reaches of rivers and backwaters during the winter. Some adults remain upstream in the spawning grounds all winter as well. At spawning time, in March and April, they migrate up stream to lay their pale yellow eggs on shallow gravel beds in fast flowing streams, the eggs attach to gravel and stones. The juveniles hide among the cavities and roots in the bankside vegetation and as they mature they move into faster flowing water. The main food for common dace is small invertebrates. Angling The common dace is fished for by coarse anglers and the British rod caught record is . In some parts of Europe it is eaten but it is not highly regarded as a food fish. It is used as bait by anglers and that is thought to be the mechanism by which it was introduced to and spread in Ireland. See also Fried dace with salted black beans, made from a different fish References External links Common dace Cyprinid fish of Asia Cyprinid fish of Europe Fish of Russia Fish described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus