At 55F to 53F when tilapia get sluggish the predators of LMB, HSB and maybe catfish are still fairly active. They no doubt eat lots of the smaller tilapia daily. IMO the complete stomach evacuation rate for LMB and HSB at 55F would not be much longer than 24 hrs. Ewest may be able to verify this with a reference.


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