How often do you think monster fish eat in the wild?
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i think it depends, if they catch a small meal then a couple times a day....but if the catch a big one every other day.......I chose every other.......
dougefresh;816865; said:
I agree if they happen upon a big meal they don't need to worry aboout expending energy to find food again. If a 30 lb northern eats a 5 lb northern I don't think it's gonna eat for a day or two
id10t;816738; said:
Best answer so far. I always check the stomach contents of any keepers that I catch. Many times there will be very little or remnants that are several days old. Some times the fish have been eating very well that day. Other times, the only contents was my bait.
A friend and I were fishing the flats in the Gulf of Mexico. We got out there just before the tide changed. As soon as the currents started, the fish went nuts. When the tide change finished they quit biting. The stomach contents in all of the fish was only our bait. They had not fed for several days until several variables occured and the tide change triggered a feeding frenzy. Prior to the tide change we only caught pinfish and other bait fish. The food was down there but the preditors were not feeding.
Being cold-blooded animals that do not need to maintain internal homeostasis in temperature regulation, fish does not need as much food as mammals or birds do. It'll be in the best interest of the fish to be fed sparingly. On additional note, I think the hunger response we see from our captive predatory fish is due more to their survival instinct than true hunger pang (like the ones we experience).
