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triggering fish to strike.

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Brock Arifovic:
If fish are not hungry (like humans, they will not eat) you can not make them eat! sometimes you just have to persist until that time might be, be patient, good things things come to those who wait????????

Best of luck.

Travis Heaps:

--- Quote from: Brock Arifovic on October 27, 2009, 08:01:36 PM ---If fish are not hungry (like humans, they will not eat) you can not make them eat! sometimes you just have to persist until that time might be, be patient, good things things come to those who wait????????

Best of luck.

--- End quote ---

You might not be able to get them to eat but annoy them enough in the right way and you might trigger a defence or territorial response, with some species at least.  Wonder if anyone has any insights into this RE: GT's?

Jon Li:
I believe big GTs are territirial and with it's mate , guard a particular corner of an area which is the prime ambush point for them to attack the passing fish .

Big chugger which landed in their territory and worked rigorously like an attacking fish is treated more as competitor and to be driven away , I have seen my chugger being head butted clear out of the water without the fish wanting to eat it but time to time , when doing so , the fish may got snagged by the trebles .

Unlike stickbait which resembles more like baitfish in action and hence will be eaten rather than driven away from the territory . Pencil popper being retrieved fast on the surface resembles longtom which is the favourite food of GT are often seen chased across the shallow .

As for how to work the lures , we fishermen must send the right signal so our lures are attractive to be attacked or eaten . Having the gutt feeling on which lures are to be used in one particular area is in certain condition may proved to make the difference .

One thing for sure , those who can cast accurately to the required distance is generally come out to be the winner .

Jon .   

Andy Rowe:
Completely agree on the territorial issue, head butts and half-hearted strikes on the lures are possibly part of this behaviour, I've had fish hooked through the eye and the forehead following this behaviour. I've noted this on the early part of the tidal movement perhaps the fish are jockeying for key ambush structures / locations in preparation for the for major tidal movement.

I read an interesting paper on GT which were radio tagged in Hawaii, one particular fish tagged had a circuit of locations which it regularly visited during the time it was monitored.

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