So, yesterday, I caught some fine bass. Like this:

 

 

I loved catching her and I love looking at her. She's long and thick. You can see she's convex in the middle, clearly well fed, but then I look at this girl, also caught yesterday, and the above fish looks skinny!

 

 

Einstein first discussed this phenomenon in the Theory of Relativity. Yes, Einstein was a basshead and quite a stick, I've read. Have you also seen the Theory of Relativity in your angling life? If so, do share. 

Wait I thought we were fishing simply…… theory of relativity? 
 

3 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Wait I thought we were fishing simply…… theory of relativity? 
 

 

Don't blame me. Blame Einstein. 

Yes, I have seen the theory of relativity in Bass fishing. My catching is relative to the accuracy of my casting. Also E=MC² The energy (E) of my lure hitting the dock, tree or side of the boat equals the Mess (M) of the birds nest compounded (C) twice as bad (²).

Fishingmickey

4 minutes ago, Fishingmickey said:

Yes, I have seen the theory of relativity in Bass fishing. My catching is relative to the accuracy of my casting. Also E=MC² The energy (E) of my lure hitting the dock, tree or side of the boat equals the Mess (M) of the birds nest compounded (C) twice as bad (²).

Fishingmickey

 

I assume you're a descendant of the great man. 

I've definitely experienced entropy and chaos while bass fishing!  😂😂😂😭😭😭

1 hour ago, Pat Brown said:

I've definitely experienced entropy and chaos while bass fishing!  😂😂😂😭😭😭

 

I bet you have!

Bass size = length + weight x time after catch squared

Was it Einstein that said: the bigger the fish, the further back you have to hold the camera to get the whole fish in the picture, therefore the bigger the fish, the smaller the fish in the picture?

39 minutes ago, fin said:

Was it Einstein that said: the bigger the fish, the further back you have to hold the camera to get the whole fish in the picture, therefore the bigger the fish, the smaller the fish in the picture?

 

Yes, that was Einstein. I saw KVD catch a two-pound bass in Japan. He held it close to his body and said, "Two-pounder." Then he thrust it at the camera and said, "Ten-pounder!"

Not sure about Einstein, relativity and fishing, but I’ve used this great Lindner algebraic equation often over the years: F+L+P=S 😎

I believe it was Stephen Hawking who sad "Bass fish ing is for dun der heads"

The fun thing about cameras such as the ones on phones is that they automatically adjust to take the best picture: autofocus, auto exposure, auto-zoom, auto color balance, etc. This can and does change the perspective of the objects in the foreground relative to their background and/or surroundings.

 

Pro photographers understand these relationships and use it to their advantage by manually adjusting the settings to take images the human eye can't see.

 

Your first photo has a bright background, the second has a dark background.  It also looks to be less bright out.  The background is also closer in the second image.  All that changes several auto settings, hence - in a sense - the theory of relativity on display.

 

This is also why it's impossible to guess a fish's weight by looking at a photo. I don't play the guessing game for that reason.  And I absolutely despise it when somebody says a fish is smaller than claimed simply by looking at a photo.

 

 

@Glenn it got really annoying when I used Facebook and musky fished. No one could be happy someone caught a big fish and there was never anyway the fish in the picture could be that big. Before I quit using it I stopped posting any pictures of fish.

 

Here is my equation. Cast, retrieve, repeat. Tried and true formula can’t go wrong. 

Musky anglers can be so petty, @Susky River Rat. 

 

On 6/6/2024 at 9:24 PM, Glenn said:

Your first photo has a bright background, the second has a dark background.  It also looks to be less bright out.  The background is also closer in the second image.  All that changes several auto settings, hence - in a sense - the theory of relativity on display.

 

This makes me wonder if I should use my bump board again. I think lip and grip photos are prettier, as you see the lake or shoreline too. One thing I don't like about the bump board is they can start flopping and if they flop for ten seconds in my canoe, there's no way that's good for them. When I lip and grip, they're back in the water sooner. 

@ol'crickety that’s why I very much enjoy this forum. Like minded people. Egos are put aside. Everyone is willing to help to trying to out do the other. 

Einstein was the first to understand the physics of the atomic backlash.

 

3 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

This makes me wonder if I should use my bump board again.

Naw, keep it coming with the beautiful pics.