Kevin aka Aethelbald
Well-known member
I was visited by a pike today on the Avon - lurking there in the shallows around my swim and about 2ft long (I was float fishing... and not for pike).
What struck me as odd, was that there were a number of small perch accompanying the pike and seemingly indifferent to the danger. The perch were positioned only a little deeper than the pike - possibly out of sight, due to the position of a pike's eyes?
I've had a couple of pike take a perch as I've been bringing the fish to the net, so (other than my eye theory) I don't understand why the pike didn't attack the perch, or why the perch apparently felt safe.
Can anyone explain this behaviour?
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What struck me as odd, was that there were a number of small perch accompanying the pike and seemingly indifferent to the danger. The perch were positioned only a little deeper than the pike - possibly out of sight, due to the position of a pike's eyes?
I've had a couple of pike take a perch as I've been bringing the fish to the net, so (other than my eye theory) I don't understand why the pike didn't attack the perch, or why the perch apparently felt safe.
Can anyone explain this behaviour?
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