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Baitfish behavior?
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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Ahab" data-source="post: 16466" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>Most likely if the whole lake was bubbling is that the baitfish are feeding. Many species of baitfish are filter feeders, they use their gill rakes to strain the area of the pond or lake for suspended organic particles. </p><p></p><p>Some, like the Atlantic Menhaden (Bunker) feed on Phytoplankton which is plant plankton, algae type stuff - no animals involved in the food.</p><p></p><p>Others, such as shad and herring feed on Zooplankton, micro organisms such as insect larvae and small organisms.</p><p></p><p>In your case, it is highly likely that these baitfish are feeding on hatching or freshly laid zooplankton that are on or near the top layer of the water. While larger fish might be feeding on the baitfish, this is probably not the reason (unlike a feeding frenzy or blitz situation) that you are seeing baitfish hitting the surface.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Captain Ahab, post: 16466, member: 10"] Most likely if the whole lake was bubbling is that the baitfish are feeding. Many species of baitfish are filter feeders, they use their gill rakes to strain the area of the pond or lake for suspended organic particles. Some, like the Atlantic Menhaden (Bunker) feed on Phytoplankton which is plant plankton, algae type stuff - no animals involved in the food. Others, such as shad and herring feed on Zooplankton, micro organisms such as insect larvae and small organisms. In your case, it is highly likely that these baitfish are feeding on hatching or freshly laid zooplankton that are on or near the top layer of the water. While larger fish might be feeding on the baitfish, this is probably not the reason (unlike a feeding frenzy or blitz situation) that you are seeing baitfish hitting the surface. [/QUOTE]
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