Fisherman Facts #2
- Fish have a lateral line system, which allows them to detect vibrations and changes in water pressure.
- Some species of fish, such as the lungfish, can survive for extended periods of time out of water by breathing air.
- Flying Fish cant really fly but jump and glide through the air. The longest distance every recorded was approximately 350 metres.
- The oldest known fish species is the coelacanth, which dates back to the Devonian period, over 360 million years ago.
- If you cast against the current you will almost always catch a salmon, in any water, because they swim upstream
