Channel Title: The Nature of Fishing Channel Description: Putting the Nature Back in Fishing. The Nature of Fishing is about the Why’s that underlie the What’s and How’s of fishing. So, TNF’s primary focus is on fish ecology and behavior —the link between the environment, the fish, and the angler. It's what we angler’s need to know to understand what's going on under that water. Further, such foundational info is “exportable”. That is, it can travel with us from water body to water body, season to season, day to day, hour to hour, even moment to moment. The Why’s hold… predictive power, able to make our fishing more interesting, efficient and productive. My hope is that my efforts here will help you in your own fishing, with your decision-making abilities and enjoyment. Feel free to make comments and ask questions. I try to keep an active comments section. It’s how we all learn. So that’s a head’s up: There’s more content throughout the comments section in each video. All the best, Paul <video> Super Predator Description: Thought I was back! Here's to the future... </video> <video> Touching Base Spring 2021 Description: Hey Folks. I'm going to be shuttering my content production for a while as my family transitions into new digs. Here’s what I envision for TNF during this transition: —I’ll be checking and responding to comments. —Suspending my Patreon account for the time being, and refunding recent payments. —The TNF PayPal account will remain open, for those who want to show support and appreciation for the work that I’ve done so far. And will provide again when I’m back up and running. —When might we be fired back up? I’m hoping to have things back in place, or something akin, by the end of the summer. Hopefully sooner. ASAP! Thanks for your understanding while my family makes this transition. Hopefully, what I have produced thus far will keep the channel alive during this production break. Wish us godspeed! Here’s to... getting back to... a fascinating look into the natural world through fishing. Paul Support and appreciation for The Nature of Fishing: PayPal: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=channel_description&redir_token=cCSyIlxxkB9hBYSXzJyF2DWw7wJ8MTU5MDM0NjY4MUAxNTkwMjYwMjgx&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fwebscr%3Fcmd%3D_s-xclick%26hosted_button_id%3DJ4QNGKNRMGBKC%26source%3Durl Contact: thenatureoffishing@gmail.com </video> <video> Bass Fishing: Big Bass, Small Bass; Understanding Population Size Structure: VFJ32 Description: Tough Fishing? So... Is it me? Or the lake? A better understanding of fish population structure can help us estimate whether a water body is worth our precious time. By paying attention to the size structure of our catches, and a bead on growth rates in our region/waters, we can better predict "Boom-n-Bust" fishing, something that can be common, esp on smaller waters that rely on natural reproduction: Which waters are up-and-coming and which are on-their way out; Which waters are best bets for numbers, which are best for BIG bass fishing; And which might best be by-passed, at least for the time being. Yep, following year classes can make our own limited time on the planet more apparent, lol, but can also give us a more intimate perspective on our fishing waters, allowing us to keep our finger on the pulse of those waters. So, in spite of that rather heavy thought, let's hit the water together and figure out what the heck is going on with this little lake!. :) If you like what you’re seeing here on The Nature of Fishing —find value in it and would like to help keep the ball rolling here at TNF for YT— consider supporting me —us, really— through the TNF Patreon page, or through the TNF PayPal account. Consider it an investment in the future. Your grandchildren will thank you! The Nature of Fishing Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/The_Nature_of_Fishing PayPal: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=channel_description&redir_token=cCSyIlxxkB9hBYSXzJyF2DWw7wJ8MTU5MDM0NjY4MUAxNTkwMjYwMjgx&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fwebscr%3Fcmd%3D_s-xclick%26hosted_button_id%3DJ4QNGKNRMGBKC%26source%3Durl Contact: thenatureoffishing@gmail.com Music by TrackTour Music (http://www.tracktourmusic.com): -Work Attack </video> <video> Bass Fishing: The Ecological Approach to Breaking Down a Water Body: VFJ31 Description: An