A good fishing buddy of mine once told me that fishing requires much scientific approach as does it manual fishing skills. He boasted that he has learned this from his internet browsing ventures, specially now that he's got a
fast internet connection. Now that took the crap out of me! What the hell does Einstein and his company have to do with the open waters, a good fishing boat, a sturdy fishing rod, and a seasoned fishing expert? They certainly have nothing to do with the fish, except maybe to satisfy their seafood appetite! I don't know if they did have a craving for seafood, 'cause you don't have enough open waters back in Germany, you know!
Well, this friend of mine then told me of the advantages using your quantifying and analytical skills as much as your manual fishing skills would provide you once you're out fishing. You see, the fish you intend to catch has as much habitual preferences as do those penguins in the shores of Antartica. If it does have a shore, mind you! Well, what he meant was that just like us, their anatomic imprint prefers a certain temperature range in which to survive. If it goes out of that range, it would die. Fishes aren't fools, specially when it comes to basic survival skills. So it would thus do you good to carry along a temp gauge in all your fishing expeditions.
Basically, a
temp gauge would, of course, measure the temperature of the waters you would want to fish in. If you flunked your junior high science class, then you wouldn't even know the difference between a temp gauge, even if it's not for fishing, and a barometer. I use a temp gauge to monitor the water temperatures, in its varying ranges, and I also make it a point to measure the different temperature levels of each depth level, too. I carry along enough information on the fish I want to catch, and I carefully compare their living preferences, in terms of temperature, to the waters I intend to fish in. This gives me a cutting edge advantage over them, as well as over those fishing buddies of mine who lack the cognitive skills that I have.
