I was wondering, How important are darters as forage fish for larger species such as trout and bass? I heard alot about shiners and shads role in forage, some things about madtoms as forage. But I never heard of whether or not darters play an important role as food for larger fish where they are common.
Darters as Forage
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, May 13 2011 02:43 AM
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Posted 13 May 2011 - 05:43 AM
i am not sure how important they are but i do find them in catfish from the little miami river.I was wondering, How important are darters as forage fish for larger species such as trout and bass? I heard alot about shiners and shads role in forage, some things about madtoms as forage. But I never heard of whether or not darters play an important role as food for larger fish where they are common.
mostly shovelhead catfish.
on a side note
shovelhead catfish that end up as table fair we find have smaller catfish in stomach content more often then any other fish species of fish followed by crawfish.
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Posted 13 May 2011 - 09:23 AM
Sculpins are the #1 piscine predator on darters. Basses of course will eat anything that fits in their mouths, but many darters live in habitats like riffles where there aren't lots of (big) bass.
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