to eat that big flashy spinnerbait that is entering their territory. Instead of having dinner, they become dinner. There's always something bigger than ourselves out there.
2. Patterning Fish.
Fish are creatures of habit, their biological clock-works are programmed for their survival. They have no choice, nor do they wish any choices. Pattern anglers target their clocks, knowing approximately what they will be doing/feeling/thinking at any time of the year. So why don't anglers catch fish being where they're supposed to be? HA! This ain't bowling, where the pins stay still so you can sneak up on them. Kinda like human nature, which is far away and beyond complex comparatively. Fish biology in fishing is the study of habit, habitat and instinct. The study of human biology gives us just a few of the variable stanchions of pattern. Are we creatures of habit? Undoubtedly. But the true evolution of this species can only be measured in terms of our overcoming our habits, success in terms of overriding fallible patterns and urges to digress into inertia. If fish did any one of these things they would die and never know the difference. Only when man rises above these, do we truly triumph.
