Worm harness and spinner

[fishwriter]

Here is a question my fishing buddies and I pondered for 4 days on a fishing trip to Lake McConaughy in Nebraska where we caught many walleye (up to 12lbs), white bass, wipers and catfish.

What kind of prey does a worm harness and spinner represent?

Our conclusion was since there were so many fisherman using it the fish must grow up thinking it's something to eat[]. And when they are little they get away with stealing the worm quite often as we found out...bait thieves[mad].

I have no other reasonable answer, does anybody out there have a better idea?

Also what prey does the firetiger or clown Rapala represent? We aslo caught a few walleye on those colors.
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[cat_man]

I think they just know that if it's moving, it must be food. Either that or they mistake it for a minnow of some sort struggling along in the mud at the bottom. I don't think they get trained by it by seeing it when they're young. The fire tiger and clown rapalas can represent yellow perch very well, however I think also it's just triggering a reactionary strike and may not necessarily imitate any specific type of fish.
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[fishwriter]

Okay, that all makes sense, but why do fish eat night crawlers? Do they come up from the bottom of the lakes? I'm sure there are no crawlers near the lake we were fishing, it's all sand in the sand hills of NE.
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[Kent]

Many crawlers wash into lakes especially when there is high water. It also makes sense that anything that wiggles or smells or tastes like something good to eat is going to be eaten.
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