I used to have a weather loach as a pet. Once it jumped out of the tank and wriggled under my bed. I had to move the bed to retrieve it. It was ok but had a cigarette paper stuck along it. Much bigger than the loach mentioned here but otherwise similar and also famed for it's weather predicting abilities.
The weather loach I used to have, jumped out found it a few hours later dried up covered in dust, got some tap water quick and cleaned it and dropped it back in the tank, it's find rot away then grew back and it's body was fine 😂
bullhead would make an honorable mention and are one of the easiest fish to catch. just slowly lift an old brick or stone from a fast flowing river or stream and slowly lower your hand into the water before quickly grabbing the bullhead. cant say the same about stone loaches
Happy days, remember catching Minnows, Stone Loach & Bullheads as a kid with a net in the local beck with occasional bonus Gudgeon. When you're little they all appear HUGE !!!
I'm creating a small pond in my back yard, and I definitely want sticklebacks in it. No non native fish though, because it's a very small pond, and if the population gets too big I want to decant the surplus into a nearby stream.
I fish the Suffolk stour and the gudgeon have reduced in big numbers, but we have lost barbel, Zander and a lot of other species, partly due to several pairs of otters being introduced into a water system that has never had them, then the over load of non native crayfish ( the ea seem to think there are native ones here, er nope ) and the occasional mess up with pollution comindown stream from sewage treatment works and haverhill, the river is a shadow of its former self, it's been left in a bad state, trees down, heavy bank to bank water bamboo growth, no work has been done on the haverhill to Sudbury section for a big number of years, which is surprising as they use the stour to pump from the Ouse through to various reservoirs, seems that the environment agency are not really concerned with the waterways around this area
A few years ago I caught an enormous stickleback on rod and line, while fishing for roach. I purchased some micro scales shortly after, but have never come across any similar, sadly.
Gudgeon can grow to 21cm. Three spines sticklebacks, Stone moroko, ruffe, Sunbleak European bullhead, common bleak and brook lamphrey are all smaller than that.
I fished a match on a flooded river and caught tiny bull heads stickle backs and minnows ,from a little stream coming into the main river and they wouldn't let me weigh them in as according to the organisers they weren't proper fish ,,😮
Watch your step including evilest Pike, Perch & Trout. Kind the little fish including Stone, Loach five stickleback, three stickleback, Roach, Rudd & save the whales.
It's not a list of the smallest fish in Britain. Stone loach and bullhead should be there in place of bitterling, a none native species, and gudgeon that can often grow to over 6 inches.
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Stone Loach, Bullhead, Three Spined Stickleback, Ruffe..... all smaller than Gudgeon.
You beat me to it. Stone Loach and Bullhead really should be there. Bitterling and Gudgeon are too big.
Not sure about ruffe. its seems that maximum lenght for Ruffe is 25cm but only 21 for Gudgeon. -But I never see none of them reaching 20cm.
Ruff can grow to 6 inches or more about the size of a decent gudgeon.
I used to have a weather loach as a pet. Once it jumped out of the tank and wriggled under my bed. I had to move the bed to retrieve it. It was ok but had a cigarette paper stuck along it. Much bigger than the loach mentioned here but otherwise similar and also famed for it's weather predicting abilities.
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The weather loach I used to have, jumped out found it a few hours later dried up covered in dust, got some tap water quick and cleaned it and dropped it back in the tank, it's find rot away then grew back and it's body was fine 😂
Had a stone loach that did the same 3 days it was gone I couldn't work out were it went till I saw it on the floor covered in fluff !!
They used to be all over my local stream in scotland now there all gone wildlife in our rivers is massively in decline
bullhead would make an honorable mention and are one of the easiest fish to catch. just slowly lift an old brick or stone from a fast flowing river or stream and slowly lower your hand into the water before quickly grabbing the bullhead. cant say the same about stone loaches
Watch the amazing fish world of Sri Lanka ua-cam.com/video/h7HRbBJ1JlM/v-deo.html
Happy days, remember catching Minnows, Stone Loach & Bullheads as a kid with a net in the local beck with occasional bonus Gudgeon. When you're little they all appear HUGE !!!
Thanks for your videos jack! Enjoyed your podcast immensely too.
much appreciated
I'm creating a small pond in my back yard, and I definitely want sticklebacks in it. No non native fish though, because it's a very small pond, and if the population gets too big I want to decant the surplus into a nearby stream.
The loach is a target fish for LRF micro angles using tiny Japanese hooks very popular tick off fish
Brilliant footage and very informative 👏 👍🏾
I fish the Suffolk stour and the gudgeon have reduced in big numbers, but we have lost barbel, Zander and a lot of other species, partly due to several pairs of otters being introduced into a water system that has never had them, then the over load of non native crayfish ( the ea seem to think there are native ones here, er nope ) and the occasional mess up with pollution comindown stream from sewage treatment works and haverhill, the river is a shadow of its former self, it's been left in a bad state, trees down, heavy bank to bank water bamboo growth, no work has been done on the haverhill to Sudbury section for a big number of years, which is surprising as they use the stour to pump from the Ouse through to various reservoirs, seems that the environment agency are not really concerned with the waterways around this area
Watch the amazing fish world of Sri Lanka ua-cam.com/video/h7HRbBJ1JlM/v-deo.html
Same everywhere unfortunately 😔
Sticklebacks and red butchers were always in our local pond as kids
A few years ago I caught an enormous stickleback on rod and line, while fishing for roach. I purchased some micro scales shortly after, but have never come across any similar, sadly.
I've come across the same thing twice, the thing is they were both gold in colour and appeared to be female. But there are no record of them.
2:52 You clearly haven't seen the size of fishes I catch.
Gudgeon can grow to 21cm.
Three spines sticklebacks, Stone moroko, ruffe, Sunbleak European bullhead, common bleak and brook lamphrey are all smaller than that.
What about the stone loach and Bullhead ? Was it a size thing ?
Not to get confused with the weather loach - it’s them that breath in air and the spined loach needs high oxygen
they both do far as I know
Very interesting!
I fished a match on a flooded river and caught tiny bull heads stickle backs and minnows ,from a little stream coming into the main river and they wouldn't let me weigh them in as according to the organisers they weren't proper fish ,,😮
Gudgeon can go to 4 oz
Watch your step including evilest Pike, Perch & Trout.
Kind the little fish including Stone, Loach five stickleback, three stickleback, Roach, Rudd & save the whales.
It's not a list of the smallest fish in Britain. Stone loach and bullhead should be there in place of bitterling, a none native species, and gudgeon that can often grow to over 6 inches.
Pinky finger? Are you an American?
Those sticker back have white spot
good one
Bitterling and Gudgeon too big.
Stone Loach and Bullhead should be on the list.