ecological approach considers how structure... functions! That is, how those physical structures support a food chain, allowing us to better home in on the predator-prey relationships that exist out there. No, this is not the only approach to bass fishing, nor the simplest, but it's the most fascinating, offering us the opportunity to "lift the hood" on our bass waters. An ecological approach helps us build a better understanding of how aquatic systems work, what all water bodies share, and in what way each are also unique. If you like what you’re seeing here on The Nature of Fishing, find value in it, consider supporting me —us, really— through the TNF Patreon page, or through the TNF PayPal account. Consider it an investment in the future. Your grandchildren will thank you! The Nature of Fishing Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/The_Nature_of_Fishing PayPal: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=channel_description&redir_token=cCSyIlxxkB9hBYSXzJyF2DWw7wJ8MTU5MDM0NjY4MUAxNTkwMjYwMjgx&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fwebscr%3Fcmd%3D_s-xclick%26hosted_button_id%3DJ4QNGKNRMGBKC%26source%3Durl Contact: thenatureoffishing@gmail.com Images: Plankton: Frank Fox www.mikro-foto.de [CC BY-SA 3.0 de (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons. Pixabay: "Fish School": johnihessler Music by TrackTour Music (http://www.tracktourmusic.com): -Work Attack </video> <video> Bass Fishing: Conditions & Circumstances 1 Description: Conditions & Circumstances rule the show. The "Why's" that underlie the What, Where, When, and How. Part 1 of a four part series hitting the major C&C and how they affect fish and fishing. Support for The Nature of Fishing: The Nature of Fishing Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/The_Nature_of_Fishing PayPal: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=channel_description&redir_token=cCSyIlxxkB9hBYSXzJyF2DWw7wJ8MTU5MDM0NjY4MUAxNTkwMjYwMjgx&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fwebscr%3Fcmd%3D_s-xclick%26hosted_button_id%3DJ4QNGKNRMGBKC%26source%3Durl Contact: thenatureoffishing@gmail.com Additional Images: Pixabay: -Carp by PatternPictures Music by TrackTour Music (http://www.tracktourmusic.com): -Junkyard </video> <video> Fall Bass Fishing: From the Bank: Ambush Points: VFJ35 Description: You may have heard the saying, “If you can find ‘em, you can catch ‘em.” Well, there’s nothing like confidence going in. But the fish, and the C&C they’re under, have a lot to say about that. Lures, most simply, are not prey. The majority of the time lures need to do something special in order to get fish to mistake them for prey. In other words, when we catch a fish, that fish made a perceptual mistake. A big part of effective lure presentation is making that happen. And that’s what this VFJ illustrates, or at least provides an introduction to… to something that lies at the core of effective fishing: the concept of "Ambush Points". Ambush points are something I’ll cover more completely in a future video, dedicated to the subject, because it’s such a critical and fascinating topic. I introduce the idea here, as it plays such a key role as to why these bass were so vulnerable to a certain presentation, turning “picky” bass into committed biters. Bass behavior, spinnerbait, swim jig, swimbait Support The Nature of Fishing! The Nature of Fishing Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/The_Nature_of_Fishing PayPal: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=channel_description&redir_token=cCSyIlxxkB9hBYSXzJyF2DWw7wJ8MTU5MDM0NjY4MUAxNTkwMjYwMjgx&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fwebscr%3Fcmd%3D_s-xclick%26hosted_button_id%3DJ4QNGKNRMGBKC%26source%3Durl </video> <video> Bass Fishing: Finding Winter Bass in The Jungle: VFJ29 Description: Where do the bass go during Winter in shallow heavily vegetated water bodies? And what presentation factors are most apt to get them to commit? Support for The Nature of Fishing: The Nature of Fishing Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/The_Nature_of_Fishing PayPal: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=channel_description&redir_token=cCSyIlxxkB9hBYSXzJyF2DWw7wJ8MTU5MDM0NjY4MUAxNTkwMjYwMjgx&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fwebscr%3Fcmd%3D_s-xclick%26hosted_button_id%3DJ4QNGKNRMGBKC%26source%3Durl </video> <video> Bass