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[zulu-X-treme]

benniejordaan wrote:

Patrick wrote:

For sure! I'd be interested.

OK, I'll do something using nothing but basic equipment so any one can follow and do it!

This combined with all the other excellent D.I.Y. posts on Sealine will make for a comprehensive guide... Thanks.

 

[zulu-X-treme]

By the way Bennie I was eventually able to see the video, that side to side 'flicking' is brilliant. It looks like the faster you swim it the more pronounced the 'side-to-side' movement becomes, very cool.

Here's something you might find interesting...

"... To catch a fish, you must first catch its eye. Sound and smell may cause an initial response, but when most gamefish make their final attack on your offering they are guided solely by eyesight. Understanding the importance of eyesight in fish behaviour, and how a fish actually sees underwater, can help an angler in many ways...

... In the fish's world, where the water is usually murky and the light flat, objects tend to blend with the background. For that reason, fish are very quick to discern movement and contrast. A stationary object may go unseen, but add a bit of motion and fish will react immediately. Perhaps they sense danger or possibly the presence of food...

... Almost any predatory fish will examine anything moving through its field of vision. Fish are curious creatures. Scientists have discovered that fish become excited to some degree when they see movement. Experiments were conducted by shining a microscopic beam of light through the lens of a fish's eye at various angles. By studying the retina, scientists found that the slightest movement of the beam excites the nerves and is relayed to the brain instantly. Thus the retina constantly signals the movement of objects via the nervous system to the action center that stimualtes the fish's interest... "


I think this lure is going to excite those nerves...

 

[zulu-X-treme]

All credit to Mark Sosin & John Clark for one of the best books I've read in a long time.

Previous post an excerpt from...

 

[benniejordaan]

zulu-X-treme wrote:

By the way Bennie I was eventually able to see the video, that side to side 'flicking' is brilliant. It looks like the faster you swim it the more pronounced the 'side-to-side' movement becomes, very cool.

Here's something you might find interesting...

"... To catch a fish, you must first catch its eye. Sound and smell may cause an initial response, but when most gamefish make their final attack on your offering they are guided solely by eyesight. Understanding the importance of eyesight in fish behaviour, and how a fish actually sees underwater, can help an angler in many ways...

... In the fish's world, where the water is usually murky and the light flat, objects tend to blend with the background. For that reason, fish are very quick to discern movement and contrast. A stationary object may go unseen, but add a bit of motion and fish will react immediately. Perhaps they sense danger or possibly the presence of food...

... Almost any predatory fish will examine anything moving through its field of vision. Fish are curious creatures. Scientists have discovered that fish become excited to some degree when they see movement. Experiments were conducted by shining a microscopic beam of light through the lens of a fish's eye at various angles. By studying the retina, scientists found that the slightest movement of the beam excites the nerves and is relayed to the brain instantly. Thus the retina constantly signals the movement of objects via the nervous system to the action center that stimualtes the fish's interest... "


I think this lure is going to excite those nerves...

I tend to agree. The flicking of the tail will give off not only vibration but it also gives off pressure waves that fish can feel through their lateral line. Fish can apparently even tell whether its bait / predator and size from those pressure waves.

 

[zulu-X-treme]

YUP! So very true Bennie, here's some more...

"... It is important to recognise from the outset that sound travels five times faster in water than it does in the air, at rate of approximately one mile per second. Because water is an excellent conductor of sound waves but a very poor transmitter of light waves, fish have been endowed with a exceptionally good sense of hearing...

... The hearing apparatus of a fish is a highly developed sense organ, so sensitive that it can sense the noise of a worm wiggling on the bottom...

... Unlike us, fish do not have eardrums and the ears are not open to the water on the outside. Sounds are transmitted directly from the water through the skin, flesh and bone of the fish's head to the ear...

... In addition to their ears, fish have a second sound-detecting organ known as the lateral line which is unique in the animal kingdom. This organ senses the strong, low frequency vibrations in the water and is important to a fish in pinpointing the source of the sound. Some scientists refer to the lateral line as "the sense of distant touch." It's almost as if a fish could reach out and feel...

... While the lateral line handles the near-field sounds, the ears concentrate on far-field sounds. These far-field pressure waves, sensed by the ears, are capable of travelling through the water for many miles and provide the fish with long-range hearing...

... The lateral line thus supplements the ear by providing a super-sensitive system for detecting close disturbances in the water...

... One peculiarity of the lateral line sensing system is its sensitivity for larger objects. This means that a larger predator or baitfish can be located at a greater distance and with greater accuracy than a smaller one. A preyfish can gain the advantage over a predator when both are using the lateral line for sensing in murky water or at night, because the smaller fish will hear the larger one first....

 

[benniejordaan]

zulu-X-treme wrote:

YUP! So very true Bennie, here's some more...

"... It is important to recognise from the outset that sound travels five times faster in water than it does in the air, at rate of approximately one mile per second. Because water is an excellent conductor of sound waves but a very poor transmitter of light waves, fish have been endowed with a exceptionally good sense of hearing...

... The hearing apparatus of a fish is a highly developed sense organ, so sensitive that it can sense the noise of a worm wiggling on the bottom...

... Unlike us, fish do not have eardrums and the ears are not open to the water on the outside. Sounds are transmitted directly from the water through the skin, flesh and bone of the fish's head to the ear...

... In addition to their ears, fish have a second sound-detecting organ known as the lateral line which is unique in the animal kingdom. This organ senses the strong, low frequency vibrations in the water and is important to a fish in pinpointing the source of the sound. Some scientists refer to the lateral line as "the sense of distant touch." It's almost as if a fish could reach out and feel...

... While the lateral line handles the near-field sounds, the ears concentrate on far-field sounds. These far-field pressure waves, sensed by the ears, are capable of travelling through the water for many miles and provide the fish with long-range hearing...

... The lateral line thus supplements the ear by providing a super-sensitive system for detecting close disturbances in the water...

... One peculiarity of the lateral line sensing system is its sensitivity for larger objects. This means that a larger predator or baitfish can be located at a greater distance and with greater accuracy than a smaller one. A preyfish can gain the advantage over a predator when both are using the lateral line for sensing in murky water or at night, because the smaller fish will hear the larger one first....

Have you been through this thread - http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=36803&forum_id=78

Well worth it and a good place to add some of your info collected!

 

[zulu-X-treme]

YUP! It's saved in my favourites Bennie... :thankie