So I live near a creek and there are perch and small bass that live in various pockets of deeper water in the creek. When it rains (and floods) the whole creek is a torrent and flowing out of its banks. Yet, when the creek subsides all the fish are still there in those pockets. Where do they go during a flood? I know they’re not the fish from further up the creek because I have been to the source and there are fish up there too.
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Some of them hunker down in eddys in the current, rock cover, tree roots, etc. Small fish can very easily get into little nooks and crannies that are relatively isolated from the strong current. Some fish are also 100% getting moved down stream.
During a flood, fish in the creek find shelter in deeper pockets of water where they can stay until the water level goes down.
There are so many fishes in the creek and any other body of water connected to the creek.
Many get washed away by the torrent but still many get displaced and end up at your creek. It gives the illusion that fishes do not get washed away.
Once, I saw kids fishing for pond fishes in a river. The pond fishes were from the various fish ponds that received heavy torrential rains a day before and overflowed to the nearest river.
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