If you've spent the summer fishing you might have missed the boat on this trophy scientific news story:

Fish are evolving to become more difficult to catch.

Scientists at University of Connecticut have shown that recreational fishing, even catch-and- release, can change the nature of fish in a lake to make them less catchable.

The fish population overall responds to the human element by becoming less active and aggressive, therefore less likely to play a part in the angler-fish duet.

Fishers of my acquaintance sometimes talk about a once-glorious, can't-miss lake being "fished out," as if its discovery by hordes of people has significantly reduced the actual number of fish it contains.

But as a fish-finder usually demonstrates, the fish are still there in great numbers. They just aren't interested in biting. They've dropped out of the game.

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