Does lure colour influence catch per unit effort, fish capture size and hooking injury in angled largemouth bass?

Moraga, Andrew D.; Wilson, Alexander D. M.; Cooke, Steven J.

doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2015.06.010

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“…What remains unanswered from this study is which specific cues fish used to avoid the spinnerbait compared with the plastic worms. While catch rates did not change between worm colours, it remains possible that the red and gold coloration of the spinnerbait may have in, and of, itself elicited more strikes, as has been shown for mackerel, Scomber japonicas Houttuyn (Hsieh, Huang, Wu, & Chen, ) ; however, for largemouth bass the role of colour in the attractiveness of a lure has been found to be muted (Moraga, Wilson, & Cooke, ). In addition to colour, the spinnerbait and plastic worms differed in several other aspects (texture, vibration given off during retrieve, speed of retrieval), which all could have influenced the vulnerability of fish (Lennox et al, ).…”

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Largemouth bass use prior experience, but not information from experienced conspecifics, to avoid capture by anglers

Louison

Suski

Stein

2019

Fisheries Management Eco

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Angler satisfaction is based on the presence of catchable fish, and therefore, understanding the mechanisms driving catchability is important for fisheries biologists and managers. Lure avoidance learning (including via social learning) may be a driver of catchability, but these mechanisms have not been explored in depth. To address this, largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides (Lacépède), were stocked into four ponds, and two were angled using a green plastic worm. Naïve bass were then introduced into all ponds, and angling commenced using a sequence of three lures (green plastic worm, white plastic worm and in‐line spinnerbait). Naive bass stocked alongside experienced conspecifics were not less catchable, indicating socially learned lure avoidance did not take place. Catch rates declined across sessions until the switch to the spinnerbait, when rates temporarily spiked. This suggests that the similarity of a novel lure to previously experienced lures may determine if a fish avoids angling capture.

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Largemouth bass use prior experience, but not information from experienced conspecifics, to avoid capture by anglers

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Stein

2019

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“…For example, many specialized recreational anglers believe that soft plastic baits are more effective than spoons or crankbaits, and some scientific work corroborates this (Danner, Chacko, & Brautigam, ; Arlinghaus, Alós, et al, ). Some authors have suggested that the colour of the artificial lure can move fish to the vulnerable state (see Sensory ecology, Foraging ecology sections; Hsieh et al., ; Moraga, Wilson, & Cooke, ). Colour is surely context‐dependent, for instance, surface lures are simply silhouettes on sunny days (this extends to many other contexts as well).…”

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What makes fish vulnerable to capture by hooks? A conceptual framework and a review of key determinants

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Considerable time and money are expended in the pursuit of catching fish with hooks (e.g., handlining, angling, longlining, trolling, drumlining) across the recreational, commercial and subsistence fishing sectors. The fish and other aquatic organisms (e.g., squid) that are captured are not a random sample of the population because external (e.g., turbidity) and underlying internal variables (e.g., morphology) contribute to variation in vulnerability to hooks. Vulnerability is the probability of capture for any given fish in a given location at a given time and mechanistically explains the population‐level catchability coefficient, which is a fundamental and usually time‐varying (i.e., dynamic) variable in fisheries science and stock assessment. The mechanistic drivers of individual vulnerability to capture are thus of interest to fishers by affecting catch rates, but are also of considerable importance to fisheries managers whenever hook‐and‐line‐generated data contribute to stock assessments. In this paper, individual vulnerability to hooks is conceptualized as a dynamic state, in which individual fish switch between vulnerable and invulnerable states as a function of three interdependent key processes: an individual fish's internal state, its encounter with the gear, and the characteristics of the encountered gear. We develop a new conceptual framework of “vulnerability,” summarize the major drivers of fish vulnerability, and conclude that fish vulnerability involves complex processes. To understand vulnerability, a shift to interdisciplinary research and the integration of ecophysiology, fish ecology, fisheries ecology and human movement ecology, facilitated by new technological developments, is required.

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“…; Moraga et al. ). Future work should explore the relationship between perceived angler targets (e.g., trophy fish), individual fishing techniques, and actual angler catches (e.g., catch per unit effort and fish sizes) to address the question of whether some fishing techniques have intrinsically higher catch rates of large‐ versus small‐sized fish?…”

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“…; Moraga et al. ), and in the context of bass, bed‐fishing may represent a technique that capitalizes on the confinement of larger adults to shallow waters during the spawning season (Warren ; Dutterer et al. ).…”

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Global Patterns in the Motivations and Behaviors of Tournament Anglers Targeting Bedding Bass

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Weyl

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N American J Fish Manag

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Angling for adult black bass Micropterus spp. as they defend nests containing eggs or fry (i.e., bed‐fishing) has drawn concerns from fishery managers and anglers due to negative impacts on reproductive success. Research efforts, however, have failed to consider bed‐fishing scenarios other than male‐directed targeting, which may inaccurately reflect angler behaviors. To gain insights into the behaviors, motivations, and attitudes associated with bed‐fishing across a large extent of the global distribution of black bass, we surveyed tournament anglers from the southeastern United States and South Africa (where black bass were introduced in 1928). Responses from 440 black bass tournament anglers indicated that during the reproductive season nearly half of all anglers spent 50% or more of their time bed‐fishing and that larger, female fish were preferential targets. Overall, the responses from U.S. and South African anglers were very similar, but significant attitudinal differences were associated with the perceived impacts of bed‐fishing on adult reproduction and juvenile production. Our results suggest that there are commonalities among the preferences and behavior of anglers from disparate geographic regions, and we highlight the need for future research on the impacts of size‐ and sex‐selective bed‐fishing of basses.

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Does lure colour influence catch per unit effort, fish capture size and hooking injury in angled largemouth bass?

Cited by 26 publications

References 23 publications

Largemouth bass use prior experience, but not information from experienced conspecifics, to avoid capture by anglers

Largemouth bass use prior experience, but not information from experienced conspecifics, to avoid capture by anglers

What makes fish vulnerable to capture by hooks? A conceptual framework and a review of key determinants

Global Patterns in the Motivations and Behaviors of Tournament Anglers Targeting Bedding Bass

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