Physics of Fishing
Web project for Physics 211 Fall 2002
September of 2002 by Fish and Game technicians Sean Boyer and Ivan
Karic-Rudge
25 lb or 11.3 kg Rainbow trout caught in the upper Keni river
To many people physics is a subject to avoid at all cost, so I decided to link physics with something we all know and love "fishing."
Fishing contains a wide variety of physics. when you cast you are using projectile motion and rotational motion. when you hook a fish it will often use the drag from the current agenst you. Immagine draging the above fish through a swift current. You deal with the tention of your line, and the friction of the line through the guides. you also deal with friction when you use a drag.
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