Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Corrective stocking what do Red Ear eat? (other than snails)

Thanks Shawn. I have access and will take a look to see if I have them and report back.

FYI - all - the bottom charts are from north country - no RES , but you can extrapolate from their northern cousin pumpkinseed. Look at the second set of charts at the % snails for PS and the lack of fish as a food item. Looks a lot like RES food preferences from the top chart - yes. Also FishBase has food items by species. I checked it first. It has lots on BG but no reports on food items for RES ( ? ).

Shawn that is a good book. Bill C. has posted excerpts from it also.

I will take a look -
Do Channel Catfish Stockings Affect Growth and Size Structure of Bluegills in Small Impoundments?
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
Volume 135, Issue 5 (September 2006) pp. 1254–1265

and


Age-0 Gizzard Shad Abundance Is Reduced in the Presence of Macrophytes: Implications for Interactions with Bluegills

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
Volume 134, Issue 1 (January 2005) pp. 149–159