Attached is a picture of the biggest of the three round goby that were caught, I have really big hands! They are a sea species that got sucked into some barge's ballast tanks and is now spreading invasively up and down the Danube and other rivers that transport barges are using. Wikipedia has some about it and the spots the fish have been found. They only grow to a few cm so never going to be bigger than this one. Funny eyes as they live on the bottom. In Hungarian they are géb and Spanish they are babosa, i caught them there in the sea. 

Qert! A fire on the ice, you've more courage than me! I do agree technically it should work, but then fire, ice, water, splash, wet just doesn't make sense. I'm happy just trying to keep warm with food and a good suit. It's -2 to -10 at the moment, had a little -15 and one day of -21. If you've not caught you've got to try again, mind over matter, man over nature. Well, big fan of nature but to use it for myself and try to make it better than it was before I came. I usually take home a bag of rubbish I've collected while waiting for a bite.

Seraph - I'm in Budapest too, but was fishing on the Danube just north of Vac. I've been here 6 years and had a few weekends exploring West, East, North. Rarely been to the south. You've really been upper farthest NE, I've not been out that way. What's it like? I'm mostly surprised if you haven't been to Balaton, that's where everyone goes and gets sent in the summer. Hungary's little sea. The language is tough to learn, i can understand a lot but i miss any nuances and me speaking is very poor. I've just started looking for a teacher but dont have much free time to learn and can't really go to a school, want someone at my house or work or their house near where i am.Of course, I'll never be leader of Hungary whatever my level of Hungarian. And let's not talk about Hungary's politics at the moment, of Britain's or America or Russia. Ha, I'm gonna keep my head down and do my best as a tiny little human being here on Earth.

Hammerstar - It's true higher up the fish are less varied, but they're my favourites. Beautiful scenery, fresh mountain streams, clear bubbling water. It's magic up there.

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