Interesting, I thought bass would eat other bass as much as they would any other fish. If it's true that they don't resort to cannibalism often, it would make sense that mine aren't very big. The big LMB compete will all of the babies for insects and other food, so there isn't much to go around. My trout were 20+" at the smallest when the bass were added, so I don't think they have gotten any.
The first article I came across when I researched LMB cannibalism said this: Odenkirk says what he finds in bass stomachs is limited only to what foods are available and what they can fit in their mouths. Insects, crayfish, frogs, lizards, snakes, other fish and even baby birds end up on the dinner menu. Bass will even eat each other. The name of the game is survival, and if a bass
has to eat another bass in order to live, he won't think twice about it.Your situation might be different because in order for them to survive, they might have to eat their own. What anthropic said makes sense, too.