Fishing: Fall Fishing Patterns; Targeting Crayfish, Bluegill, and Shad Hunters: VFJ33 Description: Knowing what bass are feeding on is not critical to finding a good bite, but it can help -a LOT. Let's hit the water together and try to decipher what's going on under the water to develop fishing patterns that catch bass in early fall. Here we target bluegill, shad, and crayfish hunters with fluke, ned rig, and craw jig / swim jig on a large pond from float tube / belly boat. Bass behavior. Cold Front. Supporting The Nature of Fishing: The Nature of Fishing Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/The_Nature_of_Fishing PayPal: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=channel_description&redir_token=cCSyIlxxkB9hBYSXzJyF2DWw7wJ8MTU5MDM0NjY4MUAxNTkwMjYwMjgx&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fwebscr%3Fcmd%3D_s-xclick%26hosted_button_id%3DJ4QNGKNRMGBKC%26source%3Durl Contact: thenatureoffishing@gmail.com Music by TrackTour Music (http://www.tracktourmusic.com): -Work Attack </video> <video> Bass Fishing: Conditions & Circumstances 2: Water Temperature Description: To understand bass behavior, we need to understand how fish function, and how they respond to their environment. From prespawn, spawn, through pre-spawn again, water temperature is a major influence. How do fish, bass in particular, respond to heat, how does heat get around in water, and how do we track heat effectively? This will not be the last piece I do on temperature, but it's a heck of a start, laying a foundation that will come up again and again in our video fishing journals (VFJ's). Support for The Nature of Fishing: The Nature of Fishing Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/The_Nature_of_Fishing PayPal: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=channel_description&redir_token=cCSyIlxxkB9hBYSXzJyF2DWw7wJ8MTU5MDM0NjY4MUAxNTkwMjYwMjgx&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fwebscr%3Fcmd%3D_s-xclick%26hosted_button_id%3DJ4QNGKNRMGBKC%26source%3Durl Contact: thenatureoffishing@gmail.com Music by TrackTour Music (http://www.tracktourmusic.com): -Junkyard </video> <video> Bass Fishing: Late PreSpawn: When Will They Spawn? VFJ#30 Description: Lots going on this time of year, especially this year, with those super cold fronts much of the country experienced this spring. Will those late, truly wintry, conditions kill the spawn? Grab a cuppa something and follow along to see what happened. And to get some Late Prespawn bass fishing in, observing the water conditions and behavior of the bass to dial in on where we actually are in the season. Support for The Nature of Fishing: The Nature of Fishing Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/The_Nature_of_Fishing PayPal: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=channel_description&redir_token=cCSyIlxxkB9hBYSXzJyF2DWw7wJ8MTU5MDM0NjY4MUAxNTkwMjYwMjgx&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fwebscr%3Fcmd%3D_s-xclick%26hosted_button_id%3DJ4QNGKNRMGBKC%26source%3Durl Contact: thenatureoffishing@gmail.com Music by TrackTour Music (http://www.tracktourmusic.com): -Work Attack </video> <video> Bass Fishing: Conditions & Circumstances 3: Lighting Description: How much do sky and water conditions affect the water, the fish, and our fishing? A LOT! Sky and water conditions may just be the single most important of conditions that affect our fishing results. Let's delve into lighting, and see why it's so important to our fishing. Support for The Nature of Fishing: The Nature of Fishing Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/The_Nature_of_Fishing PayPal: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=channel_description&redir_token=cCSyIlxxkB9hBYSXzJyF2DWw7wJ8MTU5MDM0NjY4MUAxNTkwMjYwMjgx&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fwebscr%3Fcmd%3D_s-xclick%26hosted_button_id%3DJ4QNGKNRMGBKC%26source%3Durl Contact: thenatureoffishing@gmail.com Additional Images: Pixabay: -Fossil Fish by JDShelton -Osprey by skeeze -Cormorant by christels -Herons by 70154 -Mink by jandenouden -Tern by JSmed -Kingfisher by JudaM Music by TrackTour Music (http://www.tracktourmusic.com): -Junkyard </video> <video> Bass Fishing: Early Winter Transition: VFJ28 Description: In this Video Fishing Journal (#28) we continue to track the Fall Transition season into early-winter, exploring a dishpan-contoured water body that