Do fish sleep?

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Dumb question probably been asked before but I wonder how much it would account for when the fish are'nt biting? Obviously they can't shut there eyes but if anyone has any theories/answers to this one would be interesting.
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course thay do...thats what weed is for...hehe
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Ha ha nice, but would'nt weed make them hungry tobez?.
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most fish sleep Muppet..... some even change colour when nodding off at night..... then there are those that hunt at night..... 

some snapper tend to sleep during the day.... up in a deep gut with sometimes only one way out.... have also found them in the backs of caves like the ones out at Piercy Island that the tour boats back into....

on some moon phases you can have a good nights fishing and then some shockers that produce very little..... so i guess they sleep when ever they can......

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wouldnt it be related to the tides?

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tides, moon, wind direction, temp all play there part in what go's on out at sea....

when do they sleep most reef fish tend to sleep when its night time....

but then you put a net out in a estuary on a full moon and see how many Parore you catch but no flounder do the reverse and you will catch flounder and no Parore.....

so different fish have different sleep patterns....

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Interesting what you say about fish that hang around reefs Lethal its not hard to imagine those fish giving themselves a good rest now and then. Hanging around down in caves and guts. Do you think this is part of the reason that snapper can live so long compared to kingfish etc?

If shelter is needed for fish to sleep I wonder how fish that live on sand with no structure there such as the west coast go about it?

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Bury themsleves?? Also sharks swim while they sleep (die otherwise) so maybe the pelargics do a similar thing??
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I was told by David Franks that marlin sleep/shut down half their brain at a time keeping one eye open so to speak. Dont know how true that is, sounds a bit fishy to me:)
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Adam do you think tailers are asleep or full it hard to get a bite out of them?

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I've seen many sails just floating on the surface with only their tails or sometimes just a smidgen of dorsal visible.  Not what I'd call "tailing" in that they weren't going anywhere, and looked totally different to those ones that you do see swimming along the surface with their tail moving, the tails of these fellows could easily have been confused with random drifting sticks.  I'd swear they were just having a nice little snooze in the sun.  I've had guys throw poppers right in front of them, but they simply didn't want to know.  Sleeping, or just not interested? 
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Yeah you have tailers and then you have sleepers, as Dustin said. Tailers are on the move and you can often get them to bite but the only way to hook a sleeper is with a jag in its back:0. Whether they are actually asleep or full I dont know.
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Hi Muppet.....

If shelter is needed for fish to sleep I wonder how fish that live on sand with no structure there such as the west coast go about it?

talking west coast snapper Muppet, if you have ever dived on the weed line and looked out over the sand, you would be lucky to see a snapper because their coloration blends in so well with the sand, but they cant hide there shadow during the day.....

and now im guessing but i would say they school more on the sand, this is for protection like most other fish......

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what about that mafia inspired line..
"sleeping with the fishes"
Maybe Italain fish sleep.
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yes fish do sleep "light shock" is well known in aquaria circles.
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