tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808609956350479846.post8358804525891839122..comments2023-10-11T09:50:00.217+01:00Comments on By JAYZS: Mythical Bubbles.By JAYZShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10019543835999526122noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808609956350479846.post-71082818455562067252013-06-02T23:19:42.200+01:002013-06-02T23:19:42.200+01:00...and now that the local canal is infested with s......and now that the local canal is infested with signal crayfish I find they also produce 'tench' bubbles. though, I guess obviously, only the odd few George Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422749226358557982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808609956350479846.post-67993036118236232162013-05-28T23:10:31.660+01:002013-05-28T23:10:31.660+01:00Yes, I suspect that tench are probably the main fi...Yes, I suspect that tench are probably the main fish that bulldoze their way through weeds, and that has maybe lead to an impression that the bubbles come from the tench's gills...and therefore that they are tench bubbles, rather than disturbed weed bubbles. <br />Not heard about pike generating bubbles before. Might have to do some research, see if anything more is known.By JAYZShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10019543835999526122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808609956350479846.post-67587413079046929362013-05-28T19:54:07.667+01:002013-05-28T19:54:07.667+01:00The pin prick bubbles we know and love are like yi...The pin prick bubbles we know and love are like yiu describe fish moving through weed, not just tench. The other bubbles to be interested in are the larger bubbles that move, often in double chains and are often from pike.Bureboybloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06517207672662059349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808609956350479846.post-61371098606277045222013-05-27T08:56:22.387+01:002013-05-27T08:56:22.387+01:00Oh yes, and I am sure you will have seen barbel, ...Oh yes, and I am sure you will have seen barbel, occasionally doing that momentary display of their pale bits as they roll partially over on the river bed. Sometimes fish behaviour is equally as inexplicable as that of my wife.By JAYZShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10019543835999526122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808609956350479846.post-66345830196645129532013-05-27T08:51:15.048+01:002013-05-27T08:51:15.048+01:00Hi Jeff, maybe some do come through the gills, bu...Hi Jeff, maybe some do come through the gills, but I would also think that the mere action of ploughing in deep would also release trapped bubbles. Occasionally I see large bubble groups that are obviously the result of a large fish suddenly, and as a one-off, ploughing into the bottom deposits. I have no idea what your carp were doing: intriguing though, especially as a group activity. The only other fish I have seen intentionally turn upside down have been S. American catfish in my aquariums years ago. They would either turn upside down to feed more easily from the surface, or else lie upside down against the roof of their "cave". I wonder whether wels might do something similar? I don't really know what "my" carp was doing either, but it is an activity I suspect the same fish performed at least half a dozen times. It wasn't feeding, as it remained horizontal, but inverted.By JAYZShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10019543835999526122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7808609956350479846.post-80671932126858253492013-05-27T06:50:10.375+01:002013-05-27T06:50:10.375+01:00I've been fooled many a time by bubbles. Tench...I've been fooled many a time by bubbles. Tench release methane bubbles from the silt as they plough through it but I always thought they came through the gills. You'd see the same thing if you dragged a heavy lead through it though. Interesting behaviour by the carp — I once saw a shoal of carp rising vertically in the water and corkscrewing round in circles as they rose, turing over on the surface then going back down to start over again. Till this day I have no idea what they were up to!<br /><br />Never seen one turn upside down though... Who'd have thought they could?Jeff Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164198326538064799noreply@blogger.com