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I had this article sent to me and thought I would share with you. This article led me to write Bob last month and he addressed this subject in this months issue of Pond Boss. But, I thought some of you might like to read the article. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/scin.5591830118/full
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It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP Grandpa
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From Pond Boss Magazine ... an excerpt - get a subscription !!!
THE CUTTING EDGE � SCIENCE REVIEW
By Eric West
Aggressiveness - it should have been obvious � it�s in the genes
Catchability, how likely a fish is to bite a lure, is a problem encountered by pondmiesters and is often referred to as aggressive fish vs. non-aggressive fish. It has been debated on several occasions on the Pond Boss Forum and articles have appeared in Pond Boss magazine concerning possible management options for fish that don�t bite well. So what are we missing that is so obvious about this aggressiveness trait?
The new study is titled Recreational Fishing Selectively Captures Individuals with the Highest Fitness Potential by David A. H. Suttera, Cory D. Suskib, David P. Philippb, Thomas Klefotha, David H. Wahlb, Petra Kerstene, Steven J. Cooke, and Robert Arlinghaus , in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1212536109 , October 26, 2012. This study, using the same genetic line as the first study noted above, found that the trait �catchability or vulnerability to angling� positively correlates with 1) aggression, 2) intensity of parental care, and 3) reproductive fitness.
PS -- there is a lot more to this than the link by salex and the link provided is not the study - only someone else's thoughts about it.
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