I was fishing docks at my local marina today, catching bass and some real nice Crappie. But i noticed all around me i kept seeing bubbles coming up from the bottom and could see some shadows of what appeared to be some big fish. Any idea what they were?
What Kind Of Fish, If Any, Would Create Bubbles?
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, Apr 11 2012 05:19 PM
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Posted April 11 2012 - 05:19 PM
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Posted April 11 2012 - 05:39 PM
carp maybe
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Posted April 11 2012 - 06:33 PM
Most likely carp. The love to gulp air and blow it out as they feed along the bottom. However, it could also be a big snapping turtle!
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Posted April 11 2012 - 07:11 PM
Ones with gas 
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Posted April 11 2012 - 07:15 PM
Could have been turtles. Or it could have been any kind of fish or underwater critter upsetting an accumulated pocket of methane from rotting leaves/vegetation.
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Posted April 11 2012 - 08:11 PM
I vote methane, the gases escape in tiny bubbles even w/o anything disturbing whatever's decomposing on the bottom.
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Posted April 11 2012 - 09:04 PM
I'm guessing carp digging around in the bottom and releasing trapped gases. I've seem big carp leave bubble trails behind when they get spooked out of shallow water.
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Posted April 11 2012 - 09:16 PM
I have been in 4ft of clear water and could totally see the bottom. No Vegetation and still the bubbles were rising. I suppose that would have been methane
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Posted April 11 2012 - 10:55 PM
when gills fan beds, they can release underground gases
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Posted April 11 2012 - 11:30 PM
I would go with carp as you say you were seeing shadows. Carp feed by blowing in the mud and them picking up what they have disturbed. We actually fish for them using small feathered jigs on the bubbles in water up to 30 feet deep. With experience it is possible to tell the difference between gas and feeding bubbles.
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Posted April 12 2012 - 06:50 AM
Its usually methane from decomposing bottom material, at least where I am.
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Posted April 12 2012 - 09:00 AM
Snakeheads. I spent a day out with the Virginia Game and Fish while they were Electo-fishing. They said the give away to any snakehead nest is bubbles.
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Posted April 12 2012 - 10:39 AM
turtles will also disturb the bottom, bringing up decay by-products.
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Posted April 12 2012 - 02:02 PM
I highly doubt it was any fish "blowing" bubbles. Like the others said, most likely carp or cats disturbing the bottom. Turtles will do the sme thing. Methane can also come up naturally without disturbance, once the pressure below the surface gets enough to break through.
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Posted April 13 2012 - 04:28 PM
catfish, bass on beds,carp and or bluegill getting chased or other baitfishsh also turtles.
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