12-22-2006, 08:59 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Sometimes it is a combination of curiosity or competitive feeding, but several species of fish exhibit "follow up syndrome". You bring in a hooked fish and others tag along to see if it will lose what it has munched so they can grab it. Not uncommon to see other fish try to take a fly or lure away from another fish. I have actually caught two fish on one lure a few times, when fishing with hard baits with two or three sets of hooks.
During spawning season, the following is triggered more by the whoopie urge than food. It is fairly common among some species to have several males following a hooked female.
In ocean fishing, dorado/dolphin fish/mahi mahi are well known for schooling up and hanging together. As long as you keep one fish hooked up and in the water, the whole school will stay around the boat. But, as soon as you lose the fish or bring the last one hooked into the boat, they might boogie.
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During spawning season, the following is triggered more by the whoopie urge than food. It is fairly common among some species to have several males following a hooked female.
In ocean fishing, dorado/dolphin fish/mahi mahi are well known for schooling up and hanging together. As long as you keep one fish hooked up and in the water, the whole school will stay around the boat. But, as soon as you lose the fish or bring the last one hooked into the boat, they might boogie.
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