Nosey fish??

tigger · Sep 29, 2016

Very often when fishing a deserted stretch of river with no sign of a fish topping etc no sooner have I got in the river and fish will jump high out of the water right near me...this has happened to me far to many times for it to be co-incidental. I really do think they jump out for a nosey at whats attached to the feet they can see or what's causing the noise.
Anyone else noticed this strange phenomenon?

By the way i've not lost me marbels

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mikench · Sep 29, 2016

They probably are and they go back to their mates saying" you'll never guess who that Tigger looks like"

bracket · Sep 29, 2016

Tigger. I can't say I have experienced that. Mind you the venues I fish are so prolific if a fish jumped out of the water it would never get it's place back again. ::wh Pete

Keith M · Sep 29, 2016

tigger said:
Very often when fishing a deserted stretch of river with no sign of a fish topping etc no sooner have I got in the river and fish will jump high out of the water right near me...this has happened to me far to many times for it to be co-incidental. I really do think they jump out for a nosey at whats attached to the feet they can see or what's causing the noise.
Anyone else noticed this strange phenomenon?

By the way i've not lost me marbels .

I've had the very occasional barbel roll on the surface just before a take especially when there's a bit of colour in the water; so you might be right tigger Lol..

Keith

peter crabtree · Sep 29, 2016

Probably want to know what reel you're using

mg:

greenie62 · Sep 29, 2016

tigger said:
.... no sooner have I got in the river and fish will jump high out of the water right near me.......

It's the tsunami effect of you entering the water!

mg:

john step · Sep 30, 2016

tigger said:
By the way i've not lost me marbels .

Are you sure? If so you are the only one on here that hasn't

Seriously on nosey fish...Several times I have had carp nosing around closely at tench and carp that I was playing.
Also I have had perch follow a silver into the fold of the landing net but this was probably greed more than nosiness.

barbelboi · Sep 30, 2016

tigger said:
Very often when fishing a deserted stretch of river with no sign of a fish topping etc no sooner have I got in the river and fish will jump high out of the water right near me...this has happened to me far to many times for it to be co-incidental. I really do think they jump out for a nosey at whats attached to the feet they can see or what's causing the noise.
Anyone else noticed this strange phenomenon?

By the way i've not lost me marbels .

They probably want to see who's attached to that daft line Ian........................

Bob Hornegold · Sep 30, 2016

At times you would swear there are no fish in the river or pond for that matter, you cannot buy a bite, then at dusk the water seems alive with fish- strange but true !!

Bob

binka · Sep 30, 2016

This fish looking around business is not something I've experienced...

They're all long gone after the sound of landing net handles cracking and chairs collapsing

mg:

tigger · Sep 30, 2016

binka said:
This fish looking around business is not something I've experienced...

They're all long gone after the sound of landing net handles cracking and chairs collapsing mg:

I bet they've all f***in' choked laughing and floated off dead

mg:

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