03-06-2003, 02:48 PM
[cool]Sounds like something worth paying attention to. Many species of fish, and especially sharks, have sensory organs that are super-sensitive to minute changes in electrical fields. This enables predators to find prey that is hiding in mud or otherwise invisible.
I have also read studies about experimental combinations of dissimilar types of metals being combined on lures...to produce a rudimentary form of galvanic battery...sending electrical discharges into the water. Don't recall any outcomes, but there are numerous instances where certain frequencies of sound and electrical radiation are attractors...and others repel fish.
Anyone who has invested time in reading about the sensitivity of lateral lines, and their role in aiding fish to avoid danger and to find prey, cannot totally discount the possibility that electrical anomalies could be just as much a factor as sound vibrations in fish behavior. We know that electroshocking stuns fish and brings them to the surface, during DWR fish studies. Who's to say that mild electrical current might not produce an instinctive reaction to vacate the vacinity.
I'm guessing that if you noticed a negative change after altering your setup, there might be something unseen that adversely affects the fish...especially in the shallow, heavily mineralized waters around Lincoln Beach. I gave up trying to apply pseudo-science to the art of fishing a long time ago. But, I try to be aware enough of changes...positive and negative...that I can capitalize on the good stuff, and go backwards if the outcomes aren't better.
Just wondering if there is some kind of sensitive meter that could measure differences in electrical fields in the water. It would make an interesting study. Otherwise, we fishermen need all the excuses we can get. Heck, blaming a blank day on your "leaking lectrical" sounds just technical enough to impress the amateurs.
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I have also read studies about experimental combinations of dissimilar types of metals being combined on lures...to produce a rudimentary form of galvanic battery...sending electrical discharges into the water. Don't recall any outcomes, but there are numerous instances where certain frequencies of sound and electrical radiation are attractors...and others repel fish.
Anyone who has invested time in reading about the sensitivity of lateral lines, and their role in aiding fish to avoid danger and to find prey, cannot totally discount the possibility that electrical anomalies could be just as much a factor as sound vibrations in fish behavior. We know that electroshocking stuns fish and brings them to the surface, during DWR fish studies. Who's to say that mild electrical current might not produce an instinctive reaction to vacate the vacinity.
I'm guessing that if you noticed a negative change after altering your setup, there might be something unseen that adversely affects the fish...especially in the shallow, heavily mineralized waters around Lincoln Beach. I gave up trying to apply pseudo-science to the art of fishing a long time ago. But, I try to be aware enough of changes...positive and negative...that I can capitalize on the good stuff, and go backwards if the outcomes aren't better.
Just wondering if there is some kind of sensitive meter that could measure differences in electrical fields in the water. It would make an interesting study. Otherwise, we fishermen need all the excuses we can get. Heck, blaming a blank day on your "leaking lectrical" sounds just technical enough to impress the amateurs.
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