wongrs Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 i harvested 3 fish from a friend's dugout on the weekend and checked the stomach contents. 2 of the fish had mostly digested material but had a few scuds which makes sense as we had caught all 3 fish on scuds. the 3rd fish was bursting with boatmen. like an insane amount of boatmen in varying sizes from about a size 14 down to an 18 and all eaten within the past day. all these fish were caught in the same area of the pond and the pond is only about 2000-3000 sq ft in surface area. also all these rainbows were in the 14" range. any ideas why these fish would be foraging on significantly different food items? is there such a thing as a fish having a personal preference for food items? it could be that the underwater weed structure might encourage more scuds over boatmen and that 1 boatman fish just happened to swim to the side of the pond when we caught it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trailhead Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 I think fish like other animals would have food preferences. I know my wife's cats are picky about the food they eat, so why not fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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