lacks classic winter bass habitat —no deep water, no steep gradients, and no hard bottom areas— to see what it can tell us about bass behavior in winter, and how to catch them. To track the entire Fall transition, see VFJ's 25, 26, and 27 in the Video Fishing Journal playlist, as well as previous Fall Fishing Journals. The Video Fishing Journal playlist serves as an archive that can be referred back to every year, like any good fishing journal. Things really do cycle around again every year. What’s different are the water body types we visit and the conditions & circumstances that confront us on each outing. Support for The Nature of Fishing: The Nature of Fishing Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/The_Nature_of_Fishing PayPal: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=channel_description&redir_token=cCSyIlxxkB9hBYSXzJyF2DWw7wJ8MTU5MDM0NjY4MUAxNTkwMjYwMjgx&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fwebscr%3Fcmd%3D_s-xclick%26hosted_button_id%3DJ4QNGKNRMGBKC%26source%3Durl </video> <video> Bass Fishing: Conditions & Circumstances 4: Current; Oxygen Description: Current is a major motivator for fishes. Oxygen is a critical but not well understood part of aquatic life. Let's dig in. Support for The Nature of Fishing: The Nature of Fishing Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/The_Nature_of_Fishing PayPal: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=channel_description&redir_token=cCSyIlxxkB9hBYSXzJyF2DWw7wJ8MTU5MDM0NjY4MUAxNTkwMjYwMjgx&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fwebscr%3Fcmd%3D_s-xclick%26hosted_button_id%3DJ4QNGKNRMGBKC%26source%3Durl Contact: thenatureoffishing@gmail.com Additional Images: Plankton: Frank Fox www.mikro-foto.de [CC BY-SA 3.0 de (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons. Pixabay: -Hydroelectric Dam by russmac -Reservoir by ajs1980518 -Rain Drops by Benfe -Flooded Sign by PublicDomainPictures -Bacteria by sblneet Music by TrackTour Music (http://www.tracktourmusic.com): -Junkyard -Work Attack </video> <video> Low Water Carnage! Fall Bass Fishing From the Bank: VFJ34 Description: Serious low water isn’t necessarily bad news for us predators, bass and anglers alike. The bass can be easy to find, and with all those fish —both prey and predators— crowded in together, the fishing can be darned exciting. Bank fishing, shore fishing, pond fishing, bass behavior, water level, falling water, The Nature of Fishing, swim jig Want to Help Support The Nature of Fishing?: The Nature of Fishing Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/The_Nature_of_Fishing PayPal: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=channel_description&redir_token=cCSyIlxxkB9hBYSXzJyF2DWw7wJ8MTU5MDM0NjY4MUAxNTkwMjYwMjgx&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fwebscr%3Fcmd%3D_s-xclick%26hosted_button_id%3DJ4QNGKNRMGBKC%26source%3Durl Contact: thenatureoffishing@gmail.com </video> <video> The Nature of Fishing: Tracking Heat for Bass Fishing: VFJ36 Description: The Nature of Fishing is about the Why’s that underlie the What’s and How’s of fishing. This Video Fishing Journal demonstrates the role that heat —in particular heat gradients— plays in motivating fish to migrate and move, allowing us to predict where those fish may end up, revealing some of the very best places to cast. </video>

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Putting the Nature Back in Fishing.

The Nature of Fishing is about the Why’s that underlie the What’s and How’s of fishing. So, TNF’s primary focus is on fish ecology and behavior —the link between the environment, the fish, and the angler. It's what we angler’s need to know to understand what's going on under that water.

Further, such foundational info is “exportable”. That is, it can travel with us from water body to water body, season to season, day to day, hour to hour, even moment to moment. The Why’s hold… predictive power, able to make our fishing more interesting, efficient and productive.

My hope is that my efforts here will help you in your own fishing, with your decision-making abilities and enjoyment. Feel free to make comments and ask questions. I try to keep an active comments section. It’s how we all learn. So that’s a head’s up: There’s more content throughout the comments section in each video.

All the best,

Paul

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