Fish in the water

Posted on April 12, 2015 by pensitivity101

A few months ago, when we had ice in the marina, I posed the question about fish getting headaches.
I have another for you.
Do they knock themselves out?

On several occasions when we have been taking Maggie up for her final wee, we’ve heard some almighty splashes beneath us. Apart from the river rat we saw leaving a wake, we were convinced it was a large fish, probably carp, though we didn’t actually see any.
We know there are fish in the water here as several owners dangle their lines off the back of their boats, and we have witnessed several landings of decent sized catches, though to be honest, I doubt very much if we’d actually eat anything caught here.

The night before last, I was on wee duty, and heard a disturbance in the water that was definitely not a duck, but it was dark and too quick for me to see and by the time I’d got the torch out of my pocket, whatever it was had gone.

Yesterday morning, something was floating close to the bank, and it was a fish.
dead fish 1A rather large but very dead fish actually, though it didn’t appear to be mangled or chewed, and as I hadn’t seen either of the Marina herons lately, I wondered if perhaps it had leapt out of the water the night before, knocked itself out, and then drowned.

dead fish

About pensitivity101

I am a retired number cruncher with a vivid imagination and wacky sense of humour which extends to short stories and poetry. I love to cook and am a bit of a dog whisperer as I get on better with them than people sometimes! In November 2020, we lost our beloved Maggie who adopted us as a 7 week old pup in March 2005. We decided to have a photo put on canvas as we had for her predecessor Barney. We now have three pictures of our fur babies on the wall as we found a snapshot of Kizzy, my GSD when Hubby and I first met so had hers done too. On February 24th 2022 we were blessed to find Maya, a 13 week old GSD pup who has made her own place in our hearts. You can follow our training methods, photos and her growth in my blog posts. From 2014 to 2017 'Home' was a 41 foot narrow boat where we made strong friendships both on and off the water. We were close to nature enjoying swan and duck families for neighbours, and it was a fascinating chapter in our lives. We now reside in a small bungalow on the Lincolnshire coast where we have forged new friendships and interests.
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3 Responses to Fish in the water

  1. Sarah Ferguson says:
    April 12, 2015 at 4:06 pm

    No idea if they can knock themselves out – but it would seem like it could be a possibility!

  2. Stacey Bender says:
    April 12, 2015 at 5:29 pm

    How sad. An interesting question though.

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