| If you are an angler, then you know that finding fish | | | | Fish are aware of your presence and go hide. Things |
| will improve your odds significantly in catching fish. | | | | such as noises on the bank or boats startle the fish. |
| Anglers use all kind of apparatus to find fish: Fish | | | | - Survival is their first instinct and food is their |
| finders, depth meters, water temperature equipment, | | | | second. |
| etc... It is hard to catch fish, if you can't find them. | | | | This can be easily observed while scuba diving. You |
| These things will help you without a doubt. Learning | | | | will find that in the water they are not as scared of |
| to use them is not so easy, but who said fishing was | | | | you as they are when you are on a bank or in a |
| easy anyway. If it were easy, they wouldn't call it | | | | boat. You will also find out that if you stay still long |
| fishing. You would go out and haul in the fish. Where | | | | enough, they will come out of hiding and go about |
| would be the fun in that? | | | | there normal ways, looking for food. |
| Benefits of Scuba | | | | A Fish-Eyed View |
| There is one thing most fishermen don't think of, | | | | While diving, you will also note colors don't look the |
| scuba diving. Scuba diving you have to be kidding, | | | | same underwater (yellows and reds are the first to |
| right? Well no, I am not. When you learn to scuba | | | | go). What looks good on the bank won't look the |
| dive, you will experience something most anglers | | | | same underwater. While diving you can be on the |
| never do. How many anglers ever breathed under | | | | bottom and look up as fish do. Try that with a fish |
| water and saw things from the vantage point of the | | | | finder or depth finder. |
| fish? You will hear the things that fish here and so on. | | | | I say these things to let you know the advantages |
| In fishing, like hunting, knowing your quarry is | | | | of experiencing things in the same environment. |
| essential to increasing your skills. | | | | Scuba diving is one way to observe fish in their |
| - When you are scuba diving, you can see what the | | | | environment and learn more about marine life. You |
| fish sees. | | | | can also observe other aquatic insects, terrestrials |
| - You will note the angle of light. | | | | and fish feeding patterns that you could only guess |
| - You can see how light is refracted in water, causing | | | | at if you didn't dive. Ts one way to observe fish in |
| things to look like there one place when they are | | | | their environment and learn more about marine life. |
| another. | | | | You can also observe other aquatic insects, |
| - You will notice that things look closer that they are | | | | terrestrials and fish feeding patterns that you could |
| (25% to be exact). | | | | only guess at if you didn't dive. The more you |
| - You will be able to start understanding why you | | | | observe your quarry, the better you will be able to |
| can't find the fish. | | | | catch them. |