This was published in The South Texas Fisherman, sometime 72. Talking to
fish by Bill Kennedy a character in one of Shakespeare's plays, boasting of his accomplishments said, I can call up monsters from the vast deep." Any fisherman could have given the answer, "So can I and so can any man, but will they come?" Men & women have been calling to fish, pleading with them, and swearing at them without response since the beginning of time. A Federally supported research project may change that situation. Working with the whale family (porpoise or dolphin), scientists in Florida have set out to translate fish language. They are not far along yet but have made some headway. Various clicks and whistles have been recorded that indicate, at least in the whale family, one fish has a way to communicating what is on his mind to another fish. If the research continues as planned, it should be only a matter of time until man will be able to reproduce fish noises and communicate what is on his mind to bass, pike, catfish,perch, trout, salmon, whitefish, walleye etc.,
All right-minded fisherman agree that fish-talk research projects should be cancelled and the scientists in it forced to seek other employment. The reasoning behind this point of view is simple and sound. If the research continues to its logical conclusion, fishing will cease to be the pleasant and relaxing sport that it now is. Fishing will become a business of bellowing speeches in fish language designed to convince fish that they would be better off on the bank or in the boat than they are in the water. In such circumstances, any fool knows who the men that'll catch all the fish will be.
THEY WILL BE POLITICIANS!
told ya!
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