“When they’re spawning, they’re in predictable places, and a lot of times they’re aggressive about defending their nests.” NATURE’S CALENDAR ISN’T printed on paper with lines and numbers and pages to be flipped over every four weeks or so. Instead, nature’s calendar is divided by moon phases, length of daylight, air and water temperature, budding or dropping leaves, etc. These signals convey to nature’s critters what season it is, and what’s coming. They govern animals’, birds’ and fish’s behavior through succeeding seasons and years.
For instance, consider bass annual spawning ritual. As water warms in early spring, these fish sense it’s time to migrate to shallow nesting areas, sweep their beds, lay and fertilize their eggs, then guard their fry after they hatch. Hopefully, enough of this young-of-year crop will…
