A fishy tale ?

[Jim]

For years I have wondered if the sounds that baitfish make in response to a
preditor could be "easily" recorded and perhaps played back into the water
to attract large fish. Have had a bit of a peek on Google but no joy.
Is this a silly/expensive idea ? I'm familiar with the land electronics
basics but in water ? Sounds a bit far fetched as the power for the
underwater transducer would need to be fairly high.
Anyone care to comment or point me in the right direction ?

Cheers
Jim

 

[Tony Turner]

"Jim" <jimshire_nospammy@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
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For years I have wondered if the sounds that baitfish make in response to
a
preditor could be "easily" recorded and perhaps played back into the water
to attract large fish. Have had a bit of a peek on Google but no joy.
Is this a silly/expensive idea ? I'm familiar with the land electronics
basics but in water ? Sounds a bit far fetched as the power for the
underwater transducer would need to be fairly high.
Anyone care to comment or point me in the right direction ?

Cheers
Jim

Twenty or thirty years ago there was a plastic ball with a battery and a

buzzer inside that you attached to the fishing line. It claimed to imitate
the sound of little fish(?!) but it was obviously nothing more than a
buzzer. If you pointed this out to the salesman he shifted tack and said it
attracted fish because fish were naturally curious.
As Alice would say, "curiouser and curiouser". I don't think it lasted very
long, so maybe it's time to resurrect the idea. Fishermen are a credulous
lot, are we not?

 

[Newsy]

"Jim" <jimshire_nospammy@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
news:4014534e$1_1@news.iprimus.com.au...

For years I have wondered if the sounds that baitfish make in response to
a
preditor could be "easily" recorded and perhaps played back into the water
to attract large fish. Have had a bit of a peek on Google but no joy.
Is this a silly/expensive idea ? I'm familiar with the land electronics
basics but in water ? Sounds a bit far fetched as the power for the
underwater transducer would need to be fairly high.
Anyone care to comment or point me in the right direction ?

Cheers
Jim

Here's a link to an underwater transducer that may be of interest:
http://www.netthus.no/dnh/prod/
Search for aqua-30

Rod

 

[Jim]

Observing the larger fish chasing baitfish in the tropics kinda led to the
idea, as silly as it may be. However the ocean is a noisy place and the
buzzer sounds easier. But that would probably scare the fish )))

"Tony Turner" <tonyt92@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1075074800.776718@probe.ispdr.net.au...

"Jim" <jimshire_nospammy@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
news:4014534e$1_1@news.iprimus.com.au...
For years I have wondered if the sounds that baitfish make in response
to
a
preditor could be "easily" recorded and perhaps played back into the
water
to attract large fish. Have had a bit of a peek on Google but no joy.
Is this a silly/expensive idea ? I'm familiar with the land electronics
basics but in water ? Sounds a bit far fetched as the power for the
underwater transducer would need to be fairly high.
Anyone care to comment or point me in the right direction ?

Cheers
Jim

Twenty or thirty years ago there was a plastic ball with a battery and a
buzzer inside that you attached to the fishing line. It claimed to imitate
the sound of little fish(?!) but it was obviously nothing more than a
buzzer. If you pointed this out to the salesman he shifted tack and said
it
attracted fish because fish were naturally curious.
As Alice would say, "curiouser and curiouser". I don't think it lasted
very
long, so maybe it's time to resurrect the idea. Fishermen are a credulous
lot, are we not?

 

[Mark Harriss]

Why not try half a stick of gelignite and a waterproof
fuse, that way you'll be able to tell if there are any fish nearby
when they float to the surface.

 

[Jim]

Ah haa. Thanks Rod, thats one lead worth investigating. As for using
gelignite, the name's Jim, not Jack )))))))

"Newsy" <rllg000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4014581d$1@duster.adelaide.on.net...

"Jim" <jimshire_nospammy@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
news:4014534e$1_1@news.iprimus.com.au...
For years I have wondered if the sounds that baitfish make in response
to
a
preditor could be "easily" recorded and perhaps played back into the
water
to attract large fish. Have had a bit of a peek on Google but no joy.
Is this a silly/expensive idea ? I'm familiar with the land electronics
basics but in water ? Sounds a bit far fetched as the power for the
underwater transducer would need to be fairly high.
Anyone care to comment or point me in the right direction ?

Cheers
Jim

Here's a link to an underwater transducer that may be of interest:
http://www.netthus.no/dnh/prod/
Search for aqua-30

Rod

 

[trash]

On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 01:56:00 GMT, Mark Harriss
<ningauble@removethis.bigpond.com> wrote:

Why not try half a stick of gelignite and a waterproof
fuse, that way you'll be able to tell if there are any fish nearby
when they float to the surface.

