What Fish Will

[1984isNOW]

Will breach its dorsal like a shark?

 

Fishing a pond the other day and just in between 2 lengthy patches of weeds there was a clearing for about 30 yards about 15-20ft across. Right by the weeds I spy a good size fin pop up and disappear, I think 10ftish depth.

 

Also, on a lake in ME at night I hear these small splashes sometimes, and when i hear it I hear a hundred all around. Not rapidly, but it keeps happening. I know there's bass, lake trout, landlocked salmon,and then the typical littler fish.

 

Being night I can never see it, and by the time I light where I heard it that 2ft area is empty. I'd say about 7-15 ft depth very clear water.

 

What fish behave these ways?

[TnRiver46]

Any fish could do those things 

[Finessegenics]

I'd say either common carp or gar if they are in your lake. I usually don't see them in huge groups but I have seen groups of 3-4 fish swim at the surface. I could be wrong considering you hear 'hundreds', that part is throwing me off a little

[gim]

12 minutes ago, Finessegenics said:

I'd say either common carp

Definitely carp.  I've seen it multiple times this season in shallow, weedy areas.  Initially I hear it and hope its a bass, but I keep hearing it and then finally get a visual and the brown, large scaled sucker mouths reveal themselves.

[Catt]

32 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Any fish could do those things 

 

In shallow water I sight fish year round. I'm looking for movement under the surface as well as above. I'll see grass, pads, reeds move when there's no wind.

 

Yes I even see fins & tails!

 

[Darth-Baiter]

I just saw a catfish do this.

[Bluebasser86]

Grass carp do that all the time around here.

[JackstrawIII]

Big grass carp will swim around with dorsal fin above the water. They'll also do it in packs some times, which definitely makes them look like sharks. Very cool. 

[TnRiver46]