I used to fish around the floating harbour in Bristol when I lived there and caught or saw others catch Thinlip Mullet, Bass, Flounder and once even a Thwaite Shad - all alongside Perch, Roach, Dace, Bream and Chub etc. The Bass were enormous as well! Top predator clearly, very few Pike about there. Interesting conditions, because access to the tidal stretch of the Bristol Avon, and therefore the sea, is controlled by an enormous lock at the Cumberland Basin that is very rarely opened. So these marine species aren’t coming and going.
People often assume that fish in saltwater are in some way "salty", despite what they taste when they eat them. The real difference salt v. freshwater fish is that saltwater fish have mechanisms to keep salt out of their bodies and coping with salt in general. (Things work the other way too - people keeping tropical marine aquariums will use mollies to "test" their set-up/water quality etc..)
Quite a few flounder (local name fluke} in the Ribble around the M6 bridges upstream of Preston. They are usually caught after flood conditions are running off. I caught one at Ribchester once, which is about 30 miles by river from the sea at St Annes.
There was a flounder that lived in the burn in the wee gully behind my house. It was assumed that it had been brought there by a bird, because there was a few waterfalls between it and the sea.
I caught a flounder about 20 miles up the river Douglas once, i reckon it would of gone further up up i caught it at the bottom of a wier, I've even seen them caught in Loch Lomand
Perch live in quite salty water in the Baltic. I found this out by mistake by catching a monster when out after sea trout amidst the bladderwrack. Was very surprised.
What is it about salt vs fresh water? Why can't bass spawn in fresh water? Do flounders have special adaptations necessary for life in fresh water? Etc.
Aal Stör Lachse und meeräschen können im Meer und Fluss leben. Es gibt sicher noch mehr Fischarten die beides können und Fischarten können sich auch anpassen.
When I went Pike fishing in The Swedish Archipelago we were catch Pike that lived in "brackish" water and lived on Herring.
In the Baltic Sea?
I used to fish around the floating harbour in Bristol when I lived there and caught or saw others catch Thinlip Mullet, Bass, Flounder and once even a Thwaite Shad - all alongside Perch, Roach, Dace, Bream and Chub etc. The Bass were enormous as well! Top predator clearly, very few Pike about there. Interesting conditions, because access to the tidal stretch of the Bristol Avon, and therefore the sea, is controlled by an enormous lock at the Cumberland Basin that is very rarely opened. So these marine species aren’t coming and going.
Sticklebacks are another fish that can live on both salt and fresh water.
@@tonycamplin8607 certainly are when I do a marine tank I’m having sticklebacks in it
People often assume that fish in saltwater are in some way "salty", despite what they taste when they eat them.
The real difference salt v. freshwater fish is that saltwater fish have mechanisms to keep salt out of their bodies and coping with salt in general.
(Things work the other way too - people keeping tropical marine aquariums will use mollies to "test" their set-up/water quality etc..)
Also, there are a few Sea Trout in our rivers in London! 👀
Great video mate.
Quite a few flounder (local name fluke} in the Ribble around the M6 bridges upstream of Preston. They are usually caught after flood conditions are running off.
I caught one at Ribchester once, which is about 30 miles by river from the sea at St Annes.
I have seen baby flounder (in good numbers) moving up river in the Ribble in exactly this area.
Didn't know about Bass feeding in rivers tho.
There was a flounder that lived in the burn in the wee gully behind my house. It was assumed that it had been brought there by a bird, because there was a few waterfalls between it and the sea.
@thetattooedangler yes they do fine in rivers for sure
They can! Just take a look at the bullshark. You can find them in the Ganghes river, Amazone river, etc. even lake Nicaragua.
theyve been filmed in a lake at a golf course. Believed to be due to local flooding and became trapped
I caught what for all the world looked like 2lb rudd in a saltwater harbour in Danemark. Also flounder at the top of the feeder canal in bristol
I've caught several small dab by the old turntable bridge in bathurst basin and seen a few in the malago (St Johns lane).
plenty of flounder and even some trout in the feeder canal
I caught a flounder about 20 miles up the river Douglas once, i reckon it would of gone further up up i caught it at the bottom of a wier, I've even seen them caught in Loch Lomand
@@adamwade7306 I’ve heard this to!
I've caught bass, mullet and some form of flatfish in freshwater.
We used to get loads of flounders and dabs well into the fresh water right up the river Neath here in south wales
Perch live in quite salty water in the Baltic. I found this out by mistake by catching a monster when out after sea trout amidst the bladderwrack. Was very surprised.
I've once had a whiting in central amsterdam on a worm whilst dropshotting for perch.
Must've come in through the canal leading all the way to sea
@@ColinB89 wow I guess not to far from sea is it
@Chasingscalesspecieshunt several kilometers.
I have a picture of it but i cannot upload it here
Bull shark 🦈
What about Sea Trout ? Yummy.
@@crazystarwarsguy1006 they are born in rivers but do go to sea yes
❤ Many a flat fish has been caught in The river Don in Doncaster and The river Wharfe in Tadcaster .
The eel angler. Good book that 👌
@@doctorjeep86 Barry gave me that book it’s one of my favourites
@Chasingscalesspecieshunt very nice! it's a good read. Definitely scrapes into my top 5 books on eels 👌
What is it about salt vs fresh water? Why can't bass spawn in fresh water? Do flounders have special adaptations necessary for life in fresh water? Etc.
Aal Stör Lachse und meeräschen können im Meer und Fluss leben. Es gibt sicher noch mehr Fischarten die beides können und Fischarten können sich auch anpassen.
American eels can but they aren’t in the uk
Lame video.