View Full Version : LM Bass Diet
Real quick question- a nice big slug from my backyard
acceptable treat for a large/small mouth bass or no?
rallysman
10-10-2005, 9:34 PM
I would do it if it was me:) but i throw all kinds of stuff in my tank. Someone may play the disease card so thats something to think about too.
piranha45
10-10-2005, 9:34 PM
aquatic snails sure, but i dunno about slugs; so much slime...
sandtiger
10-10-2005, 9:44 PM
I gave slugs to my newts and salamanders and they handled them without a problem. I would think a bass can as well.
rallysman
10-10-2005, 9:55 PM
:iagree: I'm sure they would eat them in the wild..given the chance.
yourmylunch
10-10-2005, 10:41 PM
they would eat them but it is not a natural food you could throw a scorpion in there to and it would eat it but its not a good idea
rallysman
10-10-2005, 11:12 PM
My catfish eats shrimp but its not natural.....how could a slug harm a bass?
Never tried it but They eat everything else. I saw one eat a goldfinch right off a low hanging branch once.
sandtiger
10-11-2005, 3:39 PM
they would eat them but it is not a natural food you could throw a scorpion in there to and it would eat it but its not a good idea
Your kidding? Its a slug for god's sake. LMB eat friggin alligators and bluejays, I think they can take down a slug.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/sandtiger/gone.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/sandtiger/Picture018.jpg
Wasps are probably more risky then slugs and my oscars eat them all the time.
Well I fed them some slugs. They seemed indifferent, and just wanted more to eat...
I was more worried about diseases really.
Next up- baby mice.
Conagher
10-14-2005, 7:21 PM
LM Bass will eat almost anything they can fit in their mouths. They dont chew at all but basically inhale their food. Their preferred fish type food are panfish, but love crayfish, insects (both adult and larval stages), baby ducks, and baby rabbits. I have seen bass come a long way from the deeper water to get a baby rabbit. The entire rabbit disappeared in single gulp.
so the mice will be a nice treat for them.
piranha45
10-14-2005, 7:25 PM
they don't chew with their mouths, but they have a pharyngeal jaw system on the interior of their gills that DOES chew.
boredcpl
10-14-2005, 7:26 PM
take a video.. i want to see this bass.. how big is it?
Gamefishin
11-01-2005, 8:46 PM
wow that's a killer shot of that bass with a baby gator in his mouth, they really are a game fish.
Man I think I couldn't feed a fish live animals, it's kind of hard to watch. Fish eating fish is not big deal but a baby mouse that's kind of freaky.
And those poor ducklings.. :(
id10t
11-04-2005, 12:40 PM
Several times I've seen baby ducks disappear in a big swirl on my pond. Record caught fish is 14lbs, we've had a few "turn overs" that kill all large bass and I've seen many over 10lbs floating when this happens...
benzjamin13
11-04-2005, 1:16 PM
Mmm...more protein. Why not?
Filthy Sanchez
01-03-2006, 6:42 PM
Back when I had a largemouth I gave it slugs all the time, largemouths eat a lot and it takes a lot to keep them fed. As for the mice why pinkies I fed my fuzzies and adults, even fed it a finch once. I would advise against rats unless they are pinkies as rats are fighters and will attack your fish while in the stomach. It's hard to find a consistant source of large meaty food to sustain a bass, unless you can get it to take chicken liver or beef herat chunks. There are always nightcrawlers which get pretty big as well as supersized crickets and mealworms.
softturtle
01-03-2006, 7:34 PM
Has anyone tried feeding they're fish those big green silkworms? They are about 4 inches long and 1/2 in thick. A guy who raises them was tellin me that they had the nutritional value of 3 pinkie mice. Seems like it would be a good food source.
Filthy Sanchez
01-05-2006, 5:47 PM
wow that's a killer shot of that bass with a baby gator in his mouth, they really are a game fish.
Man I think I couldn't feed a fish live animals, it's kind of hard to watch. Fish eating fish is not big deal but a baby mouse that's kind of freaky.
And those poor ducklings.. :(
Actually it's not that bad bass just swallow everything whole. I've seen pinkies fed to snakes, scorpions, spiders, and centipedes it's not that bad either as a snake will kill it pretty fast, and the arachnids (and centipede) poison it first. The one I couldn't watch was the giant mantis as the mouse screamed and looked like a little human being disemboweled. I had to leave the room.
Gamefishin
01-05-2006, 7:42 PM
^^^ that's crazy^^^
That video on this forum with the pinky getting fed to those Oscars........I couldn't even finish the video. Don't know why I can't stand watching some of this stuff but I love watching the nature channel. You know lions killing zebras ect ect.... :headbang2
Filthy Sanchez
01-26-2006, 1:29 AM
Yeah, if the pinkie was smaller one of the oscars could just swallow it all over quickly, it was just a little too big though.