Wildlife phenomenon: pike vs rudd. Read info before commenting! Щука и краснопёрка.

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For a quiet long time I wanted to film fishing with my underwater camera. So, eventually I tried to do it but it didn't go well: first time I forgot to clear the memory in my camera, next time 2 fishermen took the spot where I had fed fish for a few days and they didn't let me stick my rod between them. Then the water level in the canal rose and the fish moved to a different place. Eventually I filmed something but it wasn't very impressive. At the same time I was thinking that it would be interesting to film how pike struck but it was obvious that it would be practically impossible to catch such a moment on underwater camera. Once I was filming fishing and I spotted a small rudd very close to the shore -- it had some disease on its fins. I caught it with my net and made a quick line without a hook, attached that rudd to it and left it right in front of my camera. O.k. now the main points: first as I said I didn't use a hook because I had no intention to catch a pike + I knew that a live baiting was not allowed in Ireland. So, no complaints about the live bait, please! Sure, I tried to feed a small fish to a bigger fish but this is the law of the wild nature: bigger fish eats smaller fish etc. If I didn't feed that rudd to a pike—that pike would have anyway eaten some other fish, maybe even the same rudd because it was sick. I could kill that rudd before serving it to that pike in order to obey all rules (no live bite, no animal cruelty etc by feeding live fish to a predator) but the result would have been the same -- the pike would have anyway eaten some smaller fish that day or the next day. So, I don't think I did anything bad or wrong especially because I wanted to film and to show all of you how a pike strikes in the wild nature. As a result I filmed something but not actually what I had wanted as you can see when you watch the clip -- the pike came close to the rudd but it didn't strike, and I still can't understand why. Maybe because the rudd behaved oddly, maybe the pike was full -- it's hard to say. But I got an interesting footage and after I had let the rudd go, it swam away very quickly and I think it will recover and it will live if it has survived the pike's attack.
I think I'll try to film the same thing again but I'll try to use some healthy fish to eventually film how a pike strikes in the wild nature unless most of you who have or will watch this video are against it.

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[tom5743]

whats the camera its really clear

[underwaterireland]

@tom5743 canon hf s10 but I forgot to wipe dome port (front glass) of the housing so you can see a white spot on the left side

[gardonferoce]

isnt live baiting banned in Ireland??????/

[underwaterireland]

@gardonferoce have you ever read first words at the very beginning? "No hook has been used!" No hook - no bait. I don't do fishing by the way... but I do filming and researching wildlfie.

[videogameguy1999]

I like your other videos but dis was cruel

[underwaterireland]

@videogameguy1999 a whole life is cruel if you look closely... but it's not an issue - it's just a pity :)

[IIJAMiiE]

The reason it didn't attack that rudd is that he was checking it out. He has been caught on rod and line before probably from live bait so he can see the line attached to that rudd and dosn't want to be caught.

[bahdah1234]

cool video, thanks for sending

[diva2285]

good video

[regestr]

Намахала она щуку !!!

[Chicken666Pie]

Great footage

[matchstickman30]

notice the rudd play dead until the pike left? coincidence?

[donkeyoaty1]

Would you eat a diseased fish? Then you let it go again!

Good sentiments, but I am afraid your just give the antis ammunition against 'live-baiting'

They will never understand the eithics because they do not want to.

It has always been and will continue to be a constant battle to those who opose fishing in any form!

Regards

Paul

[BialyDida]

1:45 to 2:25 roach was dead

[frankcarty]

Great vid. For people who think its cruel, that rudd's days/hours were numbered anyway, pike mainly attach the weakest fish in the shoal because they are an easy target. survival of the fittest, its nature. because of this, rivers/lakes with a good stock of pike, result in a very healthy stock of coarse fish, as the weaker fish are picked off.