My wife was inside to fetch test results and I waited at the pond.
Nope, it is not a Koi and I have never seen this type of fish before.
Do you know what this is? I think that it might be a young bass, as I saw one jumping up out of the water to catch a floating insect, but it might not be bass at all. I really don't think that it's a Koi, as there were no other multi colored fish in the pond and normally one can spot Koi swimming around.
It was just this lone black fish with white lips.
Come and have a look.
He was eating the algae off this submerged pipe.
Look at that mouth as it is pure white.
And the body is black as he eyed that floating piece of plant.
Gotcha, as he popped up to grab and eat it.
Spun around to grab some other pieces of floating flowers.
And finally a last piece before he dived down and was gone.
Amazing what one can see here and by luck I was standing at a great spot to see the fish as it appeared below me (First photo).
So yes, it was a pleasant surprise as I was hoping to get the geese with their babies, but they were nowhere to be seen
My habit is to stand in an unobtrusive spot and then to wait for nature to come alive, as indeed it did here with the strange fish.
Hope that you have enjoyed the sighting.
And That's All Friends.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.
