Curious fish on BFB

[hemmerlinj]

I was fishing the Big Flat Brook the other day and saw some peculiar behavior with the Rainbows. With the first fish I caught instead of getting spooked by the commotion of the fish flailing about the other seemed curious as to what was going on. About 6 or 7 fish came over to investigate what was going on. As well as 1 or 2 of them coming up and swimming along side the fish almost like they were trying to help. I've never seen this before and I use to the other fish being put down for a bit when I catch one. Maybe it's just a dumb stocker fish thing?

 

[Stevester]

I have seen this occasionally over the years with trout but it is a little more common with bass in my experience. The other fish are most likely spooked by YOU moving around while fighting a fish rather than a fish struggling on the line.

Steve

 

[Rusty Spinner]

I find it to be very common for trout to do this. I've even had a second trout smash a second fly chasing his buddy around the river when fishing a 2 fly rig. It seldom works out well for catching either fish, but it's fun for a few seconds.

 

[Oliver10]

the post title got me excited. I clicked, expecting a picture of a fish you had caught on the BFB that wasn't supposed to be there, like a piranha or some other exotic fish tank release. Instead I get a story about how you caught a fish and saw some fish swimming. Reads like a kindergarten show and tell except we didn't even get a show.

 

[GARYB]

I think it's a stockie thing

 

[Twism]

Nope not just stockies, wild fish do it all the time too. Many times an even bigger fish comes out to see whats up. Common in many fish species.

 

[Thursthouse]

the post title got me excited. I clicked, expecting a picture of a fish you had caught on the BFB that wasn't supposed to be there, like a piranha or some other exotic fish tank release. Instead I get a story about how you caught a fish and saw some fish swimming. Reads like a kindergarten show and tell except we didn't even get a show.

dont lie...you misread the title as bi-curious and clicked on the thread so fast you didnt realize your mistake until it was too late

 

[emoussa]

I think it has to do with the flashing from the struggling fish. The same flash that would be seen if the fish was actively feeding. It probably triggers there natural instinct and would explain why they would swim up to the struggling fish, to get in on whatever is drifting down that lane.

 

[hemmerlinj]

the post title got me excited. I clicked, expecting a picture of a fish you had caught on the BFB that wasn't supposed to be there, like a piranha or some other exotic fish tank release. Instead I get a story about how you caught a fish and saw some fish swimming. Reads like a kindergarten show and tell except we didn't even get a show.

Happy I could waste your time.

 

[Bigfishy]

I think it has to do with the flashing from the struggling fish. The same flash that would be seen if the fish was actively feeding. It probably triggers there natural instinct and would explain why they would swim up to the struggling fish, to get in on whatever is drifting down that lane.

Very similar to reservoir bass that feed on schools of baitfish....There are bound to be scraps and others follow ....
While its almost never or rarely witnessed river trout do occasionally voraciously feed on large food items and I would bet
that other fish have learned memory of an easy meal.....