That doesn't mean being smart about pain avoidance, like in Moon's example
below. Learned behaviors are obviously very different in largemouth bass and
ground dwelling primates like ourselves (I hope!!).
--Bruce Stallsmith
Huntsville, AL, US of A
>But they are such an easy target! And so much fun! I'll believe fish feel
>pain the same way I do when large mouth bass quit grabbing the same lure
>and
>getting hooked on it throwing the hook and grabbing the lure again! I've
>had
>a fish hook in my hand before, it made a believer out of me. I don't think
>there would too much chance of me grabbing a tasty morsel twice if I was
>hooked by a treble hook in the mouth the first time!
>
>Moon
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