I was fishing on a local river a couple of evenings ago and something occurred that I have never seen before. Small Eels started to swim past me, none bigger than about a pound although there may have been others I could not see. it went on & on there must have been literally hundreds of them. It was amazing to see. Not surprisingly I also saw Chub following …probably making the most of the opportunity for a good feast.
At first i thought it was some sort of mass migration. I learnt this morning there was a pollution incident at a treatment station half a mile or so upstream.
I now think the Eels must have detected this and were trying to escape. The only thing that does not quite add for me is that they were swimming upstream –towards- the incident. I understand allot of fish were lost. Still pretty sad which ever way you look at it.
At first i thought it was some sort of mass migration. I learnt this morning there was a pollution incident at a treatment station half a mile or so upstream.
I now think the Eels must have detected this and were trying to escape. The only thing that does not quite add for me is that they were swimming upstream –towards- the incident. I understand allot of fish were lost. Still pretty sad which ever way you look at it.
