Mr. Bojangles coined the 90-10 phrase after decades of river fishing, and it's was my understanding that it's a good "rule of thumb". Bob just noticed that after years of pond management, the pattern appeared to hold true in other places. That's not to say that "if" you identify what's in the area that 90% of the fish prefer, and copy that habitat time after time, you can't swing the odds in your favor ! There were so many good stories & tactics told, I hope everyone else had as much fun as I did.
There was one other special area discussed that was truely amazing. Aggressive vs Passive bass behavior. Even within the same species (i.e. Northers or Florida). Ewest gave out posts/info on this one. The general concept was that fish that readily bit on artificial bait, had a higher rate of offspring that were aggressive. Sounds typical right ? Wouldn't you like to stock 100% of your bass with those traits ? Would it suprise you if 30% of your hatchery bass were passive and never bit a hook ? Worse yet, they were the broodstock for your future generations ?
