Strange Behaviour
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Woodytia
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Strange Behaviour
While walking home by my local reservoir yesterday evening, I saw the strange sight of a large male Tench chasing an even larger Common Carp in what I could only describe as spawning behaviour, the fish were oblivious to the group of wild water swimmers thrashing around in the water. I have witnessed Tench spawning about this time of year during previous seasons, the only role the Carp seemed to play was to munch the spawn deposited by the Tench, perhaps the female tincas are not ready to spawn and this lone male is getting his eye in.
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Dave Burr
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Julian
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Re: Strange Behaviour
At the ' old estate lake' I fish, a couple of days ago, a member fishing for catfish with a mackerel tail caught a tench on it 
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AshbyCut
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Re: Strange Behaviour
Right ... I'll be in the queue at Tesco's tomorrow asking for Mackerel tails !!!!Julian wrote:At the ' old estate lake' I fish, a couple of days ago, a member fishing for catfish with a mackerel tail caught a tench on it
"Beside the water I discovered (or maybe rediscovered) the quiet. The sort of quiet that allows one to be woven into the tapestry of nature instead of merely standing next to it." Estaban.