How Do You Locate Salt Water Fish?
• Understand how environmental factors affect fish. Not all fish can live in the same kinds of waters. Different species need different sets of environmental conditions, including: • Hiding areas, cover, structure, and the bottom • Salinity • Dissolved oxygen • Water temperature • Types and amounts of food • Tides and currents • Water depth • Find “Structure.” Many fish species such as striped bass and grouper live or hold near structure. Structure refers to changes in the shape of the bottom caused by rocks, reefs, man-made objects, humps, ledges, and drop-offs. Structure causes fish to concentrate in certain areas. Estuaries and river mouths may have shoreline structures such as docks, logs, stump fields, brush, rock piles, grass beds, and downed trees that provide shelter, shade, and protection for fish. Islands, sand bars, rock piles, and jetties are also good places to fish. Fish inhabit certain types of cover because it provides them with protection and puts them in the best poss
