Originally posted by Meadowlark:
Whether it is indeed observed behavior or some other form of communication, its clear to me that a fish can be conditioned without being caught.
I've seen fish become skittish many times. You catch 1 or 2, and the rest are on high alert the rest of the day. May as well move on to another spot!
When bream are on the beds and acting broody and aggressive, they don't seem to care that they are getting picked off 1 by 1. When they are simply foraging around the banks, it's an entirely different matter.