Ah, Expanding Hooks, they work very well, but they tend to erradicate
everything, not just swiming things !

Indonesians are very good at the art of reef bombing and they wonder
why they have to eat shitty little fish if there are actually any
left.

Jim, you might like to try the approach a friend of mine used at
Sussex Inlet. He got the idea from the TV show "Flipper".
A bicycle horn honked in the water.

Fish are creatures of habbit and can be trained like any other animal.
He use to use it to call fish once a day at the same time, same place
and throw feed in the water. After several months the fish would just
come without the horn, but he would not feed them until they heard the
horn first. Later on he then could use the horn to call fish already
in the area... they would come in for a feed at any time.

When he wanted a fish, it was just a matter of calling them, throwing
a line in the water, the fish were already in a feeding frenzy, one
would take the bait, he'd throw the feed in and haul out the lucky
fish of the day !



- trash

Yes I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.

 

[Newsy]

"Jim" <jimshire_nospammy@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
news:40146234_1@news.iprimus.com.au...

Observing the larger fish chasing baitfish in the tropics kinda led to the
idea, as silly as it may be. However the ocean is a noisy place and the
buzzer sounds easier. But that would probably scare the fish )))

I was talking with a sonar expert the other day about another topic, and he
happened to mention that the "noise" in the ocean is 100dB - significantly
louder than in air.

Rod

"Tony Turner" <tonyt92@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1075074800.776718@probe.ispdr.net.au...

"Jim" <jimshire_nospammy@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
news:4014534e$1_1@news.iprimus.com.au...
For years I have wondered if the sounds that baitfish make in response
to
a
preditor could be "easily" recorded and perhaps played back into the
water
to attract large fish. Have had a bit of a peek on Google but no joy.
Is this a silly/expensive idea ? I'm familiar with the land
electronics
basics but in water ? Sounds a bit far fetched as the power for the
underwater transducer would need to be fairly high.
Anyone care to comment or point me in the right direction ?

Cheers
Jim

Twenty or thirty years ago there was a plastic ball with a battery and a
buzzer inside that you attached to the fishing line. It claimed to
imitate
the sound of little fish(?!) but it was obviously nothing more than a
buzzer. If you pointed this out to the salesman he shifted tack and said
it
attracted fish because fish were naturally curious.
As Alice would say, "curiouser and curiouser". I don't think it lasted
very
long, so maybe it's time to resurrect the idea. Fishermen are a
credulous
lot, are we not?

 

[Jim]

All fascinating stuff. Yes 100db is about what I thought, making my ideas
somewhat expensive. To make matters worse, it appears that as my search
skills get better I keep finding that someone else has been there and done
that. There are even electronic lures for different kinds of fish. Mazing !
Ah well another idea down the drain
Many thanks to all.
Cheers
Jim
"Newsy" <rllg000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4014f85f@duster.adelaide.on.net...

"Jim" <jimshire_nospammy@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
news:40146234_1@news.iprimus.com.au...
Observing the larger fish chasing baitfish in the tropics kinda led to
the
idea, as silly as it may be. However the ocean is a noisy place and the
buzzer sounds easier. But that would probably scare the fish )))

I was talking with a sonar expert the other day about another topic, and
he
happened to mention that the "noise" in the ocean is 100dB - significantly
louder than in air.

Rod


"Tony Turner" <tonyt92@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1075074800.776718@probe.ispdr.net.au...

"Jim" <jimshire_nospammy@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
news:4014534e$1_1@news.iprimus.com.au...
For years I have wondered if the sounds that baitfish make in
response
to
a
preditor could be "easily" recorded and perhaps played back into the
water
to attract large fish. Have had a bit of a peek on Google but no
joy.
Is this a silly/expensive idea ? I'm familiar with the land
electronics
basics but in water ? Sounds a bit far fetched as the power for the
underwater transducer would need to be fairly high.
Anyone care to comment or point me in the right direction ?

Cheers
Jim

Twenty or thirty years ago there was a plastic ball with a battery and
a
buzzer inside that you attached to the fishing line. It claimed to
imitate
the sound of little fish(?!) but it was obviously nothing more than a
buzzer. If you pointed this out to the salesman he shifted tack and
said
it
attracted fish because fish were naturally curious.
As Alice would say, "curiouser and curiouser". I don't think it
lasted
very
long, so maybe it's time to resurrect the idea. Fishermen are a
credulous
lot, are we not?